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. Robbie Williams in Better Man
67. Leigh Gill in Joker Folie a Deux
68. Sergio Castellitto in Conclave
69. Corey Hawkins in The Piano Lesson
70. Kevin Bacon in Maxxxine
71. Josh Brolin in Dune Part II 
72. Benjamin Clementine in Blitz
73. Nicholas Podany in Saturday Night
74. Michael Shannon in The Bikeriders
75. Stellan Skarsgård in Dune Part II 
76. Ed Harris in Love Lies Bleeding
77. Steve Pemberton in Better Man
78. Peter Sarsgaard in September 5
79. Isaach de Bankolé in The Brutalist
80. David Webber in Hard Truths 
    
81. Scoot McNairy in A Complete Unknown
82. Matthew Rhys in Saturday Night
83. Kevin Bacon in Beverly Hills Cop: Axle F
84. Chris Hemsworth in Furiosa
85. Haluk Bilginer in Maria
86. Victor Slezak in The Order
87. Jonathan Bailey in Wicked
88. Hans-Uwe Bauer in Dying
89. Jonathan Hyde in The Brutalist
90. Michael Potts in The Piano Lesson
91. Alexander Karim  in Gladiator II
92. Kevin Costner in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
93. Timothy Spall in Wicked Little Letters 
94. Kit Connor in The Wild Robot
95. Aleksei Serebryakov in Anora
96. Raul Dial in Didi
97. Carlos Diehz in Conclave
98. Tuwaine Barrett in Hard Truths
99. Charlie Carrick in The Apprentice
100. J.K. Simmons in Saturday Night
101. Winston Duke in The Fall Guy 
102. Channing Tatum in Blink Twice
103. Lucian Msamati in Conclave
104. Mamoudou Athie in Kinds of Kindness
105. Damon Herriman in The Bikeriders
106. Blair Underwood in Longlegs
107. Kevin Durand in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 
108. Jeff Goldblum in Wicked
109. Jon Hamm in Transformers One
110. Damon Herriman in Better Man
111. Jeff Fahey in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
112. Ralph Ineson in The First Omen
113. Kiefer Sutherland in Juror No. 2
114. Jovan Adepo in His Three Daughters
115. Will Sharpe in A Real Pain
116. Shia Labeouf in Megalopolis 
117. Cooper Hoffman in Saturday Night
118. Jason Schwartzman in The Last Showgirl
119. Norman Reedus in The Bikeriders 
120. Antonio Banderas in Paddington in Peru
121. Anand Sami in All We Imagine As Light
122. Dave Merheje in Sometimes I Think About Dying
123. Bill Nighy in The Wild Robot
124. Brian F. O'Byrne in Conclave
125. Sam Worthington in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
126. Alex Wolff in A Quiet Place Day One 
127. Chris Messina in Juror No. 2
128. Reece Shearsmith in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
129. Dave Bautista in The Last Showgirl
130. Motell Foster in La cocina
131. Hugh Bonneville in Paddington in Peru
132. Marc Maron in The Order
133. Masahiro Motoki in Touch
134. Pierfrancesco Favino in The Count of Monte Cristo
135. Keegan-Michael Key in Transformers One
136. Peter Dinklage in Wicked - 3.5
137. Dave Bautista in Dune Part II
138. Pitobash in Monkey Man
139. Channing Tatum in Deadpool & Wolverine
140. Anthony Ramos in Twisters
141. Simon Rex in Blink Twice
142. John Ashton in Beverly Hills Cop: Axle F
143. Mike Faist in The Bikeriders
144. John Lithgow in Conclave
145. Matt Berry in The Wild Robot
146. Kurt Egyiawan in A Real Pain
147. Kyle MacLachlan in Blink Twice
148. Bill Camp in Drive Away Dolls 
149. Emory Cohen in The Bikeriders
150. William H. Macy in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
151. Boyd Holbrook in The Bikeriders
152. Gabriel Basso in Juror No. 1
153. Judge Reinhold in Beverly Hills Cop: Axle F
154. Willem Dafoe in Saturday Night
155. Mark Hamill in The Wild Robot
156. Elias Koteas in Janet Planet
157. Sikandar Kher in Monkey Man
158. Boyd Holbrook in A Complete Unknown
159. Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Beverly Hills Cop: Axle F 
     
