Oscar 2024 for Best Actor - predictions
Who is fighting for the best male role at the Oscars 2024 (collage: RBC-Ukraine)
The Best Actor Oscar in 2024 will be awarded to the best of the best, and there are five contenders, each worthy of this title. However, rules apply to everyone, so predictions are emerging.
RBC-Ukraine tells who is running for the Oscar for "Best Actor" this year and what the bookmakers' predictions are.
In preparing the material, the following sources were used: Covers.com, Kinorium.
Who's competing for the title of Best Actor and the Oscar award?
Cillian Murphy for his role as Robert Oppenheimer in the film Oppenheimer
Cillian Murphy takes on the lead role in the life story of American physicist and theoretical Robert Oppenheimer, who led the Manhattan Project - the secret development of nuclear weapons during World War II.
A frame from the movie Oppenheimer
Paul Giamatti for his role as Paul Hunham in the movie The Holdovers
The film depicts a very eccentric and frugal elementary school teacher from New England who is forced to stay on campus during the Christmas holidays to watch over the children who have nowhere else to go. However, his initial hostility evolves into an unexpected friendship with one of the students and the school's head chef, who has just lost her son in Vietnam.
A frame from the movie The Holdovers
Bradley Cooper for his role as Leonard Bernstein in the film Maestro
Cooper portrays the lead role in the movie, which tells the story of a lifelong love that developed between conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Bernstein.
A frame from the movie Maestro
Jeffrey Wright for his role as Thelonious Ellison in the film American Fiction
The movie follows author Thelonious "Monk" Ellison, frustrated that his latest work didn't impress publishers while Suntari Golden's book We Live in the Ghetto becomes a bestseller.
A frame from the movie American Fiction
Colman Domingo for his role as Bayard Rustin in the film Rustin
Colman portrayed the architect of the historic 1963 March on Washington. Bayard Rustin was one of the most prominent activists and organizers the world has ever known. He challenged authority, never apologized for who he was, what he believed in, or what he wanted.
A frame from the movie Rustin
Who is predicted to win at the Oscars 2024?
Bookmakers already have insights into the actors' predictions, and there's even a ranking detailing the chances of each actor. Topping this list is Cillian Murphy, who delivered a virtuoso performance in the film Oppenheimer. On the other hand, the last place in the prediction is held by Colman Domingo for his role in the film Rustin.
