Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2004: Al Pacino in The Merchant of Venice

Al Pacino did not receive an Oscar nomination for portraying Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. 

Merchant of Venice follows theoretical Shakespeare comedic romantic antics while a much darker story is going on in the background. 

This film marks the first and still only full cinematic representation of Al Pacino’s training and passion as a Shakespearean actor. Previously getting a doc with scenes version in his self-directed Looking For Richard, but here we get the full force of Pacino’s Shakespearean powers and he does not disappoint. Although now for the darker elements of the film where essentially Shylock is an antisemitic stereotype of the Jewish moneylender, the villain of the piece who must be dealt with at some time while the rest of the story is going along. This version specifically attempts to rework this idea, something I wouldn’t say works entirely in terms of the film as a singular package, by providing additional historical context and creating a sympathetic background for Shylock. The additional opening scenes were particularly important for Pacino and this depiction of the character, as we see him visually spat upon by Antonio (Jeremy Irons), rather than just referred to, a former Jewish man. Pacino portrays in these silent moments a man quietly giving his devotion to his faith, and taking in the mistreatment from Antonio with grace, yet his eyes are not of a man forgetting the injustice. An idea is to return to where we see Bassanio (Joseph Fiennes) seeking money for a trip, a mutual acquaintance of both men. Pacino thrives with the words of the Bard, with a precision but also an ease. They just flow from him so articulately in a way that speaks to his version of the character of Shylock, finds a certain music to them, but also most importantly makes them comprehensible and captivating. 

Pacino’s performance really is rather remarkable because in this career there became a sort of expected Al Pacino type performance, which weren’t necessarily bad but were part of his later career kind of “star persona” he developed essentially as offshoots of his Oscar winning performance. Pacino in this film however fully evokes classic actor driven Pacino in his realization and real devotion to the part of Shylock. He is dialed in and his delivery of the language is part of that, but a natural tool that is the potent realization of the character of Shylock. A character Pacino realizes far beyond that of just a villain as you could easily argue was the way Shakespeare designed him. Pacino is incredible in the scene of getting Antonio to fund Bassanio with the promise of a “pound of flesh” from Antonio to Shylock if it is not paid. Pacino’s working on multiple levels and very much takes the moment far beyond a villain making a strange request. Rather what Pacino does in his delivery is throw it out as pure business, yet in his eyes and manner there is a decisive pressing of Antonio. Within Pacino’s performance you see his disgust for the man, and the very unusual debt and payoff Pacino issues in his eyes as the challenge from Shylock to see Antonio suffer. Suffer specifically though for the wrongs that the man had inflicted upon him. 

Pacino consistently comes against each scene of his to create an empathetic state for Shylock. We see this as he exists in his home and gives instruction to his daughter Jessica, while essentially trying to defend his Jewish home. A speech that could be of a self-enclosed villain in his place, only concerned about money, yet Pacino finds his own avenue quite notably. Pacino brings this exhaustion in every statement to defend himself and his life. Finding a man burdened by society essentially being against him and just trying to exist within his faith to the extent he can. Pacino grants motivation and life to the character as we follow him into the process of demanding the pound of flesh from Antonio within his monologue for insisting on collecting the debt, a monologue where perhaps you can make the best case for defending Shakespeare’s own work by at least granting some humanity to the character. Pacino more than runs with this amount as he is genuinely heartbreaking in the passion he brings to describe the commonalities between a Jewish person and a Christian. Pacino finding more than just anger towards the notion of othering a Jewish person, as there is the sense of the years of pain in the man, the torture to his soul, and even in his rage, it is a rage filled with real human plight of a man who has been mistreated all his life. It is a stellar moment as Pacino is gripping with every word and is one of the great Shakespearean speeches caught on film and delivered by Pacino. 

In the actual trial to determine the fate of Antonio and whether or not Shylock will receive his pound of flesh, Pacino is amazing. Pacino once more not taking it as a villain, despite the ridiculous violent request of his, yet he manages to bring a specific pent of anger within the scene. An anger that again has the personal disdain for Antonio but within the words of challenge against the city, Pacino’s performance is simply incredible as there is the sense in his man’s eyes his challenge of calling out essentially the injustice of all of society. Pacino is marvelous as in a way giving a greater version of his “you’re out of order” speech, as he calls out the society’s use of slaves with such distinct disdain, and his announcement that his debt is “mine”, isn’t of a man of greed, it is a man filled with dissatisfaction for the world he lives in. Shylock’s demands are stopped by some hidden disguises and logic of a pound of flesh but without blood, and if that were not enough he is also charged with intention to murder. A crime that leads him to lose half of his wealth and almost his life. Shylock is spared these punishments though with the requirement from Antonio that he convert to Christianity. Pacino is heartbreaking his physical work as you see the floor fall beneath his feet, the man barely being able to hold his constitution together, his face filled with such sickening distress, and expresses the violent loss of Shylock's self by forcing him to deny his own religion. Pacino delivers a truly great performance, that is so unique within his filmography. Excelling with Shakespeare, but also within his own work, I'd say the film overall is less successful, in morphing Shylock from a villain to a tragic figure of a man so defeated by the cruel society he lives in that vengeance becomes the only hope he can grasp onto. 

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2004: Bud Cort in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

Bud Cort did not receive an Oscar nomination for portraying Bill Ubell in The Life Aquatic With Zissou. 

