Daniel Day-Lewis' dominance of the awards season is expected to continue at the Baftas tonight, where he is the hot favourite to win the Best Actor award.

The star, who has already won a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild award for his performance in the title role of Steven Spielberg's political biopic Lincoln, is also tipped to win an Oscar later this month.

He will be joined at tonight's event by some of Hollywood's biggest names including Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway and George Clooney.

Dame Helen Mirren, Hugh Jackman, Javier Bardem and Jennifer Lawrence are also among the stars who will be treading the red carpet at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.

Dame Helen Mirren has been nominated in the Best Actress category.

Lincoln leads the field in terms of nominations with 10 in total, with nine each for Les Miserables and Life Of Pi.

Bookmakers William Hill have made Day-Lewis, who plays US President Abraham Lincoln in the film, 1/25 on to win the Bafta and are also predicting success for the Bond film Skyfall.

Two Bond stars - Dame Judi Dench and Javier Bardem - get nods, with Skyfall itself nominated for Best British Film.

A spokesman for William Hill said: 'Skyfall is arguably the best Bond in 50 years and we think that the British Academy will be tempted to recognise that on Sunday night.'

Dame Judi Dench is in the running for her role in Skyfall.

Bardem's performance as Bond villain Raoul Silva in Skyfall has been recognised with a nomination for Supporting Actor along with Day-Lewis' Lincoln co-star Tommy Lee Jones, Alan Arkin, Christoph Waltz and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Dame Judi is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as spy master M in the same film, which has eight nominations.

Dame Helen is nominated in the Best Actress category for her role in Hitchcock - playing the wife of the filmmaker.

She is joined on the shortlist by Amour star Emmanuelle Riva, Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook, Rust and Bone's Marion Cotillard and Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty.

Day-Lewis' Best Actor nomination sees him up against names including Ben Affleck and Hathaway's co-star Hugh Jackman.

The short-list is completed by Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook and Joaquin Phoenix for The Master.