Golden Globe Predictions: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

This category seems awfully hard to fill for the Oscars, but a bit easier for the more liberal, comedy-prone Golden Globes. Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) is a lock, while Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt) and Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) should be safe. Presumably rounding out the list should be Ralph Fiennes (The Reader) and Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder). I’m not so sure about the chances of other contenders like Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire), Brad Pitt (Burn After Reading), Josh Brolin and James Franco (Milk), and Liev Schreiber (Defiance). This is the point where the definitive contenders are cemented, and I’m interested and excited to see who they are.

Predicted five:
HEATH LEDGER, THE DARK KNIGHT
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, DOUBT
RALPH FIENNES, THE READER
MICHAEL SHANNON, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
ROBERT DOWNEY JR, TROPIC THUNDER