Will Leonardo DiCaprio win the Best Actor Oscar 2024? Every year, the Oscars or Academy Awards are held to honor dedicated people in the film industry.
After a surprise-filled 2023 Oscars, AMPAS or Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is planning to hold the 2024 Oscars on March 10. They will announce the nominations beforehand, on January 23, 2024.
Interestingly, every time before the event takes place, there are always predictions about who will get the nominations. Apart from the Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Director categories, the Best Actor category is also never missed to be predicted.
Based on previous years’ experience, there will be five people competing in this prestigious category. There are several Hollywood actors who have shown their exceptional acting skills throughout the year.
However, there are five names that have managed to captivate audiences because of their totality, charisma, and skill in bringing characters to life. One of them is Leonardo DiCaprio!
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Best Actor Oscar 2024 Predictions
5. Paul Giamatti
In his thirty-year career, there is no denying that Paul Giamatti is an actor who is adept at portraying multiple characters. From a teacher suffering from depression in Sideways (2004), to a scheming lawyer in Win Win (2011), to a ruthless hitman in Gunpowder Milkshake (2021), all of his roles have always managed to attract attention and impress.
However, there is one problem that remains unsolved, and that is that Paul Giamatti has never won or even been nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars. However, his role in The Holdovers (2023), which is his second collaboration with director Alexander Payne after Sideways, seems to open up opportunities for Giamatti to succeed at the 2024 Oscars.
In his role as Paul Hunham, a rude and cynical dormitory teacher, Giamatti managed to bring a very unique character to life this year. In fact, some critics called it Giamatti’s greatest achievement in cinema.
4. Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wright deserves the most overlooked actor award. Although he has earned high praise for his acting in movies like Basquiat, Cadillac Records, and The Batman, he has never been recognized by the Academy Awards jury. He is an actor who was born in Washington, D.C., United States 57 years ago.
However, those complaints are likely to be erased soon thanks to his incredible presence in the movie American Fiction (2023). His outstanding performance in the movie should make him a contender in the best actor category of the 2024 Oscars.
The film, which won the People’s Choice Award at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), chose Wright to play Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, a writer who was criticized for “not being black enough”.
Seeking revenge, he wrote a controversial novel under a pseudonym. The novel criticized the publishing industry in the United States. How problematic!
3. Cillian Murphy
There’s no denying that Oppenheimer (2023) is one of the most popular movies of the year. Aside from being released alongside Barbie (2023), which resulted in the rare phenomenon of “Barbenheimer”, the movie is also the full work of director Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk, Interstellar).
Do you know what makes Oppenheimer even more special? The specialty lies with Cillian Murphy. That’s right, the Irish actor has a mysterious charm that always makes fans wait for his performance. Especially, in his role as Oppenheimer, he manages to combine his unique characteristics with the complex personality of J. Robert Oppenheimer as the “Father of the Atomic Bomb”.
Therefore, it would be hard not to see his name on the list of best actor nominees at the 2024 Oscars. As a Cillian fan, surely you agree, right?
2. Colman Domingo
Look at it this way, how many black actors have won Best Actor Oscars playing real-life inspirational characters?
Since 1929 to date, only three actors have succeeded. The latest is Will Smith who played Richard Williams, the father of legendary tennis players Venus and Serena Williams, in the movie King Richard (2021).
Many critics believe that Colman Domingo will have a big win as the fourth black actor thanks to his role in the movie Rustin (2023). In the movie, Domingo plays Bayard Rustin, a gay activist who played an important role in the civil rights struggle.
This prediction is not an exaggeration because when it was screened at the Telluride Film Festival in 2023, many said that Rustin would not be a strong movie without the extraordinary charm of Colman Domingo. This makes him very deserving of a Best Actor Oscar nomination in 2024.
1. Leonardo DiCaprio
Since Gangs of New York (2002), which received ten Oscar nominations, the collaboration between Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio has always guaranteed good quality. The same can be found in Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), which has stolen the attention of movie lovers.
The film takes us to the organized killings committed by whites against the Osage nation in Oklahoma in the early 20th century. In this movie, Leonardo DiCaprio shows again his ability to portray strong characters.
He plays Ernest Burkhart, the nephew of Bill Hale who is the brains behind this tragic event. DiCaprio has previously won the Best Actor Oscar through his role in The Revenant (2015).
DiCaprio manages to present the loser and pathetic character very well, making the audience feel annoyed when watching it. He deserves to be nominated for the Best Actor Oscar 2024!
In playing complex roles, the five actors above have proven their ability to compete for the Best Actor Oscar 2024. It’s no surprise that the fierce competition in the Best Actor category will have movie fans anxiously awaiting the results. From Paul Giamatti to Leonardo DiCaprio, which actor are you rooting for?
