Thomas Dekker - "Lance Loud", Cinema Verite
Martin Freeman - "Dr. John Watson", Sherlock
Paul Giamatti - "Ben Bernanke", Too Big to Fail
Brian F. O'Byrne - "Bert Pierce", Mildred Pierce
This was a tough one to narrow down. Coyle shone in the kind of complex but essentially good-hearted "downstairs" role that seems to form the emotional core of Julian Fellowes' work like Downton Abbey and Gosford Park. Dekker's performance was one of the few in Cinema Verite that didn't feel overly reliant on the original series - slightly over-the-top, but undeniably charismatic. Freeman, more than any other actor who submitted in this category, is more like a co-lead than a supporting player. Wherever he's acknowledged, he deserves recognition for the way he played off of Benedict Cumberbatch's Holmes in his wonderfully even-keeled performance as a contemporary Watson. Too Big to Fail was full of great performances, but Giamatti's soft-spoken work as Bernanke commanded particular attention and helped reinforce a sense of portentousness in the events the film covers. O'Byrne did some of the best work in an adaptation that hewed closely to its source material - it would be easy for a character who dumps the protagonist in the earliest minutes of the piece to seem like a villain, but he infused Bert with a flawed but warm humanity.
Honorable Mention: Billy Crudup, Too Big to Fail; James Gandolfini, Cinema Verite; James LeGros, Mildred Pierce; Matthew Macfadyen, Any Human Heart; Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce; Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite; Adrian Scarborough, Upstairs, Downstairs; James Woods, Too Big to Fail
I wouldn't be surprised to see: Donald Sutherland, The Pillars of the Earth; Tom Wilkinson, The Kennedys
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