{"id":218399,"date":"2021-04-01T21:13:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T18:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/whos-in-the-lead-for-best-actor\/"},"modified":"2021-04-01T21:13:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T18:13:56","slug":"whos-in-the-lead-for-best-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whos-in-the-lead-for-best-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"#Who&#8217;s in the lead for Best Actor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e95227f6f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e95227f6f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whos-in-the-lead-for-best-actor\/#1_Chadwick_Boseman\" >1. Chadwick Boseman<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whos-in-the-lead-for-best-actor\/#2_Anthony_Hopkins\" >2. Anthony Hopkins<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whos-in-the-lead-for-best-actor\/#3_Riz_Ahmed\" >3. Riz Ahmed<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whos-in-the-lead-for-best-actor\/#4_Steven_Yeun\" >4. Steven Yeun<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whos-in-the-lead-for-best-actor\/#5_Gary_Oldman\" >5. Gary Oldman<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Who&#8217;s in the lead for Best Actor?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>There\u2019s less than a month to go until the 2021 Oscars, and the race is heating up.<\/p>\n<p>The Producers Guild just named \u201cNomadland\u201d best picture of the year, meaning it\u2019s a shoo-in for the top Oscar. And the Screen Actors Guild Awards will air Sunday and cement the front-runners in the four acting categories. <\/p>\n<p>One field you should not expect any surprises in, however, is Best Actor. This week in Gold Digger, The Post\u2019s breakdown of the Oscars contest, we tell you where those five men stand going into the April 25 Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Chadwick_Boseman\"><\/span>1. Chadwick Boseman<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Chadwick Boseman in a scene from &quot;Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-16478576 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/chadwick-boseman-ma-rainey-1-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/chadwick-boseman-ma-rainey-1-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/chadwick-boseman-ma-rainey-1-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/chadwick-boseman-ma-rainey-1-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/chadwick-boseman-ma-rainey-1-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Chadwick Boseman is nominated for a posthumous Oscar for his spitfire role as Levee in \u201cMa Rainey\u2019s Black Bottom.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">David Lee\/Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Expectations were sky-high for Boseman\u2019s final role \u2014 and they were exceeded to say the least. The \u201cBlack Panther\u201d star died last August of colon cancer at age 43, and filmed \u201cMa Rainey\u2019s Black Bottom\u201d in summer of 2019, three years after his diagnosis. For his thunderous performance as Levee, a trumpet player in 1920s Chicago with big dreams, Boseman has already won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama and is nominated by a slew of other bodies, including the Screen Actors Guild, BAFTAs and many critics groups.\u00a0He\u2019d probably still win if he were alive, but the Oscars will want to honor a major talent gone too soon.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Anthony_Hopkins\"><\/span>2. Anthony Hopkins<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Anthony Hopkins\" class=\"wp-image-17526762 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/the-father-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/the-father-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/the-father-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/the-father-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/the-father-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Anthony Hopkins plays a man suffering from dementia, whose reality changes over and over again, in \u201cThe Father.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy Everett<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The veteran of this category \u2014 at 83 he\u2019s 20 years older than Gary Oldman \u2014 Hopkins hasn\u2019t won an Oscar since he took home Best Actor for his legendary performance as Hannibal Lecter in \u201cThe Silence of the Lambs.\u201d He\u2019s been nominated five times since, including last year for \u201cThe Two Popes.\u201d For playing a pop suffering from dementia in \u201cThe Father,\u201d he\u2019s won a fair few critics awards. But the usual rationale of awarding someone of Hopkins\u2019 stature (a titanic performance in his later years) is undone by Boseman\u2019s premature death. If Hopkins wins, it would probably lead to a Change.org petition.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Riz_Ahmed\"><\/span>3. Riz Ahmed<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Riz Ahmed in &quot;Sound of Metal.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-17563249 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/golden-globes-sound-of-metal-riz-ahmed-1-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/golden-globes-sound-of-metal-riz-ahmed-1-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/golden-globes-sound-of-metal-riz-ahmed-1-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/golden-globes-sound-of-metal-riz-ahmed-1-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/golden-globes-sound-of-metal-riz-ahmed-1-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Riz Ahmed plays a drummer whose life is forever changed when he loses his hearing in \u201cSound of Metal.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Amazon\/Courtesy Everett Collec<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It took a while for \u201cSound of Metal\u201d to jump into the Oscars conversation, but lately admiration for Ahmed\u2019s turn as a rocker who one day loses his hearing has exploded. Viewers have become more accustomed to seeing the actor in action films such as \u201cNightcrawler,\u201d \u201cRogue One: A Star Wars Story\u201d and \u201cVenom\u201d over Oscar bait. Now, he\u2019s beginning to bring the distinguished skill seen in TV\u2019s \u201cThe Night Of\u201d to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> \u2014 and he\u2019s been rewarded with Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nods. Still, the only way he wins here is if there are shocker split affections for Hopkins and Boseman.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Steven_Yeun\"><\/span>4. Steven Yeun<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17441225 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/golden-globes-minari-steven-yeun-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/golden-globes-minari-steven-yeun-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/golden-globes-minari-steven-yeun-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/golden-globes-minari-steven-yeun-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/golden-globes-minari-steven-yeun-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Steven Yeun\u2019s Best Actor Oscar nod is one of six for the acclaimed Korean-American film \u201cMinari.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMinari\u201d is racing up awards season pundits\u2019 lists in all categories, since it managed Oscars nods for Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress, Director, Screenplay and Score. That means, across the board, voters love it. But Yeun, while terrific, isn\u2019t the performance everybody is talking about. That would be Yuh-Jung Youn as his mother-in-law who comes to his Arkansas farm from South Korea. Her chances for a winning night are much stronger than Yeun\u2019s.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Gary_Oldman\"><\/span>5. Gary Oldman<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Gary Oldman portrays Herman Mankiewicz in a scene from &quot;Mank.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-16612658 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/mank-gary-oldman.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/mank-gary-oldman.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/mank-gary-oldman.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/mank-gary-oldman.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/mank-gary-oldman.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gary Oldman drinks, jokes and viciously debates his friends as the legendary screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz in David Fincher\u2019s \u201cMank.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Being a familiar face at an awards show isn\u2019t always a plus. Example: Gary Oldman. Although he\u2019s excellent as \u201cCitizen Kane\u201d screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz in \u201cMank,\u201d there is an unshakable vibe of \u201cHim again?\u201d. Oldman was nominated in 2011 for \u201cTinker Tailor Soldier Spy\u201d and won in 2018 for his fat-suited Winston Churchill in \u201cThe Darkest Hour.\u201d This time, it\u2019s an honor just to be nominated. \u201cMank\u201d is the most-nominated film this year with 10 nods. But the black-and-white Netflix film will lose most of them, including Best Actor.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The Producers Guild just named \u201cNomadland\u201d best picture of the year, meaning it\u2019s a shoo-in for the top Oscar. 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