Since I had a few different options of who to cover for the last couple spots, thought I’d devote one them to give some time to Bud Cort, an actor who made a name for himself as the unorthodox leading man in the very early seventies, before working as a character actor for the rest of his career. A highlight of this section being his work here with Wes Anderson’s large trope of performers. Cort playing a role that in most films would not be of note and even more so the performer certainly wouldn’t be someone who deserves much mention. Cort specifically playing Bill Ubell the Bond company stooge that Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) must take on his new expedition in order to ensure funding for the trip. Cort’s first relatively short scene being one of my favorites in any Wes Anderson film, where Steve and Steve’s possible son Ned (Owen Wilson) just learned of Bill’s required presence and Steve instantly badgers Bill about not badgering him. Cort’s turn of curiosity has this perfect innocence to it, as does his follow up question “Why would I do that?” asked with genuine conviction. To which Steve notes him being a Bond company stooge, Cort’s reaction is both hilarious yet also genuinely moving as he so earnestly notes that he may be a bond company stooge but he’s also a human being, followed by just the perfect hangdog expression. Only made all the better when Steve apologizes and Cort’s face brightens so sincerely as being part of the time, right down to his eagerness to join hands with Steve and Ned. It’s a quick bit but honestly ideal character actor work where Cort makes it all so memorable so quickly, funny but also giving us a real sense of this character. 

Cort afterwards being part of the crew sort of where he manages to portray genuine enthusiasm in moments, with also a combination of some mild confusion, even worried concern when witnessing Steve’s decision to steal equipment from his rival. Cort brings an enjoyable directness about everything he does, including when the boat is invaded by pirates and Bill, being able to speak Filipino, negotiates with pirates. Cort’s practical manner is what is so great where he’s just direct with every line and so pure about it. Particularly the moment where the pirates take him as a hostage instead, and Cort’s “aw shucks” combined with a bit of “I guess I’ll go with it” is just great. As is his hostage call to the crew, where Cort’s whole delivery is so brilliantly matter of fact as just a practical business guy, nothing special including the kidnapping. I especially love the moment when Steve and crew are rescuing Bill, where Bill stops Steve from attacking one of the locals, where Cort’s bright smile and delivery of “he’s a friend” again paints immediately the sense of refuge in his situation and again reinforcing the funny but also heartwarming sincerity of his character. Something that manages to even extend when Bill is completely part of the crew even emphatically telling the man they stole equipment from that they stole it. Cort’s performance in the moment even sells the embracing of the chaos as even when admitting to stealing it is still of the utmost earnestness in showing Bill just as a guy who believes, even as a bond company stooge. Completing his arc of sorts in a way that is convincing and created just by his little bits throughout that are mostly funny, but there is something especially endearing out of Bill’s journey through Cort’s performance. A wonderful show of a character actor’s talent, because Cort’s not trying to steal the film, or steer it away from its course, he’s just elevating every moment he has and elevating the film that much more by giving real life to largely a bit part. And showing that while Bill may be a bit part, he can also be a human being. 

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2004

 And the Nominees Were Not:

Al Pacino in The Merchant of Venice

Peter O'Toole in Troy

William Hurt in The Village

Nick Nolte in Clean

Billy Bob Thornton in The Alamo

Predict These Five, Those Five Or Both.

Tim Meadows in Mean Girls

Daniel Wu in New Police Story

Cameron Bright in Birth

Alfred Molina in Spider-Man 2

Bud Cort in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

Best Costume Design

1931:

1. Ed Ware & Vera West - Dracula
   
2. Travis Banton - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
3. Uncredited - Frankenstein
4. René Hubert - À Nous la Liberté 
5. Uncredited - The Smiling Lieutenant

1932:

1. Mitchell Leisen - The Sign of the Cross
2. Vera West - The Mummy
   
3. Travis Banton & Edith Head - Love Me Tonight
4. Travis Banton - Shanghai Express
5. Uncredited - Freaks

1933:

1. Adrian - Queen Christina
2. John Armstrong - The Private Life of Henry VIII
3. Uncredited - The Invisible Man
4. Max Pretzfelder - Don Quixote
5. Orry-Kelly - 42nd Street

1934:

1. Uncredited - Babes in Toyland
2. Vicky Williams - Cleopatra
3. Travis Banton - The Scarlet Empress
4. Paul Colin - Les Misérables
5. Gwen Wakeling - The Affairs of Cellini

1935:

1. Murray Mayer - The Black Room
2. Vera West - The Bride of Frankenstein
3. Adrian - Anna Karenina 
4. Dolly Tree - Mad Love
5. Dolly Tree - A Tale of Two Cities

1937:

1. Ernest Dryden - The Prisoner of Zenda
2. Ernest Dryden - Lost Horizon
   
3. Irene  - Shall We Dance
4. Uncredited - Pepe Le Moko
5. Adrian - Conquest

1938:

1. Milo Anderson - The Adventures of Robin Hood
   
2. Konstantin Eliseev - Alexandre Nevsky
3. Adrian & Gil Steele - Marie Antoinette
4. Edith Head - If I Were King
5. Louis Granier - La Marseillaise

1942:

1. Orry-Kelly - Casablanca
2. Georges Wakhévitch - The Devil's Envoys
   
3. Earl Luick - The Black Swan
4. Rydo Loshak, Marie Pickering & Leon Roberts - Yankee Doodle Dandy
5. Edith Head - I Married A Witch

1943: 

1. Joseph Bato -  The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
2. Karl Sandt Jensen & Olga Thomsen - Day Of Wrath
3. Irene and Howard Shoup - Cabin In the Sky
4. René Hubert - Jane Eyre
5. René Hubert - Heaven Can Wait

1944:

1. Irene Sharaff - Meet Me In St. Louis
2. Roger K. Furse - Henry V
3. Leonid Naumov - Ivan the Terrible Part I
4. Irene - Gaslight
5. René Hubert - The Lodger

1945:

1. Mayo - Children of Paradise
2. Elizabeth Haffenden - The Wicked Lady
3. Uncredited - The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
4. Renié - The Bodysnatcher
5. Oliver Messel - Caesar and Cleopatra

1947:

1. Hein Heckroth - Black Narcissus
2. Orry-Kelly - Ivy
3. Jean Louis - The Lady From Shanghai
4. Yvonne Wood - A Double Life
5. Rosine Delamare - Monsieur Vincent

1948:

1. Hein Heckroth - The Red Shoes
2. Roger K. Furse - Hamlet
3. Cecil Beaton - Anna Karenina 
4. Margaret Furse - Oliver Twist
5. Edward Stevenson - Blood on The Moon

