ACTOR IN A COMEDY OR MUSICAL
❚ Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
❚ Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver
❚ James Franco, The Disaster Artist
❚ Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman
❚ Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out Will win: James Franco Should win: Daniel Kaluuya
Franco effectively captures the strange mannerisms and can-do indie spirit of The Room auteur Tommy Wiseau, the HFPA loves to fête major stars, plus he’s just fun to watch. Yet Kaluuya gets the meatier role to sink his teeth into, bringing a huge amount of depth and fear as well as humor to the role of a young black man terrorized by his white girlfriend’s family.