Saturday, 7 February 2026

Alternate Best Actor 2025

 And the Nominees Were Not:

Lee Byung-hun in No Other Choice

Jesse Plemons in Bugonia

Joel Edgerton in Train Dreams

David Jonsson in The Long Walk

Paul Mescal in Hamnet

Feel free to predict these five, those five or both.

Robert Aramayo in I Swear

Josh O'Connor in Wake Up Dead Man

Dylan O'Brien in Twinless

David Strathairn in A Little Prayer

Frank Dillane in Urchin

21 comments:

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Ratings and thoughts on:
Cillian Murphy - Steve
Daniel Day-Lewis - Anemone
Denzel Washington - Highest 2 Lowest
Everett Blunck - The Plague
Harry Melling - Pillion
Hugh Jackman - Song Sung Blue
Jeremy Allen White - Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
Oscar Isaac - Frankenstein
Sergi López - Sirāt

Luke Higham said...

I'll give predictions in the morning.

Matt Mustin said...

I will just say that O'Connor has REALLY stuck with me.

Matt Mustin said...

1. Lee
2. Edgerton
3. Plemons
4. Mescal
5. Jonsson

Matt Mustin said...

(Jonsson I would absolutely give a 5 by the way, and I suspect he'll get one here too, but I also think the other 4 will be above him.)

Luke Higham said...

Aramayo's an intriguing one for me because I recall thinking he was awfully miscast as Elrond in the Rings Of Power show.

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

1. Lee
2. Edgerton
3. Plemons
4. Jonsson
5. Mescal

1. O'Connor
2. Aramayo
3. Dillane
4. Strathairn
5. O'Brien

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Your Cinematography top ten.

Tony Kim said...

1. Lee
2. Plemons
3. Edgerton
4. Mescal
5. Jonsson

1. Aramayo
2. O'Connor
3. Dillane
4. Strathairn
5. O'Brien

RatedRStar said...

1. Lee
2. Edgerton
3. Plemons
4. Mescal
5. Jonsson

1. O'Connor
2. Strathairn
3. Aramayo
4. Dillane
5. O'Brien

Robert MacFarlane said...

1. Lee
2. Plemons
3. Edgerton
4. Mescal
5. Jonsson

1. O'Connor
2. O'Brien
3. Aramayo
4. Dillane
5. Strathairn

Michael McCarthy said...

Top lineup is *stacked*

1. Lee Byung-hun
2. Jesse Plemons
3. Joel Edgerton
4. Daniel Jonsson
5. Paul Mescal

1. Josh O’Connor
2. Dylan O’Brien
3. David Strathairn
4. Robert Aramayo
5. Frank Dillane

Robert MacFarlane said...

Still wish we got an Isaac write-up. The more people hate on his performance, the more I seem to like it.

Emi Grant said...
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Emi Grant said...

Putting a mortgage on my house and betting it on Lee finally taking the overall. Redid my comment to change the first line-up a bit, which is giving me a headache to predict.

1. Lee
2. Edgerton
3. Jonsson
4. Plemons
5. Mescal

1. O'Connor
2. Aramayo
3. Strathairn
4. Dillane
5. O'Brien

Razor said...

1. Lee
2. Edgerton
3. Plemons
4. Jonsson
5. Mescal

1. Aramayo
2. O’Connor
3. Dillane
4. O’Brien
5. Strathairn

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

Hoping we get Mescal first, can't wait for your thoughts on his performance in the soliloquy scenes, which have gotten a polarized reception online. Although really the social media reaction to Hamnet as a whole really irks me.

Harris Marlowe said...

Quite pleased to see Strathairn included, and I'm curious to see what our host will say about Day-Lewis.

Lucas Saavedra said...

1. Lee
2. Plemons
3. Edgerton
4. Mescal
5. Jonsson

1. Aramayo
2. O'Connor
3. Dillane
4. Strathairn
5. O'Brien

Calvin Law said...

Dillane, Aramayo AND Jonsson? Thank you Louis. Your fruit basket awaits.

Calvin Law said...

1. Lee
2. Edgerton
3. Jonsson
4. Plemons
5. Mescal

1. O’Connor
2. Aramayo
3. Dillane
4. O’Brien
5. Strathairn

Like/love all these performances besides Mescal who I think is fine.