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Oscars 2010 – Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz Hunts Down Oscar

Ask me after having seen Basterds for the first time, if Christoph Waltz had a chance at he’d have a chance at an acting award and I would have said “he be lucky to make it in the top 5 noms”. Of course he won at Cannes and every single supporting award since then. This win comes as no surprise – you can tell by this speech, which was rehearsed when he won the Golden Globe.

Eric Lavallée

Published on March 7, 2010

The Noms:

Matt Damon in “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Who Will Win: Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”
Who Should Win: Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”
Who Won: Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”
Commentary: Ask me after having seen Basterds for the first time, if Christoph Waltz had a chance at he’d have a chance at an acting award and I would have said “he be lucky to make it in the top 5 noms”. Of course he won at Cannes and every single supporting award since then. This win comes as no surprise – you can tell by this speech, which was rehearsed when he won the Golden Globe.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).