Saturday, 7 February 2026

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2025: Results

5. William H. Macy in Train Dreams - Macy delivers an impressive transformative turn that represents his film's time and place with such poignancy.

Best Scene: Reflection on the trees.
4. Tyler Okonma in Marty Supreme - Okonma delivers such a wonderfully charismatic performance that sings through his chemistry with Chalamet. 

Best Scene: The hustle.
3. Russell Crowe in Nuremberg - Crowe elevates every bit of his film he can in presenting the evil of a man who believes himself above traditional moralities. 

Best Scene: Tale of his uncle.
2. Jacobi Jupe in Hamnet - Jupe gives a heartbreaking and endearing performance as he manages to deliver a child's earnestness with an adult's emotional conviction. 

Best Scene: Cheating death.
1. Jack O'Connell in Sinners - O'Connell delivers a truly great villainous turn where he manages to be truly menacing, rather funny, quite charismatic, wonderfully musical and even finds a bit of pathos in his vampire. 

Best Scene: First attempt at entrance. 
Overall Ranking:
  1. Sean Penn in One Battle After Another
  2. Jack O'Connell in Sinners
  3. Jacobi Jupe in Hamnet  - 5
  4. Benicio del Toro in One Battle After Another
  5. Russell Crowe in Nuremberg
  6. Ralph Fiennes in 28 Years Later
  7. Tyler Okonma in Marty Supreme
  8. William H. Macy in Train Dreams
  9. John Leguizamo in Bob Trevino Likes It
  10. Delroy Lindo in Sinners
  11. James Raterman in One Battle After Another - 4.5
  12. Danny Huston in The Naked Gun
  13. Charlie Plummer in The Long Walk
  14. David Bradley in Frankenstein
  15. Lewis Pullman in The Testament of Ann Lee
  16. Peter Mullan in I Swear
  17. Kevin O'Leary in Marty Supreme
  18. Kenny Rasmussen in The Plague
  19. Abel Ferrara in Marty Supreme
  20. Géza Röhrig in Marty Supreme
  21. Aidan Delbis in Bugonia
  22. Josh Brolin in Wake Up Dead Man
  23. Lee Sung-min in No Other Choice
  24. Joe Alwyn in Hamnet
  25. Noah Jupe in Hamnet
  26. Jeffrey Wright in Highest 2 Lowest
  27. Alexander Skarsgård in Pillion
  28. Daniel Craig in Wake Up Dead Man
  29. Andrew Scott in Blue Moon
  30. Ryusei Yokohama in Kokuho
  31. Conan O'Brien in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
  32. Leo Woodall in Nuremberg
  33. Will Patton in Train Dreams
  34. Jay Lycurgo in Steve
  35. Tom Burke in Black Bag
  36. Pedro Pascal in Freaky Tales
  37. Lewis Pullman in Thunderbolts
  38. Nicholas Hoult in Superman
  39. Tut Nyuot in The Long Walk
  40. Christoph Waltz in Frankenstein
  41. Carlos Francisco in The Secret Agent
  42. Patrick Kennedy in Blue Moon
  43. David Strathairn in The Luckiest Man in America
  44. Alden Ehrenreich in Weapons
  45. Nathaniel Arcand in Train Dreams
  46. Tony Goldwyn in One Battle After Another 
  47. Ratso Sloman in Marty Supreme
  48. David Harbour in Thunderbolts
  49. Josh Brolin in Weapons
  50. John Hoogenakker in One Battle After Another 
  51. Liev Schreiber in Caught Stealing
  52. Bobby Cannavale in Blue Moon
  53. Chris Evans in The Materialists
  54. Ben Foster in Christy
  55. Andrew Garfield in After The Hunt
  56. Jonah Wren Phillips in Bring Her Back
  57. Garrett Wareing in The Long Walk
  58. Joseph Quinn in Fantastic Four: The First Steps - 4
  59. Rupert Evans in Truth & Treason
  60. Akira Emoto in Rental Family
  61. Cha Seung-won in No Other Choice
  62. Vincent D'Onofrio in Caught Stealing
  63. Douglas Hodge in Pillion
  64. Kaiony Venâncio in The Secret Agent
  65. John Carroll Lynch in Sorry Baby
