BAFTAs 2017: Predicting Every Winner

22. Best Actor

Prediction: Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

Affleck seems to have weathered his personal controversies pretty well on the awards circuit so far, most notably winning honours from the Golden Globes and National Board of Review.

The only actor in the group with a remote chance of upsetting him is Ryan Gosling (La La Land), but there's very little likelihood of BAFTA veering away from the popular opinion here.

Should He Win?: Absolutely. He gave the year's best performance by a male actor and nothing in the group really comes close to the restrained devastation of his work. It's his year and he's taking the gold home.