AwardsWatch - 2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (December Part 2)

2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (December Part 2) – Oldman still tops but Kaluuya is coming

Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) is an unmovable force in Best Actor as he notches another month at the top of the chart.

But the big move and the big news is Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) bursting into the top 5. He’s jumps over Tom Hanks (The Post), Jake Gyllenhall (Stronger) and James Franco (The Disaster Artist) to reach his highest peak yet and it’s thanks to his SAG, Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice nominations. He’s a real contender in this race in a possible Best Picture winner.

Someone else rises and it’s definitely worth a look. Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq.) was falling off the chart just two weeks ago (at #9 with just 13 points). His film is a critical and box office flop but then the SAG and Globe noms came out and there he was on both, over stronger competition. Or so it seemed they were. The two-time Oscar winner, SAG winner and Globe winner is still in this game.

2018 Oscar Predictions (December Part 1): BEST PICTURE | BEST DIRECTOR

Here are the 2018 Oscar predictions for Best Actor for the second half of December from the Gold Rush Gang. Keep an eye on all of the Gold Rush Gang’s 2018 Oscar predictions updated LIVE throughout the month.

Green – moves up from last month
Red – moves down from last month
Blue – debut/new entry

	BEST ACTOR	ERIK ANDERSON	BRYAN BONAFEDE	GREG HOWARD	EVAN KOST	JASON OSIASON	KENNETH POLISHCHUK	DENIZCAN SÜRÜCÜ	RICHARD ANTHONY	ŞÜKRÜ SÖĞÜT	MATT DINN	TOTAL POINTS

1	Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	99
2	Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	90
3	Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread	3	3	5	3	3	3	3	6	3	3	75
4	Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out	4	4	4	5	7	4	4	3	6	4	65
5	James Franco – The Disaster Artist	6	5	2	6	4	6	5	4	4	5	63

6	Tom Hanks – The Post	5	6	6	4	6	5	6	5	5	6	56
7	Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel, Esq.	7	7	8	7		7	7	7	7	7	35
8	Jake Gyllenhaal – Stronger	8	9	7	8	5	8	9	8	8	8	32
9	Robert Pattinson – Good Time		8	10	9	10		8		9	9	14
10	James McAvoy – Split					8	9			10		6
11	Jeremy Renner – Wind River		10				10	10			10	4
11	Andrew Garfield – Breathe			9		9						4
13	Chadwick Boseman – Marshall	9										2
13	Jacob Tremblay – Wonder	10			10							2

OTHER CONTENDERS
Christian Bale – Hostiles
Harry Dean Stanton – Lucky
Hugh Jackman – The Greatest Showman
Hugh Jackman – Logan
Matt Damon – Downsizing

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Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.