Power Rankings for 10/25/06
Best Actor
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| P/R |
Last |
C/R
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Person/Film |
| 1 |
-- |
77 |
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland |
| |
Larger-than-life roles have an inside track. |
| 2 |
-- |
70 |
Matt Damon - The Departed |
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Should ride the popular wave of the film to a nomination. |
| 3 |
-- |
68 |
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed |
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Scorsese + DiCaprio = another nomination? |
| 4 |
-- |
54 |
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson |
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A potential breakout role, if anyone will see it. |
| 5 |
-- |
47 |
Ed Norton - The Illusionist |
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It's been 7 years since a nomination for one of the generation's most respected actors. |
| 6 |
-- |
37 |
Sean Penn - All The King's Men |
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An Academy fave, but his film bombed hard. |
| 7 |
-- |
35 |
Toby Jones - Infamous |
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Two Truman Capote impressions in a row getting nominated seems unlikely. |
| 8 |
-- |
29 |
Alec Baldwin - Running With Scissors |
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Has to overcome the negative buzz of the film. |
| 9 |
-- |
22 |
Nicolas Cage - World Trade Center |
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Maybe Best Moustache. |
| 10 |
-- |
19 |
Aaron Eckhart - Thank You For Smoking |
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Eckhart could probably play this in his sleep. |
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