AwardsWatch - Best Actor

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (December)

Erik Anderson December 15, 2021

One of the tougher early races to call for nominations is starting to take some shape. While Will Smith (King Richard), who won NBR, is... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (November)

Erik Anderson November 24, 2021

While supporting actor feels up in the air with a melange of contenders, yet also kind of barren, Best Actor is so packed with A-listers,... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (October)

Erik Anderson October 28, 2021

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog), Joaquin Phoenix (C’mon C’mon), Clifton Collins, Jr. (Jockey) and Andrew Garfield (tick, tick…BOOM!) all tick up this month... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (September)

Erik Anderson September 24, 2021

41 years. That’s how long it’s been since the Best Actor category at the Academy Awards was comprised entirely of previous winners or nominees. In... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (August)

Erik Anderson August 23, 2021

Hot off his Best Actor Oscar win for 2019’s Joker and having to awkwardly close out this year’s Oscar’s when the show’s producers thought it... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (July)

Erik Anderson July 22, 2021

As with Best Director, this month’s chart are mostly about how much the winners of the Cannes Film Festival have impacted their respective races, if... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (June)

Erik Anderson June 24, 2021

It’s starting to look like 2001 again… 20 years ago, Denzel Washington won his first lead acting Oscar for Training Day, and his second Oscar... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (May)

Erik Anderson May 5, 2021

When studios packed up 2020 films and shuffled them off to 2021 after the coronavirus closed theaters for the majority of the year, it created... Read More

FINAL 2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR

Erik Anderson April 21, 2021

Best Actor is a race that started in January of 2020, even before the Oscars announced Joaquin Phoenix as the current winner. The Father premiered... Read More

FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTOR

Erik Anderson March 11, 2021

Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) and Anthony Hopkins (The Father) have all earned the top precursors on their way... Read More

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