2011 Academy Awards Supporting Actor Series

Nominee: Christian Bale
Picture for Nomination: The Fighter
Age: 36
From: Wales
Filmography: Public Enemies (2009), Terminator Salvation (2009), The Dark Knight (2008), I'm Not There (2007), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), The Prestige (2006), Rescue Dawn (2006), The New World (2005), Batman Begins (2005), Harsh Times (2005), Howl's Moving Castle (2004), The Machinist (2004), Equilibrium (2002), Reign of Fire (2002), Laurel Canyon (2002), Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), Shaft (2000), American Psycho (2000), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), All the Little Animals (1998), Velvet Goldmine (1998), Metroland (1997), The Secret Agent (1996), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), Pocahontas (1995), Little Women (1994), Prince of Jutland (1994), Swing Kids (1993), Newsies (1992), Henry V (1989), Empire of the Sun (1987), Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
This is his first nomination in Acting Categories.

Achievements in Acting:
2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for The Fighter
2011 BAFTA Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Nomination for The Fighter
2011 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for The Fighter

Nominee: John Hawkes
Picture for Nomination: Winter's Bone
Age: 51
From: United States
Filmography: On Holiday (2010), Eve's Necklace (2010), Small Town Saturday Night (2010), Everything Will Happen Before You Die (2010), Earthwork (2009), S. Darko (2009), Miracle at St. Anna (2008), American Gangster (2007), Miami Vice (2006), Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006), The Amateurs (2005), Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), Sweet Underground (2004), Buttleman (2003), Identity (2003), Hardball (2001), Sand (2000), The Perfect Storm (2000), Blue Streak (1999), A Slipping-Down Life (1999), I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), Where's Marlowe? (1998), Home Fries (1998), Rush Hour (1998), Boogie Boy (1998), Playing God (1997), Steel (1997), 'Til There Was You (1997), Deep in the Heart (1996), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Angry Cafe (1995), Night of the Scarecrow (1995), Congo (1995), Flesh and Bone (1993), Freaked (1993), Scary Movie (1991), Never Leave Nevada (1990), Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989), Dakota (1988), Heartbreak Hotel (1988), It Takes Two (1988), Murder Rap (1988), Johnny Be Good (1988), D.O.A. (1988), Future-Kill (1984), Police Academy (1984)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
This is his first nomination in Acting Categories.

Achievements in Acting:
2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nomination for Winter's Bone

Nominee: Jeremy Renner
Picture for Nomination: The Town
Age: 39
From: United States
Filmography: Ingenious (2009), The Hurt Locker (2008), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), Take (2007), 28 Weeks Later (2007), Love Comes to the Executioner (2006), A Little Trip to Heaven (2005), North Country (2005), 12 and Holding (2005), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Neo Ned (2005), The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004), S.W.A.T. (2003), Dahmer (2002), Monkey Love (2002), Fish in a Barrel (2001), Paper Dragons (1996), National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
2010 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for The Hurt Locker

Achievements in Acting:
2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nomination for The Town
2011 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Nomination for The Town
2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for The Hurt Locker
2010 BAFTA Film Awards Best Leading Actor Nomination for The Hurt Locker

Nominee: Mark Ruffalo
Picture for Nomination: The Kids Are All Right
Age: 43
From: United States
Filmography: Date Night (2010), Shutter Island (2010), Sympathy for Delicious (2010), Where the Wild Things Are (2009), What Doesn't Kill You (2008), The Brothers Bloom (2008), Blindness (2008), Reservation Road (2007), Zodiac (2007), All the King's Men (2006), Rumor Has It... (2005), Just Like Heaven (2005), Collateral (2004), 13 Going on 30 (2004), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004), In the Cut (2003), View from the Top (2003), My Life Without Me (2003), Windtalkers (2002), XX/XY (2002), The Last Castle (2001), Apartment 12 (2000), Committed (2000), You Can Count on Me (2000), Ride with the Devil (1999), 54 (1998), Safe Men (1998), A Fish in the Bathtub (1998), The Last Big Thing (1996), Blood Money (1996), The Dentist (1996), The Destiny of Marty Fine (1996), Mirror Mirror 3: The Voyeur (1995), There Goes My Baby (1994), A Gift from Heaven (1994), Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance (2000)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
This is his first nomination in Acting Categories.

Achievements in Acting:
2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nomination for The Kids Are All Right
2011 BAFTA Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Nomination for The Kids Are All Right

Nominee: Geoffrey Rush
Picture for Nomination: The King's Speech
Age: 59
From: Sweden
Filmography: The Warrior's Way (2010), Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010), Bran Nue Dae (2009), $9.99 (2008), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Candy (2006), Munich (2005), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Finding Nemo (2003), Ned Kelly (2003), Swimming Upstream (2003), The Banger Sisters (2002), Frida (2002), Lantana (2001), The Tailor of Panama (2001), The Magic Pudding (2000), Quills (2000), House on Haunted Hill (1999), Mystery Men (1999), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Elizabeth (1998), Les Misérables (1998), A Little Bit of Soul (1998), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), Children of the Revolution (1996), Shine (1996), Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995), Twelfth Night (1986), Starstruck (1982), Hoodwink (1981)

Academy Awards History in Acting:
2001 Best Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Quills
1999 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nomination for Shakespeare in Love
1997 Best Actor in a Leading Role for Shine

Achievements in Acting:
2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nomination for The King's Speech
2011 BAFTA Film Awards Best Supporting Actor for The King's Speech
2011 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Nomination for The King's Speech
2001 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Quills
2001 BAFTA Film Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nomination for Quills
2001 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nomination for Quills
1999 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nomination for Shakespeare in Love
1999 BAFTA Film Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Shakespeare in Love
1999 BAFTA Film Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Nomination for Elizabeth
1999 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Nomination for Shakespeare in Love
1997 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Shine
1997 BAFTA Film Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for Shine
1997 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for Shine

Conclusion:
Who Wins? Christian Bale for The Fighter