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Best Actor Most Likely Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln. As sure a thing as you can get. Definite thing for Day-Lewis to pick up a record-breaking third Best Actor statue. And deservedly so. He is completely in character (as always) as the President who wants to do the right thing and end slavery and also stop the war, as well as dealing with his family life also. Backup Pick: Bradley Cooper as Patrizio 'Pat Jr.' Solitano in Silver Linings Playbook. Since I'm pretty sure Day-Lewis had this locked, I'm used this space to say how impressed I am with Bradley Cooper because I didn't know he was a serious actor. His performance of a person with bipolar disorder trying to get back his life (in a somewhat deluded attempt) is completely convincing, perhaps especially so because of the equal measures of hopefulness mixed in with the sad moments. Most Deserving (My Pick):  Daniel Day-Lewis  as Abraham Lincoln in  Lincoln. I can see no ...