AwardsWatch - Best Actor

2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (July)

Erik Anderson July 21, 2023

This month has given us a lot of first looks with trailers for The Holdovers with Paul Giamatti, Napoleon with Joaquin Phoenix and Bob Marley:... Read More

2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (June)

Erik Anderson June 27, 2023

Subtlety isn’t always the Academy’s bait amidst fake teeth, fake noses, fat suits and more but sometimes a performance can seep through and live inside... Read More

2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (May)

Erik Anderson May 15, 2023

As a 9-time Oscar nominee in four different categories, Bradley Cooper should be in his George Clooney or Kenneth Branagh era by now but the... Read More

FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR

Erik Anderson March 7, 2023

A comeback narrative vs the biopic of an icon has been the foundation of the Best Actor race for most of the season in a... Read More

FINAL 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTOR

Erik Anderson January 19, 2023

We’re on the precipice of some big Oscar history this season in Best Actor. We may be 95 years into the Academy Awards but Best... Read More

2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (December)

Erik Anderson December 20, 2022

Austin Butler (Elvis), Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin), Brendan Fraser (The Whale) and Bill Nighy (Living) have all secured Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice... Read More

2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (November)

Erik Anderson November 23, 2022

With both the Gothams and Spirit Awards announcing nominations, we’re just starting to see how some of these acting races and narratives can take early shape. Both groups have... Read More

2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (October)

Erik Anderson October 27, 2022

Not much to fuss with this month in the top 5, with Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Austin Butler (Elvis), Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)... Read More

2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (September)

Erik Anderson September 19, 2022

Brendan Fraser in The Whale was the Best Actor frontrunner before the film even debuted at Venice but now, post-TIFF and the responses to his... Read More

2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (August)

Erik Anderson August 19, 2022

Brendan Fraser remains at the top for The Whale from Darren Aronofsky and A24. His career comeback will world premiere at Venice then hit Toronto... Read More