The 2023 Academy Award nominations are a little over a month away. Last month, I shared my first thoughts on each of the big categories. Today, I look at the Best Actor Race and see who has moved up and down my rankings.

As we inch closer and closer to the nominations, I will start posting these on a bi-weekly basis. Once we hit January, I will update them before the nominations come out and look at who will take home the Oscars after the nominations are announced.

Best Actor Nominations

1. Bradley Cooper, Maestro
2. Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
3. Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
4. Colman Domingo, Rustin
5. Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon

Outside look in: Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) and Zac Efron (The Iron Claw)

As of right now, I have the same five as I did a month ago. I still see Cooper in the drive seat for the win right now with Jeffrey Wright moving up the leader board with American Fiction finding some love from several different groups.

For more expansive breakdown of the Best Actor race, check out my video below.