Tuesday, 11 February 2025

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2024: Results

10. Denzel Washington in Gladiator II - Washington gives an entertaining performance that offers some much needed gravitas to his film though he is limited by the film's weaknesses. 

Best Scene: Protecting Dondus.
9. Richard Roundtree in Thelma - Roundtree gives an endearing performance that offers the right straight man contrast to Squib's lead performance.

Best Scene: Argument with Thelma.
8. Jason Bateman in Carry-On - Bateman gives an entertaining though also menacing portrayal of a particularly caustic mercenary. 

Best Scene: Woke up. 
7. David Jonsson - Jonsson elevates his film best he can by giving an endearing yet appropriately synthetic portrayal of both the best companion and a more enigmatic sinister presence. 

Best Scene: Back to himself. 
6. Karren Karagulian in Anora - Karagulian gives a consistently hilarious portrayal of constant intense frustration though just a hint of growth in there as well.  

Best Scene: Home invasion
5. Franz Rogowski in Bird - Rogowski is going out an extreme limb and makes his off-beat character feel absolutely real and human. 

Best Scene: Arm twist.
4. Austin Butler in Dune Part II - Butler brings such tremendous bravado to make a memorable sadist though also remarkably finds nuance within the type. 

Best Scene: "May thy knife chip and shatter"
3. Simon McBurney in Nosferatu - McBurney finally gets his chance to do more than his usual type and runs away with his chance through his captivating portrayal of a very particular religious fervor. 

Best Scene: First scene in the mad house. 
2. Adam Pearson in A Different Man - Adam Pearson gives a distinctly larger than life, approachable, charming, humble, hilarious, yet earnest, likeable performance though also successfully as a very particular tormentor. 

Best Scene: Unexpected arrival with Edward's work friends. 
1. Clarence Maclin in Sing Sing - Good predictions Luke, Bryan, Jonathan, A, Tony, Emi Grant, Razor, Perfectionist, Calvin, Matt, Ytrewq, John Smith, RatedRStar & Brazinterma. Maclin gives my favorite male supporting performance of the year as he manages to give both a layered portrayal of a man finding his voice as an actor, while also giving an incredibly moving and heartwarming portrayal of a prisoner finding purpose and so convincingly becoming a better man.

