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. Alan Cumming in Josie and The Pussycats
8. Paul Bettany in A Knight's Tale
9. James Gandolfini in The Mexican
10. Ian Holm in The Fellowship of the Ring
11. Luke Wilson in The Royal Tenenbaums
12. Teruyuki Kagawa in Devils on the Doorstep
    
13. Justin Theroux in Mulholland Drive
14. Tsutomu Yamazaki in Go
15. Viggo Mortensen in The Fellowship of the Ring
16. Ben Stiller in The Royal Tenenbaums
17. Tony Shalhoub in The Man Who Wasn't There
18. Mark Addy in A Knight's Tale 
19. Héctor Benjamín Alterio in Son of the Bride
20. Mark Pellegrino in Mulholland Drive
21. Steve Buscemi in Ghost World 
22. Timothy Spall in Intimacy
23. Ed Harris in A Beautiful Mind
24. Geoffrey Rush in Lantana
25. Monty Montgomery in Mulholland Drive 
26. Sean Astin in The Fellowship of the Ring
27. Robbie Coltrane in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
28. Paul Bettany in A Beautiful Mind
29. Clive Owen in Gosford Park
30. Kenya Sawada in Devils on the Doorstep
    
31. Ian McShane in Sexy Beast
32. Christopher Lee in The Fellowship of the Ring
33. Martin Landau in The Majestic 
34. Ricky Jay in Heist
35. Peter Boyle in Monster's Ball
36. James Gandolfini in The Man Who Wasn't There
37. Mickey Rourke in The Pledge
38. Yuan Ding in Devils on the Doorstep
    
39. Heath Ledger in Monster's Ball
40. Jim Broadbent in Moulin Rouge!
41. Danny DeVito in Heist 
42. Zhijun Cong in Devils on the Doorstep
    
43. Patrick Fischler in Mulholland Drive
44. Richard Harris in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
45. Owen Wilson in The Royal Tenenbaums
46. Delroy Lindo in Heist
47. Federico Luppi in The Devil's Backbone 
48. Alan Tudyk in A Knight's Tale
49. Aries Spears in Josie and the Pussycats
50. Cast of Black Hawk Down
51. Bill Murray in The Royal Tenenbaums
52. Hugh Bonneville in Iris
53. Jon Polito in The Man Who Wasn't There
54. Andy Garcia in Ocean's Eleven
55. John Lone in Rush Hour 2
56. Holmes Osborne in Donnie Darko
57. John Rhys-Davies in The Fellowship of the Ring
58. Nick Stahl in In The Bedroom
59. Carson Daly in Josie and the Pussycats
60. Peter Falk in Made
61. William Hurt in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
62. James Whitmore in The Majestic
63. Hugo Weaving in The Fellowship of the Ring
64. Angelo Badalmenti in Mulholland Drive
65. Alan Rickman in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
66. John Hurt in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
67. Patrick Swayze in Donnie Darko
68. Kurt Russell in Vanilla Sky
69. Gene Hackman in The Mexican
70. Alan Bates in Gosford Park 
71. Marlon Brando in The Score 
72. Lindsay Honey in Last Resort
    
73. Seth Green in Josie and the Pussycays
74. Breckin Meyer in Josie and the Pussycats
75. Donald Faison in Josie and the Pussycats
76. Billy Boyd in The Fellowship of the Ring
77. Noah Taylor in Vanilla Sky
78. David Duchovny in Zoolander
79. Mario Van Peebles in Ali 
80. Sam Rockwell in Heist
81. Seymour Cassel in The Royal Tenenbaums
82. Eduardo Noriega in The Devil's Backbone
83. Paul Reubens in Blow
84. Moni Moshonov in Late Marriage
85. Ed Harris in Enemy at the Gates
86. Pete Postlethewaite in The Shipping News 
87. James Gandolfini in The Last Castle
88. Simon Cowell in No Man's Land
89. Sam Rockwell in Made
90. Richard Jenkins in The Man Who Wasn't There
91. Brendan Gleeson in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
92. Christopher Plummer in A Beautiful Mind
93. Scott Glenn in The Shipping News
94. Will Ferrell in Zoolander
95. Richard Griffiths in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
96. Tom Noonan in The Pledge
97. Owen Wilson in Zoolander
98. José Dumont in Behind the Sun 
99. Cavan Kendall in Sexy Beast
100. Carl Reiner in Ocean's Eleven
101. Jason Lee in Vanilla's Sky
102. Michael Gambon in Gosford Park
103. Kumar Pallana in The Royal Tenenbaums
104. Bob Balaban in Gosford Park
105. Benecio Del Toro in The Pledge
106. Michael Badalucco in The Man Who Wasn't There
107. Gabriel Mann in Josie and the Pussycats
108. Don Cheadle in Swordfish
109. Paul Blackthorne in Lagaan
110. William Mapouther in In The Bedroom
111. Christopher Walken in Joe Dirt
112. Elliot Gould in Ocean's Eleven
113. Danny Glover in The Royal Tenenbaums
114. Stephen Dillane in The Spy Game
115. Jon Voight in Zoolander
116. Ron Silver in Ali
117. Michael Jeter in Jurassic Park III
118. Ian Hart in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
119. Ryan Phillipe in Gosford Park
120. Jerry Stiller in Zoolander
121. Orlando Bloom in The Fellowship of the Ring
122. Bran Renfro in Ghost World
123. Bernie Mac in Ocean's Eleven
124. Bob Balaban in Ghost World
125. J.K. Simmons in The Mexican
126. Aaron Eckhart in The Pledge
127. Tom Felton in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
128. William H. Macy in Jurassic Park III
129. Steve Buscemi in Domestic Disturbance
130. Eddie Murphy in Shrek
131. Cuba Gooding Jr. in Pearl Harbor
132. Hayden Christensen in Life as A House
133. Rupert Grint in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
134. Matt Damon in Ocean's Eleven
135. Dominic Monaghan in The Fellowship of the Ring
136. Don Cheadle in Ocean's Eleven
137. Oded Fehr in The Mummy Returns
138. Vince Vaughn in Domestic Disturbance
139. Joseph Fiennes in Enemy At the Gates
140. Mark Ruffalo in The Last Castle
141. Paulo Costanzo in Josie and The Pussycats
142. Alec Baldwin in Pearl Harbor
143. Sam Robards in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
144. Rufus Sewell in A Knight's Tale
145. Jon Voight in Ali
146. Arnold Vosloo in The Mummy Returns
147. Jamie Foxx in Ali
148. Jon Voight in Pearl Harbor
149. Iain Glen in Tomb Raider
150. Richard Roxburgh in Moulin Rouge!
151. Alessandro Nivola in Jurassic park III
152. John Hannah in The Mummy Returns
153. Trevor Morgan in Jurassic Park III
154. Freddie Boath in The Mummy Returns
155. John Leguizamo in Moulin Rouge!

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