# The Oscars: Best Supporting Actor

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oscars-best-supporting-actor/712936>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 17, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oscars-best-supporting-actor/712936 "2015-02-17T18:35:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oscars-best-supporting-actor/712936/1 "2015-02-17T18:35:28Z")

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If you had an AMPAS ballot, which performance would get your vote?

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**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oscars-best-supporting-actor/712936/2 "2015-02-17T22:11:33Z")

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Boyhood got my vote.

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**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oscars-best-supporting-actor/712936/3 "2015-02-18T03:42:14Z")

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I went with Duvall as much from sentiment as anything. Best of the lot but I thought he could have been better in the part.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oscars-best-supporting-actor/712936/4 "2015-02-22T18:39:04Z")

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Oscar day bump

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**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oscars-best-supporting-actor/712936/5 "2015-02-22T20:05:13Z")

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This is the year that Vern Schillinger is (deservedly) awarded his very own lithe, naked, statuesque young man to have and to hold by his side forever and ever.