  66. Joshua Odjick in The Long Walk
  67. Cary Christopher in Weapons
  68. Rolf Saxon in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
  69. David Strathairn in Zootopia 2
  70. Kevin Durand in The Naked Gun
  71. Ben Mendelsohn in Freaky Tales
  72. Edi Gathegi in Superman
  73. Christian Slater in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
  74. Peter Dinklage in Roofman
  75. Luke Manley in Marty Supreme
  76. Nick Nolte in Die My Love
  77. Park Hee-soon in No Other Choice
  78. Koto Kawaguchi in Marty Supreme
  79. Tramell Tillman in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
  80. Paul Walter Hauser in The Naked Gun
  81. Robert Aramayo in Palestine 36
  82. Skyler Gisondo in Superman
  83. Chad L. Coleman in Christy
  84. Tom Hanks in Freaky Tales
  85. Aaron Taylor-Johnson in 28 Years Later
  86. Jim Downey in One Battle After Another
  87. Omar Benson Miller in Sinners
  88. Nathaniel Arcand in Train Dreams
  89. Paul Rudd in Friendship
  90. Joel Edgerton in The Plague
  91. Patrick Warburton in Zootopia 2
  92. John Catsimadtidis in Marty Supreme
  93. Christopher McDonald in Happy Gilmore 2
  94. Paul Grimstad in One Battle After Another
  95. Kayo Martin in The Plague
  96. Benedict Wong in Weapons 
  97. Ralph Colucci in Marty Supreme
  98. Bill Kelly in Christy
  99. ASAP Rocky in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
  100. Michael Cera in The Phoenician Scheme
  101. Eric Schweig in One Battle After Another
  102. Ebon Moss-Bachrach in Fantastic Four: The First Steps
  103. Andy Samberg in Zootopia 2
  104. Ryan Bader in The Smashing Machine
  105. Penn Jillette in Marty Supreme
  106. Mark Hamill in The Life of Chuck
  107. George Gervin in Marty Supreme
  108. Gabriel Spahiu in Kontinental '25
  109. Daryl McCormack in Wake Up Dead Man
  110. Jon Bernthal in The Accountant 2
  111. Paul Schneider in Train Dreams
  112. Bas Rutten in The Smashing Machine
  113. Robério Diógenes in The Secret Agent
  114. Ahn Hyo-seop in KPop Demon Hunters
  115. Luke Ayres in Steve
  116. Joshua J Parker in Steve
  117. Araloyin Oshunremi in Steve
  118. Tut Nyuot in Steve
  119. Richard E. Grant in Nuremberg 
  120. Kevin Tighe in One Battle After Another
  121. Jay Ellis in Freaky Tales
  122. Yul Vazquez in The Lost Bus
  123. Chris Cooper in The History of Sound
  124. Lee Byung-hun in KPop Demon Hunters
  125. Takehiro Hira in Rental Family
  126. Pico Iyer in Marty Supreme
  127. Roney Villela in The Secret Agent
  128. Șerban Pavlu in Kontinental '25
  129. John Diehl in Train Dreams
  130. D.W. Moffett in One Battle After Another 
  131. Edvin Ryding in 28 Years Later
  132. Anthony Carrigan in Superman
  133. Wyatt Russell in Thunderbolts 
  134. Nathan Fillion in Superman
  135. Tom Hiddleston in The Life of Chuck
  136. Lukas Gage in Companion
  137. Lars Mikkelsen in Frankenstein
  138.  H. Jon Benjamin in Familiar Touch 
  139. Timothy Olyphant in Havoc
  140. Dennis Quaid in Sovereign 
  141. Benjamin Pajak in The Life of Chuck
  142. Christian Convery in The Monkey
  143. Jeffrey Wright in The Phoenician Scheme
  144. Steven Yeun in Mickey 17
  145. Simon Delaney in Blue Moon
  146. Soya Kurokawa in Kokuho
  147. Fisher Stevens in Song Sung Blue
  148. Cosmo Jarvis in Warfare
  149. Joseph Quinn in Warfare
  150. Jason Schwartzman in Mountainhead
  151. Pruitt Taylor Vince in Superman
  152. Min Tanaka in Kokuho
  153. Ken Watanabe in Kokuho
  154. Hudson Hensley in Song Sung Blue
  155. Shamier Anderson in The Luckiest Man in America
  156. Benedict Cumberbatch in The Phoenician Scheme
