Thursday 2 May 2013

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2001: Results

5. Steve Buscemi in Ghost World- This is an entirely solid performance by Steve Buscemi, but for me it is just that.
4. Viggo Mortensen in The Fellowship of the Ring- Mortensen gives a strong performance balancing well both the strength and underlying weakness in his character. He never becomes the highlight of any of the individual films, but his Aragorn is a highlight of the trilogy as a whole.
3. Brian Cox in L.I.E- Brian Cox plays a very risky role to say the least and Cox maybe plays it too well being a complete creep, but still a charming and very down to earth sort of creep.
2. Jude Law in A.I. Artificial Intelligence- Law is very effective here being quite artificial in his showman's manner. but still having a decent amount of humanity that brings out in his character's warmth and wisdom.
1. Sean Bean in The Fellowship of the Ring- When I watched this film for the first time over ten years ago Bean probably would not have been the first actor I would have mentioned when speaking about the strengths of the film. It was not that I did not like him, I liked him but I took what he did in the role for granted. Bean goes beyond his call of duty here in his portrayal of Boromir who could have easily just been a prideful dupe. Instead he brings a great deal of honest emotion to the role and turns Boromir's folly into the tragic portrait of a patriotic career soldier whose emotions slowly overwhelm and get the best of him.
Overall Rank:
  1. Anthony Hopkins in Hearts in Atlantis 
  2. Ian McKellen in The Fellowship of the Ring
  3. Sean Bean in The Fellowship of the Ring
  4. Jude Law in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  5. Brian Cox in L.I.E.
  6. Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast
  7. Paul Bettany in A Knight's Tale
  8. James Gandolfini in The Mexican
  9. Ian Holm in The Fellowship of the Ring
  10. Luke Wilson in The Royal Tenenbaums
  11. Teruyuki Kagawa in Devils on the Doorstep
  12. Justin Theroux in Mulholland Drive
  13. Tsutomu Yamazaki in Go
  14. Viggo Mortensen in The Fellowship of the Ring
  15. Ben Stiller in The Royal Tenenbaums
  16. Tony Shalhoub in The Man Who Wasn't There
  17. Mark Addy in A Knight's Tale 
  18. Héctor Benjamín Alterio in Son of the Bride
  19. Mark Pellegrino in Mulholland Drive
  20. Steve Buscemi in Ghost World 
  21. Timothy Spall in Intimacy
  22. Ed Harris in A Beautiful Mind
  23. Geoffrey Rush in Lantana
  24. Monty Montgomery in Mulholland Drive 
  25. Sean Astin in The Fellowship of the Ring
  26. Robbie Coltrane in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  27. Paul Bettany in A Beautiful Mind
  28. Clive Owen in Gosford Park
  29. Kenya Sawada in Devils on the Doorstep
  30. Ian McShane in Sexy Beast
  31. Christopher Lee in The Fellowship of the Ring
  32. Martin Landau in The Majestic 
  33. Ricky Jay in Heist
  34. Peter Boyle in Monster's Ball
  35. James Gandolfini in The Man Who Wasn't There
  36. Mickey Rourke in The Pledge
  37. Yuan Ding in Devils on the Doorstep
  38. Heath Ledger in Monster's Ball
  39. Jim Broadbent in Moulin Rouge!
  40. Danny DeVito in Heist 
  41. Zhijun Cong in Devils on the Doorstep
  42. Patrick Fischler in Mulholland Drive
  43. Richard Harris in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  44. Owen Wilson in The Royal Tenenbaums
  45. Delroy Lindo in Heist
  46. Federico Luppi in The Devil's Backbone 
  47. Alan Tudyk in A Knight's Tale
  48. Cast of Black Hawk Down
  49. Bill Murray in The Royal Tenenbaums
  50. Hugh Bonneville in Iris
  51. Jon Polito in The Man Who Wasn't There
  52. Andy Garcia in Ocean's Eleven
  53. John Lone in Rush Hour 2
  54. Holmes Osborne in Donnie Darko
  55. John Rhys-Davies in The Fellowship of the Ring
  56. Nick Stahl in In The Bedroom
  57. Peter Falk in Made
  58. William Hurt in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  59. James Whitmore in The Majestic
  60. Hugo Weaving in The Fellowship of the Ring
  61. Angelo Badalmenti in Mulholland Drive
  62. Alan Rickman in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  63. John Hurt in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  64. Patrick Swayze in Donnie Darko
  65. Kurt Russell in Vanilla Sky
  66. Gene Hackman in The Mexican
  67. Alan Bates in Gosford Park 
  68. Marlon Brando in The Score 
  69. Lindsay Honey in Last Resort
  70. Billy Boyd in The Fellowship of the Ring
  71. Noah Taylor in Vanilla Sky
  72. David Duchovny in Zoolander
  73. Mario Van Peebles in Ali 
  74. Sam Rockwell in Heist
  75. Seymour Cassel in The Royal Tenenbaums
  76. Eduardo Noriega in The Devil's Backbone
  77. Paul Reubens in Blow
  78. Moni Moshonov in Late Marriage
  79. Ed Harris in Enemy at the Gates
  80. Pete Postlethewaite in The Shipping News 
  81. James Gandolfini in The Last Castle
  82. Simon Cowell in No Man's Land
  83. Sam Rockwell in Made
  84. Richard Jenkins in The Man Who Wasn't There
  85. Brendan Gleeson in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  86. Christopher Plummer in A Beautiful Mind
  87. Scott Glenn in The Shipping News
  88. Will Ferrell in Zoolander
  89. Richard Griffiths in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  90. Tom Noonan in The Pledge
  91. Owen Wilson in Zoolander
  92. José Dumont in Behind the Sun 
  93. Cavan Kendall in Sexy Beast
  94. Carl Reiner in Ocean's Eleven
  95. Jason Lee in Vanilla's Sky
  96. Michael Gambon in Gosford Park
  97. Kumar Pallana in The Royal Tenenbaums
  98. Bob Balaban in Gosford Park
  99. Benecio Del Toro in The Pledge
  100. Michael Badalucco in The Man Who Wasn't There
  101. Don Cheadle in Swordfish
  102. Paul Blackthorne in Lagaan
  103. William Mapouther in In The Bedroom
  104. Christopher Walken in Joe Dirt
  105. Elliot Gould in Ocean's Eleven
  106. Danny Glover in The Royal Tenenbaums
  107. Stephen Dillane in The Spy Game
  108. Jon Voight in Zoolander
  109. Ron Silver in Ali
  110. Michael Jeter in Jurassic Park III
  111. Ian Hart in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  112. Ryan Phillipe in Gosford Park
  113. Jerry Stiller in Zoolander
  114. Orlando Bloom in The Fellowship of the Ring
  115. Bran Renfro in Ghost World
  116. Bernie Mac in Ocean's Eleven
  117. Bob Balaban in Ghost World
  118. J.K. Simmons in The Mexican
  119. Aaron Eckhart in The Pledge
  120. Tom Felton in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  121. William H. Macy in Jurassic Park III
  122. Steve Buscemi in Domestic Disturbance
  123. Eddie Murphy in Shrek
  124. Hayden Christensen in Life as A House
  125. Rupert Grint in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  126. Matt Damon in Ocean's Eleven
  127. Dominic Monaghan in The Fellowship of the Ring
  128. Don Cheadle in Ocean's Eleven
  129. Oded Fehr in The Mummy Returns
  130. Vince Vaughn in Domestic Disturbance
  131. Joseph Fiennes in Enemy At the Gates
  132. Mark Ruffalo in The Last Castle
  133. Sam Robards in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  134. Rufus Sewell in A Knight's Tale
  135. Jon Voight in Ali
  136. Arnold Vosloo in The Mummy Returns
  137. Jamie Foxx in Ali
  138. Iain Glen in Tomb Raider
  139. Richard Roxburgh in Moulin Rouge!
  140. Alessandro Nivola in Jurassic park III
  141. John Hannah in The Mummy Returns
  142. Trevor Morgan in Jurassic Park III
  143. Freddie Boath in The Mummy Returns
  144. John Leguizamo in Moulin Rouge!
Next Year: 1975 Supporting

