Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. —Henry Fielding

19 January 2025

Best Actor 2024

Here is my top five in alphabetical order. These are the five I would nominate if I were an Academy of one.


ADRIEN BRODY, The Brutalist

RALPH FIENNES, Conclave

ANDREW GARFIELD, We Live in Time

RAPHAËL QUENARD, Yannick

MISSAGH ZAREH, The Seed of the Sacred Fig (دانه‌ی انجیر معابد)

Also loved:
Daniel Craig, Queer
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Christian McGaffney, Simón
John Magaro, September 5
Cillian Murphy, Small Things like These

Apologies to:
Patricio Arellano (Since the Last Time We Met), Raúl Briones (La Cocina), Tommy Dewey (Your Monster), Peter Dinklage (The Thicket), Adam Driver (Megalopolis), Jharrel Jerome (Unstoppable), Keith Kupferer (Ghostlight), Gabriel LaBelle (Saturday Night), Jude Law (The Order), Atibon Nazaire (Mountains), Herbert Nordrum (The Hypnosis), Egill Ólafsson (Touch), Théodore Pellerin (Solo), Joaquin Phoenix (Joker: Folie à Deux), Aaron Pierre (Rebel Ridge), Marco Pigossi (High Tide), Tomasso Ragno (Vermiglio), and Vojtech Vodochodský (Waves), whose films I haven't seen yet.

Related:
My Best Actor Picks from previous years (2004-2023)

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