Day 4 is here with my initial round of Oscar predictions and we’re at Best Actor. Interestingly, the seventeen actors I have listed as possibilities have never won the award previously. As with the other categories, I am listing my five predicted nominees along with others who could find themselves in the mix. To peruse my other posts covering the Supporting races and Actress, you can find them here:
https://toddmthatcher.com/2014/08/31/todds-early-oscar-predictions-best-actress/
https://toddmthatcher.com/2014/08/30/todds-early-oscar-predictions-best-supporting-actor/
https://toddmthatcher.com/2014/08/29/todds-early-oscar-predictions-best-supporting-actress/
When I did my first estimates for 2013, it yielded only two of the five eventual nominees including winner Matthew McConaughey. Let’s get to it:
Todd’s Early Predictions for Best Actor
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Other Possibilities:
Ben Affleck, Gone Girl
Chadwick Boseman, Get On Up
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jake Gyllenhall, Nightcrawler
Oscar Isaac, A Most Violent Year
Bill Murray, St. Vincent
Jack O’Connell, Unbroken
David Oyelowo, Selma
Brad Pitt, Fury
Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner
Channing Tatum, Foxcatcher
We’ll get to Best Director tomorrow and Picture on Wednesday!
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