Why hasn't Harrison Ford ever won an Academy Award?

Harrison Ford has only given one performance that the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has deemed Oscar-worthy -- that of Det. John Book in the film Witness (1985) , but he lost out to William Hurt in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) . read more

The Mosquito Coast - completely unlike Harrison Ford. Great performance. Regarding Henry - also completely unlike Harrison Ford. Should've got a nomination. 42 - yes, this was an oscar worthy performance. I was frankly surprised when he didn't really receive ANY awards from this performance. Not a single note missed. read more

Harrison needs to start taking risks with the movies he chooses to be in. I reckon he could have won an oscar for Traffic if he didn't drop out of it, but there is nothing that he has made in the last 15 years that was remotely oscar-worthy. read more