86th Oscar Lead Actor Predictions 4/2/11

My first attempt to predict the Lead Actor Nominees at the 86th Oscars.

Lead Actor:
1. Ryan Gosling in The Place Beyond The Pines (Predicted Winner)
2. Will Smith in The Legend Of Cain
3. Daniel Day-Lewis in Silence
4. Matt Damon in Liberace
5. Edward Norton in Motherless Brooklyn

Alternates:
6. Danny Glover in Toussaint
7. Ben Kingsley in Will
8. Will Smith in The Last Pharaoh
9. Leonardo DiCaprio in The Devil In The White City
10. Christian Bale in Concrete Island
11. Al Pacino in Masterpiece
12. John Travolta in Gotti: Three Generations
13. Javier Bardem in The Dark Tower
14. George Clooney in Our Brand Of Crisis
15. Matt Damon in Tender Is The Night
16. Tobey Maguire in Pawn Sacrifice
17. Will Smith in Greenbacks
18. Benicio Del Toro in Making Jack Falcone
19. Hugh Jackman in Carousel
20. Mickey Rourke in Genghis Khan
21. Denzel Washington in The Matarese Circle
22. Mark Wahlberg in Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
23. Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf Of Wall Street
24. Matt Damon in Elysium
25. John Hawkes in Flora Plum
26. Robert Redford in L’or Sous La Neige
27. Guillaume Canet in A Boy And His Shoe
28. Ewan McGregor in Electric Slide
29. Tobey Maguire in Quiet Type
30. Josh Brolin in The Hunchback Of Notre Dame


See Lead Actor predictions for other years HERE. 
Or check out the Lead Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress predictions.
See predictions for other categories at the 86th Oscars HERE.
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