Best Actor Nominees: Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Jackman Nab 2013 Oscar Nominations

Best Actor Nominees Include Daniel Day-Lewis
FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 photo, Daniel Day-Lewis arrives at the "Lincoln" premiere at AFI Fest at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. Lincoln, which opened in limited release Nov. 9, 2012 and expands nationwide Friday, Nov. 16, is based partly on Doris Kearns Goodwin's book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, which chronicles how the president turned fierce opponents into allies during the Civil War. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP Images, File)
FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 photo, Daniel Day-Lewis arrives at the "Lincoln" premiere at AFI Fest at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. Lincoln, which opened in limited release Nov. 9, 2012 and expands nationwide Friday, Nov. 16, is based partly on Doris Kearns Goodwin's book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, which chronicles how the president turned fierce opponents into allies during the Civil War. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP Images, File)

Best Actor nominees at the 85th annual Academy Awards include Daniel Day-Lewis and Hugh Jackman.

The "Lincoln" star was expected to earn a nomination for playing Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's film. He's favored to win what would be his third Best Actor trophy at the Oscars on Feb. 24.

Hugh Jackman was nominated for playing Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables." It's Jackman's first Academy Award nomination.

Day-Lewis and Jackman were joined in the category by Denzel Washington ("Flight"), Bradley Cooper ("Silver Linings Playbook") and Joaquin Phoenix ("The Master"). Most had expected John Hawkes ("The Sessions") to be nominated in this category, but he missed the cut.

Last year, Jean Dujardin ("The Artist") won Best Actor, defeating George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Gary Oldman and Demian Bichir.

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