Best Scene: "To Be Or Not To Be"
Overall Ranking:
  1. Clarence Maclin in Sing Sing
  2. Guy Pearce in The Brutalist
  3. Adam Pearson in A Different Man
  4. Yura Borisov in Anora
  5. Jeremy Strong in The Apprentice - 5
  6. Selton Mello in I'm Still Here 
  7. Simon McBurney in Nosferatu
  8. Austin Butler in Dune Part II
  9. Franz Rogowski in Bird
  10. Willem Dafoe in Nosferatu
  11. Bill Skarsgård in Nosferatu
  12. Karren Karagulian in Anora
  13. Dennis Quaid in The Substance 
  14. David Jonsson in Alien Romulus
  15. Jason Bateman in Carry-On
  16. Richard Roundtree in Thelma - 4.5
  17. Vache Tovmasyan in Anora
  18. Sean San José in Sing Sing
  19. Javier Bardem in Dune Part II
  20. Robert Gwisdek in Dying
  21. Edward Norton in A Complete Unknown 
  22. Jay O. Sanders in His Three Daughters
  23. Samuel L. Jackson in The Piano Lesson
  24. Peter Macon in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
  25. Tom Burke in Furiosa
  26. Raghav Juyal in Kill
  27. Paul Raci in Sing Sing
  28. Sean Dino Johnson in Sing Sing
  29. Mosi Eagle in Sing Sing
  30. David Giraudy in Sing Sing
  31. Patrick Griffin in Sing Sing
  32. James Williams in Sing Sing
  33. Joe Alwyn in The Brutalist
  34. Denzel Washington in Gladiator II 
  35. Cory Michael Smith in Saturday Night
  36. Mark Eydelshteyn in Anora
  37. Stephen McKinley Henderson in Civil War
  38. Malcolm McDowell in Thelma
  39. Willem Dafoe in Kinds of Kindness 
  40. Ben Chaplin in September 5
  41. Ashish Vidyarthi in Kill 
  42. Alessandro Nivola in The Brutalist
  43. Antonio Banderas in Babygirl
  44. Dylan O'Brien in Saturday Night
  45. Arthur Conti in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
  46. Jesse Plemons in Civil War
  47. Barry Keoghan in Bird
  48. Hugh Jackman in Deadpool & Wolverine 
  49. Don Johnson in Rebel Ridge
  50. Harris Dickinson in Babygirl 
  51. Lamorne Morris in Saturday Night
  52. Martin Donovan in The Apprentice
  53. Pedro Pascal in The Wild Robot
  54. Kodi Smit-McPhee in Memoir of a Snail
  55. Ravi Kishan in Laapataa Ladies
  56. Ralph Ineson in Nosferatu
  57. Brendan Gleeson in Joker Folie A Deux 
  58. Ronald Zehrfeld in Dying 
  59. Tommy Dewey in Saturday Night 
  60. Pierfrancesco Favino in Maria
  61. Kesav Binoy Kiron in Girls Will Be Girls
  62. Guilherme Silveira in I'm Still Here
  63. Danny McCarthy in Good One
  64. Antonio Savoia in I'm Still Here
  65. Michael Fassbender in Kneecap - 4
  66. Leigh Gill in Joker Folie a Deux
  67. Sergio Castellitto in Conclave
  68. Corey Hawkins in The Piano Lesson
  69. Kevin Bacon in Maxxxine
  70. Josh Brolin in Dune Part II 
  71. Nicholas Podany in Saturday Night
  72. Michael Shannon in The Bikeriders
  73. Stellan Skarsgård in Dune Part II 
  74. Ed Harris in Love Lies Bleeding
  75. Steve Pemberton in Better Man
  76. Peter Sarsgaard in September 5
  77. Isaach de Bankolé in The Brutalist
  78. David Webber in Hard Truths 
  79. Scoot McNairy in A Complete Unknown
  80. Matthew Rhys in Saturday Night
  81. Kevin Bacon in Beverly Hills Cop: Axle F
  82. Chris Hemsworth in Furiosa
  83. Haluk Bilginer in Maria
  84. Victor Slezak in The Order
  85. Jonathan Bailey in Wicked
  86. Hans-Uwe Bauer in Dying
  87. Jonathan Hyde in The Brutalist
  88. Michael Potts in The Piano Lesson
  89. Alexander Karim  in Gladiator II
  90. Kevin Costner in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
  91. Timothy Spall in Wicked Little Letters 
  92. Kit Connor in The Wild Robot
  93. Aleksei Serebryakov in Anora
  94. Mahaela Park in Didi
