Friday 24 August 2012

Alternate Best Actor 1992: Results

5. Tim Robbins in The Player- Robbins gives a good performance in a somewhat limited role effectively bringing along with him through the great satire that is the Player.
4. Harvey Keitel in Reservoir Dogs- Keitel gives a good performance here portraying both the professionalism as well as the humanity within his career criminal.
3. Gary Oldman in Bram Stoker's Dracula- A mixed bag from Oldman here with his somewhat uninteresting although adequate scenes as the younger looking Dracula, but he has as well extremely entertaining moments as the older looking Dracula. 
2. Jack Lemmon in Glengarry Glen Ross- Lemmon is amazing in the role he is always believable as the salesman past his prime, and completely heartbreaking in his realization of this tragic character.
1. Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant- A difficult year to choose both the winner between Kietel and Lemmon and Eastwood. All three are amazing in their roles, but I will have to settle for one and at the moment Keitel is my choice. Kietel gives an incredible performance here as the titular dirty cop. Keitel portrays him in an effective down to earth fashion showing there is nothing special about this man, leading to an powerful ending where the Lieutenant must face his flaws.
Overall Rank:
  1. Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven
  2. Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant
  3. Stephen Rea in The Crying Game
  4. Jack Lemmon in Glengarry Glen Ross
  5. Robert Downey Jr. in Chaplin
  6. Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny
  7. Willem Dafoe in Light Sleeper 
  8. Peter Coyote in Bitter Moon
  9. Joe Pesci in The Public Eye
  10. Michael Caine in The Muppet Christmas Carol 
  11. Russell Crowe in Romper Stomper
  12. Laurence Fishburne in Deep Cover
  13. Daniel Day-Lewis in The Last of the Mohicans
  14. BenoƮt Poelvoorde in Man Bites Dog
  15. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai in Hardboiled
  16. Chow Yun-Fat in Hardboiled
  17. Gary Oldman in Bram Stoker's Dracula
  18. Jeremy Irons in Damage
  19. Denzel Washington in Malcolm X
  20. Eric Stoltz in The Waterdance 
  21. Tim Robbins in Bob Roberts
  22. Daniel Auteuil in A Heart in Winter
  23. Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men 
  24. Woody Harrelson in White Men Can't Jump
  25. Wesley Snipes in White Men Can't Jump
  26. Tim Roth in Reservoir Dogs
  27. Harvey Keitel in Reservoir Dogs
  28. Gary Sinise in Of Mice and Men 
  29. Anthony Hopkins in Howard's End 
  30. Bill Paxton in One False Move
  31. Tim Robbins in The Player 
  32. Ethan Hawke in A Midnight Clear
  33. Edward James Olmos in American Me
  34. Brendan Fraser in School Ties
  35. John Lithgow in Raising Cain
  36. Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman
  37. Harrison Ford in Patriot Games
  38. John Malkovich in Of Mice and Men 
  39. Campbell Scott in Singles
  40. Bruce Campbell in Army of Darkness
  41. Daniel Pollock in Romper Stomper
  42. Mike Myers in Wayne's World
  43. Charles Grodin in Beethoven 
  44. Robert Redford in Sneakers
  45. Michael Keaton in Batman Returns 
  46. Brad Pitt in A River Runs Through It 
  47. Val Kilmer in Thunderheart
  48. Timothy Balme in Dead Alive 
  49. Michael Douglas in Basic Instinct  
  50. Emilio Estevez in The Mighty Ducks
  51. Danny DeVito in Hoffa 
  52. Bruce Willis in Death Becomes Her
  53. Matt Dillon in Singles
  54. Dennis Haysbert in Love Field 
  55. Gerard Depardieu in 1492 Conquest of Paradise
  56. Tom Cruise in Far and Away   
  57. Chris O'Donnell in Scent of a Woman  
  58. Jack Nicholson in Hoffa 
  59. Rick Moranis in Honey I Blew Up the Kid
  60. Kurt Russell in Captain Ron 
  61. Sean Astin in Encino Man
  62. Martin Short in Captain Ron
  63. Jonathan Brandis in Sidekicks
  64. Scott Weinger in Aladdin 
  65. Brendan Frasier in Encino Man
  66. Rodney Dangerfield in Ladybugs
  67. Luke Perry in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  68. Craig Sheffer in A River Runs Through It
  69. Nick Nolte in Lorenzo's Oil
  70. Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone 2 
  71. Hugh Grant in Bitter Moon
  72. Billy Crystal in Mr. Saturday Night
Next Year: 1984

14 comments:

joe burns said...

Great write-ups!!!

Hmm, I wonder who your 84 nominees will be: Maybe Mel Gibson in The River or the main Indianan guy from A Passage To India (LOL, sorry, can't remember his name!? I'm sure neither of them will touch Abraham as your personal winner though.

RatedRStar said...

a strange choice is 1984, very tricky to find five great ones but here are some suggestions. I recommend De Niro and Englund the most.

Robert De Niro - Once Upon A Time In America
Robert Englund - Nightmare On Elm Street
Bill Murray - Ghostbusters
Dudley Moore - Micki And Maude
Victor Banerjee - A Passage To India
John Getz - Blood Simple

Anonymous said...

Suggestions for '84
Robert De Niro- Once Upon A Time In America
Bill Murray- Ghostbusters
Robert Englund- A Nightmare On Elm Street
Arnold Schwarzenegger- The Terminator
John Hurt- 1984

dshultz said...

...Michael Caine in The Muppet Christmas Carol?

Louis Morgan said...

I stand by that.

Michael Patison said...

Here are my recommendations for 1984:

Robert De Niro in Once Upon a Time in America
Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop
Robert Redford in The Natural
Howard Rollins, Jr. in A Soldier's Story
Harry Dean Stanton in Paris, Texas

You could also do:
Bill Murray in Ghostbusters
Victor Banerjee in A Passage to India

Lezlie said...

I would recommend:

Robert De Niro (1984)
Bill Murray (Ghost Busters)
Harry Dean Stanton (Paris, Texas)

moviefilm said...

And when are you doing some supporting year? :)

Maciej said...

Robert De Niro- Once Upon A Time In America
Howard Rollins, Jr. - A Soldier's Story
Bill Murray - Ghostbusters
Eddie Murphy - Beverly Hills Cop
John Hurt- 1984

RatedRStar said...

I thought Howard Rollins was terrible lol, he was so laidback and energy free in that movie.

Nues20 said...

Congrats to Jack!
Never seen the film is it good?

Louis Morgan said...

All suggests will of course be kept in consideration.

moviefilm: I do plan to do the supporting year, I think I will do a set of them after a finish sweep through the decades in lead again.

Nues20: Glengarry Glen Ross is a great film. It has a terrific script, and every performance in the film is good.

RatedRStar said...

ive just noticed youve seen Hard Boiled Louis =D, did you enjoy it, what did you make of Tony Leung Chiu Wai =)

Velox said...

Hello, have you by any chance seen the films Les Nuites Fauves (Savage Nights) 1992. I think Collard deserves a mighty performance worthy to be on this list.