  157. Carl Lumbly in The Life of Chuck
  158. Bryan Hibbard in Christy
  159. Adonis Tanța in Kontinental ’25
  160. Harrison Ford in Captain America: Brave New World
  161. Chiwetel Ejiofor in The Life of Chuck
  162. Jesper Christensen in Sentimental Value
  163. Pedro Pascal in The Materialists
  164. Amr Waked in Urchin
  165. Harris Dickinson in Urchin
  166. John Magaro in The Mastermind
  167. Griffin Dunne in Caught Stealing
  168. Aubry Dullin in Nouvelle Vague
  169. Ralph Ineson in Fantastic Four: The First Steps
  170. Laurence Fishburne in The Amateur
  171. LaKeith Stanfield in Roofman
  172. Udo Kier in The Secret Agent
  173. Sam Worthington in Relay 
  174. Bill Camp in The Mastermind
  175. Bruno Dreyfürst  in Nouvelle Vague
  176. Øyvind Hesjedal Loven in Sentimental Value
  177. Daniel Dae Kim in KPop Demon Hunters
  178. Bill Lee in Eephus
  179. Akemnji Ndifornyen in The Ballad of Wallis Island
  180. Jim Belushi in Song Sung Blue
  181. Stephen Lang in Avatar: Fire and Ash
  182. Stavros Halkias in Bugonia - 3.5
  183. Tim Blake Nelson in The Testament of Ann Lee
  184. Tom Hanks in The Phoenician Scheme
  185. Bryan Cranston in The Phoenician Scheme
  186. Emory Cohen in Roofman
  187. Ted Williams in Marty Supreme
  188. Charles Melton in Warfare
  189. Louis Cancelmi in Sorry Baby
  190. Riz Ahmed in The Phoenician Scheme
  191. David Cale in The Testament of Ann Lee
  192. Michael Gandolfini in Warfare
  193. Will Poulter in Warfare
  194. Pierce Brosnan in Black Bag
  195. Jeremy Irons in Palestine 36
  196. Christopher Abbott in The Testament of Ann Lee
  197. Mathieur Almaric in The Phoenician Scheme
  198. Saul Williams in Sinners
  199. Daniel Zolghadri in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
  200. Simon Pegg in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
  201. Michael Stuhlbarg in The Amateur
  202. Regé-Jean Page in Black Bag
  203. Richard Ayoade in The Phoenician Scheme
  204. Kamel El Basha in Palestine 36
  205. Ving Rhames in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
  206. Yao in Sinners
  207. Harry Shearer in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
  208. Pedro Pascal in Eddington
  209. John Douglas Thompson in Highest 2 Lowest
  210. Michael Shannon in Nuremberg
  211. Walton Goggins in The Luckiest Man in America
  212. Harvey Guillén in Companion
  213. Rob Reiner in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
  214. Javier Bardem in F1
  215. Ke Huy Quan in Zootopia 2
  216. Holt McCallany in The Amateur
  217. Ben Mendelsohn in Roofman
  218. Forest Whitaker in Havoc
  219. Austin Butler in Eddington
  220. Ethan Slater in Wicked For Good
  221. Sebastian Stan in Thunderbolts
  222. Carl Lumbly in Captain America: Brave New World
  223. Henry Czerny in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
  224. Austin Abrams in Weapons
  225. Paul Walter Hauser in Fantastic Four: The First Steps
  226. John Slattery in Nuremberg
  227. Liam Cunningham in Palestine 36
  228. David Wilmot in Hamnet
  229. Colman Domingo in The Running Man
  230. Tracy Letts in House of Dynamite
  231. Tobias Menzies in F1
  232. Michael Imperioli in Song Sung Blue
  233. Lucas Hedges in Sorry Baby
  234. Anders Danielsen Lie in Sentimental Value
  235. Ramy Youssef in Mountainhead 
  236. Jonathan Bailey in Wicked For Good
  237. Hadis Pakbaten in It Was Just An Accident
  238. Matt Smith in Caught Stealing 
  239. Mark Hamill in The Long Walk 
  240. Keith William Richards in Eephus
  241. Frederick Wiseman in Eephus