1949:

1. Edith Head & Gile Steele - The Heiress
2. Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele & Gwen Wakeling - Samson And Delilah 
3. Oliver Messel - The Queen of Spades
4. Michael Meyers & Ann Peck - She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
5. Anthony Mendelson - Kind Hearts and Coronets

1950:

1. Georges Annenkov - La Ronde
2. Uichi Ôhata - Rashomon
3. Marcel Escoffier - Orpheus
4. Dorothy Jeakins - Cyrano De Bergerac
5. Edith Head & Charles LeMaire - All About Eve

1951:

1. Ivy Baker - The Tales of Hoffmann
2. Beatrice Dawson - Pandor and the Flying Dutchman
3. Herschel McCoy - Quo Vadis
4. Doris Lee - A Christmas Carol
5. Sheila Graham & Thomas N. Morahan - Captain Horatio Hornblower

1952:

1. Marcel Vertès - Moulin Rouge
2. Roger K. Furse - Ivanhoe 
3. Mayo - Casque d'Or
4. Walter Plunkett - Singin' In The Rain
5. Riley Thorne - Limelight

1954:

1. Kôhei Ezaki & Mieko Yamaguchi - Seven Samurai
2. Uncredited - Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
3. Norman Martien - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
4. Margherita Marinari  - La Strada
5. Uncredited - Godzilla 

1955:

1. Margaret Furse & Roger K. Furse - Richard III
2. Edith Head & Yvonne Wood - The Court Jester
3. Uncredited - Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
4. Jerry Bos - The Night of the Hunter
5. Sophie Devine & Orry-Kelly - Oklahoma!

1957:

1. Yoshirô Muraki - Throne of Blood
2. Manne Lindholm - The Seventh Seal
3. Piero Gherardi - Nights of Cabiria
4. Helen Rose - Designing Women
5. Beatrice Dawson - The Prince and The Showgirl 

1958:

1. M. Safonova - Ivan The Terrible Part II
2. Toshikazu Sugiyama - The Ballad of Narayama
3. Greta Johansson & Manne Lindholm - The Magician
4. Edith Head - Vertigo
5. Masahiro Katô - The Hidden Fortress

1960:

1. Valles & Bill Thomas - Spartacus
2. Tina Grani - Black Sunday
3. Piero Gherardi - La Dolce Vita
4. Uncredited - The Time Machine
5. Marik Vos - The Virgin Spring

1961:

1. Yoshirô Muraki - Yojimbo
2. Veniero Colasanti & John Moore - El Cid
3. Sophie Devine - The Innocents
4. Irene Sharaff - West Side Story
5. Edith Head - Breakfast At Tiffany's

1963:

1. Piero Tosi - The Leopard
2. John McCorry - Tom Jones
3. Anthony Mendleson - Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
4. Piero Gherardi - 8 1/2
5. Vittorio Nino Novarese & Renié - Cleopatra

1965:

1. Orson Welles - Chimes At Midnight
2. Piero Gherardi - Juliet of the Spirits
3. Phyllis Dalton - Doctor Zhivago
4. Lidia Skarzynska & Jerzy Skarzynski - The Saragossa Manuscript
5. Vittorio Nino Novarese - The Agony And The Ecstasy 

1966:

1. Nadezhda Buzina, Mikhail Chikovani & V. Vavra - War and Peace Part II
2. Elizabeth Haffenden & Joan Bridge - A Man For All Seasons
3. Uncredited - The Sword of Doom
4. Carlo Simi - The Good The Bad and The Ugly
5. Maya Abar-Baranovskaya & Lidiya Novi - Andrei Rublev

1967:

1. Ondrej Brezovský & Theodor Pistek - Marketa Lazarova
2. Roza Satunovskaya - Viy 
3. Nadezhda Buzina, Mikhail Chikovani & V. Vavra - War and Peace Part IV
4. John Truscott - Camelot
5. Uncredited - -Le Samourai 

1968: 

1. Danilo Donati - Romeo and Juliet
2. Hardy Amies - 2001: A Space Odyssey
3. Margaret Furse - The Lion in Winter
4. Carlo Simi - Once Upon A Time in the West
5. Enrico Job - The Great Silence

1970:

1. Gitt Magrini - The Conformist
2. Eva Lackingerová - Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
3. Simon Virsaladze - King Lear
4. Margaret Furse - Scrooge
5. Dorothy Jeakins - Little Big Man

1971:

1. Ilse Richter - McCabe & Mrs. Miller
2. Yvonne Blake & Antonio Castillo - Nicholas and Alexandra
3. Tiny Nicholls - The Devils
4. Milena Canonero - A Clockwork Orange
5. Helen Colvig - Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

1973:

1. Alejandro Jodorowsky & Nicky Nichols - The Holy Mountain
2. Edith Head - The Sting
3. Sue Yelland - The Wicker Man
4. Uncredited - Lady Snowblood
5. Michael Baldwin - Theater of Blood

1974:

1. Anthea Sylbert - Chinatown
2. Rosanna Norton - Phantom of the Paradise
3. Theadora Van Runkle - The Godfather Part II
4. Theoni V. Aldredge - The Great Gatsby
5. Tony Walton - Murder on the Orient Express

1975:

1. Milena Canonero & Ulla-Britt Söderlund - Barry Lyndon
2. Hazel Pethig - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3. Edith Head - The Man Who Would Be King
4. John Napier - Hedda
5. Jacqueline Guyot - The Story of Adele H.

