Best Supporting Actor
Edward Norton, Birdman
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Tom Wilkinson, Selma
Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice
Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes
Miyavi (Takamasa Ishihara), Unbroken
Domhnall Gleeson, Unbroken
John Goodman, The Gambler
Matthew Goode, The Imitation Game
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Johnny Depp, Into the Woods
Tim Roth, Selma
Benicio Del Toro, Inherent Vice
Albert Brooks, A Most Violent Year
Last Updated: 11/12/14
*No official release date (could push to 2015)
^Could Fall Into Lead Category
Falling Off: Jake McDorman, American Sniper; Martin Short, Inherent Vice; Shia Labeouf, Fury; Neil Patrick Harris, Gone Girl; Michael Caine, Interstellar
- 2014 Best Actor Oscar Predictions 2015 academy award predictions 2015 Oscar predictions A Most Violent Year Albert Brooks Andy Serkis Big Eyes Birdman Boyhood Channing Tatum Christoph Waltz Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Edward Norton Ethan Hawke Foxcatcher Garrett Hedlund Inherent Vice Into the Woods James Corden JK Simmons John Goodman Josh Brolin Mark Ruffalo Martin Sheen Matthew Goode Miyavi Robert Duvall Selma Takamasa Ishihara The Gambler The Imitation Game The Judge Tim Roth Tom Wilkinson Unbroken Whiplash
Matt Mentions 
My predictions:
Josh Brolin, Labor Day.
Benedict Cumberbatch, August: Osage County.
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave.
John Goodman, Inside Llewis Davis.
Tom Hanks, Saving Mr Banks.
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Logan Lerman, Fury
Owen Wilson, Inherent Vice
JK Simmons, Whiplash
Edward Norton, Birdman
Owen Wilson is an interesting pick. It’ll be interesting to see which supporting actors are the breakouts in “Inherent Vice.” Wilson? Del Toro? Brolin? Malone? Witherspoon? Who knows.