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 
  12. Lee Sung-min in No Other Choice - 4.5
  13. Danny Huston in The Naked Gun
  14. Charlie Plummer in The Long Walk
  15. David Bradley in Frankenstein
  16. Lewis Pullman in The Testament of Ann Lee
  17. Peter Mullan in I Swear
  18. Kevin O'Leary in Marty Supreme
  19. Kenny Rasmussen in The Plague
  20. Abel Ferrara in Marty Supreme
  21. Géza Röhrig in Marty Supreme
  22. Aidan Delbis in Bugonia
  23. Josh Brolin in Wake Up Dead Man
  24. Joe Alwyn in Hamnet
  25. Noah Jupe in Hamnet
  26. Jeffrey Wright in Highest 2 Lowest
  27. Tom Waits in Father Mother Sister Brother
  28. Alexander Skarsgård in Pillion
  29. Daniel Craig in Wake Up Dead Man
  30. Andrew Scott in Blue Moon
  31. Ryusei Yokohama in Kokuho
  32. Conan O'Brien in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
  33. Leo Woodall in Nuremberg
  34. Will Patton in Train Dreams
  35. Jay Lycurgo in Steve
  36. Tom Burke in Black Bag
  37. Pedro Pascal in Freaky Tales
  38. Lewis Pullman in Thunderbolts
  39. Nicholas Hoult in Superman
  40. Tut Nyuot in The Long Walk
  41. Christoph Waltz in Frankenstein
  42. Carlos Francisco in The Secret Agent
  43. Patrick Kennedy in Blue Moon
  44. David Strathairn in The Luckiest Man in America
  45. Alden Ehrenreich in Weapons
  46. Nathaniel Arcand in Train Dreams
  47. Tony Goldwyn in One Battle After Another 
  48. Ratso Sloman in Marty Supreme
  49. David Harbour in Thunderbolts
  50. Josh Brolin in Weapons
  51. John Hoogenakker in One Battle After Another 
  52. Liev Schreiber in Caught Stealing
  53. Bobby Cannavale in Blue Moon
  54. Chris Evans in The Materialists
  55. Ben Foster in Christy
  56. Andrew Garfield in After The Hunt
  57. Jonah Wren Phillips in Bring Her Back
  58. Garrett Wareing in The Long Walk
  59. Cha Seung-won in No Other Choice
  60. Joseph Quinn in Fantastic Four: The First Steps - 4
  61. Rupert Evans in Truth & Treason
  62. Akira Emoto in Rental Family
  63. Vincent D'Onofrio in Caught Stealing
  64. Douglas Hodge in Pillion
  65. Kaiony Venâncio in The Secret Agent
  66. John Carroll Lynch in Sorry Baby
  67. Joshua Odjick in The Long Walk
  68. Cary Christopher in Weapons
  69. Rolf Saxon in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
  70. David Strathairn in Zootopia 2
  71. Kevin Durand in The Naked Gun
  72. Ben Mendelsohn in Freaky Tales
  73. Edi Gathegi in Superman
  74. Christian Slater in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
  75. Peter Dinklage in Roofman
  76. Luke Manley in Marty Supreme
  77. Nick Nolte in Die My Love
  78. Park Hee-soon in No Other Choice
  79. Koto Kawaguchi in Marty Supreme
  80. Tramell Tillman in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
  81. Paul Walter Hauser in The Naked Gun
  82. Robert Aramayo in Palestine 36
  83. Skyler Gisondo in Superman
  84. Chad L. Coleman in Christy
  85. Tom Hanks in Freaky Tales
  86. Aaron Taylor-Johnson in 28 Years Later
  87. Luciano Chirolli in The Secret Agent
  88. Jim Downey in One Battle After Another
  89. Omar Benson Miller in Sinners
  90. Paul Rudd in Friendship
  91. Joel Edgerton in The Plague
  92. Patrick Warburton in Zootopia 2
  93. John Catsimadtidis in Marty Supreme
