Oscar 2016 - Supporting Actor

As said last time - lightning fast: I don't like writing entries about actors, but this year's "supporting actor" is probably one of the most interesting categories considering it's hard to predict anything. We have two nominations which we can leave aside (Christian Bale si Mark Ruffalo) to simplify it a bit. As personal appreciation from who's left, Tom Hardy makes a better role in "The Revenant" than DiCaprio, and if everybody says that DiCaprio finally gets an Oscar this year, it would fair to see one also in Hardy's hands. However, I guess the award will be won by Stallone for "Creed", who had by far the best performance of his career, and I also doubt he will ever top that. Based on the "career representative role" idea BAFTA awarded Mark Rylance for "Bridge of Spies" who's the direct competition, but the Oscars are US based, so ...