LEAD ACTOR

Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s

Black Bottom” Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal” Anthony Hopkins, “The Father” Steven Yeun, “Minari” Gary Oldman, “Mank”

On the cusp: LaKeith Stanfield, “Judas and the Black Messiah”; Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods”; Kingsley Ben-Adir, “One Night in Miami”; Tahar Rahim ,“The Mauritanian”

For your consideration: Mads Mikkelsen is known mostly for playing tortured souls — murderers, terrorists, cannibals, film nerds. He’s tortured too in Thomas Vinterberg’s wild and wonderful friendship drama “Another Round,” but in an altogether different way. Mikkelsen plays a depressed middle-aged man afraid that he’s becoming boring. So he and a few other midlife-crisis cohorts decide to undertake an experiment and get — and remain — a little buzzed every day. Mikkelsen’s portrayal of a man awakening from years spent on autopilot is exhilarating. People love this movie, which will likely earn a nomination for best international feature. Its star should be invited to the party as well.