Tom O’Neil at Gold Derby has run down a list of the potential nominees.¬† He has starred those he thinks have the best shot. Worth noting: Tom’s favorite performance is Viggo Mortensen in The Road:
BEST ACTOR
FRONT-RUNNERS
‚Ä¢ Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Nicolas Cage, “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans”
‚Ä¢ George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Matt Damon, “The Informant!”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Nine”
Robert De Niro, “Everybody‚Äôs Fine”
‚Ä¢ Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
‚Ä¢ Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”
‚Ä¢ Viggo Mortensen, “The Road”
Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”
Michael Stuhlbarg, “A Serious Man”POSSIBLE
Sharlto Copley, “District 9”
Robert Downey Jr., “Sherlock Holmes”
Ben Foster, “The Messenger”
Hal Holbrook, “That Evening Sun”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, “(500) Days of Summer”
Tobey Maguire, “Brothers”
James McAvoy, “The Last Station”
Joaquin Phoenix, “Two Lovers”
Sam Rockwell, “Moon”
Michael Sheen, “The Damned United”LONG SHOTS
Paul Bettany, “Creation”
Michael Cera, “Youth in Revolt”
Clive Owen, “The Boys Are Back”
Mark Wahlberg, “The Lovely Bones”