2024 Oscars Odds: Cillian Murphy the Runaway Favorite for Best Actor as Nominations are Announced
The 2024 Oscars odds are out after the nominations were released on Tuesday. Similar to Best Picture, Cillian Murphy and Oppenheimer are leading the way for the Best Actor. Jason Radowitz explores the latest Oscars Best Actor Odds.
Jason Radowitz - January 23, 2024, 11:45 AM EST
4 min2024 Oscars Odds: Cillian Murphy the Runaway Favorite for Best Actor as Nominations are Announced
The Academy Award for Best Actor began in the 1920s. Since then, the Academy Awards has handed out an Oscar for Best Actor 95 times for 85 different actors.
Heading into the Academy Awards, you will hear a lot about the movie Oppenheimer. It has swept the board for nominations and appears destined to win Big Picture.
Can the movie earn the Best Actor Award as well?
Check out the odds below for the Best Actor Award.
2024 Best Actor Odds
Actor - Movie | Odds |
|---|---|
Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer | -250 |
Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers | +225 |
Bradley Cooper - Maestro | +750 |
Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction | +2000 |
Colman Domingo - Rustin | +3300 |
Oscars Odds - Best Actor
Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer (-250)
The Best Actor typically goes to actors who play real-life characters. Murphy played as a real-life character in the movie Oppenheimer.
Murphy praised Christopher Nolan for directing the movie and believes that Nolan deserves all the credit and accolades for this film.
Murphy admitted seeing how focused and dedicated Nolan was, he began preparing for the movie. Now, he's the favorite to win the Best Actor Award.
Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers (+225)
Paul Giamatti has many accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Gloves. Now, he's been nominated for an Academy Award that he has a chance to win legitimately.
The odds have Giamatti in second place. However, many movie fanatics believe that "The Holdovers" is still underrated and a movie that everyone should see due to Giamatti's performance in the film.
Could an upset be brewing? It's possible.
Bradley Cooper - Maestro (+750)
The film Maestro earned seven Academy Award Nominations, including Best Actor.
Bradley Cooper has achieved a lot in his career. However, he's still never won an Oscar. That's one of the few things left on his agenda.
While he's on the rise, it's still unlikely that he wins. However, he does have the fact that he played a real-life character. Those roles typically win the Best Actor. But so did Murphy for Oppenheimer.
Actor - Movie | Odds |
|---|---|
Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer | -250 |
Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers | +225 |
Bradley Cooper - Maestro | +750 |
Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction | +2000 |
Colman Domingo - Rustin | +3300 |
