After winning both Emmys and Golden Globes, The Night Manager only received
a single supporting actor nomination for Tom Hollander.
Not exact matches
Despite Tatum being the star, McConaughey's performance was
singled out by critics and drew considerable awards buzz, leading to an Indie Spirit Award nod for Best
Supporting Actor — his second
nomination that year.
Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies only managed a
single nomination, in
Supporting Actor for Mark Rylance and SAGs big success story Beasts of No Nation also only grabbed a
Supporting Actor mention (for Idris Elba, who was also TV nominated).
The Artist may have continued to build credibility as a genuine Oscar ® candidate as it scored
nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Female
Actor in a
Supporting Role and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, but The Help took the most
nomination by a
single film with four [Viola Davis nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female
Actor in a Leading Role; Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female
Actor in a
Supporting Role; The Help nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture].
The critical hit only earned a
single nomination, for Willem Dafoe in
Supporting Actor.
• «The Kids Are All Right,» with major
nominations including picture, actress (Annette Bening),
supporting actor Mark Ruffalo) and screenplay (Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg), joins «Milk» among top nominees with a homosexual subject, and in a way is more meaningful because it shows a functioning family rather than a
single person.
Unfortunately, he's one big scene shy of having any shot at
supporting actor nominations, adding to his streak of appearing in and dramatically aiding decorated films without ever being personally
singled out with accolades.
Sean Baker's awards - season darling only landed a
single nomination for Willem Dafoe for Best
Supporting Actor (and man, does he deserve it).
Taken just as a list of
actors, without considering the actual movies, this would be a pretty plausible roll - call for any year's Best
Actor nominations: two prior winners (Crowe for «Gladiator» along with two other nominations, Firth for «The King's Speech» plus a nod for «A Single Man»); one two - time nominee who has bizarrely never won (Fiennes, nommed in support for «Schindler's List» and in the lead for «The English Patient»); a character actor of long - standing reputation and popularity (Turturro); and a rising star whose meteoric ascent to bankable leading man suggests his Oscar is only a matter of when, not if (Ha
Actor nominations: two prior winners (Crowe for «Gladiator» along with two other
nominations, Firth for «The King's Speech» plus a nod for «A
Single Man»); one two - time nominee who has bizarrely never won (Fiennes, nommed in
support for «Schindler's List» and in the lead for «The English Patient»); a character
actor of long - standing reputation and popularity (Turturro); and a rising star whose meteoric ascent to bankable leading man suggests his Oscar is only a matter of when, not if (Ha
actor of long - standing reputation and popularity (Turturro); and a rising star whose meteoric ascent to bankable leading man suggests his Oscar is only a matter of when, not if (Hardy).