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

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