Cillian Murphy was already a front-runner for the Best Actor category at the 2024 Oscars for Oppenheimer, and his latest awards success makes his Academy Award win even more likely. Over a decade after rising to fame for his role in the 2002 horror movie 28 Days Later, Cillian Murphy finally received his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his performance as the titular character in Christopher Nolan’s 2023 movie Oppenheimer.
At the 2024 Oscars, Cillian Murphy is up against Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers, Colman Domingo for Rustin, Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction, and Bradley Cooper for Maestro in the Best Actor category. While the two front-runners throughout the awards season have been Murphy and Giamatti, the SAG Awards have just given the biggest indication of who is most likely to win at the Oscars.
Cillian Murphy’s Best Actor Oscars Win Is Way More Likely After The 2024 SAG Awards
Cillian Murphy winning Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture at the Netflix-streaming 2024 SAG Awards all but confirms he’ll win Best Actor at the Oscars. The SAG Awards have long been used as a reliable predictor of the Oscars’ acting category outcomes, so Murphy now has incredible odds to take home the Academy Award for Best Actor this year.