1977:

1. John Mollo - Star Wars
2. Tom Rand - The Duellists
3. Shama Zaidi - The Chess Players
4. Patrizia von Brandenstein - Saturday Night Fever
5. Anthea Sylbert - Julia

1978:

1. Chi-Yu Liu - The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
2. Yvonne Blake - Superman
3. Anthony Powell - Death on the Nile
4. Patricia Norris - Days of Heaven
5. Patricia Norris - Movie Movie

1979:

1. John Mollo - Alien
2. Gisela Storch - Nosferatu the Vampyre 
3. Anthony Powell - Tess
4. Albert Wolsky - All That Jazz
5. Bobbie Mannix - The Warriors

1980:

1. Seiichiro Hagakusawa - Kagemusha
2. John Mollo - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
3. Patricia Norris - The Elephant Man
4. Danilo Donati - Flash Gordon
5. J. Allen Highfill - Heaven's Gate

1981:

1. Bob Mackie - Pennies From Heaven
2. James Acheson - Time Bandits
3. Deborah Nadoolman - Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. Milena Canonero - Chariots of Fire
   
5. Bob Ringwood - Excalibur

1983:

1. Milena Canonero - The Hunger
2. Aggie Guerard Rodgers & Nilo Rodis-Jamero - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
3. Ruth Myers - Something Wicked This Way Comes
4. Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle - Danton
5. Santo Loquasto - Zelig

1984:

1. Theodor Pištěk - Amadeus
2. Elizabeth Waller - The Company of Wolves
3. Gabriella Pescucci - Once Upon A Time in America
4. Bob Ringwood - Dune
5. John Bloomfield - The Bounty

1985:

1. Emi Wada - Ran
2. Charles Knode - Legend
3. James Acheson - Brazil
4. Raymond Hughes - Return to Oz
5. Deborah L. Scott - Back to the Future

1986:

1. April Ferry - Big Trouble in Little China
2. Sylvie Gautrelet - Jean De Florette
3. Gloria Glynn - Blue Velvet
4. Jenny Beavan & John Bright - A Room With A View
5. Ellis Flyte, Brian Froud & Polly Smith - Labyrinth

1987:

1. James Acheson - The Last Emperor
2. Erica Edell Phillips - Robocop
3. Phyllis Dalton - The Princess Bride
4. Donfeld - Spaceballs
5. Dorothy Jeakins - The Dead

1988:

1. James Acheson - Dangerous Liaisons 
2. Aggie Guerard Rodgers - Beetlejuice
3. Gabriella Pescucci - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
4. Renée April - The Moderns
5. Deborah Nodoolman - Coming to America

1991:

1. Ruth Myers -  The Addams Family
2. Huamiao Tong - Raise the Red Lantern
3. Ellen Lens - Prospero's Books
4. Valérie Pozzo di Borgo - Delicatessen
5. Marilyn Vance - The Rocketeer

1992:

1. Eiko Ishioka - Dracula
2. Sandy Powell & Dien van Straalen - Orlando
3. Ann Hollowood & Polly Smith - Muppet Christmas Carol
4. Bob Ringwood & Mary E. Vogt - Batman Returns
5. Glenn Wright - Unforgiven

1993:

1. Gabriella Pescucci - The Age of Innocence
2. Changmin Chen - Farwell My Concubine
3. Janet Patterson - The Piano
4. Phyllis Dalton - Much Ado About Nothing
5. Jenny Beavan & John Bright - The Remains of the Day

1994:

1. Sandy Powell - Interview With the Vampire
2. Moidele Bickel - La Reine Margot 
3. Mark Thompson - The Madness of King George
4. Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner - The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
5. April Ferry - Maverick

1996:

1. Alexandra Byrne - Hamlet
2. Christian Gasc - Ridicule
3. Ruth Myers - Emma
4. Janet Patterson - Portrait of a Lady
5. Ann Roth - The English Patient

1997:

1. Jean-Paul Gaultier - The Fifth Element
   
2. Sandy Powell - The Wings of the Dove
3. Deborah Lynn Scott - Titanic
4. Deena Appel - Austin Powers International Man of Mystery
5. Janet Patterson - Oscar and Lucinda

1998:

1. Sandy Powell - Shakespeare in Love
   
2. Alexandra Byrne - Elizabeth
3. Mary Zophres - The Big Lebowski
4. Sandy Powell - Velvet Goldmine
5. Liz Keogh Palmer - Dark City

1999:

1. Lindy Hemming - Topsy-Turvy
2. Colleen Atwood - Sleepy Hollow
3. Milena Canonero - Titus
4. Marit Allen - Eyes Wide Shut
5. Kym Barrett - The Matrix

2000:

1. Janty Yates - Gladiator
2. Eiko Ishioka - The Cell
3. Tim Yip - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
4. William Chang - In the Mood For Love
5. Jacqueline West - Quills

2001:

1. Ngila Dickson & Richard Taylor - LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
2. Karen Patch - The Royal Tenenbaums
3. Catherine Martin & Angus Strathie - Moulin Rouge!
4. Caroline Harris & Silvie Michajlova - A Knight's Tale
5. David C. Robinson - Zoolander

2002:

1. Sandy Powell - Gangs of New York
2. Emi Wada - Hero
3. Ngila Dickson & Richard Taylor - LOTR: The Two Towers
   
4. Ruth Myers - Nicholas Nickleby
5. Julie Weiss - Frida

2003:

1. Ngila Dickson & Richard Taylor - LOTR: The Return of the King
2. Milan Desai & Janet Patterson - Peter Pan
3. Colleen Atwood - Big Fish
4. Wendy Stites - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
5. Ngila Dickson - The Last Samurai

2004:

1. Emi Wada - House of Flying Daggers
2. William Chang - 2046
3. Colleen Atwood - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
4. Sandy Powell - The Aviator
5. Madeline Fontaine - A Very Long Engagement

2005:

1. Janty Yates - Kingdom of Heaven
2. Jacqueline Durran - Pride & Prejudice
3. Gabriella Pescucci & Carlo Poggioli - The Brothers Grimm
4. Margot Wilson - The Proposition
5. Isis Mussenden - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe

2008:

1. Choi Eui-yeong & Kwon Yoo-jin - The Good The Bad The Weird
2. Tim Yip - Red Cliff Part I
3. Sammy Sheldon - Hellboy 2
4. Michael O'Connor - The Duchess
5. Jacqueline West - Australia

2009:

