Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in “THE WOLF OF WALL STREET”
Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in “12 YEARS A SLAVE”
Oscar Isaac as Llewyn Davis in “INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS”
Mads Mikkelsen as Lucas in “THE HUNT”
Joaquin Phoenix as Theodore Twonbly in “HER”
AND THE WINNER IS:
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR AS SOLOMON NORTHUP IN “12 YEARS A SLAVE”
This is the first win and second nomination for Chiwetel Ejiofor. He was previously nominated for Serenity (2005).
For years since his breakthrough in 1997’s Amistad Ejiofor has been consistently working and with some odd roles were he was great it is finally in Steve McQueen’s epic 12 Years a Slave that he is given the lead role his talents have been waiting to have. The story told centres around Solomon Northup being played by Ejiofor and in every scene your eyes are fully drawn to Ejiofor. The role never really calls for him to give a performance that is highly dramatic and instead is an example of how subtle acting really can be very effective. Ejiofor gives such a brilliant performance that the real surprise of this years award season has been how Ejiofor never has been awarded what he really deserves to be winning.
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