Alexander Skarsgård went head to head with his father, Stellan Skarsgård, at the 2025 Gotham Awards — but did one of them take home the win?
Both Alexander, 49, and Stellan, 74, lost out in the Outstanding Supporting Performance category during the Monday, December 1, ceremony, with the award going to Sinners actress Wunmi Mosaku. While Mosaku, 39, was not present for to accept the accolade, Sinners director Ryan Coogler accepted the award on her behalf.
“I am not Wunmi Mosaku clearly. She is somewhere doing what she does best, working,” Coogler, 39, told the audience during the show, which was held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. “I’m sure she is really regretful to not be here to accept this outstanding award. So I am going to accept this on her behalf.”
Alexander was nominated for his role as Ray in A24’s Pillion, while Stellan was recognized for his performance in Neon’s Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg. Other nominees in the category included Benicio Del Toro and Teyana Taylor in One Battle After Another, Jacob Elordi in Frankenstein, Indya Moore in Father Mother Sister Brother, Adam Sandler in Jay Kelly, Andrew Scott in Blue Moon and Stellan’s Sentimental Value costar, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas.
This isn’t the first time Alexander and Stellan have faced off at an awards show. The pair were both nominated for their work on Succession and Andor, respectively, at the 2023 Emmys in the Best Drama Supporting Actor category. (Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen ultimately won.)
Stellan also won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series for Chernobyl in 2020, an award Alexander took home two years prior for his role on Big Little Lies.
The Gotham Awards, which have recognized performers in gender-neutral categories since 2021, are held annually by the Gotham Film and Media Institute to celebrate independent cinema. The nominees are selected by a committee of critics, journalists, festival programers and film curators. Separate juries of writers, directors, actors and producers then determined the final award recipients.
One Battle Another leads the pack this year with a total of six nominations. In addition to Del Toro and Taylor’s nods for Outstanding Supporting Performance, the film is nominated for Best Feature and Best Adapted Screenplay. Paul Thomas Anderson is nominated for Best Director, while Chase Infiniti is nominated for Breakthrough Performer category.
The ceremony will also pay special tribute to director Noah Baumbach for his work on Jay Kelly, while Tessa Thompson will be honored with the Spotlight Tribute for Hedda and Frankenstein will receive the Gotham Vanguard Tribute. The cast of Sinners will receive the Ensemble Tribute and Luca Guadagnino and Julia Roberts will be honored with the Visionary Tribute for After the Hunt.
Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, meanwhile, are set to receive the first-ever Gotham Musical Tribute for their musical work in Song Sung Blue, which follows the true story of a part of Milwaukee musicians who form a Neil Diamond tribute band.
“This year’s nominees celebrate an extraordinary year of cinematic achievement — one defined by bold, original storytelling, festival breakouts and filmmakers whose independent vision extends across studios and streamers,” Gotham Film & Media Institute executive director Jeffrey Sharp said in a statement earlier this month. “This year’s Gotham nominees, and our Gotham Tributes, reflect the year’s most accomplished filmmakers and performers and embody the community that has defined The Gothams for 35 years.”
