Awards season is now well underway, with The Brutalist and Emilia Perez the big winners at the Golden Globes earlier this month.
All eyes are now on the BAFTA Film Awards in February, with the shortlists released this week and the ceremony scheduled for Sunday, February 16.
Meanhile the Oscars, the world’s most prestigious film awards, will be held on Sunday, March 2, with the nominees announced on Thursday, January 23. They had originally been planned for Friday, January 17, but were delayed due to the LA fires.
Here are the bookies’ favourites for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar when it is presented at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
9. Jonathan Bailey
Jonathan Bailey's role as Prince Fiyero Tigelaar in Wicked is priced at 18/1 for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. | Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
10. Samuel L. Jackson
The bookies reckon that Samuel L. Jackson has a 20/1 chance of winning the Best Supporting Actor gong. He appears in 'The Piano Lesson', about arguments between a brother and a sister who have different ideas on what to do with an inherited piano. | Getty Images
11. Peter Sarsgaard
Completing our list of Best Supporting Actor Oscar contenders is Peter Sarsgaard - a 20/1 shot for his performance in 'September 5', which chronicles the Munich Olympics Massacre of 1972. | Getty Images