Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2017: Results

10. Daniel Craig in Logan Lucky - Craig goes wildly against his established James Bond type here to give a very entertaining portrayal of a southern crook that manages to get laughs even when the film undersells his moments.

Best Scene: "We're dealing with science here"

9. Hugh Grant in Paddington 2 - Grant gives a very enjoyable performance here bringing the needed charm but also the explosive ego to his villainous actor. 

Best Scene: A character conference.

8. Paul Dano in Okja - Dano gives yet another strong performance here bringing such warmth and delivering an uncompromising empathetic figure within a film that is very much in need of one.

Best Scene: Taking the stage.

7. Jack Dylan Grazer in It - Grazer gives the best performance of the loser boys as he not only adds so much  to the overall chemistry of the group, but also has some stand out individual moments through his arc that he realizes so well.

Best Scene: Gazebos.

6. Mark Hamill in Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Although I think his performance is slightly weakened by the forced humor given to his character, Hamill delivers a powerful reprise here in his depiction of a broken man.

Best Scene: Final scene with Leia.

5. Jerome Flynn in Loving Vincent - Flynn in one major scene makes a tremendous impact that sums up the nature of van Gogh's death through his moving portrayal of the man who blames himself for it. 

4. David Lynch in Lucky - Lynch delivers some Lynchian greatness here as he manages to be both hilarious yet heartbreaking in his portrayal of a man who has lost his tortoise.

Best Scene: Coming to terms with tortoise loss.

3. Romain Duris in All the Money in the World - Duris quietly steals this film in his dynamic and moving depiction of the crisis of conscience of his kidnapper who struggles with his innate goodness as he tries to be a bad man.

Best Scene: The amputation.

2. Will Poulter in Detroit - Poulter's work is truly disturbing here as rather than portraying an overt drooling racist he depicts a calm and confident one who doesn't need to announce his prejudice as obvious hate rather he puts it within his horrible actions.

Best Scene: Interrogation tactics gone wrong. 

1. Patrick Stewart in Logan - Good Prediction Michael McCarthy. Patrick Stewart gives a heartbreaking reprise of his most famous cinematic role. He realizes the real tragedy of the Professor's demise through how far he has fallen through his failing mind, but also finds a real poignancy just in those minor hints of the man he once was.

Best Scene: The most perfect night. 

Overall Ranking:

1. Sam Rockwell in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2. Kōji Yakusho in The Third Murder
3. Sebastian Stan in I, Tonya
4. Woody Harrelson in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 
5. Patrick Stewart in Logan
6. Willem Dafoe in The Florida Project
7. Will Poulter in Detroit
8. Romain Duris in All the Money in the World
9. David Lynch in Lucky
10. Jason Isaacs in The Death of Stalin
11. Jerome Flynn in Loving Vincent
12. Mark Hamill in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
13. Tom Skerritt in Lucky
14. Christopher Plummer in All the Money in the World
15. Jack Dylan Grazer in It
16. Michael Palin in The Death of Stalin
17. Paul Dano in Okja
18. Eric Tsang in Mad World 
19. Mark Rylance in Dunkirk
20. Algee Smith in Detroit
21. Richard Jenkins in The Shape of Water
22. Michael Keaton in Spider-man: Homecoming
23. Hugh Grant in Paddington 2
24. Daniel Craig in Logan Lucky
25. Nawazuddin Siddiqui in Mom
26. Bruce Greenwood in Gerald's Game
27. Jason Mitchell in Mudbound
28. John C. Reilly in Kong: Skull Island 
29. John Boyega in Detroit
30. Brendan Gleeson in Paddington 2
31. Rory Cochran in Hostiles 
32. Jean-Louis Trintignant in Happy End
33. Ray Romano in The Big Sick
34. Paul Walter Hauser in I, Tonya
35. Paddy Considine in The Death of Stalin
36. Caleb Landry Jones in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
37. Cillian Murphy in Dunkirk
38. Bradley Whitford in Get Out
39. Robert Carlyle in T2 
40. Rupert Friend in The Death of Stalin
41. Ben Foster in Hostiles
42. Shia LaBeouf in Borg McEnroe
43. Armie Hammer in Free Fire
44. Jeff Goldblum in Thor: Ragnarok
    
