Good Boy Movie’s Dog Indy Wants Animal Actors To Be Considered for Oscars

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IFC Films is launching a unique Oscar campaign, and the face of it is a dog! Indy, the star of the horror movie *Good Boy*, has “signed” an open letter to the Academy, asking them to consider him for the Best Actor award.

Good Boy’s dog Indy asks Oscars to consider him for Best Actor category

Indy, the dog from the popular ‘Good Boy’ videos, has charmed audiences even after appearing in a horror movie. His owner is playfully suggesting the Academy Awards consider him for a Best Actor nomination, as reported by Variety.

Indy, who received critical praise for his performance in the film *Good Boy*, expressed disappointment after learning he wasn’t considered for the Best Actor award. In an open letter, he wrote that the decision felt like a setback, jokingly adding that he wasn’t considered ‘good enough’ to be nominated.

He also criticized Hollywood for consistently leaving animal actors out of major award considerations. He pointed out that while there are protections and recognition for human actors, similar standards don’t exist to acknowledge the impressive work of animal performers, like dogs.

As a huge movie fan, I was really excited to see the numbers for ‘Good Boy’ – and wow, it delivered! The film opened to a fantastic $2.2 million, making it IFC’s second-best opening weekend *ever*. It just proves people were really wanting to see Indy, the dog, take the lead! Honestly, the buzz was building for a while. That trailer went totally viral, racking up over 100 million views, and it clearly paid off – IFC decided to give it a wider release because of the initial excitement.

As a huge movie fan, I always feel animals deserve recognition for their incredible work! I was just reading about this, and it got me thinking about performances like Jed the wolf-dog in *White Fang*, the whale in *Free Willy*, and even *Babe* – which was nominated for Best Picture! It’s frustrating, honestly. How many amazing animal performances does the Academy need to see before they finally give them some credit? It’s time they threw us a bone, don’t you think?

In the final part of the letter, Indy playfully but pointedly criticized the tendency to overlook animal actors, writing: “Please stop ignoring the contributions of myself and the many talented animal performers whose work often goes unappreciated.”

The Academy is yet to respond.

Originally reported by Devanshi Basu on ComingSoon.

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2025-10-10 08:37