  242. Russell J. Gannon in Eephus
  243. Charles Dance in Frankenstein
  244. Jason Clarke in House of Dynamite
  245. Alex Jennings in Ballad of a Small Player
  246. Josh Brolin in The Running Man
  247. Chiwetel Ejiofor in Eleanor the Great
  248. Matthew Maher in Relay 
  249. Stephen Graham in Deliver Me From Nowhere
  250. Thomas Haden Church in Wake Up Dead Man
  251. Italo Martins in The Secret Agent
  252. Igor de Araújo in The Secret Agent
  253. Gabriel Leon in The Secret Agent 
  254. Ken Jeong in KPop Demon Hunters
  255. Ebrahim Azizi in It Was Just An Accident
  256. Paul Walter Hauser in Deliver Me From Nowhere
  257. Jeff Bridges in Tron Ares
  258. Daniel Zolghadri in Lurker
  259. Josh O'Connor in The History of Sound
  260. Jeremy Renner in Wake Up Dead Man
  261. David Dastmalchian in Dust Bunny
  262. Stephen Lang in Sisu: Road to Revenge
  263. Jeff Goldblum in Wicked For Good - 3
  264. Tim Blake Nelson in Captain America: Brave New World
  265. Buddy Guy in Sinners 
  266. Billy Crudup in Jay Kelly
  267. Jacob Batalon in Novocaine
  268. Daniel Ezra in The Running Man
  269. Manuel Gracia-Rulfo in Jurassic World Rebirth
  270. Giancarlo Esposito in Captain America: Brave New World
  271. Colin Hanks in Nuremberg
  272. Andrew Scott in Wake Up Dead Man
  273. Cosmo Jarvis in The Alto Knights
  274. Esai Morales in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
  275. Rupert Friend in Companion
  276. Steve Carell in Mountainhead
  277. Billy Howle in Palestine 36
  278. Benny Safdie in Happy Gilmore 2
  279. Chris Addison in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
  280. Mark O'Brien in Nuremberg 
  281. Chris Evans in Honey Don't
  282. Lee Pace in The Running Man
  283. Jared Harris in House of Dynamite
  284. Anthony Ramos in House of Dynamite
  285. Idris Elba in House of Dynamite
  286. Jim Broadbent in Jay Kelly
  287. Cliff Curtis in Avatar: Fire and Ash
  288. David Thewlis in Avatar: Fire and Ash
  289. Cory Michael Smith in Mountainhead
  290. Tom Bateman in Hedda  - 2.5
  291. Ben Wang in The Long Walk
  292. Adam Sandler in Jay Kelly
  293. Bradley Cooper in Is This Thing On?
  294. Dean Winters in Highest 2 Lowest
  295. Michael Stuhlbarg in After The Hunt
  296. Mark Ruffalo in Mickey 17
  297. Rupert Friend in Jurassic World Rebirth
  298. Holt McCallany in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
  299. Danny Ramirez in Captain America: Brave New World
  300. Colin O'Brien in The Monkey
  301. Bad Bunny in Caught Stealing
  302. Beck Bennett in Superman
  303. Bad Bunny in Happy Gilmore 2
  304. Jeremy Strong in Deliver Me From Nowhere
  305. French Stewart in Bob Trevino Like It
  306. Robert Morgan in The Accountant 2 
  307. Nick Offerman in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
  308. Nick Offerman in The Life of Chuck
  309. Haley Joel Osment in Happy Gilmore 2
  310. Andy Samberg in The Roses
  311. Michael Cera in The Running Man
  312. Brendan Cowell in Avatar: Fire and Ash
  313. Will Pullen in A Little Prayer
  314. Ray Nicholson in Novocaine - 2
  315. Britain Dalton in Avatar: Fire and Ash
  316. Bruno Bichir in Kiss of the Spider Woman
  317. Gabriel Basso in House of Dynamite
  318. Samuel Bottomley in Anemone
  319. Jemaine Clement in Avatar: Fire And Ash
  320. Evan Peters in Tron: Ares
  321. Jack Champion in Avatar: Fire and Ash
  322. Charlie Day in Honey Don't - 1.5
  323. Asap Rocky in Highest 2 Lowest
  324. The Golfers in Happy Gilmore 2 
  325. Ben Stiller in Happy Gilmore 2 - 1
Next: 2025 Alternate Lead. 