45. Stephen Merchant in Logan
46. Terry Notary in The Square
47. Bill Nighy in Their Finest
48. Thomas Kretschmann in A Taxi Driver
49. Sharlto Copley in Free Fire 
50. Michael Rooker in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
51. Dave Bautista in Blade Runner 2049
52. Michael Stuhlbarg in Call Me By Your Name 
53. Harrison Ford in Blade Runner 2049
54. Clarke Peters in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
55. Bruce Greenwood in The Post
56. Carlos Sanz in Stronger
    
57. Michael Shannon in The Shape of Water 
58. Idris Elba in Molly's Game
59. Jaeden Lieberher in It 
60. Stellan Skarsgard in Borg McEnroe
61. Anthony Mackie in Detroit  
62. Kenneth Branagh in Dunkirk 
63. Bob Odenkirk in The Post
64. Ewen Bremner in T2
65. Gil Birmingham in Wind River
66. Dave Bautista in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
67. Michael Stuhlbarg in The Shape of Water
68. Jon Hamm in Baby Driver 
69. Luke Evans in Beauty and the Beast
70. Ian McShane in John Wick Chapter 2
71. Ben Mendelsohn in Darkest Hour 
72. Buddy Duress in Good Time
73. Lakeith Stanfield in Get Out 
74. Traci Letts in Lady Bird
75. Peter Dinklage in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    
76. Bill Skarsgård in It 
77. Austin Stowell in Battle of the Sexes
78. Jack Reynor in Free Fire 
79. O'Shea Jackson Jr. in Ingrid Goes West
80. Kurt Russell in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 
81. Jared Leto in Blade Runner 2049
82. Jack Lowden in Dunkirk
83. Danny McBride in Alien: Covenant
84. J. Quinton Johnson in Last Flag Flying
85. Ben Safdie in Good Time
86. James Darren in Lucky
87. Woody Harrelson in War for the Planet of the Apes 
88. Ryu Jun-yeol in A Taxi Driver
89. Tom Hiddleston in Thor: Ragnarok
90. Jamie Foxx in Baby Driver
91. Jeremy Ray Taylor in It 
92. Owen Wilson in Lost in London
93. Graham Greene in Wind River
94. Josh Gad in Beauty and the Beast
95. Tom Hardy in Dunkirk
96. Hugh Bonneville Paddington 2
97. Camille Salameh in The Insult
98. Mark Hamill in Brigsby Bear
99. Gary Basaraba in Suburbicon
100. Fionn Whitehead in Dunkirk 
101. Udo Kier in Brawl in Cell Block 99
102. Jeffrey Tambor in The Death of Stalin
103. John Hawkes in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
104. Ronald Pickup in Darkest Hour
105. Taika Waititi in Thor: Ragnarok 
106. Jonathan Majors in Hostiles
107. Oscar Issac in Suburbicon
108. Ron Livingston in Lucky
109. Pedro Pascal in Kingsman: The Golden Circle
110. Cillian Murphy in Free Fire
     
