Best Supporting Actor 2020+

My top choices in the order I would place them on my Academy ballot if I were allowed to vote. In other words, this is my top five, but I acknowledge that this list is already influenced by awards buzz. They are not in order of my preference. Instead, the actors whom I think would theoretically benefit the most from my vote are at the top.

LEON DAI, Your Name Engraved Herein (刻在你心底的名字)

JOSH O'CONNOR, Emma.

GLYNN TURMAN, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

BRIAN DENNEHY, Driveways

PAUL RACI, Sound of Metal

Also loved:
Carlo Cecchi, Martin Eden
Bruce Davis, The Vast of Night
Ferdinand Kingsley, Mank
Ben Mendelsohn, Babyteeth
Josh O'Connnor, Hope Gap
David Strathairn, Nomadland

Related:
My Best Supporting Actor picks from past years (2004-2019)
My Best Actress picks from 2020+
My Best Actor picks from 2020+
My Best Supporting Actress picks from 2020+