Alternate Best Actor 1984: Results

5. Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop- Murphy is funny in his funny scene but quite lacking in his dramatic scenes.

Best Scene: Any one of his purely comic scenes. 

4. Steve Martin in All of Me- Martin gives an enjoyable performance as at first a straight man, than later very entertainingly as a man with another person sharing his body.

Best Scene: Edwina tries to act like a man when Roger falls asleep in court. 

3. Robert De Niro in Once Upon a Time in America- De Niro carries this epic by powerfully portraying both the violent youth, and the haunted age of a career criminal.

Best Scene: Noodles meets Secretary Bailey.

2. Philip Baker Hall in Secret Honor- Hall shows how one should portray Nixon in his effective performance that makes for an outstanding one man show.

Best Scene: The whole film since it is one long scene.

1. Harry Dean Stanton in Paris, Texas- Harry Dean Stanton gives a great subtle performance as a man trying to rebuild himself. It is a quiet but deeply moving performance that shows his abilities as an actor goes far beyond the usual small parts he is given.

Best Scene: Travis tells his story to his wife.

Overall Rank:

1. F. Murray Abraham in Amadeus
2. Harry Dean Stanton in Paris, Texas
3. Haing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields
4. Tom Hulce in Amadeus
5. John Hurt in The Hit
6. Philip Baker Hall in Secret Honor
7. John Hurt in 1984
8. Terence Stamp in The Hit
9. Mickey Rourke in The Pope of Greenwich Village
10. John Hurt in Champions
11. Robert De Niro in Once Upon a Time in America
12. John Lone in The Iceman
13. Bill Murray in Ghostbusters
14. Mel Gibson in Mrs. Soffel
15. Steve Martin in All of Me 
16. Tsutomu Yamazaki in The Funeral
17. Albert Finney in Under the Volcano 
18. Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom  
19. Sam Waterston in The Killing Fields
20. Matthew Modine in Birdy
    
21. Clint Eastwood in Tightrope 
22. Keith Carradine in Choose Me
23. John Lynch in Cal
24. Michael Douglas in Romancing the Stone
25. Christopher Guest in This is Spinal Tap 
26. Victor Banerjee in A Passage to India
27. Anthony Hopkins in The Bounty 
28. Jack Lemmon in Mass Appeal
29. Michael McKean in This is Spinal Tap 
30. Michael Palin in A Private Function
31. Sam Shepard in Country
32. Mel Gibson in The Bounty 
33. Ralph Macchio in The Karate Kid 
34. Francisco Rabal in Los Santos Innocentes 
    
35. Michael Biehn in The Terminator
36. Woody Allen in Broadway Danny Rose 
37. Dudley Moore in Micki & Maude
38. Matt Dillon in The Flamingo Kid 
39. Nicolas Cage in Birdy
    
40. Craig Wasson in Body Double
41. Ryan O'Neal in Irreconcilable Differences
42. Michel Piccoli in Dangerous Moves
43. John Lurie in Stranger Than Paradise 
44. John Cassavetes in Love Streams
45. Alexandre Arbatt in Dangerous Moves
46. Alfredo Landa in Los Santos Innocentes
47. Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator  
48. Emilio Estevez in Repo Man 
49. Patrick Swayze in Red Dawn 
50. Robert Redford in The Natural
51. Gregory Hines in The Cotton Club
52. Kevin Bacon in Footloose
53. Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop
54. Howard E. Rollins in A Soldier's Story
55. Timothy Hutton in The Iceman 
56. Lance Guest in The Last Starfigher 
57. William Shatner in Star Trek III  
58. Mel Gibson in The River
59. Christopher Lambert in Greystoke 
60. Zach Galligan in Gremlins  
61. Kyle MacLachlan in Dune
62. Noah Hathaway in The Neverending Story 
63. Zeljko Ivanek in Mass Appeal
64. Jeff Bridges in Star Man 
65. Eric Roberts in The Pope of Greenwich Village
66. Christopher Reeve in The Bostonians
67. Tom Hanks in Splash
68. Richard Gere in The Cotton Club
69. Barret Oliver in The Neverending Story
70. Steven Guttenberg in Police Academy 
71. Anthony Perkins in Crimes of Passion
72. John Laughlin in Crimes of Passion

Next Year: 1960