The Best Actor race is stacked. In general, of late, a Best Actor nomination doesn’t necessarily match Best Picture. Here is how the charts stack up since 2009. It isn’t that all five Best Actor slots are Best Picture nominees, though only two actors have won since then without a Best Picture nomination. Take our poll below!

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