  94. Christopher McDonald in Happy Gilmore 2
  95. Paul Grimstad in One Battle After Another
  96. Kayo Martin in The Plague
  97. Benedict Wong in Weapons 
  98. Ralph Colucci in Marty Supreme
  99. Bill Kelly in Christy
  100. ASAP Rocky in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
  101. Michael Cera in The Phoenician Scheme
  102. Eric Schweig in One Battle After Another
  103. Ebon Moss-Bachrach in Fantastic Four: The First Steps
  104. Andy Samberg in Zootopia 2
  105. Ryan Bader in The Smashing Machine
  106. Penn Jillette in Marty Supreme
  107. Mark Hamill in The Life of Chuck
  108. George Gervin in Marty Supreme
  109. Gabriel Spahiu in Kontinental '25
  110. Daryl McCormack in Wake Up Dead Man
  111. Jon Bernthal in The Accountant 2
  112. Paul Schneider in Train Dreams
  113. Bas Rutten in The Smashing Machine
  114. Robério Diógenes in The Secret Agent
  115. Ahn Hyo-seop in KPop Demon Hunters
  116. Luke Ayres in Steve
  117. Joshua J Parker in Steve
  118. Araloyin Oshunremi in Steve
  119. Tut Nyuot in Steve
  120. Richard E. Grant in Nuremberg 
  121. Kevin Tighe in One Battle After Another
  122. Jay Ellis in Freaky Tales
  123. Yul Vazquez in The Lost Bus
  124. Chris Cooper in The History of Sound
  125. Lee Byung-hun in KPop Demon Hunters
  126. Takehiro Hira in Rental Family
  127. Pico Iyer in Marty Supreme
  128. Roney Villela in The Secret Agent
  129. Șerban Pavlu in Kontinental '25
  130. John Diehl in Train Dreams
  131. D.W. Moffett in One Battle After Another 
  132. Edvin Ryding in 28 Years Later
  133. Anthony Carrigan in Superman
  134. Wyatt Russell in Thunderbolts 
  135. Nathan Fillion in Superman
  136. Tom Hiddleston in The Life of Chuck
  137. Lukas Gage in Companion
  138. Lars Mikkelsen in Frankenstein
  139.  H. Jon Benjamin in Familiar Touch 
  140. Timothy Olyphant in Havoc
  141. Dennis Quaid in Sovereign 
  142. Benjamin Pajak in The Life of Chuck
  143. Christian Convery in The Monkey
  144. Jeffrey Wright in The Phoenician Scheme
  145. Steven Yeun in Mickey 17
  146. Simon Delaney in Blue Moon
  147. Soya Kurokawa in Kokuho
  148. Fisher Stevens in Song Sung Blue
  149. Cosmo Jarvis in Warfare
  150. Joseph Quinn in Warfare
  151. Jason Schwartzman in Mountainhead
  152. Pruitt Taylor Vince in Superman
  153. Min Tanaka in Kokuho
  154. Ken Watanabe in Kokuho
  155. Hudson Hensley in Song Sung Blue
  156. Shamier Anderson in The Luckiest Man in America
  157. Benedict Cumberbatch in The Phoenician Scheme
  158. Carl Lumbly in The Life of Chuck
  159. Bryan Hibbard in Christy
  160. Adonis Tanța in Kontinental ’25
  161. Harrison Ford in Captain America: Brave New World
  162. Chiwetel Ejiofor in The Life of Chuck
  163. Jesper Christensen in Sentimental Value
  164. Pedro Pascal in The Materialists
  165. Amr Waked in Urchin
  166. Adam Driver in Father Mother Sister Brother
  167. Harris Dickinson in Urchin
  168. John Magaro in The Mastermind
  169. Griffin Dunne in Caught Stealing
  170. Aubry Dullin in Nouvelle Vague
  171. Ralph Ineson in Fantastic Four: The First Steps
  172. Laurence Fishburne in The Amateur
  173. LaKeith Stanfield in Roofman
  174. Udo Kier in The Secret Agent
  175. Sam Worthington in Relay 