160. Stanley Tucci in Conclave
161. J.K. Simmons in Juror No. 2
162. Joe Alwyn in Kinds of Kindness
163. Michael Shannon in A Different Man
164. Giancarlo Esposito in Maxxxine
165. Michael Rooker in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
166. Bobby Cannavale in Maxxine
167. Brandon Perea in Twisters
168. Leigh Gill in Blitz
169. Kodi Smit-McPhee in Maria
170. Dean Norris in Carry-On
171. Laurence Fishburne in Transformers One
172. Pedro Pascal in Gladiator II
173. Chris Evans in Deadpool & Wolverine
174. Paapa Essiedu in The Outrun
175. Wesley Snipes in Deadpool & Wolverine
176. Ed Begley Jr. in Strange Darling
177. Charles Dance in The First Omen
178. Ethan Slater in Wicked
179. Will Patton in Janet Planet
180. Peter Kay in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
181. Matthew MacFadyen in Deadpool & Wolverine
182. Stephen Graham in Young Woman and the Sea
183. Aaron Chang in Didi
184. David Denman in Rebel Ridge
185. Willem Dafoe in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
186. Louis Black in Inside Out 2
187. Robert Smigel in Between The temples
188. Bill Nighy in The First Omen
189. Arturo Castro in Roadhouse 
190. Paul Weller in Blitz
191. Emory Cohen in Rebel Ridge 
192. Steve Coogan in Joker Folie a Deux
193. Shea Whigham in Fancy Dance
194. Ian Bliss in Late Night with the Devil
195. M. Emmett Walsh in Brothers
196. Andy Samberg in Lee
197. Steve Buscemi in Transformers One
198. Daveed Diggs in Nickel Boys
199. Hridhu Haroon in All We Imagine As Light
200. Oded Fehr in La cocina
201. Dwayne Johnson in Moana 2
202. Marton Csokas in Cuckoo
203. Bastien Bouillon in The Count of Monte Cristo
204. John Turturro in The Room Next Door
205. Tony Hale in Inside Out 2 
206. Tim McInnerny in The End
207. Michael Shannon in The End
208. Lennie James in The End - 3
209. Jason Schwartzman in Queer
210. Joseph Quinn in Gladiator II
211. Harris Dickinson in Blitz
212. Stephen Dillane in The Outrun
213. Christopher Walken in Dune Part II
214. Laurence Fishburne in Megalopolis
215. Drew Starkey in Queer
216. Nicholas Braun in Saturday Night
217. Jamie Campbell Bower in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
218. Dave Franco in Love Lies Bleeding
219. Joaquim de Almeida in Roadhouse
220. Tim McInnerny in Gladiator II
221. Percy Hynes White in My Old Ass
222. Danny Huston in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
223. Colman Domingo in Drive Away Dolls
224. Giancarlo Esposito in Megalopolis
225. Rhys Auteri in Late Night With the Devil
226. Lukas Gage in Roadhouse
227. Haley Joel Osment in Blink Twice
228. Andy Nyman in Wicked
229. Topher Grace in Heretic
230. Matt Damon in Drive Away Dolls 
231. Fred Hechinger in Thelma 
232. Christopher Eccleston in Young Woman and the Sea
233. Harry Lawtey in Joker Folie a Deux
234. Dustin Hoffman in Megalopolis
235. Steven Michael Quezada in Strange Darling
236. Justin Theroux in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
     
237. Matt Wood in Saturday Night
238. Aaron Taylor-Johnson - Nosferatu
239. Douglas Hodge in We Live In Time
240. Dan Fogler in A Complete Unknown
241. Alexander Skarsgård in Lee
242. Aaron Stanford in Deadpool & Wolverine 
243. Jon Batiste in Saturday Night 
244. Edgar Ramirez in Emilia Perez 
245. Ray Fisher in The Piano Lesson 
246. Fred Hechinger in Nickel Boys
247. Gwilym Lee in Here 
248. Scoot McNairy in Nightbitch - 2.5
249. Nicolas Cage in Longlegs
250. Dan Stevens in Cuckoo
251. Logan Marshall-Green in Carry-On
252. Jonathan Langdon in Trap
253. Aaron Taylor-Johnson in The Fall Guy
254. Luke Wilson in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 
255. Austin Amelio in Hit Man
256. Jon Voight in Megalopolis
257. John David Washington in The Piano Lesson
258. Hamish Linklater in Nickel Boys
259. Stephen Graham in Blitz
260. Archie Renaux in Alien Romulus
261. C.J. Wilson in Drive Away Dolls
262. Billy Magnussen in Roadhouse
263. Joey Slotnick in Drive Away Dolls 
264. Tony Hale in Woman of the Hour
265. Mark Ivanir in Emilia Perez 
266. Fred Hechinger in Gladiator II 
267. Tye Sheridan in The Order
268. Bowen Yang in Wicked 
269. Theo Rossi in Carry-On - 2
270. Brendan Fraser in Brothers
271. Pete Holmes in Woman of the Hour
272. Mathew Shear in Between The Temples
273. Spike Fearn in Alien Romulus
274. Simon Prast in Maxxxine - 1.5
275. Dean Norris in The Six Triple Eight
276. Stéphane Ly-Cuong in Emilia Perez - 1
277. Paul Bettany in Here - 3 Wiseaus
278. Connor McGregor in Roadhouse - 0

