Actor in a Leading Role Oscar Nominations 2020
The Oscars 2020 Actor In A Leading Role nominations have been announced! Five actors are now competing to take home the most prestigious award in film, the Oscar, with the winner revealed when the Oscars air LIVE SUNDAY FEBRUARY 9 8e|5p on ABC. The nominees for Actor In A Leading Role are: Antontio Banderas, Leonardo DiCaprio, Adam Driver, Joaquin Phoenix and Jonathan Pryce. This is both Antonio Banderas' and Jonathan Pryce's first nomination. For all the details, you can read more about the Oscars 2020 Actor In A Leading Role nominees below. You can also explore other Oscar nominees 2020 and see the complete Oscar nominations 2020 list right here on Oscar.com.
OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2020 - Actor In A Leading Role
Antonio Banderas - PAIN AND GLORY 
Oscars 2020 Actor In A Leading Role nominee, Antonio Banderas
Film Synopsis Salvador Mallo, a renowned film director in physical decline, revisits his past: his childhood with his mother, his first desire, his first adult love and breakup, and the early discovery of cinema.Leonardo DiCaprio - ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD
Oscars 2020 Actor In A Leading Role nominee, Leonardo DiCaprio
Film Synopsis In Los Angeles in 1969, aging TV star Rick Dalton and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth struggle to make their way around an industry and a city they hardly recognize anymore.Adam Driver - MARRIAGE STORY
Oscars 2020 Actor In A Leading Role nominee, Adam Driver
Film Synopsis A young creative couple and their son navigate the tricky waters of bicoastal separation and impending divorce.Joaquin Phoenix - JOKER
Oscars 2020 Actor In A Leading Role nominee, Joaquin Phoenix
Film Synopsis In Gotham's fractured society, a young man longs to be a stand-up comic, but finds the joke is always on him. Caught in a cycle of apathy, cruelty and ultimately, betrayal, the comedian makes one bad decision after another, bringing about a chain reaction of escalating events.Jonathan Pryce - THE TWO POPES
Oscars 2020 Actor In A Leading Role nominee, Jonathan Pryce
Film Synopsis In 2012, the introspective Pope Benedict and his harshest critic, Cardinal Bergoglio, engage in a deep, revelatory discussion about the state of the Catholic Church and their future as its leaders.The 92nd Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 9, 2020, at the Dolby® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
