5 Hollywood Celebrities Who Refused An Oscar Award

The Academy Awards aka the Oscars are the prime awards which are given to the best performances and performers apart from various other professionals who are a part of the filmmaking process. Every year, the best of Hollywood is presented with Golden statues recognizing their work in the previous year. Everyone looks forward to the night where sometimes unknown actors are catapulted into the big leagues.

Big names in Hollywood like Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, Martin Scorcese are all Oscar winners and their Oscar win also helped them in choosing projects where they excelled at times and again. An Oscar win given you immense recognition as well as open the floodgates of tons of offers. It will be surprising to even think about the fact that anyone would refuse an Oscar. Here are 5 Hollywood celebs who refused an Oscar:

Marlon Brando: The legendary actor won his second Oscar for best actor for The Godfather in 1973 but refused to accept the Award. The actor was protesting against the treatment of Native Americans by the Hollywood fraternity and did not accept the Award. 

Jean Luc Godard: The legendary French filmmaker was the winner of an Honorary Oscar in 2010 but refused to attend the Award Ceremony as he was very old and also could not smoke cigars on the plane.

Peter O'Toole: The acclaimed actor was the winner of an Honorary Oscar in 2003 but refused and stated that he would like to win on his own before being presented with an Honorary one. He, later on, accepted the award. 

Dudley Nichols: The screenwriter won the Oscar for The Informer in 1935 but refused to accept the award as he was part of Writer's guild which was protesting the ceremony and was on a strike. 

George C Scott: The actor even refused his Oscar nomination in the acting category and refused his Oscar which he eventually won. He was of the opinion that every dramatic performance was special and could not be measured.