Next: 2024 Lead

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2024: Richard Roundtree in Thelma

Richard Roundtree did not receive an Oscar nomination for portraying Ben in Thelma.

Thelma follows the titular over 90 year old grandmother (June Squibb) as she goes to get her money back after being duped by a scammer. 

Richard Roundtree best known for being the originator of the role of John Shaft fittingly ends his career with this film as another pseudo investigator, albeit a bit gentler in the overall tone to say the least. Roundtree comes in a little while into the film after Squibb’s Thelma decides to start her investigation in order to prove her independence still which requires her a method to get around leading to her seek out her old acquaintance Ben, though early on she indicates the fact that he likes her more than she likes him. However she needs his mobility scooter. Roundtree decidedly not playing one bad mother f…shut my mouth, but just a kindly old guy who is more than welcoming to Thelma when she arrives. Roundtree approaches the part very well by very much emphasizing this contrast to Squibb’s performance, which is all about Thelma's insistence and even denial of her limitations. Which we see right off when Ben mentions the death of both of their significant others, which she doesn’t want to recognize in the least, where Roundtree brings weight in his delivery but also a certain level of comfort as someone who certainly feels the loss but also lives with it. Beyond that he brings such nice charming warmth in his part as he invites Thelma in to check out his scooter and speaks about it with such great pride in it as though it was some hotrod he purchased. There’s also the essential comfort about Roundtree as he talks about maintaining cleanliness and just general feelings about the retirement home, as someone who finds it a pleasant existence on the whole. However Thelma then goes about stealing Ben’s scooter, which results in a silly chase as Ben commandeers another scooter in pursuit, which is all very ridiculous, although I think Squibb and Roundtree sell nicely in not going too big in the moment allowing the ridiculousness of it speak for itself. In fact as Ben insists he goes on to Thelma in her investigation, Roundtree delivers it with a certain low key dramatic intensity…though with the caveat that he gets back in time to play Daddy Warbucks in their home’s production of Annie. 

Roundtree has a nice balance as he shows the bit of a kick he gets about going on the adventure but also provides a nice straight man frequently against Squibb in portraying his degree of doubts over her overall choice. They contrast off each other effortlessly creating a chemistry that has the right comedic quality in Squibb’s determination against Roundtree’s side-eyes he gives at times, but there is also a certain dramatic quality as well. As when they visit an old friend who is living in squalor and they debate the retirement home. Roundtree’s wonderful in his determined and quietly passionate way of saying all that he gets out of the home and the reasons for comfort he gets about in contrast to Thelma’s insistence on independence. Eventually though this contrast does lead to conflict, particularly when a car runs over Ben’s scooter, where Roundtree is quite moving in his moment of admitting that he didn’t hear when his wife was dying. The film doesn’t spend too much time on it, but Roundtree very nicely brings the right degree of pathos that lets us see why the man is so comfortable with accepting the help of others. Thankfully such issues are resolved, where Ben even helps Thelma after a fall and Roundtree brings a wonderful determined strength as the guy in her corner, which continues when they actually confront the crooks, including a very amusing Malcolm McDowell who isn’t exactly in great circumstances himself. Roundtree even gets to be a little bit of the old badass when he trips McDowell’s grandson and confidently says that he beat him up. Before we end on a just pleasant note of he and Thelma assuring each of their friendship which has an honest warmth from both performers. While this isn’t some tremendous soul baring swansong by Roundtree, it is a very charming turn that offers a very pleasant final reminder of perhaps an underutilized cinematic talent. 

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2024

And the Nominees Were Not:

Adam Pearson in A Different Man

Clarence Maclin in Sing Sing

Simon McBurney in Nosferatu

Richard Roundtree in Thelma

Franz Rogowski in Bird

Feel free to predict These Five, Those Five, Or Both. 

David Jonsson in Alien Romulus

Jason Bateman in Carry-on

Karren Karagulian in Anora

Austin Butler in Dune Part II

Denzel Washington in Gladiator II