His Career has taken him from a child actor to a superstar to the biggest movie star in the world. For over 2 decades he had donehe has donned the silver screen with back-to-back blockbusters. With 28 successful films to his credit he has earned the reputation of being Hollywood's most sought after actor. There is not a director that would refuse to work with him,nor an actor who would not jump at the chance to play alongside him. A film with Tom's name in the credits is as good as gold. all his films bring either box office success or critical aclaim and possibly even a golden statue. Paul Newman , Dustin Hoffman, Cuba Gooding jr. have all recieved Oscar's working with him while Jack Nicholson, Cameron Crowe, Holly Hunter, Oliver Stone, and Barry Levinson have recieved nominations. He himself, has recieved 3 nominations, undeservedly not winning for two of them. Maybe the Academy wants to see how much they can squeeze out of him before actually presenting him with the honour of an award.