
Robert De Niro

Silver Linings Playbook



Philip Seymour Hoffman

The Master



Tommy Lee Jones

Lincoln



Christoph Waltz

Django Unchained



Ty Burr says ...
A gathering of old pros. Every actor in this category has won before, each is beloved to one degree or another, so its just a matter of where the sentiment will land. Jones and Alan Arkin are neck and neck: The latters seedy Hollywood producer is a great inside joke but the formers Thaddeus Stevens is a great performance, a great part, and great history, and it channels the actors legendary crankiness in delightfully fresh ways.
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Will win
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln -
Should win
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
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Shouldn't be here
None -
Was robbed
None

Janice Page says ...
Sure, Tommy Lee Jones could take home a trophy for trademark cantankerousness (bewigged this time). Or Waltz could extend his debt to Quentin Tarantino. But Im betting that voters will reward De Niro for reversing decades of bad movie choices by turning in just one performance that indicates he still cares, kind of. Jackson, whos at least as deserving as Waltz, should be sitting in Arkins spot.
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Will win
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook -
Should win
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
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Shouldn't be here
Alan Arkin, Argo -
Was robbed
Samuel L. Jackson, Django Unchained