JAMES FRANCO (127 HOURS)- A great performance, Franco gave it his all in this moving tale of a man's escape from his likely tomb deep in an American desert.
JAVIER BARDEM (BIUTIFUL)- A Spanish film which I don't know much about, Bardem apparently wowed audiences with his portrayal of Uxbal in Biutiful last year, so perhaps a foreign actor could get the Oscar?
JEFF BRIDGES (TRUE GRIT)- I haven't seen True Grit just yet, but going on Bridges' appearances in Iron Man and Tron: Legacy, he could be a shoe-in to win this.
JESSE EISENBERG (THE SOCIAL NETWORK)- If Mark Zuckerburg was once an irritating, damn near hatable guy then Eisenberg should swoop this award up. Otherwise, perhaps not: in my eyes, he's had better days than The Social Network.
COLIN FIRTH (THE KING'S SPEECH)- Hooray, not every name on the list starts with a J! And what better actor to finish with than Colin Firth, superb as King George VI in The King's Speech, especially his somewhat eerily realistic portayal of George's stammer. Firth's chemistry with Geoffrey Rush made this film one of 2011's early best.
MY CHOICE- This is perhaps a harder one to choose since there are two films on the list I haven't seen, but I will go with Colin Firth here as he really blew me away, and his film The King's Speech deserves all the awards it has recieved and will recieve.
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