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The nominees for the 2009 Best Actor Oscars were announced on January 22, 2009 at 5:30 a.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Los Angeles, California. In 2008, the Best Actor Oscar was presented to Daniel Day-Lewis For his performance in the film There Will Be Blood on February 24, 2008.
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- 2009 nominations date: January 22, 2009
- Time: 5:30 a.m. PSTOfficial Site: 2009 Oscar Nominees
- 2009 nomination ceremony location: Samuel Goldwyn TheaterOfficial Site: 2009 Oscar Nominees
- City: Los Angeles
- State: California
- Oscar Ceremony airs on ABC network
- 2009 Academy Awards Date: February 22, 2009
- Time: 5 p.m. PST
- Venue: Kodak Theatre in Downtown Hollywood
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View All Best Actor Oscar Nominees Questions (19166) | Ask a QuestionWho *will* win the best actor Oscar for 2009? Who *should* win the Best Actor Oscar for 2009? - Featured (26 Answers)*will* win - Sean Penn, Milk *should* win - Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler Penn’s win at the Producer’s Guild Awards gives him a grand total of 17 Best Actor awards ... read moreWho *will* win the best supporting actor Oscar for 2009? Who *should* win? - Featured (6 Answers)Will and should - Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight Ledger on Sunday night will become the second actor to win an Oscar after his or her death. Critics' associations ... read moreWho is wearing the best designed Oscar dress? What is the best designed Oscar dress ever? (2 Answers)I have to say I was not particularly impressed or thrilled by any dresses this year. My favorite is probably Penelope Cruz's. She looked absolutely ravisihing. Even though it might ... read moreWould you rather score the winning goal for your country in the World Cup or accept an Oscar for Best Actor? (2 Answers)Given the descriptions, I think I'd take the winning goal in the world cup. Athletes and actors often get equal amounts of attention, but I think the camaraderie and long ... read more
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Best Actor Oscar Nominees News and Information
- Filmsite: Best Actor Facts and Trivia
- Wikipedia: Academy Award for Best Actor
- Google News: Best Actor Oscar Nominees
- CNN.com: 'Button' hooks 13 Oscar nominations (January 22, 2009)
- OSCAR.com: Annual Academy Awards - Nominee List
- Variety: 'No Country' big winner at Oscars (February 24, 2008)
- "Brit Daniel Day-Lewis won the acting statue, the second of his career."
- The Baltimore Sun: 'No Country for Old Men,' 'There Will Be Blood' lead Oscar nominations (January 22, 2008)
- "With a Golden Globe and universal acclaim for his performance as a relentless killer, Bardem looks like the closest thing to a front-runner this Oscar season, which is unusually wide open for best picture and other top categories."
- This is London: Will it be Daniel's day as Brits lead Oscars line-up (January 22, 2008)
- "Day-Lewis, 50, has been nominated for best actor for a searing performance as an oil prospector in There Will Be Blood. Victory would be his second Oscar win after My Left Foot in 1989."
- "But he faces stiff competition from Johnny Depp, for his role in Tim Burton's adaptation of the musical Sweeney Todd, Viggo Mortensen for the Russian mafia movie Eastern Promises which was filmed in London, and George Clooney for Michael Clayton."
- New York Magazine: The Oscars: The Best Actor and Actress Nominees, Decoded (January 22, 2008)
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- Hollywood Today: Violence is Golden with Depp, Clooney, Viggo, Blood, No Country (January 22, 2008)
- "Tommy Lee Jones (for 'In the Valley of Elah,' not 'No Country') and 'Blood's' Daniel Day-Lewis are up for Best Actor, joined by three equally violent characters, a razor wielding Johnny Depp from Sweeney Todd, George Clooney on the run from corporate hit men and Viggo Mortensen as a Russian mafioso from 'Eastern Promises.' Early money is on Day-Lewis, whose win-at-all-costs oil baron in 'Blood' does not even need to say a word in the first 20 minutes, but leaves you breathless."
