The 2010 RyMickey Awards - Best Supporting Actor

And onto the Best Supporting Actors...all strong performances here...

Best Supporting Actor

Runners-up

#7 - Michael Shannon - The Runaways

 "Michael Shannon also is quite good as The Runaways' manager, Kim Fowley, who knew that in order to be successful, he needed to turn the band into the bad girls that every guy wanted to screw."

#6 - Michael Sheen - Unthinkable

If this movie had been released to theaters rather than direct-to-dvd, this performance would've ranked higher.  But, since it wasn't, I couldn't quite justify a top five placement.  Anyway, here's what I had to say about it in my review:

"Part of the reason things felt "real" and tense was because of a rather brilliant performance from Michael Sheen.  Maniacal is probably the best word to describe his character.  There's an evil just underneath the surface of Yusuf that's even more frightening because his motives are realistic in today's society.  Sheen has to run the gamut of emotions from demonic to tortured to stoic and he handles them all rather brilliantly."

And the Top 5...

#5 - Michael Sheen - Tron: Legacy

Yes, Michael Sheen absolutely hams it up as a nightclub owner in what is essentially a bit part in the flick, but his over-the-top schtick injected the film with some much needed humor and was really rather brilliant in its absurdity.

#4 - Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right

I hate what the screenwriter did to Mark Ruffalo's cool, hip sperm donor dad at the end of The Kids Are All Right, but that's no fault of Ruffalo who manages to steal all his scenes up against the quite good heavy-hitters of Julianne Moore and Annette Bening.

#3 - Andrew Garfield - The Social Network

Undoubtedly, the best part of David Fincher's much-lauded pic, Andrew Garfield is the character whom we in the audience relate with most.  His character goes on a visible and palpable emotional arc ending with a stellar confrontation scene (that you may have noticed turn up in another RyMickey Award category).

#2 - Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech

Rush's snarky yet sympathetic portrayal of King George VI's speech therapist/psychologist isn't exactly groundbreaking, but he takes what could have been a stereotypical, bland role and elevates it, creating a presence onscreen that holds his own with the rest of the cast.

#1 - Christian Bale - The Fighter

Dickie Eklund is a character that could easily could have been played as a down-and-dirty drug addict, but Christian Bale injects his character with a surprising amount of heart.  Add to that, a physical appearance that displays Bale's love for his craft and you've got a RyMickey Award-winning (and Oscar-winning) performance.