25 comments:

Michael McCarthy said...

Yeah, I wasn’t buying the assumption that Crowe would be a five. He was good I didn’t think it came anywhere near the heights of L.A. Confidential and Boy Erased, I also kinda wish he’d forgone the accent.

Also funny enough, O’Connell is my favorite from this lineup but I chose to predict him because of how much I’d been overestimating the Sinners cast in my predictions.

Michael McCarthy said...

For the lead lineup:

Lee Byung-hun
Jesse Plemons
Josh O’Connor
Joel Edgerton
Daniel Jonsson
Paul Mescal
Dylan O’Brien
David Strathairn
Cillian Murphy
Sergi Lopez

Luke Higham said...

This is the lowest amount of fives given in Supporting Actor for nearly 2 decades.

Luke Higham said...

I'm fine with whoever's chosen though I would like DDL for a bonus writeup if you're willing.

Robert MacFarlane said...

Lee Byung-hun
Joel Edgerton
Josh O’Connor
Paul Mescal
Jesse Plemons
Channing Tatum (I honestly think he’s worthy of more than a 4)
Oscar Isaac

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Your Editing top ten.

Lucas Saavedra said...

Dylan O'Brien in Twinless
Sergi López in Sirāt
Jeremy Allen White in Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Everett Blunck in The Plague
Frank Dillane in Urchin
Harry Melling in Pillion
Robert Aramayo in I Swear
Cooper Hoffman in The Long Walk
David Jonsson in The Long Walk
Daniel Day-Lewis in Anemone

Ytrewq Wertyq said...

Well it's disappointing Crowe didn't get a 5, I found his Göring to be a pretty terrifying villain, even if his film wasn't remarkable in any way aside from him. Hell, from my perspective Malek was kinda like Bradley Cooper in Maestro in that he came off as somewhat decent, but upon rewatch he'll likely drop down by a lot.

Ytrewq Wertyq said...

Not that a rewatch of Maestro or Nuremberg is high on my priority list.

Luke Higham said...
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Luke Higham said...

Louis: Where would you rank:
Daniel Craig - Wake Up Dead Man
David Bradley - Frankenstein
Jonah Wren Phillips - Bring Her Back
Ryusei Yokohama - Kokuho

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Calvin Law said...

Glad Crowe isn’t a 5, granted I also thought that film was atrocious.

Calvin Law said...

My suggestions:

Lee Byung-hun - No Other Choice (my most anticipated review)
Sopé Dìrísù - My Father’s Shadow (though it’ll probably be hard to find a way to watch it)
Frank Dillane - Urchin
Josh O’Connor - Wake Up Dead Man
Robert Aramayo - I Swear
Cooper Hoffman & David Jonsson - The Long Walk

Tybalt said...