1. Anna B. Sheppard - Inglorious Basterds
2. Sandy Powell - The Young Victoria
3. Monique Prudhomme - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
4. Tim Yip - Red Cliff Part II
5. Janet Patterson - Bright Star

2010:

1. Fung-San Lui - Let the Bullets Fly
2. Mary Zophres - True Grit
3. Laura Jean Shannon - Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
4. Antonella Cannarozzi - I Am Love
5. Gill Horn - Valhalla Rising

2011:

1. Jacqueline Durran - Tinker Tailor Solider Spy
2. Mark Bridges - The Artist
3. Sandy Powell - Hugo
4. Michael O'Connor - Jane Eyre
5. Sonia Grande - Midnight In Paris

2012:

1. Manon Rasmussen - A Royal Affair
2. Jacqueline Durran - Anna Karenina
3. Kym Barrett & Pierre-Yves Gayraud - Cloud Atlas
4. Sharen Davis - Django Unchained
5. Joanna Johnston - Lincoln

2013:

1. Patricia Norris - The Immigrant
2. William Chang - The Grandmaster
3. Mary Zophres - Inside Llewyn Davis
4. Catherine Martin - The Great Gatsby
5. Michael O'Connor - The Invisible Woman

2014:

1. Milena Canonero - The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Mark Bridges - Inherent Vice
3. Jacqueline Durran - Mr. Turner
4. Amanda Neale - What We Do in the Shadows
5. Anushia Nieradzik - Belle

2015:

1. Jenny Beavan - Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Courtney Hoffman - The Hateful Eight
3. Jacqueline Durran - Macbeth
4. Jacqueline West - The Revenant
5. Sandy Powell - Cinderella

2016:

1. Jo Sang-gyeong - The Handmaiden
2. Dante Ferretti - Silence
3. Marina Hoermanseder - The Neon Demon
4. Mary Zophres - Hail Caesar!
5. Colleen Atwood - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

2017:

1. Mark Bridges - Phantom Thread
2. Renée April - Blade Runner 2049
3. Luis Sequeira - The Shape of Water
4. Lindy Hemming - Paddington 2
5. Stacey Battat - The Beguiled

2018:

1. Mary Zophres - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2. Sandy Powell - The Favourite
3. Lena Mossum - The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
4. Jane Petrie - The Outlaw King
5. Alexandra Byrne - Mary Queen of Scots

2019:

1. Mayes C. Rubeo - Jojo Rabbit
2. Massimo Cantini Parrini - Pinocchio
3. Massimo Cantini Parrini - Ophelia
4. Jacqueline Durran - Little Women
5. Alexandra Byrne - The Aeronauts

2020:

1. Alice Babidge - True History of the Kelly Gang
2. Alexandra Byrne - Emma
3. Suzie Harman & Robert Worley - The Personal History of David Copperfield
4. Ann Roth - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
5. Carlo Poggioli - Waiting For the Barbarians

2021:

1. Malgosia Turzanska - The Green Knight
2. Jacqueline West & Bob Morgan - Dune
3. Mary Zophres - The Tragedy of Macbeth
4. Janty Yates - The Last Duel
5. Paul Tazewell - West Side Story

2022:

1. Linda Muir - The Northman
2. Mary Zophres -  Babylon
3. Jacqueline Durran - The Batman
4. Monika Buttinger - Corsage
5. Sophie O'Neill & Zac Posen - The Outfit

2023:

1. Holly Waddington - Poor Things
2. Uncredited - Cobweb
3. Jacqueline West - Killers of the Flower Moon
4. Janty Yates & Dave Crossman - Napoleon
5. Kasia Walicka Maimone - The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

2024:

1. Linda Muir - Nosferatu
2. Jacqueline West - Dune Part II
3. Emmanuelle Youchnovski - The Substance
4. Massimo Cantini Parrini - Maria
5. Janty Yates & Dave Crossman - Gladiator II

2025:

1. Kate Hawley - Frankenstein
2. Wen-Ying Huang - Resurrection
3. Colleen Atwood & Christine L. Cantella - Kiss of the Spider Woman
4. Milena Canonero - The Phoenician Scheme
5. Jennifer Johnson - Bugonia

James Acheson, 4 noms 2 wins

Best Costume Design 1981: Time Bandits  (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1985: Brazil (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1987: The Last Emperor (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1988: Dangerous Liaisons (WINS)

Adrian, 4 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1933: Queen Christina (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1935: Anna Karenina (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1937: Conquest (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1938: Marie Antoinette (Nom)

Renée April, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 1987: The Moderns (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2017: Blade Runner 2049 (Nom)

Colleen Atwood, 5 noms

Best Costume Design 1999: Sleepy Hollow (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2003: Big Fish (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2004: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2016: Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2025: Kiss of the Spider Woman (Nom)

Travis Banton, 4 noms

Best Costume Design 1931: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1932: Love Me Tonight (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1932: Shanghai Express (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1934: The Scarlet Empress (Nom)

Jenny Beavan, 3 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1986: A Room With A View (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1993: The Remains of the Day (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2015: Mad Max: Fury Road (Nom)

Mark Bridges, 3 noms

Best Costume Design 2011: The Artist (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2014: Inherent Vice (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2017: Phantom Thread (WINS)

John Bright, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 1986: A Room With A View (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1993: The Remains of the Day (Nom)

Nadezhda Buzina, 2 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1966: War and Peace Part II (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1967: War and Peace Part IV (Nom)

Alexandra Byrne, 5 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1996: Hamlet (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1998: Elizabeth (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2018: Mary Queen of Scots (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2019: The Aeronauts (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2020: Emma (Nom)

Milena Canonero, 7 noms 3 wins

Best Costume Design 1971: A Clockwork Orange
Best Costume Design 1975: Barry Lyndon (Winner)

Best Costume Design 1981: Chariots of Fire (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1983: The Hunger (Winner)

Best Costume Design 1999: Titus (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Winner)

Best Costume Design 2025: The Phoenician Scheme (Nom)

