My Favorite Performances - 2012

as Lancaster Dodd in The Master

as Freddie Quell in The Master

as Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln

as Calvin Candie in Django Unchained

as Terje Orheim in Kompani Orheim

as Hans in Seven Psychopaths

as Jackie in Killing Them Softly

as Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchained

as Silva in Skyfall

as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2 in Cloud Atlas

as Lucas in The Impossible

as Billy in Seven Psychopaths

as Ottway in The Grey

as Killer Joe Cooper in Killer Joe

Runner up:
Dallas in Magic Mike
Danny Buck in Bernie

as Jarle Orheim in Kompani Orheim

as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman in Cloud Atlas

as Henry in The Impossible

as Jack O'Donnell in Argo

as Mickey in Killing Them Softly

as Stephen in Django Unchained

as Dr. Henry Goose / Hotel Manager / Isaac Sachs / Dermot Hoggins / Cavendish Look-a-Like Actor / Zachry in Cloud Atlas

as Frankie in Killing Them Softly

Runner up:
Joe Stafford in Argo

as Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock

as Whip Whitaker in Flight

as Pi Patel in Life Of Pi

as Peggy Dodd in The Master

Runner up:
Mickey in Trouble with the Curve

as Maria in The Impossible

as M in Skyfall

as Maya in Zero Dark Thirty

Runner up:
Maggie Beaufort in Lawless

as Tilda / Megan's Mom / Mexican Woman / Sonmi-451 / Sonmi-351 / Sonmi Prostitute in Cloud Atlas

as Sara Orheim in Kompani Orheim

as Hushpuppy in Beasts of the Southern Wild

as Alma Reville in Hitchcock

as Mary Todd Lincoln in Lincoln

as Mrs. Bishop in Moonrise Kingdom

as Celeste in Celeste and Jesse Forever

as Broomhilda von Shaft in Django Unchained

as Sara in Looper

as Sharon in Jeff, Who Lives At Home

as Elizabeth Shaw in Prometheus

as Cheryl in The Sessions

as Charlotte Bless in The Paperboy

as Suzy in Moonrise Kingdom

as Selina Kyle in The Dark Knight Rises

as Janice in The Giant Mechanical Man

as Darius in Safety Not Guaranteed

as Anderson in Dredd

as Nicole in Flight

as Sam in The Perks of Being a Wallflower

as Native Woman / Jocasta Ayrs / Luisa Rey / Indian Party Guest / Ovid / Meronym in Cloud Atlas