Alternate Best Actor 2024: Results

10. Keith Kupferer in Ghostlight - Kupferer gives a convincing and very moving portrayal of a man finding a healthy way to release his pent up trauma. 

Best Scene: Court deposition. 

9. Hugh Grant in Heretic - Grant elevates the entirety of the film just through his off-beat deliveries and quietly chilling moments. 

Best Scene: Monopoly. 

8. Daniel Zovatto in Woman of the Hour - Zovatto gives a terrifying performance by convincingly portraying both the false charm and brutal cruelty of his serial killer. 

Best Scene: Letting a victim live. 

7. Jesse Plemons in Kinds of Kindness - Plemons artfully manages the film's unique tone to deliver on the deadpan comedy along but with some genuine emotion buried within that. 

Best Scene: Twisted request.

6. Timothée Chalamet in Dune Part II - Chalamet gives a properly charismatic hero's journey for much of the film but then takes it to the next level by twisting it into something nefarious by the end of the film. 

Best Scene: Rallying the Fremen. 

5. George MacKay in The Beast - MacKay gives multiple compelling performances, including a wholly convincing portrayal of repression and a terrifyingly convincing portrayal of the build up of a psychotic. 

Best Scene: First vlog. 

4. Josh O'Connor in Challengers - O'Connor gives a dynamic portrayal of one part of a love triangle, with a particularly effective weaponization of charisma both when it works and when it doesn't.

Best Scene: Failing to get a room. 

3. Nicholas Hoult in Nosferatu - Hoult takes the traditionally thankless role of Jonathan Harker (here named Thomas Hutter) and running it through his sheer acting talent by making the emotional and actual horror he goes through so brutally real. 

Best Scene: Ending. 

2. Cillian Murphy in Small Things Like These - Murphy delivers such a modest yet wholly impactful portrayal of a man slowly committing to action and living up to his empathy. 

Best Scene: Choosing to help. 

1. Sebastian Stan in A Different Man - Good predictions Tony, Lucas, Robert, Matt, Tahmeed, A, Ytrewq, Luke, 8000's, Jonathan & Brazinterma. Stan easily tops this list for me, despite loving many other performances. Stan gave the only performance that gave me any doubt on who my #1 should be. As Stan through his entire output in 2024 has proven to be an immense talent. Here giving such a dynamic, tangible but also hilarious realization of a one of a kind journey for a character. 

Best Scene: Pretending to be Oswald. 

Overall Ranking:

1. Adrien Brody in The Brutalist
2. Sebastian Stan in A Different Man
3. Colman Domingo in Sing Sing
4. Cillian Murphy in Small Things Like These
5. Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice
6. Nicholas Hoult in Nosferatu
7. Josh O'Connor in Challengers
8. Mike Faist in Challengers
9. George MacKay in The Beast
10. Timothée Chalamet in Dune Part II - 5
11. Ralph Fiennes in Conclave
12. Jesse Plemons in Kinds of Kindness
13. Daniel Zovatto in Woman of the Hour
14. Hugh Grant in Heretic
15. Keith Kupferer in Ghostlight 
16. Lars Eidinger in Dying
17. Nicholas Hoult in The Order
18. Joseph Quinn in A Quiet Place Day One
19. Brian Tyree Henry in The Fire Inside
20. Izaac Wang in Didi 
21. John Magaro in September 5
22. Brandon Wilson in Nickle Boys
23. Ethan Herisse in Nickle Boys - 4.5
    
24. Daniel Craig in Queer
25. Kyle Gallner in Strange Darling
26. Missagh Zareh  in The Seed of the Sacred Fig
27. James Le Gros in Good One
28. Andrew Garfield in We Live in Time
29. Josh Hartnett in Trap
30. Lakshya in Kill 
31. Jude Law in The Order
32. Jason Schwartzman in Between The Temples
33. Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 
34. Jesse Eisenberg in A Real Pain
35. Dev Patel in Monkey Man
36. Putthipong "Billkin" Assaratanakul  in How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
37. Nicholas Hoult in Juror No. 2
38. Pierre Niney in The Count of Monte Cristo
39. Aaron Pierre in Rebel Ridge 
40. Viggo Mortensen in The Dead Don't Hurt - 4
41. Gabriel LaBelle in Saturday Night
42. Jonno Davies in Better Man
43. Glen Powell in Hit Man
44. Ben Whitehead in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
45. Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain
46. Owen Teague in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
47. JJ "DJ Próvaí" Ó Dochartaigh in Kneecap
48. Tom Hardy in The Bikeriders
49. Austin Butler in The Bikeriders
50. Ryan Gosling in The Fall Guy
    
51. Tommy Dewey in Your Monster
52. Ben Whishaw in Paddington in Peru
    
53. Brian Tyree Henry in Transformers One
54. Taron Egerton in Carry-On
55. Chris Hemsworth in Transformers One
56. Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool & Wolverine
57. Jake Gyllenhaal in Roadhouse - 3.5
58. Raul Briones in La Cocina
59. Egill Ólafsson in Touch
60. Charlie Plummer in National Anthem
61. Glen Powell in Twisters
62. George MacKay in The End
63. Joaquin Phoenix in Joker: Folie a Deux
64. Josh Brolin in Brothers
65. Eddie Peng in Black Dog
66. Paul Mescal in Gladiator II
67. Tom Hanks in Here
68. Liam Óg "Mo Chara" Ó Hannaidh in Kneecap
69. Naoise "Móglaí Bap" Ó Cairealláin in Kneecap
70. Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown 
71. Rene Perez in In The Summers - 3
72. Adam Driver in Megalopolis
73. Justice Smith in I Saw the TV Glow
74. Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop: Axle F 
75. Peter Dinklage in Brothers
76. Kelvin Harrison Jr. in Mufasa: The Lion King
77. Aaron Pierre in Mufasa: The Lion King
78. Isaac Krasner in Big Boys
79. Ryland Tews in Hundreds of Beavers - 2.5
    
80. Wagner Moura in Civil War
81. Palmi Kormakur in Touch
82. Julio Torres in Problemista  - 2

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