William Chang, 3 noms

Best Costume Design 2000: In the Mood For Love (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2004: 2046 (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2013: The Grandmaster (Nom)

Mikhail Chikovani, 2 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1966: War and Peace Part II (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1967: War and Peace Part IV (Nom)

Dave Crossman, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 2023: Napoleon (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2025: Gladiator II (Nom)

Phyllis Dalton, 3 noms

Best Costume Design 1965: Doctor Zhivago (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1987: The Princess Bride (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1993: Much Ado About Nothing (Nom)

Sophie Devine, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 1955: Oklahoma! (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1961: The Innocents (Nom)

Ngila Dickson, 4 noms 2 wins

Best Costume Design 2001: LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (WINS)

Best Costume Design 2002: LOTR: The Two Towers (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2003: LOTR: The Return of the King (WINS)

Best Costume Design 2003: The Last Samurai (Nom)

Danilo Donati, 2 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1968: Romeo and Juliet (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1980: Flash Gordon (Nom)

Ernest Dryden, 2 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1937: The Prisoner of Zenda (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1937: Lost Horizon (Nom)

Jacqueline Durran, 7 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 2005: Pride & Prejudice (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2011: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (WINS)

Best Costume Design 2012: Anna Karenina (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2014: Mr. Turner (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2015: Macbeth (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2019: Little Women (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2022: The Batman(Nom)

April Ferry, 2 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1986: Big Trouble in Little China (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1994: Maverick (Nom)

Margaret Furse, 4 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1948: Oliver Twist (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1955: Richard III (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1968: The Lion in Winter (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1970: Scrooge (Nom)

Roger K. Furse, 4 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1944: Henry V (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1948: Hamlet (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1952: Ivanhoe (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1955: Richard III (WINS)

Piero Gherardi, 4 noms

Best Costume Design 1957: Nights of Cabiria (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1960: La Dolce Vita (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1963: 8 1/2 (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1965: Juliet of the Spirits (Nom)

Elizabeth Haffenden, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 1945: The Wicked Lady (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1966: A Man For All Seasons (Nom)

Edith Head, 10 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1932: Love Me Tonight (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1938: If I Were King (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1942: I Married A Witch (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1949: The Heiress (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1949: Samson and Delilah (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1955: The Court Jester (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1958: Vertigo (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1961: Breakfast At Tiffany's (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1973: The Sting (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1975: The Man Who Would Be King (Nom)

Hein Heckroth, 2 noms 2 wins

Best Costume Design 1947: Black Narcissus (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1948: The Red Shoes (WINS)

Lindy Hemming, 2 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1999: Topsy-Turvy (WINS)
Best Costume Design 2017: Paddington 2 (Noms)

René Hubert, 4 noms

Best Costume Design 1931: À Nous la Liberté (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1943: Jane Eyre (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1943: Heaven Can Wait (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1944: The Lodger (Nom)

Eiko Ishioka, 2 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1992: Dracula (WINS)

Best Costume Design 2000: The Cell (Nom)

Irene, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 1937: Shall We Dance (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1944: Gaslight (Nom)

Dorothy Jeakins, 4 noms

Best Costumes Design 1949: Samson and Delilah (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1950: Cyrano De Bergerac (Nom) 

Best Costume Design 1970: Little Big Man (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1987: The Dead (Nom)

Orry-Kelly, 3 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1933: 42nd Street (Nom)
Best Costume Design 1942: Casablanca (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1947: Ivy (Nom)

Manne Lindholm, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 1957: The Seventh Seal (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1958: The Magician (Nom)

Catherine Martin, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 2001: Moulin Rouge! (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2013: The Great Gatsby (Nom)

Mayo, 2 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1945: Children of Paradise (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1952: Casque d'Or (Nom)

Anthony Mendleson, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 1949: Kind Hearts and Coronets (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1963: Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (Nom)

Oliver Messel, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 1945: Caesar and Cleopatra (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1949: The Queen of Spades (Nom)

John Mollo, 3 noms 2 wins

Best Costume Design 1977: Star Wars (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1979: Alien (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1980: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Nom)

Linda Muir, 2 noms 2 wins

Best Costume Design 2022: The Northman (WINS)

Best Costume Design 2024: Nosferatu (WINS)

Ruth Myers, 4 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1983: Something Wicked This Way Comes (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1991: The Addams Family (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1996: Emma (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2002: Nicholas Nickleby (Nom)

Deborah Nadoolman, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1988: Coming to America (Nom)

Patricia Norris, 4 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1978: Days of Heaven (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1978: Movie Movie (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1980: The Elephant Man (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2013: The Immigrant (WINS)

Vittorio Nino Novarese, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 1963: Cleopatra  (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1965: The Agony and the Ecstasy (Nom)

Michael O'Connor, 3 noms

Best Costume Design 2008: The Duchess  (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2011: Jane Eyre (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2013: The Invisible Woman (Nom)

Massimo Cantini Parrini, 3 noms

Best Costume Design 2019: Pinocchio (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2019: Ophelia (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2024: Maria (Nom)

Janet Patterson, 5 noms

Best Costume Design 1993: The Piano (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1996: Portrait of a Lady (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1997: Oscar and Lucinda (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2003: Peter Pan (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2009: Bright Star (Nom)

Gabriella Pescucci, 4 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1984: Once Upon A Time in America (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1988: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1993: The Age of Innocence (WINS)

Best Costume Design 2005: The Brothers Grimm (Nom)

Carlo Poggioli, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 2005: The Brothers Grimm (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2020: Waiting For the Barbarians (Nom)

Theodor Pištěk, 2 noms 2 wins

Best Costume Design 1967: Marketa Lazarova (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1984: Amadeus (WINS)

Sandy Powell, 11 noms 3 wins

Best Costume Design 1993: Orlando (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1994: Interview With the Vampire (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1997: The Wings of the Dove (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1998: Shakespeare in Love (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1998:  Velvet Goldmine (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2002: Gangs of New York (WINS)

