Some of Hollywood's biggest stars will vie to win Best Actor at the Oscars 2026 , one year after Adrien Brody was awarded for The Brutalist . I'm excited to once again be in charge of tracking this race throughout awards season for ScreenRant and giving our take on who is the frontrunner, who is rising, and who is falling.

As usual, there is a strong mix of actors with differing careers and awards experience set to be major players in Best Actor. Previous winners like Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis have been linked to the category ever since their respective movies were announced. Timothée Chalamet is in a similar boat thanks to his ascension through the industry.

Having some Oscars history is nice, but voters like to spread the nominations around and give recognition to

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