ACTOR IN A DRAMA

❚ Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name ❚ Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread

❚ Tom Hanks, The Post

❚ Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

❚ Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Will win/should win: Gary Oldman

Any other year, this would be Chalamet’s trophy to win after his stirring and emotional performance in a coming-of-age story of sexual awakening. Unfortunately for him, Oldman completely transforms, from jowls to paunch, into Winston Churchill, a rousing role that’ll likely let the acclaimed British thespian run the table to Oscar.