111. Mark Ruffalo in Thor: Ragnarok 
112. Barry Keoghan in Dunkirk
113. Matt Walsh in Brigsby Bear
114. Too Hae-jin in A Taxi Driver
115. CJ Jones in Baby Driver
116. Johnny Lee Miller in T2
117. Timothy Spall in The Party
118. Gael Garcia Bernal in Coco 
119. Akshaye Khanna in Mom
120. Ian Hart in God's Own Country
121. Wes Studi in Hostiles 
122. Ed Oxenbould in Better Watch Out
123. Dwight Yoakam in Logan Lucky 
124. Jacob Latimore in Detroit 
125. Bill Pullman in Battles of the Sexes 
126. Domhnall Gleeson in American Made
127. Jesse Plemons in Hostiles 
128. Cillian Murphy in The Party
129. Tom Holland in The Lost City of Z
130. Tommy Flanagan in The Ballad of Lefty Brown
131. Joe Cole in Thank You For Your Service
132. Chosen Jacobs in It 
133. Steven Yeun in Okja 
134. Kenneth Cranham in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
135. Kevin Costner in Molly's Game
136. Aneurin Barnard in Dunkirk
137. Eddie Marsan in Atomice Blonde
138. Robert Pattinson in The Lost City of Z
139. Kit Harington in Brimstone
140. Chris O'Dowd in Loving Vincent
141. Josh Gad in Murder on the Orient Express
142. Paul Scheer in The Disaster Artist
143. Barry Shabaka Henley in Lucky 
144. Wyatt Russell in Ingrid Goes West
145. Adnan Siddiqui in Mom
146. Dallas Roberts in My Friend Dahmer
147. John Goodman in Atomic Blonde
148. Greg Kinnear in Brigsby Bear
149. Oscar Isaac in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
150. Boyd Holbrook in Logan
151. Michael Smiley in Free Fire
152. Stephen Henderson in Lady Bird
153. Bruno Ganz in The Party
154. Lior Ashkenazi in Norman
155. Giancarlo Esposito in Okja
156. Stephen Root in Get Out 
157. Stephen Dillane in Darkest Hour
158. John Boyega in Star Wars: The Last Jedi 
159. Seth Rogen in The Disaster Artist
160. Marcus Henderson in Get Out
161. Harry Styles in Dunkirk
162. Martin McCann in Lost in London
163. Laurence Fishburne in John Wick Chapter 2
164. Finn Wolfhard in It 
165. Steve Buscemi in Norman
166. Toby Jones in Atomic Blonde 
167. Michael Sheen in Brad's Status
168. Don Johnson in Brawl in Cell Block 99 
169. Barry Keoghan in The Killing of a Sacred Deer 
170. Sterling K. Brown in Marshall 
171. Willem Dafoe in Death Note
172. Armie Hammer in Call Me By Your Name
173. Tom Glynn Carney in Dunkirk  
174. Dwayne Johnson in Fast 8
175. Jason Statham in Fast 8
176. Ralph Fiennes in The Lego Batman Movie
177. Kurt Russell in Fast 8
178. Robert Downey Jr. in Spider-man: Homecoming
179. Alex Lawther in Goodbye Christopher Robin
180. Karl Urban in Thor: Ragnarok  
181. Glenn Fleshler in Suburbicon
182. Carel Struycken in Gerald's Game
183. Alan Cumming in Battle of the Sexes
184. Rob Morgan in Mudbound
185. Ben O'Toole in Detroit
186. Brian Gleeson in Phantom Thread 
187. John Lithgow in Beatriz At Dinner
188. John Magaro in War Machine
189. Alec Secareanu in God's Own Country
190. Benjamin Bratt in Coco 
191. Jon Favreau in Spider-man: Homecoming
192. Barkhad Abdi in Good Time
193. Noah Taylor in Paddington 2
194. James D'Arcy - Dunkirk
195. Choi Woo-shik in Okja 
196. Mathieu Kassovitz in Happy End
197. Eddie Izzard in Victoria and Abdul
198. Bokeem Woodbine in Spider-man: Homecoming
199. Morgan Spector in Chuck
200. Anthony Hopkins in Thor: Ragnarok
201. Peter Capaldi in Paddington 2 
202. Bobby Cannavale in I, Tonya
203. Wyatt Oleff in It 
204. Derek Jacobi in Murder on the Orient Express
205. Matvey Novikov in Loveless
206. Franz Rogowski in Happy End
207. Adeel Akhtar in The Big Sick
208. Jason Mitchell in Detroit
209. Lakeith Stanfield in War Machine
210. Colin Firth in Kingsman: The Golden Circle 
211. Donald Glover in Spider-man: Homecoming 
212. Brian Gleeson in Logan Lucky
213. Jack Quaid in Logan Lucky
214. David Thewlis in Wonder Woman
215. Kwon Hae-hyo in On the Beach at Night Alone
216. Sam Riley in Free Fire
217. Ron Perlman in Chuck
218. Richard E. Grant in Logan
219. Jonathan Pryce in The Man Who Invented Christmas 
220. Alex Wolff in My Friend Dahmer
221. Samuel L. Jackson in Kong: Skull Island
222. Nicholas Hamilton in It  
223. Sam Claflin in Their Finest
224. Marton Csokas in Mark Felt
225. Jung Jae-young in On the Beach at Night Alone
226. Michael Rapaport in Chuck
227. Traci Letts in The Post 
228. Johannes Krisch in In The Fade
229. John Goodman in Kong: Skull Island
230. Colin Farrell in Roman J. Israel, Esq. 
231. Michael Cera in Molly's Game
232. Beulah Koale in Thank You For Your Service
233. Mark Strong in Kingsman: The Golden Circle
234. Lance Reddick in John Wick Chapter 2
235. Christopher Plummer in The Man Who Invented Christmas
236. Jim Gaffigan in Chuck 