Best Costume Design 2004: The Aviator (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2009: The Young Victoria (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2011: Hugo (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2011: Cinderella (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2018: The Favourite (Nom)

Renié, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 1945: The Body Snatcher (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1963: Cleopatra (Nom)

Bob Ringwood, 3 noms

Best Costume Design 1981: Excalibur (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1984: Dune (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1992: Batman Returns (Nom)

Aggie Guerard Rodgers, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 1983: Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1988: Beetlejuice (Nom)

Ann Roth, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 1996: The English Patient (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2020: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Nom)

Carlo Simi, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 1966: The Good The Bad and The Ugly (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1968: Once Upon A Time in The West (Nom)

Irene Sharaff, 2 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1944: Meet Me In St. Louis (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1961: West Side Story (Nom)

Polly Smith, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 1986: Labyrinth (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1992: Muppet Christmas Carol (Nom)

Gile Steele, 2 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1949: The Heiress (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1949: Samson and Delilah (Nom)

Anthea Sylbert, 2 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1974: Chinatown (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1977: Julia (Nom)

Richard Taylor, 3 noms 2 wins

Best Costume Design 2001: LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (WINS)

Best Costume Design 2002: LOTR: The Two Towers (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2003: LOTR: The Return of the King (WINS)

Dolly Tree, 2 noms

Best Costume Design 1935: Mad Love (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1935: A Tale of Two Cities (Nom)

V. Vavra 2 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1966: War and Peace Part II (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1967: War and Peace Part IV (Nom)

Emi Wada, 3 noms 2 wins

Best Costume Design 1985: Ran (WINS)

Best Costume Design 2002: Hero Nom)

Best Costume Design 2004: House of Flying Daggers (WINS)

Gwen Wakeling, 2 noms 

Best Costume Design 1934: The Affairs of Cellini (Nom)

Best Costume Design 1949: Samson and Delilah (Nom)

Jacqueline West, 6 noms 

Best Costume Design 2000: Quills (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2008: The Duchess (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2015: The Revenant (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2021:  Dune (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2023:  Killers of the Flower Moon (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2024:  Dune Part II (Nom)

Vera West, 3 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1931: Dracula (WINS)

Best Costume Design 1932: The Mummy (Nom)
Best Costume Design 1935: Bride of Frankenstein (Nom)

Janty Yates, 5 noms 2 wins

Best Costume Design 2000: Gladiator (WINS)

Best Costume Design 2005: Kingdom of Heaven (WINS)

Best Costume Design 2021: The Last Duel (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2023: Napoleon (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2025: Gladiator II (Nom)

Tim Yip, 3 noms

Best Costume Design 2000: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (Nom)
Best Costume Design 2008: Red Cliff Part I (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2009: Red Cliff Part II (Nom)

Mary Zophres, 7 noms 1 win

Best Costume Design 1998: The Big Lebowski (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2010: True Grit (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2013: Inside Llewyn Davis (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2016: Hail Caesar! (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2018: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (WINS)

Best Costume Design 2021: The Tragedy of Macbeth (Nom)

Best Costume Design 2022: Babylon (Nom)

Best Actor FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions for future reference, feel free to ask any additional questions that would fit here to be added to the list. 

1. Why Don't You Review Actresses?

When I started this endeavor some time ago there were several blogs that covered exclusively female performances, so the whole point was as contrast by covering the then ignored male performances. Now most of those blogs have fallen by the wayside so that contrast no longer really exists. However I have been at this so long with this focus it just is too insurmountable of a task in my mind to try to start from nominations even with Actress and Supporting Actress. Though if there were two of me, I'd be all for it. 

2. How does the prediction contest work?

Simply for fun you predict how I will order the final five, however if you win you can request one performance for me to review in the future. If it is a ten lineup, you get two chances and if you get both sets of five correct you get two predictions. 

3. Rules on the Prediction Contest?

You may change your predictions after the first review of the lineup of five only. Technically the second review overall when it is a set of ten. I also ask that if you change your prediction in the same post to delete your old prediction if possible. 

4. What questions are okay?

Anything film or TV related. I will occasionally touch Music and Books, however I prefer if it is related to a film or TV in some way, if not I'd ask that it be a question where a very simple reply would suffice. 

5. Can I change my winning request?

You may change it to a performance from the same year, once. 

6. Can I ask ratings/thoughts on any performance?

First I'd ask you to check if I reviewed the performance or given thoughts previously (search "actoroscar.blogspot.com" on google with that given performance, then on the page it gives you use search/control+F to find the performance). Otherwise I won't give thoughts on saved performances from the current year. Saved meaning either they are in contention for a nomination or I might do a full review in the alternate lineup that year. 

7. I saw you watched a film from the year you're currently covering when can I ask about it?

Please wait on any films from a year I'm currently covering for the results section of that year, that way all the thoughts are in one consistent place for future reference. Unless it is about a film where I am reviewing one of the performances then ask in that review.

My Wins 2025

 

Alternate Best Actor 2025: Results

10. Frank Dillane in Urchin - Dillane gives a compelling portrayal of a very specific cyclical depiction of the life of an addict.

Best Scene: Attempted reconciliation meeting. 

9. David Strathairn in A Little Prayer - Strathairn gives a moving nuanced depiction of a man coming to terms with the nature of his son and struggling with the relationship with his daughter-in-law. 

Best Scene: Bench. 

8. Dylan O'Brien in Twinless - O'Brien gives an effective depiction of the overly confident twin and the struggling twin dealing with grief.

Best Scene: First meeting. 

7. Josh O'Connor in Wake Up Dead Man - O'Connor delivers another great performance here finding both the proper comedic enthusiasm for the mystery and the proper dramatic depth for his character's journey. 

Best Scene: Phone Call

6. Robert Aramayo in I Swear - Aramayo flawlessly depicts the very specific difficult tics of his character while also giving a moving depiction of a man slowly finding personal strength through understanding and acceptance. 

Best Scene: In the car. 

