Awards season is now well underway, with The Brutalist and Emilia Perez the big winners at the Golden Globes earlier this month.
All eyes are now on the BAFTA Film Awards in February, with the shortlists released this week and the ceremony scheduled for Sunday, February 16.
Meanhile the Oscars, the world’s most prestigious film awards, will be held on Sunday, March 2, with the nominees announced on Thursday, January 23. They had originally been planned for Friday, January 17, but were delayed due to the LA fires.
Here are the bookies’ favourites for the Best Actor Oscar when it is presented at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
5. Sebastian Stan
The bookies reckon that Sebastian Stan should be on the shortlist for 'A Different Man', following his unexpected win at the Golden Globes. In the film he plays a man who undergoes a novel medical procedure to cure him of a facial disfigurement. He's priced at 10/1 to win the Best Actor Oscar. | Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag
6. Daniel Craig
Former James Bond Daniel Craig i a 12/1 shot to win for his performance in Luca Guadagnino's 'Queer'. He play an American expat in Mexico City who becomes infatuated with a much younger man. | Getty Images
7. Jesse Eisenberg
Jessie Eisenberg directed, wrote and starred in 'A Real Pain', which sees him act opposite Kieran Culkin as a pair of cousins who travel to Poland to to honor their late grandmother. He's has a 16/1 chance of being crowned Best Actor. | Getty Images
8. Sebastian Stan
It's been an amazing year for Marvel favourite Sebastian Stan. Alongside 'A Different Man', he also has a 20/1 outside chance of winning for 'The Apprentice', where he plays new (and old) American president Donald Trump. | Getty Images for American Cinema