John Malkovich
Best Actor contender · Wild Horse Nine
To win Best Actor
Number 1 of 34 by average priceKalshi40%Polymarket40%
To be nominated for Best Actor
Number 2 of 34 by average priceKalshi92%Polymarket93%Thin market: nobody bidding or nobody selling, a wide gap between buy and sell offers, or little trading, so a small amount of money can move this price.
Price history
Market-implied chance to win, the average of Kalshi and Polymarket at the end of each day.Prices at the end of each day, New York time. A day without a new price keeps the day before’s. On a day a Kalshi market ends thin (nobody bidding, or more than 10¢ between buy and sell offers), its close is the last traded price.Numbered pins mark festival and award results announced that day.Days before 2 October 2026 come from each platform’s published price history; later days from the prices this site records.Show the numbers
| Day | Average |
|---|---|
| 11 Oct 2026 | 40% |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 37% |
| 27 Sep 2026 | 34% |
| 20 Sep 2026 | 38% |
| 13 Sep 2026 | 28% |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 21% |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 18% |
| 23 Aug 2026 | 9% |
| 16 Aug 2026 | 6% |
| 9 Aug 2026 | 7% |
| 2 Aug 2026 | 9% |
| 26 Jul 2026 | 11% |
| 19 Jul 2026 | 11% |
| 12 Jul 2026 | 23% |
| 5 Jul 2026 | 22% |
| 28 Jun 2026 | 22% |
| 21 Jun 2026 | 22% |
| 14 Jun 2026 | 24% |
| 7 Jun 2026 | 25% |
| 31 May 2026 | 20% |
Podcast buzz
Named in 11 episodes of awards podcasts in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 7
Circuit Gays · 5 Oct
Season Kickoff: Fall Festivals & The Early Oscars Draft (opens in a new tab)
The Next Best Picture Podcast · 4 Oct
Academy Watch · 3 Oct
Filmspotting · 2 Oct
The Big Picture · 2 Oct
Mike, Mike, and Oscar · 1 Oct
Prestige Junkie · 29 Sep
Lights Camera What’s The Action? · 24 Sep
Oscars 2027 Betting: The Odyssey vs La Bola Negra(audio) (opens in a new tab)
From what is said on 28 film and awards podcasts (an episode’s title and show notes until it is transcribed), updated daily (last checked 6 Oct). A mention means the film or person is named, whatever the category or context. It is not a prediction or a recommendation.
The 28 podcasts
The Next Best Picture Podcast · Frontrunners and Challengers · The Awards Watch Podcast · Awards Circuit · Prestige Junkie · Little Gold Men · The Big Picture · Screen Talk · The Awardist · Awards Radar: The Podcast · Awards Central Podcast · Oscars Outsider · Awards Chatter · The Envelope · Doc Talk · Kermode & Mayo’s Take · The Film Comment Podcast · Filmspotting · Team Deakins · Art of the Cut · Soundtracking with Edith Bowman · Scriptnotes · Mike, Mike, and Oscar · Lights Camera What’s The Action? · The Rolling Tape · Circuit Gays · Academy Watch · The Town
All 34 contenders for Best Actor
Market data, not advice.Prices are what traders paid on Kalshi and Polymarket, shown per platform or as their average; they are not predictions or recommendations.
