2013 Contenders
Michael Douglas "Behind the Candelabra"
Matt Damon "Behind the Candelabra"
Benedict Cumberbatch "Parade's End"
Toby Jones "The Girl"
Al Pacino "Phil Spector"
Dominic West "The Hour"
Ben Whishaw "The Hour"
Diogo Morgado "The Bible"
Kenneth Branagh "Wallander"
Rufus Sewell "Restless"
Ed Stoppard "Upstairs, Downstairs"
Ben Chaplin "World Without End"
Billy Campbell "Killing Lincoln"
Steven Pasquale "Coma"
Grant Bowler "Liz and Dick"
Zachary Levi "Remember Sunday"
Kevin Zegers "Titanic: Blood and Steel"
Commentary - This is a pretty weak year in this category (as evidenced by the plethora of space fillers in the list). This is why actors who, while giving decent performances, are in less than stellar productions have a great shot at getting in, including Al Pacino in Phil Spector and Toby Jones in The Girl. Benedict Cumberbatch could also return to this category with Parade's End, especially as right in voting time, he is the villain in the new Star Trek movie (which is getting pretty good reviews). Dominic West and Ben Whishaw are great on The Hour, and since this year is relatively weak, they could both steal enough votes to make it in. Also watch our for Kenneth Branagh. He hasn't been nominated for Wallander in a long time, but he can never be counted out. Also, The Bible wasn't a big critical hit, but it was a monster in the ratings, and if there is a lot of support, its lead Diogo Morgado could be a surprise contender. All of this being said, I think that the film that is going to the king of the Emmys this year is Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra, which has tremendous amount of buzz, and is about to premeire at Cannes. Michael Douglas and Matt Damon as its leads are definitely in for nominations, and my guess is that one of them walks away with an Emmy.
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