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. Benoît 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