This Best Supporting Actor Award is one of the most predictable awards as one actor has swept all the precursor awards and will most likely secure his first Academy Award on Oscar Sunday.
With the Golden Globe awards being handed out this weekend, the Oscar race for Best Supporting Actor will be clearer as Mark Ruffalo, J.K. Simmons, Edward Norton and more look like strong contenders.
The artistic merit of a film always relies on every single piece coming together if not perfectly, then suitably. Acting in film works in the same way. Even though the lead characters are expected to carry entire films, they also need the supporting casts (assuming they exist) to add emotional depth and layers to each and every story. And in some cases (or many really), the supporting cast members manage to steal away the spotlight with the color or dimension that they add. This installment takes a look at the supporting actor performance by a male that stood out most in 2014 to writers David and Francisco Salazar.
The Best Supporting Actor category is always one of the most competitive races at the Oscars. The category is known for awarding veteran actors who have never been recognized by the Academy or who have always been overlooked.
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson’s latest film, might be perfect, according to critics. Brightly colored, characters fitted with a lover’s agenda, Tilda Swinton aged forty years with makeup, and an all-star cast that draws together “every actor you've ever liked,” has commentators praising the film simply from its two minute and twenty-six second trailer.
