Very little movement in the Best Supporting Actor race in November. The gender-neutral supporting category at the Gotham Awards went to Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners), so that made no impact here. Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another) rises to replace Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly) in my top five this month. The buzz around Jay Kelly has cooled, while del Toro seems destined to join his co-star Sean Penn in the Academy’s nominees. December will provide more clarity, so stay tuned.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR PREDICTIONS:
1. Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (NEON) – Gotham
2. Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
3. Paul Mescal – Hamnet (Focus Features)
4. Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) – Gotham
5. Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix) – Gotham
IN CONTENTION
Jonathan Bailey – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Miles Caton – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Bradley Cooper – Is This Thing On? (Searchlight Pictures)
Akira Emoto – Rental Family (Searchlight Pictures)
Ben Foster – Christy (Black Bear)
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Delroy Lindo – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
William H. Macy – Train Dreams (Netflix)
Josh O’Connor – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Lewis Pullman – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly (Netflix) – Gotham
Alexander Skarsgård – Pillion (A24)
Jeremy Strong – Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (20th Century Studios)
