2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (June)

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Despite Liam Neeson (Silence) still dominating the top spot, we have some changes from last month. Steve Martin (Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk) and Armie Hammer (The Birth of a Nation) swap spots and nearly point totals putting Hammer is 2nd place now. Former top 5-er Ben Kingsley (War Machine) plummets down to #10 with a single vote. Steve Carell (Café Society) falls off the list this month and is replaced by Hugh Grant (Florence Foster Jenkins) on the strength of strong reviews for the film and for himself. The Moonlight guys (Mahershala Ali and Andre Holland) find themselves next to each other but this month Holland leapfrogs over Ali to land in the top 5.

Elsewhere, John Goodman (10 Cloverfield Lane) manages to hang on, as does Aaron Eckhart (Sully) and Adam Driver (Silence). The big news this month is a huge jump for Stephen Henderson (Fences). He goes from #10 and a single vote last month to #4 with seven Gold Rush Gang member all slotting him in their #4 positions. Henderson reprises his Tony-nominated role from the stage play (as do the film’s leads Denzel Washington and Viola Davis). Let’s see if he can hold that through the summer.

Here are the June Oscar predictions for Best Supporting Actor from The Gold Rush Gang:

OTHER CONTENDERS
Riz Ahmed – Una
Tadanobu Asano – Silence
Warren Beatty – Rules Don’t Apply
Steve Carell – Café Society
Kevin Costner – Hidden Figures
Aaron Eckhart – Bleed for This
Alden Ehrenreich – Rules Don’t Apply
Colin Farell – The Lobster
Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
Garrett Hedlund – Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Jack Huston – The Yellow Birds
Jack O’Connell – HHhH
Edgar Ramirez – Gold
Jeremy Renner – Story of Your Life (now Arrived)
Peter Sarsgaard – Jackie
Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals
J.K. Simmons – La La Land
Chris Tucker – Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
David Wenham – Lion

Follow the updated Gold Rush Gang predictions in other Oscar categories here:

BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEST FILM EDITING
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE