Next up on my list of personal 2024 Oscar nominees is the Best Actor category. This one was also very light on candidates, and my list overlaps with the Academy’s by four (though I have one of the actors included for a different movie than they do).

The one Oscar-nominated performer I left out might seem like a crazy one. Adrien Brody was excellent in The Brutalist, no question about it, and he’s in my sixth slot. But I felt better about omitting him than any of the others.

And the nominees are…

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