2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (June)
On the precipice of the release of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, it’s tough to say whether or not star Austin Butler can secure a nomination spot at the top of summer and hold onto it all the way through the many months of pre-awards season, fall festivals and late-breaking releases. One thing I do know is that it has to be a big box office hit. It doesn’t need to be the $900M worldwide gross of Bohemian Rhapsody big but it’s got to be bigger than the $200M of Rocketman to sustain him.
Let’s get to a little more action and a little less conversation. Here are my 2023 Oscar predictions in Best Actor for June 2022.
Green – moves up ↑ Red – moves down ↓ Blue – new entry ♦
1. Brendan Fraser – The Whale (A24) ↑
2. Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
3. Hugh Jackman – The Son (Sony Pictures Classics)
4. Colman Domingo – Rustin (Netflix)
5. Song Kang-ho – Broker (NEON)
6. Austin Butler – Elvis (Warner Bros)
7. Diego Calva – Babylon (Paramount Pictures) ↑
8. Adam Driver – White Noise (Netflix) ↓
9. Colin Firth – Empire of Light (Searchlight Pictures)
10. Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures) ↑
11. Michael Fassbender – Next Goal Wins (Searchlight Pictures)
12. Bill Nighy – Living (Sony Pictures Classics) ↓
13. Christian Bale – Amsterdam (20th Century Studios)
14. Brad Pitt – Babylon (Paramount Pictures) – lead or supporting?
15. Micheal Ward – Empire of Light (Searchlight Pictures)
16. Park Hae-il – Decision to Leave (MUBI)
17. Kelvin Harrison Jr. – Chevalier (Searchlight Pictures)
18. Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans (Universal Studios)
19. Paul Mescal – Aftersun (A24) ↑
20. Daniel Giménez Cacho – Bardo (or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths) (Netflix)
Other contenders (alphabetical):
- Christian Bale – The Pale Blue Eye (Netflix)
- Timothée Chalamet – Bones and All (MGM/UAR)
- Harris Dickinson – Triangle of Sadness (NEON)
- Taron Egerton – Tetris (Apple Original Films) – 2022 or 2023?
- Zac Efron – The Greatest Beer Run Ever (Apple Original Films)
- Michael Fassbender – The Killer (Netflix) – 2022 or 2023?
- Jamie Foxx – The Burial (Amazon Studios)
- Jesse Garcia – Flamin’ Hot (Searchlight Pictures)
- Jalil Hall – Till (MGM/UAR)
- Ethan Hawke – Raymond & Ray (Apple Original Films)
- Nicholas Hoult – The Menu (Searchlight Pictures)
- Ewan McGregor – Raymond & Ray (Apple Original Films)
- Paul Mescal – Carmen (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Paul Mescal – Foe (Amazon Studios)
- Wagner Moura – Civil War (A24)
- Jack O’Connell – Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Netflix)
- Jim Parsons – Spoiler Alert (Focus Features)
- Dev Patel – Monkey Man (Netflix)
- Joaquin Phoenix – Disappointment Blvd. (A24) – 2022 or 2023?
- Joaquin Phoenix – Napoleon (Apple Original Films) – 2022 or 2023?
- Eddie Redmayne – The Good Nurse (Netflix)
- Sam Rockwell – See How They Run (Searchlight Pictures)
- Adam Sandler – Spaceman of Bohemia (Netflix)
- John David Washington – True Love (20th Century Studios)
Without distribution
- Steve Coogan – The Lost King – TBD
- Jean Dujardin – November – TBD
- Joel Edgerton – The Brutalist – TBD
- Jesse Eisenberg – Manodrome – TBD
- Jon Hamm – Maggie Moore(s) – TBD
- Melvil Poupaud – Brother and Sister – TBD
- Tahar Rahim – Don Juan – TBD
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