Thursday, November 26, 2015

Golden Globe Musings: Best Actor in a TV Series – Drama

Golden Globe nominations for this year will be announced soon, so here’s a survey of the contenders and the most likely predictions at this time. Weigh in with your thoughts, and let me know if I’ve left off anyone important. A reminder that last year’s nominees mean zilch at the Globes and that the race is almost entirely unpredictable.

Last year’s nominees:
Clive Owen (The Knick) Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)
James Spader (The Blacklist)
Dominic West (The Affair)

New contenders:
Kyle Chandler (Bloodline) Terrence Howard (Empire)
Rami Malek (Mr. Robot)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Wagner Maura (Narcos)

Past nominees:
Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex)
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)


Globe voters can forget all about a show they loved just a year after enthusiastically endorsing it, but I don’t think that will happen to West and his show. Schreiber will also probably stick around without the support of his show, while I expect that Owen and Spader will not. With Spacey returning, it’s a question of which new faces will show up. I think that Malek and Maura stand the strongest chance, but any one of the new contenders could take their places.

Current predictions:
Rami Malek (Mr. Robot)
Wagner Maura (Narcos)
Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)
Dominic West (The Affair)

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