237. Denis Moschitto in In The Fade
238. Said Taghmaoui in Wonder Woman
239. Matthias Schoenaerts in Our Souls At Night
240. Jacob Batalon in Spider-man: Homecoming 
241. Bradley Cooper in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
242. Willem Dafoe in Murder on the Orient Express
243. Lucas Hedges in Lady Bird
244. Bill Camp in Molly's Game
245. Billy Crudup in Alien Covenant
246. Timothee Chalamet in Lady Bird
247. Ewan Bremner in Wonder Woman 
248. Michael Cera in The Lego Batman Movie 
249. Christopher Fairbank in Lady Macbeth
250. David Cross in The Post 
251. Anupam Kher in The Big Sick
252. Jon Bernthal in Wind River 
253. Paul Hilton in Lady Macbeth
254. Tom Hanks in The Circle
255. Domhnall Gleeson in Mother!
256. Ezra Miller in Justice League 
257. Nick Offerman in The Hero 
258. Shea Whigham in Death Note
259. Paul Anderson in Brimstone
260. Jacob Tremblay in The Book of  Henry
261. Michael McElhatton in The Foreigner
262. Emory Cohen in War Machine
263. Christopher Lloyd in Going in Style
264. Ian McKellen in Beauty and the Beast 
265. Udo Kier in Downsizing
266. Peter Fonda in The Ballad of Lefty Brown
267. Leslie Odom Jr. in Murder on the Orient Express
268. Tim Blake Nelson in Colossal
269. Lee Pace in The Book of Henry
270. Michael Sheen in Norman
271. Dominic West in The Square  
272. Christopher Abbot in It Comes At Night
273. Caleb Landry Jones in The Florida Project
274. Noah Taylor in Free Fire 
275. Michael Stuhlbarg in The Post 
276. Christoph Waltz in Downsizing
277. Stephen Graham in Films Stars Don't Die Liverpool
278. David Yow in I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
279. Jesse Plemons in The Discovery
280. Sunny Suljic in The Killing of a Sacred Deer
281. Arnaud Valois in BPM
282. Jim Caviezel in The Ballad of Lefty Brown
283. Caleb Landry Jones in Get Out
284. Steve Zahn in War For the Planet of the Apes
285. Owen Wilson in Wonder
286. Ed Harris in Mother!
287. Bradley Whitford in The Post
288. Benicio del Toro in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
289. Dustin Hoffman in The Meyerowitz Stories
290. Garrett Hedlund in Mudbound
291. Aleks Mikic in Better Watch Out 
292. Israel Broussard in Happy Death Day
293. Jack Reynor in Detroit
294. Aidan Gillen in The Lovers 
295. Brian Gleeson in Mother!
296. Lucas Hedges in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
297. Jason Momoa in Justice League
298. Riz Ahmed in Una
299. Jordan Rodrigues in Lady Bird
300. Andy Serkis in Star Wars: The Last Jedi 
301. Lil Rel Howery in Get Out 
302. Ian Glen in My Cousin Rachel
303. Matthew Rhys in The Post 
304. Jon Hamm in Marjorie Prime 
305. Tom Hollander in Breathe
306. Robert Redford in The Discovery
307. Ray Fisher in Justice League
308. Adeel Akhtar in Victoria & Abdul 
309. Emory Cohen in Shot Collar
310. Tim Robbins in Marjorie Prime 
311. Dan Stevens in Colossal
312. Jim Belushi in Wonder Wheel 
313. Zach Efron in The Greatest Showman
314. Austin Abrams in Brad's Status
315. Jason Clarke in Mudbound
316. Henrik Rafaelsen in Thelma
317. Eugene Brave Rock in Wonder Woman 
318. Seth MacFarlane in Logan Lucky 
319. Ewan Mcgregor in Beauty and the Beast
320. Jay Hernandez in Bright 
321. Johnny Depp in Murder on the Orient Express
322. Oliver Platt in Professor Marston and the Wonder Woman
323. Jeffrey Donovan in Shot Collar
324. Dacre Montgomery in Better Watch Out 
325. Scott Eastwood in Fast 8
326. J.K. Simmons in The Snowman
327. Common in John Wick Chapter 2
328. Edgar Ramirez in Bright 
329. John Ortiz in Going in Style
330. Domhnall Gleeson in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
331. John Slattery in Churchill
332. Jeremy Strong in Molly's Game
333. Tyler Ross in The Lovers
334. Toby Kebbell in Kong: Skull Island
335. David Dencik in The Snowman 
336. Bo Burnam in The Big Sick
337. Chris O'Dowd in Molly's Game
338. Clancy Brown in Stronger
339. Danny Huston in Wonder Woman
340. Zack Galifianakis in The Lego Batman Movie
341. Billy Magnussen in Ingrid Goes West
342. Dean Norris in The Book of Henry 
343. Devon Graye in I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
344. John Krasinski in Detroit
345. Ike Barinholtz in Bright
346. Kurt Braunohler in The Big Sick 
347. Mike Colter in Girls Trip
348. Jonathan Banks in Mudbound 
349. Jonas Karlsson in The Snowman
350. Michael Mando in Spider-man: Homecoming
351. Caleb Landry Jones in American Made
352. Jake Gyllenhaal in Okja 
353. Riccardo Scamarcio in John Wick Chapter 2
354. Thomas Mann in Kong: Skull Island 
355. James Jordan in Wind River
356. Elton John in Kingsman: The Golden Circle
357. Ellar Coltrane in The Circle