  176. Bill Camp in The Mastermind
  177. Bruno Dreyfürst  in Nouvelle Vague
  178. Øyvind Hesjedal Loven in Sentimental Value
  179. Daniel Dae Kim in KPop Demon Hunters
  180. Bill Lee in Eephus
  181. Akemnji Ndifornyen in The Ballad of Wallis Island
  182. Jim Belushi in Song Sung Blue
  183. Stephen Lang in Avatar: Fire and Ash
  184. Stavros Halkias in Bugonia - 3.5
  185. Tim Blake Nelson in The Testament of Ann Lee
  186. Tom Hanks in The Phoenician Scheme
  187. Bryan Cranston in The Phoenician Scheme
  188. Emory Cohen in Roofman
  189. Ted Williams in Marty Supreme
  190. Charles Melton in Warfare
  191. Louis Cancelmi in Sorry Baby
  192. Riz Ahmed in The Phoenician Scheme
  193. David Cale in The Testament of Ann Lee
  194. Michael Gandolfini in Warfare
  195. Will Poulter in Warfare
  196. Pierce Brosnan in Black Bag
  197. Jeremy Irons in Palestine 36
  198. Christopher Abbott in The Testament of Ann Lee
  199. Mathieur Almaric in The Phoenician Scheme
  200. Saul Williams in Sinners
  201. Daniel Zolghadri in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
  202. Simon Pegg in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
  203. Michael Stuhlbarg in The Amateur
  204. Regé-Jean Page in Black Bag
  205. Richard Ayoade in The Phoenician Scheme
  206. Kamel El Basha in Palestine 36
  207. Ving Rhames in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
  208. Yao in Sinners
  209. Harry Shearer in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
  210. Pedro Pascal in Eddington
  211. John Douglas Thompson in Highest 2 Lowest
  212. Michael Shannon in Nuremberg
  213. Walton Goggins in The Luckiest Man in America
  214. Harvey Guillén in Companion
  215. Rob Reiner in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
  216. Javier Bardem in F1
  217. Ke Huy Quan in Zootopia 2
  218. Holt McCallany in The Amateur
  219. Ben Mendelsohn in Roofman
  220. Forest Whitaker in Havoc
  221. Austin Butler in Eddington
  222. Ethan Slater in Wicked For Good
  223. Sebastian Stan in Thunderbolts
  224. Carl Lumbly in Captain America: Brave New World
  225. Henry Czerny in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
  226. Austin Abrams in Weapons
  227. Paul Walter Hauser in Fantastic Four: The First Steps
  228. John Slattery in Nuremberg
  229. Liam Cunningham in Palestine 36
  230. David Wilmot in Hamnet
  231. Colman Domingo in The Running Man
  232. Tracy Letts in House of Dynamite
  233. Tobias Menzies in F1
  234. Michael Imperioli in Song Sung Blue
  235. Lucas Hedges in Sorry Baby
  236. Anders Danielsen Lie in Sentimental Value
  237. Ramy Youssef in Mountainhead 
  238. Jonathan Bailey in Wicked For Good
  239. Hadis Pakbaten in It Was Just An Accident
  240. Matt Smith in Caught Stealing 
  241. Mark Hamill in The Long Walk 
  242. Keith William Richards in Eephus
  243. Frederick Wiseman in Eephus
  244. Russell J. Gannon in Eephus
  245. Charles Dance in Frankenstein
  246. Jason Clarke in House of Dynamite
  247. Alex Jennings in Ballad of a Small Player
  248. Josh Brolin in The Running Man
  249. Chiwetel Ejiofor in Eleanor the Great
  250. Matthew Maher in Relay 
  251. Stephen Graham in Deliver Me From Nowhere
  252. Thomas Haden Church in Wake Up Dead Man
