Cillian Murphy is in the running to be named best actor at this year’s Baftas with atomic bomb biopic Oppenheimer dominating nominations.
The blockbuster about the life of scientist J Robert Oppenheimer – dubbedthe father of the atomic bomb - has 13 nominations – the most of anyfilm – picking up nods for best film and best director for Christopher Nolan.
Murphy’s fellow cast members, Robert Downey Jr and Emily Blunt, are also both nominated for supporting actor and supporting actress respectively.
He faces competition from fellow Irishman Barry Keoghan, nominated for his turn in Saltburn, and Hollywood big hitter Bradley Cooper who is nominated for Maestro.
The leading actor shortlist is completed by Colman Domingo, recognised for his role in civil rights drama Rustin, Paul Giamatti in The Holdovers and Teo Yoo in Past Lives.
There was no nomination for Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon.
Cooper is also in the running to be named best director and could scoop the award for original screenplay as well for his film about the life of American composer Leonard Bernstein.
The success of Oppenheimer’s box office rival Barbie is also recognised with Margot Robbie nominated for leading actress along with Carey Mulligan in Maestro and The Color Purple’s Fantasia Barrino.
The shortlist is completed by Sandra Huller in Anatomy of a Fall, Rye Lane’s Vivian Oparah and Emma Stone for Poor Things.
Again, Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone missed out.
Huller is also nominated for supporting actress for The Zone of Interest with competition coming from Blunt, Danielle Brooks for The Color Purple, Claire Foy in All of Us Strangers, Saltburn’s Rosamund Pike and Da’Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers.
Ryan Gosling gets a nod for his role as Ken in the Barbie film with a nomination for supporting actor, along with Dominic Sessa for The Holdivers, Paul Mescal for All of Us Strangers and Saltburn’s Jacob Elordi.
The shortlist is completed by Downey Jr. and Hollywood royalty in the shape of Robert De Niro who is recognised for the Killers of the Flower Moon.