Next Year: 2017 Lead

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2017: Patrick Stewart in Logan

Patrick Stewart did not receive an Oscar nomination, despite being nominated for BFCA, for portraying Professor Charles Xavier aka Prof. X in Logan.

Long before the first X-Men film was ever made Patrick Stewart was seen as the one man to bring the comic book telepath and leader of the X-Men to the screen. As expected Stewart did not disappoint in the role however the films rarely seemed to fully serve him as a character, leaving most of the actual exploration of the role to his successor James McAvoy. In the original films they went out of their way to put him out of commission for long periods whether it was due to some green stuff in Cerebro, a lobotomized telepath, or being glittered away by the dark phoenix Stewart was rarely granted the appropriate time to shine. It is notable that before this film it was only his side story portion of Days of Future Past, where it seemed like he was allowed to properly sink his teeth into the part. Finally though Stewart managed to find himself in a more character driven X-Men film through this film as the aged Professor hiding out near the U.S./Mexican border with Hugh Jackman's Wolverine/Logan taking care of him in his decrepit state. This role is not only a departure for Charles Xavier but Stewart in general who is best known for his refined roles usually as a mentor figure.

What Stewart does here is fascinating in that this performance essentially must make sense of a mess of a mind. Stewart's performance has a great challenge in that as written Charles is all over the place because he has dementia and his mind, which used to be the source of his power, is fading away. Stewart needs to not only make these inconsistencies make sense, he must also connect them to the Prof. X we once knew. Stewart must make these dramatic shifts natural by realizing them each as a part of the broken man and in one phase or another of his mind while it is falling apart. The earliest scenes Stewart reveals Charles at his very worst, but not in the same way depending on the situation. In his first scene Stewart is quite great in portraying the man completely caught up on drugs and raving like a complete maniac. Stewart finds even a real tragedy in these ravings by showing this man that Logan, really even the audience, greatly revered into this complete mess of a man. Stewart makes this drugged up state particularly unusual though for a man once capable of reading every person in the world's mind now echoing just random thoughts of a man now lost in them. Charles does have a worst state than that when he undergoes seizures, which Stewart shows as the man just completely breaking down within himself that unfortunately unleashes a shock wave that becomes potentially fatal to everyone within the vicinity, that is only satiated through a direct injection which brings forth a more coherent Charles.

