For actors, the 2015 Emmys race has been a more wide-open field than usual. Without Breaking Bad, and in the absence of an eligible True Detective season, a variety of breakout performers are Emmy contenders for the first time this year—like Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline), and Anthony Anderson (Black-ish).

Still, there isn't room for everybody. Here are 12 performances that didn't make the cut but—according to us—deserve your attention anyway.

Hannibal Buress as Lincoln on Broad City

Lincoln is like the show’s conscience—its voice of reason (even more than Abbi!). He also gives Ilana more dimension, and after her sexcapades, it’s great to see her always going back to him. He’s solid without being needy, his one-liners are killer, ... and that voice. - Kiku Chaudhuri

Christopher Eccleston as Matt Jamison on The Leftovers

Eccleston’s performance as the mad ranting reverend Matt Jamison might be jarring at first, but as the story progresses, and we get to see more about the life he had before 2 percent of the world’s population mysteriously vanished, it’s hard not to have compassion for him, and he does a masterful job showing us he’s actually just the right amount of crazy for the crazy new world around him. - Freddie Campion