by Nathaniel R
Pacino & DeNiro together for the fourth time in "The Irishman"
A month ago we started brainstorming about Best Actress 2019 so before the April Foolish Oscar Predictions are announced let's brainstorm about possibilities in the male acting categories. It looks thin to us thus far, reminding us that we'd be happiest with 4 female acting categories instead. That said, it's hard to keep track of everything in every stage of production so we hope you'll share anything you're exciting about that we may have missed or any hunches you have about upcoming films.
These are neither value judgments (since so few films have been screened) nor predictions (that's in April) but merely a listing of performances that are on the way...
Bale, slimmed down again for "Ford v Ferrari"LEADING ACTOR ?
As usual there are quite a few of what appear to be double lead movies (The Irishman, Ford v Ferarri, Honey Boy, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Pope, etcetera) so who knows who will pretend to be supporting
- Christian Bale, Ford v Ferrari
- Antonio Banderas, Pain & Glory
- Jamie Bell, Skin
- Timothee Chalamet, The King
- Gary Carr, Bolden
- Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
- Matt Damon, Ford v Ferrari
- Robert DeNiro, The Irishman
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit (lead role but child actor so...)
- Adam Driver, The Report
- Winston Duke, Us
- Taron Egerton, Rocketman
- Zac Efron, Extremely Wicked...
- Ansel Elgort, The Goldfinch
- Jimmie Fails, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
- Will Ferrell, Downhill
- Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
- Kelvin Harrison Jr, Luce
- Anthony Hopkins, The Pope
- Nicholas Hoult, Tolkien
- Noah Jupe, Honey Boy (lead role but child actor so...)
- Shia Labeouf, Honey Boy
- Matthew McConaughey, The Beach Bum
- Ian McKellen, The Good Liar
- Eddie Murphy, Dolemite
- Liam Neeson, Normal People
- Edward Norton, Motherless Brooklyn
- Gary Oldman, the Laundromat
- Al Pacino, The Irishman
- Robert Pattinson, High Life
- Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
- Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood / Ad Astra
- Jonathan Pryce, The Pope
- Eddie Redmayne, The Aeronauts
- Sam Rockwell, Best of Enemies
- Mark Ruffalo, Untitled Todd Haynes Project
- Matthias Schoenaerts, The Mustang
- Will Smith, Gemini Man
SUPPORTING ACTOR ?
Jonathan Majors and Jimmie Fails in "The Last Black Man in San Francisco"
- Antonio Banderas, The Laundromat
- Jamie Bell, Rocketman
- Sterling K Brown, Waves
- Bobby Cannavale, The Irishman
- Timothée Chalamet, Little Women
- James Corden, Cats
- Willem Dafoe, Motherless Brooklyn / The Last Thing He Wanted
- James Badge Dale, The Kitchen
- Joel Edgerton, The King
- Domhnall Gleeson, The Kitchen
- Jon Hamm, Lucy in the Sky
- William Jackson Harper, Untitled Todd Haynes / Midsommar / Man in Woods
- Brian Tyree Henry, Woman in the Window
- Damon Herriman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Kristoffer Hivju, Downhill (is he reprising his role from Force Majeure?... this being a remake)
- Tommy Lee Jones, Ad Astra
- Harvey Keitel, The Irishman
- Anthony Mackie, Against All Enemies / Woman in the Window
- Richard Madden, Rocketman
- Jonathan Majors, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
- Sebastian Mansicalco, The Irishman
- Ian McKellen, Cats
- Ben Mendelsohn, The King
- Mike Moh, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Gary Oldman, Woman in the Window
- Clive Owen, Gemini Man
- Robert Pattinson, The King / The Lighthouse
- Joe Pesci, The Irishman
- Matthew Rhys, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
- Sam Rockwell, Jojo Rabbit
- Ray Romano, The Irishman
- Taika Waititi, JoJo Rabbit
- Bruce Willis, Motherless Brooklyn
SIZE OF ROLE ?
Chalamet on the set of The King. Ben Mendelsohn costars
- Kelvin Harrison Jr, Waves
- Lucas Hedges, Waves
- John Lithgow, Untitled Roger Aisles Project (he plays Roger Aisles but we think it's going to be more of an ensemble film or perhaps a multiple female lead movie. Supporting for Lithgow?)
- Gary Oldman, the Laundromat
- Alexander Skarsgard, The Kill Team
- Nat Wolff, The Kill Team
We assume we're looking at 2020 for these... but they could show up early
- Atlantic Wall (war drama Bradley Cooper)
- Just Mercy (civil rights drama Michael B Jordan)
- Minimata (environmental drama Johnny Depp)
- Waiting for the Barbarians (period drama Robert Pattinson and Johnny Depp)
- West Side Story remake (musical Ansel Elgort)
- Wrong Answer (education drama starring Michael B Jordan)