{"id":635981,"date":"2026-08-14T01:07:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T01:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/635981\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T01:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T01:07:17","slug":"2027-oscars-best-actor-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/635981\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 Oscars Best Actor Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tVariety\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/awards-circuit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Awards Circuit<\/a>\u00a0section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/oscars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oscars<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/emmys\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emmys<\/a>, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by\u00a0Variety\u00a0chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change in response to buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/maven-unit-240504-00234rc-crop3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/jaafar-jackson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jaafar-jackson\" data-tag=\"jaafar-jackson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaafar Jackson<\/a> as Michael Jackson in Michael. Photo Credit: Glen Wilson\/Lionsgate<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGlen Wilson\/Lionsgate<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<strong>Best Actor Predictions Commentary (Updated: Aug. 13, 2026):<\/strong> More to come.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe list of predictions in all categories can <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/lists\/2027-oscars-predictions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Governors Awards, which will hand out honorary Oscars to Glenn Close and Ridley Scott, will take place Sunday, Nov. 15. Preliminary voting for the Oscars shortlist in 12 categories runs Dec. 7-11, with the shortlist announcement to follow Tuesday, Dec. 15. Following the close of the eligibility period on Dec. 31, 2026, nominations voting will run Jan. 11-15, 2027. The official Oscar nominations will be announced on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2027. The 99th Oscars will take place on Sunday, March 14, 2027, and will be hosted by Conan O\u2019Brien. The ceremony airs live at 7 p.m. ET on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/behemoth.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"665\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tScreenshot<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScreenshot courtesy YouTube\/Searchlight Pictures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Variety\u00a0Awards Circuit\u00a0section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,18,117,19,17,97557,8000,7012,6000],"class_list":["post-635981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jaafar-jackson","tag-matt-damon","tag-oscars","tag-tom-cruise"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117091189449004881","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}