Comedians and the Oscars

Comedians, if you didn't know it, have the highest IQs of any profession. Amazingly, they tend to make better dramatic actors than dramatic actors. here is a list of comics who have won Oscars or Oscar nominations for dramatic roles.

Best Actor - 1949 - Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator (Nominated; lost to Jimmy Stewart, The Philadelphia Story)

Best Supporting Actor - 1957 - Red Buttons, Sayonara (Won)

Best Supporting Actor - 1975 - George Burns, The Sunshine Boys (Won)

Best Actor - 1977 - Woody Allen, Annie Hall (Nominated; lost to Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl)

Best Actor - 1981 - Dudley Moore, Arthur (Nominated; lost to Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond)

Best Actress - 1985 - Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple (Nominated; lost to Geraldine Page, A Trip to the Bountiful)

Best Actor - 1987 - Robin Williams, Good Morning, Vietnam (Nominated; lost to Michael Douglas, Wall Street)

Best Supporting Actor - 1987 - Albert Brooks, Broadcast News (Nominated; lost to Sean Connery, The Untouchables)

Best Actor - 1989 - Robin Williams, Dead Poet's Society (Nominated; lost to Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot)

Best Supporting Actor - 1989 - Dan Aykroyd, Driving Miss Daisy (Nominated; lost to Denzel Washington, Glory)

Best Supporting Actress - 1990 - Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost (Won)

Best Actor - 1991 - Robin Williams, The Fisher King (Nominated; lost to Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs)

Best Supporting Actor - 1997 - Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting (Won)

Best Actor - 2003 - Bill Murray, Lost in Translation (Nominated; lost to Sean Penn, Mystic River)

Best Actor - 2004 - Jamie Foxx, Ray (Won)

Best Supporting Actor - 2004 - Jamie Foxx, Collateral (Nominated; lost to Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby)

Best Supporting Actor - 2006 - Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls (Nominated; lost to Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine)

Best Supporting Actress - 2009 - Mo'Nique, Precious (Won)

Amazingly, they omit Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Jim Carrey and Dan Akyroyd from this list.