5. Paul Mescal in Hamnet - Mescal delivers some potent words from Shakespeare as Shakespeare, while also giving a moving depiction of the maturation of a man as he deals with the notion of family both the good and the pain. 

Best Scene: Again. 

4. Joel Edgerton in Train Dreams - Edgerton gives a quietly moving depiction that so potently realizes the internal journey of his character through life. 

Best Scene: Second talk with Claire. 

3. David Jonsson in The Long Walk - Jonsson delivers an amazing performance that captures both the visceral horror of his situation but also such a powerful poignant optimism that defines his character.  

Best Scene: Reason for his outlook on life. 

2. Jesse Plemons in Bugonia - Plemons is masterful in his realization of such a specific tone where he successfully depicts the madness of his character but with a deeply human foundation. 

Best Scene: Dinner table.

1. Lee Byung-hun in No Other Choice - Hearing about the concept of the film I knew Lee had the potential to give a great performance, but what he delivered not only was outstanding it was outstanding in a wholly unexpected way from him. Throwing out his expected presence to deliver an absolutely hilarious yet also truly impactful depiction of a man haplessly turning into a cold blooded murderer. 

Best Scene: First "murder".

Updated Overall:

1. Lee Byung-hun in No Other Choice
2. Jesse Plemons in Bugonia
3. Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme
4. Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another
5. Wagner Moura in The Secret Agent
6. Stellan Skarsgård in Sentimental Value
7. David Jonsson in The Long Walk
8. Joel Edgerton in Train Dreams
9. Jacob Elordi in Frankenstein
10. Paul Mescal in Hamnet
11. Robert Aramayo in I Swear
12. Josh O'Connor in Wake Up Dead Man
13. Cooper Hoffman in The Long Walk - 5
14. Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon
15. Josh O'Connor in The Mastermind
16. Dylan O'Brien in Twinless
17. David Strathairn in A Little Prayer
18. Frank Dillane in Urchin 
19. Harry Melling Pillion
20. Sergi López in Sirât
21. Archie Madekwe in Lurker
22. Michael B. Jordan in Sinners
23. Billy Barratt in Bring Her Back
24. Cillian Murphy in Steve
25. Daniel Day-Lewis in Anemone
26. Riz Ahmed in Relay 
27. Everett Blunck in The Plague
28. Oscar Isaac in Frankenstein - 4.5
29. Liam Neeson in The Naked Gun
30. Mads Mikkelsen in Dust Bunny
31. Jacob Tremblay in Sovereign
32. Hugh Jackman in Song Sung Blue
33. Channing Tatum in Roofman
34. Michael Fassbender in Black Bag
35. Denzel Washington in Highest 2 Lowest
36. David Corenswet in Superman
37. Jeremy Allen White in Deliver Me From Nowhere
38. Jackson Yee in Resurrection
39. Josh O'Connor in Rebuilding
40. Robert Pattinson in Mickey 17
41. Miles Teller in Eternity
42. Nick Offerman in Sovereign
43. Theo James in The Monkey 
    
44. Austin Butler in Caught Stealing
45. Matthew McConaughey in The Lost Bus
    
46. Benedict Cumberbatch in The Roses
47. Paul Mescal in The History of Sound
48. Théodore Pellerin in Lurker
49. Filippo Scotti in Le Città Di Pianura
50. Sergio Romano in Le Città Di Pianura
51. Pierpaolo Capovilla in Le Città Di Pianura
52. Pedro Pascal in Fantastic Four: The First Steps 
53. Colin Farrell in Ballad of a Small Player 
54. Keenan Arrison in The Heart is a Muscle
55. Michael Angelo Covino in Splitsville
56. Tonatiuh in Kiss of the Spider Woman
57. Brendan Fraser in Rental Family
58. Ben Whishaw in Peter Hujar's Day 
59. Lee Kang-Sheng in Blue Sun Palace
60. Jorma Tommila in Sisu Road to Revenge -  4
61. Callum Turner in Eternity
62. Jonathan Majors in Magazine Dreams
63. Vahid Mobasseri in It was Just An Accident
64. Miles Caton in Sinners
65. Ishaan Khatter in Homebound
66. Benicio del Toro in The Phoenician Scheme
67. Alfie Williams in 28 Years Later
68. Guillaume Marbeck in Nouvelle Vague
69. George Clooney in Jay Kelly
70. Diego Luna in Kiss of the Spider Woman
71. Paul Walter Hauser in The Luckiest Man in America
    
72. Sean Bean in Anemone
73. Vishal Jethwa in Homebound
74. Tom Hardy in Havoc
75. Bob Odenkirk in Nobody 2
76. Robert Pattinson in Die My Love
77. Brad Pitt in F1
78. Jack Quaid in Novocaine
79. Jason Bateman in Zootopia 2 
80. Christopher Guest in Spinal Tap The End Continues
81. Michael McKean in Spinal Tap The End Continues
82. Kyle Marvin in Splitsville
83. James Sweeney in Twinless - 3.5
84. Ryo Yoshizawa in Kokuho
85. Joaquin Phoenix in Eddington
86. Tim Key in The Ballad of Wallis Island
87. Ben Affleck in The Accountant 2 
88. Ewan Horrocks in Truth and Treason
89. Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
90. Mahershala Ali in Jurassic World Rebirth 
91. Damson Idris in F1
92. Jared Leto in Tron Ares 
93. Will Arnett in Is This Thing On? - 3
94. Dwayne Johnson in The Smashing Machine
95. Tom Basden in The Ballad of Wallis Island
96. Anthony Mackie in Captain America: Brave New World 
97. Yonas Kibreab in Elio - 2.5
98. Tim Robinson in Friendship
99. Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore 2
100. Jonathan Bailey in Jurassic World Rebirth
101. Glen Powell in The Running Man
102. Rami Malek in The Amateur
     
103. Rami Malek in Nuremberg
104. Jack Quaid in Companion 
105. Sam Worthington in Avatar: Fire & Ash
106. Robert De Niro in Alto Knights - 2

Next: Waiting though eventually 2004 Supporting.