  95. Carlos Diehz in Conclave
  96. Tuwaine Barrett in Hard Truths
  97. Charlie Carrick in The Apprentice
  98. J.K. Simmons in Saturday Night
  99. Winston Duke in The Fall Guy 
  100. Channing Tatum in Blink Twice
  101. Lucian Msamati in Conclave
  102. Mamoudou Athie in Kinds of Kindness
  103. Damon Herriman in The Bikeriders
  104. Blair Underwood in Longlegs
  105. Kevin Durand in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 
  106. Jeff Goldblum in Wicked
  107. Jon Hamm in Transformers One
  108. Damon Herriman in Better Man
  109. Jeff Fahey in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
  110. Ralph Ineson in The First Omen
  111. Kiefer Sutherland in Juror No. 2
  112. Jovan Adepo in His Three Daughters
  113. Will Sharpe in A Real Pain
  114. Shia Labeouf in Megalopolis 
  115. Cooper Hoffman in Saturday Night
  116. Jason Schwartzman in The Last Showgirl
  117. Norman Reedus in The Bikeriders 
  118. Antonio Banderas in Paddington in Peru
  119. Anand Sami in All We Imagine As Light
  120. Dave Merheje in Sometimes I Think About Dying
  121. Bill Nighy in The Wild Robot
  122. Brian F. O'Byrne in Conclave
  123. Sam Worthington in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
  124. Alex Wolff in A Quiet Place Day One 
  125. Chris Messina in Juror No. 2
  126. Dave Bautista in The Last Showgirl
  127. Motell Foster in La cocina
  128. Hugh Bonneville in Paddington in Peru
  129. Marc Maron in The Order
  130. Masahiro Motoki in Touch
  131. Pierfrancesco Favino in The Count of Monte Cristo
  132. Keegan-Michael Key in Transformers One
  133. Peter Dinklage in Wicked - 3.5
  134. Dave Bautista in Dune Part II
  135. Pitobash in Monkey Man
  136. Channing Tatum in Deadpool & Wolverine
  137. Anthony Ramos in Twisters
  138. Simon Rex in Blink Twice
  139. John Ashton in Beverly Hills Cop: Axle F
  140. Mike Faist in The Bikeriders
  141. John Lithgow in Conclave
  142. Matt Berry in The Wild Robot
  143. Kurt Egyiawan in A Real Pain
  144. Kyle MacLachlan in Blink Twice
  145. Bill Camp in Drive Away Dolls 
  146. Emory Cohen in The Bikeriders
  147. William H. Macy in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
  148. Boyd Holbrook in The Bikeriders
  149. Gabriel Basso in Juror No. 1
  150. Judge Reinhold in Beverly Hills Cop: Axle F
  151. Willem Dafoe in Saturday Night
  152. Mark Hamill in The Wild Robot
  153. Sikandar Kher in Monkey Man
  154. Boyd Holbrook in A Complete Unknown
  155. Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Beverly Hills Cop: Axle F 
  156. Stanley Tucci in Conclave
  157. J.K. Simmons in Juror No. 2
  158. Joe Alwyn in Kinds of Kindness
  159. Giancarlo Esposito in Maxxxine
  160. Michael Rooker in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
  161. Bobby Cannavale in Maxxine
  162. Brandon Perea in Twisters
  163. Leigh Gill in Blitz
  164. Kodi Smit-McPhee in Maria
  165. Dean Norris in Carry-On
  166. Laurence Fishburne in Transformers One
  167. Pedro Pascal in Gladiator II
  168. Chris Evans in Deadpool & Wolverine
  169. Paapa Essiedu in The Outrun
  170. Wesley Snipes in Deadpool & Wolverine
  171. Ed Begley Jr. in Strange Darling
  172. Charles Dance in The First Omen
  173. Ethan Slater in Wicked
  174. Matthew MacFadyen in Deadpool & Wolverine
  175. Stephen Graham in Young Woman and the Sea
  176. Aaron Chang in Didi
  177. David Denman in Rebel Ridge
  178. Willem Dafoe in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
  179. Louis Black in Inside Out 2
  180. Robert Smigel in Between The temples
