TEA TO POUR: Best Supporting Actor 2025

13 January 2026

Here is my top five in alphabetical order. These are the five I would nominate if I were an Academy of one.

TAWFEEK BARHOM, Les Fantômes (Ghost Trail)

DELROY LINDO, Sinners

TOM MERCIER, Darkest Miriam

JOSH O'CONNOR, The History of Sound

MICHAEL STUHLBARG, After the Hunt

Also loved:

Javier Bardem, F1

Bradley Cooper, Is This Thing On?

Benicio Del Toro, One Battle after Another

David Jonsson, The Long Walk

My Best Actress Picks for 2025 (TBA)

My Best Actor Picks for 2025 (TBA)