Stewart still does not show this to be the man Logan or we once knew by any margin. He's far more sorrowful and it downright heartbreaking to believably see the professor in this state. A state now where he reveals an actual cynicism when lashing out at Logan which Stewart plays as part mental decay, but also part of failures over the years to genuinely help the man away from his own personal demons. As rough as some of these interactions are though Stewart and Jackman both make use of the chemistry they've built over the long running franchise. The years are inherent within them and their interactions have that vibrancy as there is a glint of tenderness even if it buried over years of suffering. It is within that mess of the mind that Stewart makes such an essential and authentic part of his portrayal though where at times there is that moment of clarity, but others just rambling anger of a jumbled mind. Every switch Stewart makes just part of that jumble and that is what makes him so effective in truly revealing this decaying mind that rarely has a consistent state. The one more concrete change comes with the introduction of Laura aka X-23 (Dafne Keen) a young mutant seeking helping from Logan in order to escape her captors/creators. Stewart is outstanding the way he brings a bit of optimism back to the old professor as he treats Laura with such an absolute uncompromising affection of the man who use to believe in the best of anyone.

That spark that created the notion of the X-Men returns in Stewart's performance, but what makes this even more poignant is how faint he depicts it. He does not suddenly become the old professor, not by a long shot. Stewart still shows the man dealing with his decaying mind in this state but now with the ability to hone in any way towards this young person he sees hope in. Stewart again fluctuates so effectively from times where he brings a grandfather's concern yet still with just a touch of daffiness that had been more overt before. When he speaks to Logan now there is less of an overt cynicism towards him, though it still lies within Stewart's delivery as he urges Logan to do the right thing with a diminished yet still palatable passion towards righteousness. As the two go on the road to help her, Stewart is excellent in the way he shows the professor trying to essentially return to himself once more, these moments are absolutely heartbreaking. He carries himself again attempting to be the man he was and now when he correct Logan Patrick delivers with this level of care to try to encourage rather than discourage. One moment I love in his performance is when he helps ranchers get their horses back into a trailer by for once using his powers effectively again. Stewart is magnificent in this moment as when he looks at Logan he does smile, or act pompous yet for that moment shows the confident and concerned mentor he met in their very first encounter in the first X-Men film. This is only glimpse of clarity for the man as even when he has regained some of his optimism in his final scenes in the film, Stewart still presents this fading mental state overall. The difference though now is with that optimism as he reveals his tenderness not only to Laura but also to Logan more directly. Stewart still shows a man ravaged by his state but now content with it. He is incredibly moving in just the smallest of smiles, and gentle words that now reveal a man looking towards his inevitable demise, but no longer with anger or fear. Stewart finds this moment of clarity of introspection beautifully in his work as finally examines his own mistakes. There is a sadness in the realization of what he's done, but within that Stewart conveys this sense of understanding towards Logan, and his own demons from the past. He reflects this overt sympathy of the professor reducing himself down from his original role for a moment, though in a positive way to place himself inside the same mindset as his most difficult "student". Patrick Stewart delivers an amazing performance here. He takes what was given before and uses it to offer an even more powerful portrait of decay. A vivid depiction of a most unusual mental deterioration made convincing through his exceptional performance. Stewart does not waste this chance to take the character beyond the limits that had been placed by the previous films. He realizes the real tragedy of the Professor's demise both through how far he has fallen, but also just in those minor hints of the man he once was as well as eventually tries to be again.

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2017

And the Nominees Were Not:

David Lynch in Lucky

Patrick Stewart in Logan

Daniel Craig in Logan Lucky

Jerome Flynn in Loving Vincent

Romain Duris in All the Money in the World

And for the Second Set of Predictions:

Will Poulter in Detroit

Mark Hamill in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Hugh Grant in Paddington 2

Paul Dano in Okja

Jack Dylan Grazer in IT

With special appearances by:

John Boyega in Detroit

Brendan Gleeson in Paddington 2

Bill Skarsgård in IT