Best Actor 2023: Results

 5. Bradley Cooper in Maestro - Cooper gives into every possible artificial excessive choice in one of his worst performances. 

Best Scene: Getting into bed with his dying wife. 

4. Colman Domingo in Rustin - Domingo gives a passionate and convincing performance even if it is constantly limited by a weak script.

Best Scene: Training the police. 

3. Jeffrey Wright in American Fiction - Wright delivers a nuanced turn creating a sense of every family relationship and bringing the right humor on the satire side in his portrayal of both exasperation and the caricature he is tasked with playing.

Best Scene: Fighting with his girlfriend. 

2. Paul Giamatti in The Holdovers - Giamatti gives an absolutely wonderful performance where he is a hilarious grump, but also a very moving portrayal of an over the hill teacher finding a real connection again. 

Best Scene: Goodbye to Angus. 

1. Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer - Good predictions, basically everyone. Although I will say this was not a blowout because I do LOVE Giamatti's performance as well, and would be perfectly fine if he ends up taking home the win. Having said that Murphy's performance is just outstanding on every level, in creating such a convincing and wholly captivating portrayal of every potent complexity within the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Best Scene: Cross examine. 

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