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.
9. John David Washington
The bookies reckon that John David Washington has a 40/1 chance of winning the Best Actor gong. He reprises the role he played in the stage version of 'The Piano Lesson' in the big screen adaption, about arguments between a brother and a sister who have different ideas on what to do with an inherited piano. | Getty Images
10. Paul Mescal
Paul Mescal transformed himself into an action hero for Ridley Scott's sequel 'Gladiator 2'. He's unlikely to replicate Russell Crowe's award winning spree in the original though - with odds of 50/1 for Best Actor. | Getty Images for Paramount Pictu
11. Andrew Garfield
Former Spiderman actor Andrew Garfield is also priced at 50/1 for his performance in 'We Live in Time' where he plays the husband of a woman with terminal cancer, played by Florence Pugh. | AFP via Getty Images
12. Nicholas Hoult
Completing our list is former 'Skins' actor Nicholas Hoult, the third actor priced at 50/1, for his role in 'Juror #2'. He plays a juror in a high-profile murder trial find with a serious moral dilemma that could influence the verdict. | Getty Images