Oscar 2008 Predictions: Acting Categories

George Clooney in Michael Clayton
Oscar 2008 Predictions: Best Film, Director, Foreign Language Film
Best Actor:
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Possibly: Denzel Washington, American Gangster; Frank Langella, Starting Out in the Evening; James McAvoy, Atonement; Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild; Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl; Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah

Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
Best Actress:
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Ellen Page, Juno
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Possibly: Amy Adams, Enchanted; Keira Knightley, Atonement; Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age; Laura Linney, The Savages

Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Best Supporting Actor:
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
Possibly: Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War; Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood; Max von Sydow, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton
Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton )
Cate Blanchett (I’m Not There)
Possibly: Saoirse Ronan, Atonement; Ruby Dee, American Gangster; Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement; Marisa Tomei, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead; Catherine Keener, Into the Wild
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Tags: 2008 Oscar, Academy Awards, Casey Affleck, Film Awards, George Clooney, La Vie en Rose, Marion Cotillard, Michael Clayton, Oscar Predictions, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Tilda Swinton
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