1. Frances McDormand, Fargo
   
2. Harry Dean Stanton, Paris, Texas
   
3. Philip Baker Hall, Hard Eight
   
4. Chris Cooper, Lone Star
   
5. Joe Pesci, My Cousin Vinny

Josh

1. Frances McDormand, Fargo
   
2. Peter Lorre, M
   
3. Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow
   
4. Claude Rains, The Invisible Man
   
5. John C. Reilly, Walk Hard

Michael Phillips

1. Thelma Ritter, Rear Window
   
2. Wallace Shawn, Vanya on 42nd Street
   
3. M. Emmet Walsh, Blood Simple
   
4. Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
   
5. Richard Jenkins, The Visitor