# OSCAR POLL: Which performer would get your vote for Best Supporting Actor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-poll-which-performer-would-get-your-vote-for-best-supporting-actor/650025 "2013-02-11T21:30:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-poll-which-performer-would-get-your-vote-for-best-supporting-actor/650025/1 "2013-02-11T21:30:40Z")
If you were an Academy member, for whom would you vote? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-poll-which-performer-would-get-your-vote-for-best-supporting-actor/650025/2 "2013-02-11T21:47:47Z")
This is tough. First of all, I didn’t see _The Master_. It may be that PSH gave the best performance. I really liked Jones’ performance in Lincoln - but to be honest it just seemed very Jones-ish to me. As in not that different from most of the other characters he’s played for the last 15 years. Walz was great again, but not _as_ great as he was in _Inglorius Basterds_. I think a lot of he greatness was due to the dialogue that Tarantino gave him. That leaves De Niro and Arkin. Arkin was funny, and played well with John Goodman, but the role itself was kind of lightweight. Mostly comedy relief. So my vote will be De Niro. Not his meatiest role ever, but he had an interesting character that showed a range of emotions and a couple of great scenes. Plus it was the kind of role you don’t think of when you think of De Niro, which was nice. So: I’m torn between Waltz and De Niro. I don’t expect De Niro to win the award, but that’s who would get my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-poll-which-performer-would-get-your-vote-for-best-supporting-actor/650025/3 "2013-02-11T21:59:14Z")
This isn’t my favorite category. All good actors, but Jones, Arkin, and Waltz seem like they’re riffing on previous, similar, superior performances. De Niro is strong, and it’s nice to see him not phoning it in for once, but as **Skammer** said, it doesn’t feel like a really meaty role. Hoffman is by far the standout here for me. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-poll-which-performer-would-get-your-vote-for-best-supporting-actor/650025/4 "2013-02-11T22:43:29Z")
At present, I have only seen _Silver Linings Playbook_ and _The Master_ from this poll, but I always want Hoffman to win every Oscar he’s nominated for. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-poll-which-performer-would-get-your-vote-for-best-supporting-actor/650025/5 "2013-02-11T23:42:51Z")
I have not seen _The Master_, so I can’t say anything about Hoffman (except that he’s always great). I was blown away by Waltz in _Django Unchained_. He gave a tremendous performance, and he gets my vote. Now, if Arkin and John Goodman got nominated as a team … they were great together in _Argo_. Arkin alone, he was fine. Arkin and Goodman, genius. Speaking of which, is John Goodman in everything these days? I just watched _Flight_ this weekend, and he’s great in that, and I really enjoyed him in _Trouble With The Curve_, too. Not to mention his fine work as vice-dean of the air conditioner repair school in _Community_. DeNiro was awfully good, in a complex role. Jones was top-notch as well (points off for the historically accurate but laughably obvious wig, though). I would rank them Waltz, Jones, DeNiro, then Arkin a ways below those three. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-poll-which-performer-would-get-your-vote-for-best-supporting-actor/650025/6 "2013-02-12T00:14:54Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > Now, if Arkin and John Goodman got nominated as a team … they were great together in _Argo_. Arkin alone, he was fine. Arkin and Goodman, genius. Speaking of which, is John Goodman in everything these days? I just watched _Flight_ this weekend, and he’s great in that, and I really enjoyed him in _Trouble With The Curve_, too. Not to mention his fine work as vice-dean of the air conditioner repair school in _Community_. Don’t forget he was in last year’s Best Picture winner as well. Not many people have appeared in two-in-a-row, but if _Argo_ wins, he’ll join that select bunch. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-poll-which-performer-would-get-your-vote-for-best-supporting-actor/650025/7 "2013-02-16T00:18:27Z")
weekend bump ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-poll-which-performer-would-get-your-vote-for-best-supporting-actor/650025/8 "2013-02-16T05:12:44Z")
After looking at the poll, I was wondering if before this year the Academy Awards ever had a list of acting nominees that entirely consisted of people who had won previously. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-poll-which-performer-would-get-your-vote-for-best-supporting-actor/650025/9 "2013-02-16T05:39:01Z")
I haven’t seen any of these movies, so I’ll vote for Arkin because he should have won in '67. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-poll-which-performer-would-get-your-vote-for-best-supporting-actor/650025/10 "2013-02-16T05:54:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I haven’t seen any of these movies, so I’ll vote for Arkin because he should have won in '67. Now _that’s_ holding a grudge. Besides, he won for _Little Miss Sunshine_ so that debt should be forgiven. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-poll-which-performer-would-get-your-vote-for-best-supporting-actor/650025/11 "2013-02-18T02:12:46Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > After looking at the poll, I was wondering if before this year the Academy Awards ever had a list of acting nominees that entirely consisted of people who had won previously. Never. A few categories came close (when Adrien Brody won, for example, he beat 4 previous Oscar winners), but this year is the first that a repeat winner is 100% guaranteed.