BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: TOM WILKINSON
Michael Clayton
Age 58 Role Mentally addled lawyer Arthur Edens. Mad as Hell ''When I read the script, I knew what was going through Arthur's head,'' says Wilkinson. ''Imagine being pushed to the point where you're asked to do something that is in direct conflict with everything you've ever been taught about human decency. It's not unlike Hamlet.'' Up Next He portrays Ben Franklin in HBO's March mini-series John Adams; a gangster in Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla; and a Nazi in the Tom Cruise thriller Valkyrie (the latter two due in October). —Jeff Labrecque