And the best actor Oscar nominees are...

In a career-defining role, Steve Carell plays an eccentric millionaire who invites an Olympic wrestler to live and train at his estate. This is his first Oscar nomination.

Updated on: Jan 18, 2015 4:35 PM IST

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In a career-defining role, Steve Carell plays an eccentric millionaire who invites an Olympic wrestler to live and train at his estate. This is his first Oscar nomination.

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Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing, the man who broke Nazi's Enigma code and shortened World War II by a good two years. His persecution for being gay also forms an important part of this film. Tailor-made for Oscars, did you say?

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Eddie Redmayne's brilliant turn as physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything has made this Brit actor one of the favourites for Oscars. A Golden Globe already in his kitty, Redmayne is one of the strong contenders.

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Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saved countless lives in the war. Bradley Cooper's brilliant rendition of Kyle in American Sniper has won him his third Oscar nod. Will he be third time lucky?

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With multiple awards in his kitty already this year, Michael Keaton is a frontrunner in the category. We are waiting to see if the Birdman actor can be one of those few actors who will win a Golden Globe and an Oscar in the same year. As a washed up actor who is trying to give a new lease of life to his career, he is a critics' darling too.