9 comments:

Robert MacFarlane said...

1975 Supporting...

Robert Shaw in Jaws
Leon Vitali in Barry Lyndon
Richard Dreyfuss in Jaws
Richard O'Bien in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Henry Gibson in Nashville
Will Sampson in One flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Charles Durning in Dog Day Afternoon
John Cazale in Dog Day Afternoon

RatedRStar said...

Robert Shaw - Jaws
Charles Durning - Dog Day Afternoon
John Cazale - Dog Day Afternoon
Max Von Sydow - Three Days Of The Condor
Leon Vitali - Barry Lyndon

Michael Patison said...

For me, there are 4 givens:
John Cazale in Dog Day Afternoon
Charles Durning in Dog Day Afternoon
Robert Shaw in Jaws
Max von Sydow in Three Days of the Condor

As for the 5th, I could just be forgetting about one, but I don't have a solid one. Some possibilities might be:
Christopher Plummer in The Man Who Would Be King (I don't think this is anything special, especially because he's only in the film for a few minutes, but I'm really pressed for options)
Somebody from Nashville
Really no idea.

Michael Patison said...

Actually a good 5th option might be Brian Cox in In Celebration. You could also, of course, do somebody from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I would consider both Graham Chapman and John Cleese to be leads, so that leaves Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin as the main supporting cast members, and I just don't feel like any one of them gives any review-worthy work.
Also, I haven't seen Seven Beauties, but I know it'll count as 1975 for you, so if Fernando Rey is worth it that's an option too.

Robert MacFarlane said...

I highly recommend Leon Vitali's performance in Barry Lyndon, who manages to be just as sympathetic as he is pompous. Also, I second Michael's recommendation for the Python cast. Do a multi-part review with them.

Anonymous said...

Robert Shaw- Jaws
Charles Durning and John Cazale- Dog Day Afternoon
Henry Gibson in Nashville

Paoloduncan said...

My first 5 preferences
Robert Shaw - Jaws (My winner this year)
John Cazale in Dog Day Afternoon
Charles Durning in Dog Day Afternoon
Ugo Tognazzi - Amici Miei (My Friends)
Richard Benjamin - The Sunshine Boys

others
Max von Sydow - Three Days of the Condor
Henry Gibson - Nashville
Richard Dreyfuss - Jaws

Maciej said...

Robert Shaw - Jaws
John Cazale - Dog Day Afternoon
Charles Durning - Dog Day Afternoon
Will Sampson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Donald Sutherland - The Day of the Locust (he may be lead, he's very much on a borderline)

Lezlie said...

OMG Sean Bean won the whole year! :D
Hell yeah