  181. Bill Nighy in The First Omen
  182. Arturo Castro in Roadhouse 
  183. Paul Weller in Blitz
  184. Emory Cohen in Rebel Ridge 
  185. Steve Coogan in Joker Folie a Deux
  186. Shea Whigham in Fancy Dance
  187. Ian Bliss in Late Night with the Devil
  188. M. Emmett Walsh in Brothers
  189. Andy Samberg in Lee
  190. Steve Buscemi in Transformers One
  191. Daveed Diggs in Nickel Boys
  192. Hridhu Haroon in All We Imagine As Light
  193. Oded Fehr in La cocina
  194. Marton Csokas in Cuckoo
  195. Bastien Bouillon in The Count of Monte Cristo
  196. John Turturro in The Room Next Door
  197. Tony Hale in Inside Out 2 
  198. Tim McInnerny in The End
  199. Michael Shannon in The End
  200. Lennie James in The End - 3
  201. Jason Schwartzman in Queer
  202. Joseph Quinn in Gladiator II
  203. Harris Dickinson in Blitz
  204. Stephen Dillane in The Outrun
  205. Christopher Walken in Dune Part II
  206. Laurence Fishburne in Megalopolis
  207. Drew Starkey in Queer
  208. Nicholas Braun in Saturday Night
  209. Jamie Campbell Bower in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
  210. Dave Franco in Love Lies Bleeding
  211. Joaquim de Almeida in Roadhouse
  212. Tim McInnerny in Gladiator II
  213. Percy Hynes White in My Old Ass
  214. Danny Huston in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
  215. Colman Domingo in Drive Away Dolls
  216. Giancarlo Esposito in Megalopolis
  217. Rhys Auteri in Late Night With the Devil
  218. Lukas Gage in Roadhouse
  219. Haley Joel Osment in Blink Twice
  220. Andy Nyman in Wicked
  221. Topher Grace in Heretic
  222. Matt Damon in Drive Away Dolls 
  223. Fred Hechinger in Thelma 
  224. Christopher Eccleston in Young Woman and the Sea
  225. Harry Lawtey in Joker Folie a Deux
  226. Dustin Hoffman in Megalopolis
  227. Steven Michael Quezada in Strange Darling
  228. Justin Theroux in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
  229. Matt Wood in Saturday Night
  230. Aaron Taylor-Johnson - Nosferatu
  231. Douglas Hodge in We Live In Time
  232. Dan Fogler in A Complete Unknown
  233. Alexander Skarsgård in Lee
  234. Aaron Stanford in Deadpool & Wolverine 
  235. Jon Batiste in Saturday Night 
  236. Edgar Ramirez in Emilia Perez 
  237. Ray Fisher in The Piano Lesson 
  238. Fred Hechinger in Nickel Boys
  239. Gwilym Lee in Here 
  240. Scoot McNairy in Nightbitch - 2.5
  241. Nicolas Cage in Longlegs
  242. Dan Stevens in Cuckoo
  243. Logan Marshall-Green in Carry-On
  244. Jonathan Langdon in Trap
  245. Aaron Taylor-Johnson in The Fall Guy
  246. Luke Wilson in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 
  247. Austin Amelio in Hit Man
  248. Jon Voight in Megalopolis
  249. John David Washington in The Piano Lesson
  250. Hamish Linklater in Nickel Boys
  251. Stephen Graham in Blitz
  252. Archie Renaux in Alien Romulus
  253. C.J. Wilson in Drive Away Dolls
  254. Billy Magnussen in Roadhouse
  255. Joey Slotnick in Drive Away Dolls 
  256. Tony Hale in Woman of the Hour
  257. Mark Ivanir in Emilia Perez 
  258. Fred Hechinger in Gladiator II 
  259. Tye Sheridan in The Order
  260. Bowen Yang in Wicked 
  261. Theo Rossi in Carry-On - 2
  262. Brendan Fraser in Brothers
  263. Pete Holmes in Woman of the Hour
  264. Mathew Shear in Between The Temples
  265. Spike Fearn in Alien Romulus
  266. Simon Prast in Maxxxine - 1.5
  267. Dean Norris in The Six Triple Eight
  268. Stéphane Ly-Cuong in Emilia Perez - 1
  269. Paul Bettany in Here - 3 Wiseaus
  270. Connor McGregor in Roadhouse - 0
Next: 2024 Lead