Louis: Thoughts on the 28 Years Later cast?

Emi Grant said...

Byung-hung Lee - No Other Choice
Jesse Plemons - Bugonia
Josh O'Connor - Wake Up Dead Man
Hoffman & Jonsson - The Long Walk

Don't know who else to suggest, I've watched very little from last year. Wouldn't mind an Edgerton write-up, though.

Emi Grant said...

Oh, shit. I thought Raterman was a 4 for OBAA. Did he go up?

Luke Higham said...

Emi: He mentioned it in Del Toro's review.

Emi Grant said...

I forgor

Robert MacFarlane said...

Advocating for an Isaac review because of how it’ll be one that virtually only you and me agree on and no one else.

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson - The Long Walk
Lee Byung-hun - No Other Choice
Paul Mescal - Hamnet
Oscar Isaac - Frankenstein
Jesse Plemons - Bugonia
Josh O'Connor - Wake Up Dead Man

Lucas Saavedra said...

Louis: Could you add Chris Evans in Materialists, Lars Mikkelsen in Frankenstein, John Diehl in Train Dreams, Timothy Olyphant in Havoc, Fisher Stevens and Hudson Hensley in Song Sung Blue, John Magaro and Bill Camp in The Mastermind, Bryan Hibbard in Christy, Akemnji Ndifornyen in The Ballad of Wallis Island, Soya Kurokawa, Min Tanaka and Ken Watanabe in Kokuho, Adonis Tanța in Kontinental ’25, H. Jon Benjamin in Familiar Touch and Amr Waked in Urchin to your ranking? Sorry if that's a lot

Louis Morgan said...

Tybalt:

Comer - (She’s entirely good though I will say this is one script wise I think I would’ve gotten more out of the film as a whole if there had been an earlier scene of her more cogent given she has to play immediately in almost fully the throws of the brain fog. Having said that she certainly plays that troubled state convincingly, and the moments we do get her of being the mom she does make what she can of showing an innate compassion…though I still find the rage virus birth scene dumb but I digress. I will say though in her last scene I still feel like I should be heartbroken and I’m not. And I think it is becuase I wish we had a more fundamental scene early on to anchor all of her work, as I like everything Comer does but for the writing holds her back just a bit.)

Taylor-Johnson - (One of his better performances though one where I think there could’ve been even more complexity in the idea of a certain perfect image of a father that slowly gets eroded. Taylor-Johnson more so plays the surface notes, but plays them well here. In playing up the general competence, the prideful dad supports his son but also the frustrations towards being in the situation with his wife. He’s entirely good but maybe someone else could’ve been great.)

Williams - (Convincing in playing the general notes of every scene in the moment, playing often fear convincingly but also the conflicting emotions of loving yet being sad for his mother, being troubled by his dad’s behavior. Again though I think his work is a little passive, I get it he’s a kid but again never did he quite devastate me as I think the film wanted because his work has a degree of limit to what he shows between fear and sadness. Hits those notes well, but again maybe he could’ve gone further.)

O’Connell - (I only wanted to note, having seen the sequel now, Boyle’s direction of the last scene actually just falls to dumb for me, particularly the trampoline flips.)

Ryding - (A comedic performance that does work in his out of whack quality with the rest of the film. Playing well someone who just is of a different existence and playing that lighter note effectively in a mix of trying to be helpful while also annoyed and annoying.)

Lucas:

At some point.

Louis Morgan said...

Editing:

My Nominees:

Bugonia
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
The Testament of Ann Lee

Rest of the Top Ten:

6. The Long Walk
7. 2000 Meters To Andriivka
8. Train Dreams
9. Black Bag
10. Caught Stealing

Anonymous said...

You seem to have forgotten Jacob elordi and stellan skarsgård (unless I missed them on your ranking).