Best Supporting Actor, 2003

Much of the 2003 race felt like an inevitability. We all knew Best Picture and Best Director were locked for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. We all knew Renee Zellweger was getting Best Supporting Actress. And we all knew the winner for Best Supporting Actor was gonna be Tim Robbins. And we were right:

My ranking, from 5th to 1st:

Christmas in November: 2003, Day Five

New to me this round: 21 Grams, Bad Santa, The Barbarian Invasions, Brother Bear, The Cooler, In America, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and The Missing. Everything else I was seeing for only my second time, except Love Actually, which I’ve seen many many many many times.