2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR and SUPPORTING ACTRESS (June)

Sentimental Value‘s Grand Prix win at Cannes keeps Stellan Skarsgård in the #1 spot again this month but the first trailer for Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (ugh, that title) finds Jeremy Strong and Stephen Graham switching spots, vaulting Strong all the way up to #2. With Strong playing The Boss’s manager Jon Landau in what is present day in the film and Graham, seen in black and white flashbacks as Springsteen’s father, it gives us a better idea of everything from screen time to impact. But, Graham is likely going to be coming off the heels of a very big Emmy night in September, right after this film starts its festival run and a month ahead of its official release. Is there room for both? Maybe, certainly in this category historically.

Speaking of Sentimental Value, there’s also a dual race happening in Supporting Actress with Elle Fanning, portraying an American actress angling for a part in Skarsgård’s character’s newest film and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, portraying one of his daughters. Great performances from both, with most of Fanning’s screen time alongside Skarsgård, while Lilleaas finds herself aligned with Best Actress contender Renate Reinsve.

Here are my 2026 Oscar nomination predictions in Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress for June.

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Next up: Akira Emoto – Rental Family (Searchlight Pictures), Ben Foster – Untitled Christy Martin biopic (TBD), Tom Hiddleston – The Life of Chuck* (NEON), Conan O’Brien – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24), Russell Crowe – Nuremberg (Sony Pictures Classics), Dylan O’Brien* – Twinless (Roadside Attractions), Josh O’Connor – The History of Sound (MUBI), Robert Pattinson – Die, My Love (MUBI), Michael Shannon – Nuremberg (Sony Pictures Classics), Christoph Waltz – Frankenstein (Netflix), Jeffrey Wright – Highest 2 Lowest (Apple Original Films/A24)

Other contenders: Christopher Abbott – Ann Lee (TBD), A$AP Rocky – Highest 2 Lowest (Apple Original Films/A24), Mamoudou Athie – The Drama (A24), Murray Bartlett* – At the Sea (TBD), Sean Bean – Anemone (Focus Features), Adam Driver – Father, Mother, Sister, Brother (MUBI), Idris Elba* – A House of Dynamite (Netflix), Brendan Fraser – Pressure (Focus Features), Woody Harrelson – Ella McKay (20th Century Studios), Jude Law – The Wizard of the Kremlin (TBD), Lewis Pullman – Ann Lee (TBD), Matt Smith – Caught Stealing (A24), Michael Stuhlbarg – After the Hunt (Amazon MGM)

*Lead or supporting? Murray Bartlett – At the Sea (TBD), Idris Elba – A House of Dynamite (Netflix), Tom Hiddleston – The Life of Chuck (NEON), Dylan O’Brien – Twinless (Roadside Attractions),

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Next up: Glenn Close – The Summer Book (TBD), Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros), Emily Mortimer – Jay Kelly (Netflix), Margaret Qualley – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics), Mia Threapleton – The Phoenician Scheme (Focus Features)

Other contenders: Amy Adams – Klara and the Sun (Sony Pictures), Kerry Condon – Pressure (Focus Features), Jamie Lee Curtis – Ella McCay (20th Century Studios), Zoey Deutch* – Nouvelle Vague (Netflix), Virginie Efira – Vie Privée (Sony Pictures Classics), Rebecca Ferguson* – A House of Dynamite (Netflix), Mia Goth – Frankenstein (Netflix), Nina Hoss – Hedda (Amazon MGM), Gaby Hoffmann – Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (20th Century Studios), Vicky Krieps – Father, Mother, Sister, Brother (MUBI), Thomasin McKenzie – Ann Lee (TBD), Samantha Morton – Anemone (Focus Features), Katy O’Brien – Untitled Christy Martin biopic (TBD), Alicia Silverstone – Bugonia (Focus Features), Emily Watson – Hamnet (Focus Features)

*Lead or supporting? Emily Blunt – The Smashing Machine (A24), Laura Dern – Is This Thing On? (Searchlight Pictures), Zoey Deutch – Nouvelle Vague (Netflix), Rebecca Ferguson – A House of Dynamite (Netflix)