AwardsWatch - best actor

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (February)

Erik Anderson February 18, 2021

Even more up in the air than Best Actress, Best Actor has what appears to be a pretty ‘locked’ in four with Riz Ahmed (Sound... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (January)

Erik Anderson January 28, 2021

As of this writing, Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) is the current critics’ award leader in Best Actor. He’s receiving two acting awards from film... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (December)

Erik Anderson December 24, 2020

When the critics awards started last week things took an interesting turn for the top 3 in Best Actor. Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (November)

Erik Anderson November 26, 2020

Is Ben Affleck on the way back to an Oscar nomination? Affleck, who won the Original Screenplay Oscar for 1997’s Good Will Hunting (with Matt... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (October)

Erik Anderson October 21, 2020

UPDATE 10/21: Netflix announced late Wednesday morning that Chadwick Boseman will indeed be submitted and pushed in Best Actor for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Doing... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (September)

Erik Anderson October 1, 2020

With each passing week it seems clear that Anthony Hopkins is headed to his second Best Actor win after receiving career best reviews for The... Read More

2021 Oscars: The Best Actor Contenders (February)

Erik Anderson February 12, 2020

Looking over the Best Actor hopefuls for this year the striking thing is that there aren’t nearly as many potential first-time nominees as this category... Read More

Potential 2020 Oscar Nomination Stats: BEST ACTOR

Erik Anderson January 12, 2020

Each year of Oscar nominations brings with it the possibility of breaking records, making history, extending history, moving people around in all-time rankings or just... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTOR (December)

Erik Anderson December 19, 2019

Best Actor, one of the most competitive categories of the season, is taking some shape as three contenders have secured Critics Choice, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations but that... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTOR (November)

Erik Anderson November 27, 2019

Is there a more cutthroat category than Best Actor this year? It’s impossibly stacked. The snubs will be tremendous but every performance that makes the... Read More

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