  253. Italo Martins in The Secret Agent
  254. Igor de Araújo in The Secret Agent
  255. Gabriel Leon in The Secret Agent 
  256. Ken Jeong in KPop Demon Hunters
  257. Ebrahim Azizi in It Was Just An Accident
  258. Paul Walter Hauser in Deliver Me From Nowhere
  259. Jeff Bridges in Tron Ares
  260. Daniel Zolghadri in Lurker
  261. Josh O'Connor in The History of Sound
  262. Jeremy Renner in Wake Up Dead Man
  263. David Dastmalchian in Dust Bunny
  264. Stephen Lang in Sisu: Road to Revenge
  265. Jeff Goldblum in Wicked For Good - 3
  266. Tim Blake Nelson in Captain America: Brave New World
  267. Buddy Guy in Sinners 
  268. Billy Crudup in Jay Kelly
  269. Jacob Batalon in Novocaine
  270. Daniel Ezra in The Running Man
  271. Manuel Gracia-Rulfo in Jurassic World Rebirth
  272. Giancarlo Esposito in Captain America: Brave New World
  273. Colin Hanks in Nuremberg
  274. Andrew Scott in Wake Up Dead Man
  275. Cosmo Jarvis in The Alto Knights
  276. Esai Morales in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
  277. Rupert Friend in Companion
  278. Steve Carell in Mountainhead
  279. Billy Howle in Palestine 36
  280. Luka Sabbat in Father Mother Sister Brother
  281. Benny Safdie in Happy Gilmore 2
  282. Chris Addison in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
  283. Mark O'Brien in Nuremberg 
  284. Chris Evans in Honey Don't
  285. Lee Pace in The Running Man
  286. Jared Harris in House of Dynamite
  287. Anthony Ramos in House of Dynamite
  288. Idris Elba in House of Dynamite
  289. Jim Broadbent in Jay Kelly
  290. Cliff Curtis in Avatar: Fire and Ash
  291. David Thewlis in Avatar: Fire and Ash
  292. Cory Michael Smith in Mountainhead
  293. Tom Bateman in Hedda  - 2.5
  294. Ben Wang in The Long Walk
  295. Adam Sandler in Jay Kelly
  296. Bradley Cooper in Is This Thing On?
  297. Dean Winters in Highest 2 Lowest
  298. Michael Stuhlbarg in After The Hunt
  299. Mark Ruffalo in Mickey 17
  300. Rupert Friend in Jurassic World Rebirth
  301. Holt McCallany in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
  302. Danny Ramirez in Captain America: Brave New World
  303. Colin O'Brien in The Monkey
  304. Bad Bunny in Caught Stealing
  305. Beck Bennett in Superman
  306. Bad Bunny in Happy Gilmore 2
  307. Jeremy Strong in Deliver Me From Nowhere
  308. French Stewart in Bob Trevino Like It
  309. Robert Morgan in The Accountant 2 
  310. Nick Offerman in Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
  311. Nick Offerman in The Life of Chuck
  312. Haley Joel Osment in Happy Gilmore 2
  313. Andy Samberg in The Roses
  314. Michael Cera in The Running Man
  315. Brendan Cowell in Avatar: Fire and Ash
  316. Will Pullen in A Little Prayer
  317. Ray Nicholson in Novocaine - 2
  318. Britain Dalton in Avatar: Fire and Ash
  319. Bruno Bichir in Kiss of the Spider Woman
  320. Gabriel Basso in House of Dynamite
  321. Samuel Bottomley in Anemone
  322. Jemaine Clement in Avatar: Fire And Ash
  323. Evan Peters in Tron: Ares
  324. Jack Champion in Avatar: Fire and Ash
  325. Charlie Day in Honey Don't - 1.5
  326. Asap Rocky in Highest 2 Lowest
  327. The Golfers in Happy Gilmore 2 
  328. 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).