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Best Supporting ActorBenicio Del Toro (21 Grams)
In the tightest overall race in these awards, Benicio Del Toro came away with the Best Supporting Actor trophy for his performance in 21 Grams, beating out two different pairs of actors. Any one of the top five could have taken this prize easily had votes swung a little. This is Del Toro's second win from this bunch; we gave him the same award for Traffic back in 2000 in the ancestor of the Calvins. Fenster continues to look like one of the greatest actors of his generation and I would guess that the De Niro or Pacino mantle is his for the taking, if he wants it. His intense yet principled ex-con was the catalyst for everything in the film and that he held the film together despite its seemingly random narrative shifts says a lot about his performance. Second place went to Sean Astin as Samwise Gamgee in The Return of the King, making his first major impression on this crew in the three films. Playing a gay character is always a good way to... wait, you mean he wasn't gay? My mistake. Astin was the emotional rock of the last film of this trilogy, and was a supporting actor in the true sense of the word. Third and fourth place went to two actors from Mystic River, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon. Robbins had the flashier role, playing the emotionally damaged Dave Boyle, seemingly incapable of recovering from childhood trauma. Bacon's rather subdued work had tended to get ignored when people talked about the film but not here; our voters were able to pick out what a crucial role he had to play in the relationship of old friends torn apart. Fifth place went to Andy Serkis, who suffered from a bit of "been there, seen that" in regards to his groundbreaking work as Gollum in Return of the King after finishing second last year. In addition, that tricksy fat hobbit named Samwise stole his thunder as the acting performance to buzz over in King. Poor, poor Gollum. Newcomer Ken Watanabe took sixth place for his role in The Last Samurai, mostly for stealing the film away from Mr. Movie Star, Tom Cruise. Watanabe was Last Samurai's only recognition anywhere in the Calvins, a big upset for a film with great potential. Bobby Cannavale of the Station Agent and Paul Bettany from Master and Commander tied for seventh (the latter benefiting from carryover votes from Best Actor), matching (more or less) the results of the lead actors in their films. Djimon Hounsou's dying artist from In America and Geoffrey Rush's scenery chewing counter-part to Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean round out the top ten to make a category that really could have been anyone's. (Reagen Sulewski/BOP)
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Monday, November 25, 2024
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