Best Actor

Members of the Actors Branch vote in all four acting categories, including Best Actor, which have five nominees apiece.
Erik Anderson
Updated Oct. 18, 2026

1

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

2

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

3

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

4

John Turturro
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

5

Christina Birro
Updated Oct. 20, 2026

1

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

2

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

3

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

5

John Turturro
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Sonny Bunch
Updated Oct. 07, 2026

1

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

2

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

3

Pedro Pascal
Behemoth!

4

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

5

Ryan Gosling
Project Hail Mary
David Canfield
Updated Oct. 01, 2026

1

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

2

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

3

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

4

John Turturro
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

5

Ryan Gosling
Project Hail Mary
Sophia Ciminello
Updated Oct. 04, 2026

1

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

2

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

3

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

4

John Turturro
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

5

Tom Cruise
Digger
Tyler Coates
Updated Oct. 12, 2026

1

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

2

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

3

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

4

John Turturro
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

5

Tom Cruise
Digger
Greg Ellwood
Updated Sep. 25, 2026

1

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

2

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

3

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

4

Tom Cruise
Digger

5

Joyce Eng
Updated Oct. 18, 2026

1

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

2

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

3

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

4

Anthony Ippolito
I Play Rocky

5

John Turturro
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Chris Feil
Updated Nov. 02, 2026

1

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

2

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

3

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

4

John Turturro
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

5

Tom Cruise
Digger
Brian Formo
Updated Sep. 28, 2026

1

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

2

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

3

Tom Cruise
Digger

4

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

5

John Turturro
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Gerrad Hall
Updated Sep. 25, 2026

1

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

2

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

3

Tom Cruise
Digger

4

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

5

Jordan Hoffman
Updated Sep. 30, 2026

1

2

John Turturro
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

3

Anthony Ippolito
I Play Rocky

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

Maureen Lee Lenker
Updated Oct. 06, 2026

1

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

2

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

3

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

5

Pedro Pascal
Behemoth!
Shirley Li
Updated Oct. 14, 2026

1

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

2

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

3

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

5

Dane McDonald
Updated Nov. 02, 2026

1

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

2

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

3

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

4

Ryan Gosling
Project Hail Mary

5

John Turturro
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Ryan McQuade
Updated Oct. 04, 2026

1

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

2

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

3

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

5

Drew McWeeny
Updated Oct. 09, 2026

1

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

2

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

3

Ryan Gosling
Project Hail Mary

4

Mahershala Ali
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

5

Tom Cruise
Digger
Matt Neglia
Updated Sep. 30, 2026

1

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

2

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

3

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

4

5

Pedro Pascal
Behemoth!
Louis Peitzman
Updated Oct. 04, 2026

1

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

2

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

3

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

4

Ryan Gosling
Project Hail Mary

5

Tom Cruise
Digger
Joe Reid
Updated Sep. 30, 2026

1

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

2

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

3

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

4

Tom Cruise
Digger

5

Anthony Ippolito
I Play Rocky
Katey Rich
Updated Sep. 17, 2026

1

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

2

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

3

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

4

Ryan Gosling
Project Hail Mary

5

John Turturro
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

1

2

3

4

5

Christopher Rosen
Updated Nov. 03, 2026

1

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

2

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

3

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

4

Anthony Ippolito
I Play Rocky

5

Tom Cruise
Digger

1

2

3

4

5

Michael Schulman
Updated Oct. 21, 2026

1

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

2

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

3

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

4

Pedro Pascal
Behemoth!

5

John Turturro
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
David Sims
Updated Sep. 17, 2026

1

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

2

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

3

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

4

John Turturro
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

5

Robert Pattinson
The Odyssey
Kelsey Stefanson
Updated Sep. 25, 2026

1

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

2

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

3

4

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

5

John Turturro
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Katie Walsh
Updated Nov. 03, 2026

1

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

2

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

3

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

4

Yura Borisov
Artificial

5

Tom Cruise
Digger
Steven Weintraub
Updated Oct. 15, 2026

1

Tom Cruise
Digger

2

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

3

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

4

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

5

Ryan Gosling
Project Hail Mary
Jada Yuan
Updated Oct. 28, 2026

1

Andrew Scott
Elsinore

2

John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine

3

Matt Damon
The Odyssey

4

Anthony Ippolito
I Play Rocky

5

John Turturro
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

1

2

3

4

5

Best Actor Leaderboard

Actors sorted by the percentage of pundits predicting a nomination in this category

96%
Matt Damon
The Odyssey
96%
John Malkovich
Wild Horse Nine
93%
Andrew Scott
Elsinore
54%
John Turturro
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
43%
Tom Cruise
Digger
25%
Ryan Gosling
Project Hail Mary
18%
Anthony Ippolito
I Play Rocky
18%
14%
Pedro Pascal
Behemoth!
14%
11%
4%
Mahershala Ali
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
4%
Yura Borisov
Artificial
4%
Robert Pattinson
The Odyssey

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