Predicted nominees:
- Matt Damon, Invictus
- Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
- Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
- Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
- Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
I would nominate:
- Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
- Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker
- Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
- Stanley Tucci, Julie & Julia
- Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Christian McKay was a vibrant life-force as the great filmmaker Orson Welles, bringing needed humor and depth to an otherwise corny tale starring the already-past-his-prime Zac Efron. Woody Harrelson gave what might be his career-best performance as a cocksure military man trying to mentor Ben Foster while dealing with his own demons. In
The Hurt Locker, Anthony Mackie provided the human counterpoint to Jeremy Renner's machine-like anti-hero. While Stanley Tucci was fine as the murder in
The Lovely Bones, I preferred his charming supporting work as Mr. Child in
Julie & Julia. Christoph Waltz dominated
Inglourious Basterds with his wicked intensity camouflaged with a creepily endearing smile.
Honorable Mentions: The wonderful Jim Broadbent as the only actor with a pulse in the dreary
The Young Victoria; Liev Schreiber as the quietly confident tranny-with-a-gun in
Taking Woodstock; Fred Melamed as the intensely creepy "friend" of Michael Stuhlbarg in
A Serious Man.
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