# Dopers Predict the 88th Academy Awards Winners: Best Actor **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-predict-the-88th-academy-awards-winners-best-actor/743668 "2016-01-20T11:20:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-predict-the-88th-academy-awards-winners-best-actor/743668/1 "2016-01-20T11:20:10Z")
[LINK](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=781460) to Best Picture poll. Let’s see how well we can, as a group, predict the major Oscar winners. It is not necessary to have seen all the nominated films to vote, simply predict who or what you think will win. Next up: Best Actor mmm ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-predict-the-88th-academy-awards-winners-best-actor/743668/2 "2016-01-20T14:23:48Z")
Easy. This is Leo’s year. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-predict-the-88th-academy-awards-winners-best-actor/743668/3 "2016-01-20T17:26:08Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Easy. This is Leo’s year. I agree. And the fact that the role he played was with almost no dialogue makes his acting chops in that movie much more outstanding. ---
**Author:** ![bb49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@bb49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bb49)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-predict-the-88th-academy-awards-winners-best-actor/743668/4 "2016-01-21T04:25:20Z")
A white guy will win it. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-predict-the-88th-academy-awards-winners-best-actor/743668/5 "2016-01-21T04:29:54Z")
DiCaprio a prohibitive favourite by any measure. He isa wildly favoured in every betting market. All precedent and trends suggest he will win. I will take a bet on him with anyone who cares to bet against him. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-predict-the-88th-academy-awards-winners-best-actor/743668/6 "2016-01-21T18:15:55Z")
I will say, if Redmayne had not won just last year, that he would be in the discussion. But because he did, none of the other performances (good as they were) come close. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-predict-the-88th-academy-awards-winners-best-actor/743668/7 "2016-01-21T18:38:16Z")
Leo finally gets it done. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-predict-the-88th-academy-awards-winners-best-actor/743668/8 "2016-01-21T23:49:59Z")
Eh- Di Caprio.