26 comments:

Louis Morgan said...

Note: I considered reviewing Mello, but didn't want to without re-watching the film first, and it will probably be quite a while before I get the chance to do so.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: My request is Anders Danielsen Lie in Oslo, August 31st.

Luke Higham said...

Cillian Murphy
Daniel Craig
George MacKay
Hugh Grant
Jesse Plemons
Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist
Keith Kupferer
Nicholas Hoult
Sebastian Stan
Timothée Chalamet

The only viable alternative is Zovatto but I feel as if you'll be going with the more high profile turns.

Jonathan Williams said...

I'll request Ewan McGregor in The Ghost Writer.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: I'm pleased to see Quaid finally get a 4.5 from you.

Robert MacFarlane said...

Sebastian
Cilian
Josh
Nicholas (in Nosferatu)
Timothée

Also, why have I always sucked at predicting? I take too big of swings, I guess. I've got like three performances in mind I want to request.

Anonymous said...

Louis, as we hit the halfway point of the decade, I have to ask: what is your ranking of all 25 nominated Supporting Actor performances in the 2020s?

Matt Mustin said...

Zovatto is a must for a review, I think.

Interesting that you have Jackman in Supporting for Deadpool and Wolverine, I think he's 100% co-lead.

My winning request is Peter Falk in Mikey and Nicky for Best Actor 1976

Omar Franini said...

Daniel Craig
Lars Eidinger
Mike Faist
Nicholas Hoult
Keith Kupferer
George MacKay
Cillian Murphy
Josh O'Connor
Sebastian Stan

Lucas Saavedra said...

Josh O'connor in Challengers
Jesse Plemons in Kinds of Kindness
Izaac Wang in Dìdi
Keith Kupferer in Ghostlight
Daniel Zovatto in Woman of the Hour
Hugh Grant in Heretic
John Magaro in September 5
Ethan Herisse in Nickel Boys
Brandon Wilson in Nickel Boys
Joseph Quinn in A Quiet Place: Day One

Tony Kim said...

Maclin at #1? Wow. I'll admit I wondered if there was a chance for him (or Pearson) to upset but couldn't quite bring myself to predict it.

Lucas: I believe he already released Quinn.

Matt Mustin said...

Also LOL at Conor MacGregor dead last. Nice first try at movies, buddy, better luck next time (?)

Luke Higham said...

Matt: He deserves Nuttin.

Michael McCarthy said...

The five reviews I’d like to see most:

Sebastian Stan
Nicholas Hoult (x2)
Timothée Chalamet
Mike Faist & Josh O’Connor
Josh Hartnett

For a ten lineup I’d add

Jesse Plemons
Hugh Grant
Andrew Garfield
Keith Kupferer
Cillian Murphy

Michael McCarthy said...

Also, I personally really don’t need a review for Daniel Craig.

A said...

This might be a waste, but given my love for the film (and the performance), I'll request Dean Stockwell in Blue Velvet.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Are these performances all in Lead.

Antonio Banderas - Babygirl
Harris Dickinson - Babygirl
James Le Gros - Good One
Michael Keaton - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Tom Hardy - The Bikeriders

Calvin Law said...

Oh, didn't expect to have nailed one; I'll have a think about my request.

Timothée Chalamet - Dune: Part II
Daniel Craig - Queer
Lars Eidinger - Dying
Nicholas Hoult - The Order and Nosferatu
George MacKay - The Beast
Cillian Murphy - Small Things Like These
Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist - Challengers
Keith Kupferer - Ghostlight
Sebastian Stan - A Different Man
Izaac Wang - Dìdi

Marcus said...

Louis: Your top 10 male supporting performances of the 2020s decade?

Tim said...

"Paul Bettany - 3 Wiseaus"

what has the world come to?

Bryan L. said...

Robert: I think it’s because you’re usually predicting with your own ranking of the performances instead of gauging how Louis will.

Tony Kim said...

Ones I want to advocate for the most are:

Jesse Plemons - He's arguably "due" an alternate lineup review.
Keith Kupferer - It's always intriguing when lesser-known actors are saved.
Lars Eidinger - Definitely seems like a performance Louis could improve his opinion on, given how much he liked the rest of the film.

Matt Mustin said...

Have any of you seen Woman of the Hour? Zovatto would be a very worthy review.

Calvin Law said...

I have, I thought he was great. I just prefer the performances I’ve listed.

Louis Morgan said...

Marcus:

1. Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things
3. Clarence Maclin - Sing Sing
4. Paul Dano - The Fabelmans
5. Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin
6. Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
7. Jamie Bell - All of Us Strangers
8. Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon
9. Robert Downey Jr. - Oppenheimer
10. Ben Mendelsohn - Babyteeth

Louis Morgan said...

Luke:

On the fence on Keaton, but the wife plot makes me lean him to lead despite still not having a ton of screentime.