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15 January 2026

Best Actor 2025

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

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET, Marty Supreme

MICHAEL B. JORDAN, Sinners

DYLAN O'BRIEN, Twinless

VAHID MOBASSERI, Un Simple Accident (یک تصادف ساده) (It Was Just an Accident)

WAGNER MOURA, O Agente Secreto (The Secret Agent)


Also loved:
Will Arnett, Is This Thing On?
Daniel Day-Lewis, Anemone
Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
Everett Blunck, Griffin in Summer
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Motaz Malhees, The Voice of Hind Rajab (صوت هند رجب)
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Brad Pitt, F1
Stellan Skarsgård, Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value)
Channing Tatum, Roofman

Apologies to:
Mahmood Bakri (To a Land Unknown), Gael Garcia Bernal (Magellan), Frank Dillane (Urchin), Colin Farrell (Ballad of a Small Player), Harry Melling (Pillion), Shia LaBeouf (Henry Johnson), Lee Kang-sheng (Blue Sun Palace), Billy Magnussen (Violent Ends), João Pedro Mariano (Baby), Josh O'Connor (Rebuilding), Albrecht Schuch (Peacock), Toni Servillo (La Grazia), Denzel Washington (Highest 2 Lowest), Ben Whishaw (Peter Hujar's Day), and Yoshii Ryōsuke (Cloud), whose films I haven't seen yet.

Related:
My Best Actor Picks from previous years (2004-2024)

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