Oscars 2014: Who Is Winning The Best Actor Race?

by Christopher Lominac

Nomination Chances: 17%

Dark Horse Contenders

Captain Phillips1. Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips2. Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street3. Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station4. Joaquin Phoenix in Her5. Forest Whitaker in Lee Daniels' The Butler

Long Shot Contenders

American Hustle Trailer1. Christian Bale in American Hustle2. Christian Bale in Out of the Furnace3. Idris Elba in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom4. Hugh Jackman in Prisoners5. Ethan Hawke in Before Midnight
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A film fanatic at a very young age, starting with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movies and gradually moving up to more sophisticated fare, at around the age of ten he became inexplicably obsessed with all things Oscar. With the incredibly trivial power of being able to chronologically name every Best Picture winner from memory, his lifelong goal is to see every Oscar nominated film, in every major category, in the history of the Academy Awards.