Nominees: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Strong male leads were not hard to find in 2012. A lot of household names starring in beloved franchises, a lot of A-list stars putting on inspiring performances.
Putting together this list, and its winner and reasoning behind it all wasn't easy, but I'm sure everyone can agree:
WINNER:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
I enjoyed the work that all 3 actors put together this year, but JGL deserves this one this year. Bale's only movie this year, The Dark Knight Rises, was tremendous and I cannot discredit Bale for his work there, but he wasn't the noteworthy character in the film.
Bradley Cooper put together a string of great dramatic performances in movies that did well (The Words, Silver Linings Playbook) and is certainly breaking out.
But JGL put together one hell of a 2012. The obvious is that he was awesome in Dark Knight Rises. The not as obvious is that he probably had better performances in Looper and Lincoln and ultimately, has put his stamp on 2012.
Bradley Cooper put together a string of great dramatic performances in movies that did well (The Words, Silver Linings Playbook) and is certainly breaking out.
But JGL put together one hell of a 2012. The obvious is that he was awesome in Dark Knight Rises. The not as obvious is that he probably had better performances in Looper and Lincoln and ultimately, has put his stamp on 2012.
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