Top 10 Comedic Actors Nominated for Oscars

Top 10 Comedic Actors Who Have Been Nominated for Oscars

10. Jamie Foxx
Eric Marlon Bishop, known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer-songwriter, stand-up comedian and musician.

9. Jonah Hill
Jonah Hill Feldstein, better known as Jonah Hill, is an American actor, filmmaker, and comedian. He is a two-time Academy Award nominee, for his performances in the films Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street.

8. Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy is an American comedian, actor, writer, singer, and director. Box-office takes from Murphy's films make him the 4th-highest grossing actor in the United States.

7. Woody Harrelson
Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson is an American actor and activist. His breakout role came in the television sitcom Cheers as bartender Woody Boyd in 1985.

6. James Franco
James Edward Franco is an American actor, filmmaker, teacher, and author. His first prominent acting role was the lead character, "Daniel Desario", on the short-lived cult hit television program Freaks and Geeks.

5. Robert Downey Jr
Robert John Downey, Jr. is an American actor, filmmaker, and singer. Making his screen debut at the age of five, appearing in his father Robert Downey, Sr.'s film Pound, he has appeared in roles associated with the Brat Pack, such as Less Than Zero and Weird Science. Other films he has starred in include Air America, Soapdish, and Natural Born Killers. He starred as Charlie Chaplin, the title character in the 1992 film Chaplin, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

4. Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg is an American comedienne, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, author and talk show host.

3. Bill Murray
William James "Bill" Murray is an American actor and comedian. He first gained exposure on Saturday Night Live for which he earned an Emmy Award and later went on to star in comedy films

2. Will Smith 
Willard Carroll "Will" Smith, Jr. is an American actor, producer, and rapper. He has enjoyed success in television, film, and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood.

1. Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian. Starting as a stand-up comedian in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, he is credited with leading San Francisco's comedy renaissance.