2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (October)

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Very little change in Best Supporting Actor this month; the top five remain the same but with some movement within that group. Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals) nearly doubles his points to land in the #3 spot, bumping down Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) to #4. Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water) also falls one, to #5. Liam Neeson (Silence) holds onto #1 yet again and even though #2’s Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea) loses two points, so does Neeson so they’re still in lock-step with each other.

There is one newcomer to the list this month, Dev Patel in Lion. While he only has a single vote for now (from yours truly) it’s all is going to depend on category placement for Patel, which is on the cusp of lead and supporting. He could very well lose out just as he did with Slumdog Millionaire. Interestingly, it’s quite a similar situation in that part of the film his character is played by a child actor before Patel takes over.

Stephen McKinley Henderson (Fences) loses another vote and is down to just one and Hugh Grant (Florence Foster Jenkins) falls off this month. Looking outside of the list to Other Contenders, there’s always Aaron Eckhart lurking for Sully or Bleed for This, any number of the supporting men in Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk or Peter Sarsgaard could coast in on Natalie Portman’s coattails for Jackie.

Here are the 2017 Oscar predictions for Best Supporting Actor from The Gold Rush Gang for October:

OTHER CONTENDERS
Tadanobu Asano – Silence
Warren Beatty – Rules Don’t Apply
Kevin Costner – Hidden Figures
Adam Driver – Silence
Aaron Eckhart – Bleed for This
Aaron Eckhart – Sully
Brendan Gleeson – Live by Night
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
Armie Hammer – The Birth of a Nation
Garrett Hedlund – Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Andre Holland – Moonlight
Steve Martin – Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Edward Norton – Collateral Beauty
David Oyelowo – Queen of Katwe
Edgar Ramirez – Gold
Jeremy Renner – Arrival
Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight
Peter Sarsgaard – Jackie
Timothy Spall – Denial
Chris Tucker – Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
David Wenham – Lion
Mykelti Williamson – Fences

Follow the updated Gold Rush Gang predictions in these 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 ORIGINAL SCORE
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
BEST SOUND EDITING
BEST SOUND MIXING
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (the shortlist)