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Oscars Tips: Best Actor Odds & Predictions (2026)
With Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another premiering on Friday, lead role Leonardo DiCaprio heads the betting in the Best Actor market ahead of the 98th Academy Awards.
DiCaprio won his first and only Oscar back in 2016 for his role in The Revenant and he finds himself priced up as the 7/4 favourite in the early Best Actor odds to clinch the award for the second time.
Meanwhile, Jeremy Allen White (4/1) and Timothee Chalamet (11/2) are also towards the top of the betting ahead of March’s ceremony.
Academy Awards 2026 – Best Actor Odds:
Punters can bet on the Best Actor at the 2026 Academy Awards ceremony with William Hill and here is the current state of the market:
- Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (7/4)
- Jeremy Allen White – Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (4/1)
- Timothee Chalamet – Marty Supreme (11/2)
- Dwayne Johnson – The Smashing Machine (8/1)
- Jesse Plemons – Bugonia (8/1)
- Bar – (9/1)
With less than six months until the 98th Academy Awards ceremony in March, movie buffs around the world will be keeping a close eye on upcoming releases that may impact the Best Actor betting market.
Spokesperson for William Hill, Lee Phelps, said: “Leonardo DiCaprio was awarded his long-awaited Oscar for Best Actor back in 2016, and almost a decade later we could see him sweep up his second for his performance in One Battle After Another, which premieres this Friday.
“DiCaprio is our market leader in the Best Actor category at the 98th Academy Awards, priced as short as 7/4 just days before the film is released to the public.
“Jeremy Allen White’s performance in the biographical dama, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, see him in second at 4/1, with Timothee Chalamet mounting a challenge for his first Oscar for his role in Marty Supreme at 11/2.”
*Odds subject to change – prices accurate at the time of writing*
