85th Oscar Lead Actor Updates (2012-2013 Awards Season) (5/17/11)

Lots of new additions and changed rankings in the 85th Oscar Lead Actor race. Here are today’s rankings, with previous ranking shown in parenthesis after each entry.

1. Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln (Predicted Winner) (previous rank 1
2. David Oyelowo in Selma (previous rank 2)
3. Leonardo DiCaprio in J. Edgar (if not released in 2011) (previous rank 3)
4. Gael Garcia Bernal in Hands of Stone (previous rank 4)
5. Bill Murray in Hyde Park On Hudson (previous rank 6)

Alternates:
6. Terrence Howard in Macbett: The Caribbean Macbeth (previous rank 5)
7. John C. Reilly in Carnage (if not released in 2011) (previous rank 8)
8. Tony Leung Chiu Wai in The Grandmasters (previous rank 9)
9. Antonio Banderas in Dali (previous rank 12)
10. Denzel Washington in Brothers In Arms (previous rank 14)
11. Suraj Sharma in Life Of Pi (previously listed as supporting actor, rank 6)
12. Victor Dowell in To Hell And Back (New)
13. Leonardo DiCaprio in The Great Gatsby (previous rank 10)
14. Christian Bale in The Deark Knight Rises (previous rank 11)
15. Hugh Jackman in The Greatest Showman On Earth (New)
16. Jeremy Irvine in Great Expectations (New)
17. Benicio Del Toro in Savages (previous rank 16)
18. Thomas Horn in Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close (New)
19. Lenny Kravitz in The Blind Bastard Club (New)
20. Tom Hardy in The Wettest County In The World (previous rank 37)
21. Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis (New)
22. Denzel Washington in The Butler (New)
23. Paul Dano in Another Bullshit Night In Suck City (New)
24. John Hawkes in The Playroom (New)
25. Albert Finney in Quartet (previous rank 17)
26. Christian Bale in The 13 Women Of Nanjing (previous rank 18)
27. Forest Whitaker in What A Wonderful World (New)
28. Brad Pitt in World War Z (New)
29. Mark Wahlberg in Broken City (New)
30. Keanu Reeves in 47 Ronin (previous rank 19)
31. Casey Affleck in The Kind One (previous rank 21)
32. Brad Pitt in Cogan’s Trade (previous rank 22)
33. Morgan Freeman in The Third Act (previous rank 24)
34. Anthony Hopkins in Hemingway & Fuentes (previous rank 26)
35. James Caviezel in Savannah (previous rank 27)
36. Tom Hanks in Cloud Atlas (previous rank 41)
37. Joaquin Phoenix in Big Shoe (previous rank 29)
38. John Cusack in The Raven (previously listed in the 84th Oscar race, rank 39)
39. Tobey Maguire in The Great Gatsby (previously listed as supporting actor, rank 15)
40. Diego Boneta in Rock Of Ages (New)
41. Al Pacino in Leningrad (New)
42. Jesse Eisenberg in The Wrong Picture (New)
43. Jorge Garcia in When We Were Pirates (New)
44. Daniel Radcliffe in All Quiet On The Western Front (New)
45. Josh Lucas in Keeper Of The Pinstripes (New)
46. Paul Dano in For Ellen (New)
47. Mark Wahlberg in Contraband (previous rank 20)
48. Johnny Depp in Triple Frontier (previous rank 30)
49. Jude Law in Anna Karenina (previous rank 36)
50. Ryan Gosling in Logan’s Run (previous rank 31)


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