These are my Top 20 contenders for the 2008 Academy Awards.
The ceremony will be held on 22nd February, 2009.
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BEST ACTOR
These are my very early predictions for the twenty actors who may be in line for an Oscar nomination in the "Best Actor" category. Many have been to the ceremony before, so perhaps they will gain favour with voters. Others are not very well known, and are caught up in awards fever due to the “buzz” surrounding their movie. Will we see a mix of newcomers with old favourites welcomed back into the fold?
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WINNER:
Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) - he was previously nominated as Best Supporting Actor for "Twelve Monkeys".
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NOMINEES:
Benicio Del Toro (Che) - he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "Traffic" and was also previously nominated for "21 Grams".
Leonardo DiCaprio (Revolutionary Road) - he was previously nominated as Best Actor for "The Aviator" and "Blood Diamond", and as Best Supporting Actor for "What's Eating Gilbert Grape".
Frank Langella (Frost / Nixon) - he has not previously been nominated for an Oscar.
Sean Penn (Milk) - he won the Best Actor Oscar for "Mystic River" and was also nominated for "Dead Man Walking", "Sweet and Lowdown", and "I Am Sam".
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OTHER CANDIDATES:
Josh Brolin (W.) - he has not previously been nominated for an Oscar.
Daniel Craig (Defiance) - he has not previously been nominated for an Oscar.
Tom Cruise (Valkyrie) - he was previously nominated as Best Actor for "Born On The Fourth of July" and "Jerry Maguire", and was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for "Magnolia".
Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino) - he was previously nominated as Best Actor for "Unforgiven" and "Million Dollar Baby". He won the Best Picture and Director Oscars for both "Unforgiven" and "Million Dollar Baby", and was also nominated for the top two awards for "Mystic River" and "Letters From Iwo Jima".
Ralph Fiennes (The Duchess) - he was previously nominated as Best Actor for "The English Patient", as was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for "Schindler's List".
Harrison Ford (Crossing Over) - he was previously nominated as Best Actor for "Witness".
Jamie Foxx (The Soloist) - he won a Best Actor Oscar for "Ray" and was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for "Collateral".
Ed Harris (Appaloosa) - he was previously nominated as Best Actor for "Pollock", and was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for "Apollo 13", "The Truman Show", and "The Hours".
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Synechdoche, New York) - he won the Best Actor Oscar for "Capote", and was also previously nominated as Best Supporting Actor for "Charlie Wilson's War".
Hugh Jackman (Australia) - he has not previously been nominated for an Oscar.
Richard Jenkins (The Visitor) - he has not previously been nominated for an Oscar.
Ben Kingsley (Elegy) - he won a Best Actor Oscar for "Gandhi", and was nominated "House of Sand and Fog". In addition he was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for "Bugsy" and "Sexy Beast".
Greg Kinnear (Flash of Genius) - he was previously nominated as Best Supporting Actor for "As Good As It Gets".
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) - he has not previously been nominated for an Oscar.
Will Smith (Seven Pounds) - he was previously nominated as Best Actor for "Ali" and "The Pursuit of Happyness".
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