FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

As Juno's flummoxed yet supportive dad, Mac MacGuff, veteran character actor J.K. SIMMONS easily boasts the movie's highest laugh-per-line ratio. And his kitchen-table scene with Ellen Page provides the film with its biggest dose of heart. Does Simmons deserve an Oscar nomination for his work? In the immortal words of Mac himself: Damn skippy!

See Dave Karger's predicted Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor