Alternate Best Actor 2003: Results

5. Tommy Wiseau in The Room- Wiseau gives a performance for the ages that is absolutely hilarious, unfortunately it was never meant to be.

4. Paul Giamatti in American Splendor- Giamatti gives an effective performance finding the humor and humanity underlying his grumpy character.

3. Peter Dinklage in The Station Agent- Dinklage gives a strong performance from humorous dead pan to slowly easing in a character transition.

2. Choi Min-sik in Oldboy- Min-sik gives a powerful intensely physical performance brilliantly depicting the insane changes of his character throughout the film.

1. Stephen Lang in Gods and Generals- I must settle for Lang this year as his performance moved me the most out of all the performances. He elevates his material magnificently giving a truly incredible portrayal of Stonewall Jackson.

Overall Rank:

1. Russell Crowe in Master and Commander
2. Choi Min-sik in Oldboy
3. Stephen Lang in Gods and Generals
4. Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa
5. Robert Duvall in Open Range
6. Kevin Bacon in Mystic River
7. Paul Bettany in Dogville
8. Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean 
9. Song Kang-ho in Memories of Murder 
10. Daniel Brühl in Goodbye, Lenin!
11. Peter Dinklage in The Station Agent
12. Paul Giamatti in American Splendor
13. John Turturro in Fear X 
14. Ewan McGregor in Big Fish  
15. Nicolas Cage in Matchstick Men
16. Luigi Lo Cascio in The Best of Youth  
17. Hayden Christensen in Shattered Glass 
18. John Malkovich in Ripley's Game
19. Takeshi Kitano in Zatoichi 
20. Campbell Scott in The Secret Lives of Dentists
21. Kim Sang-kyung in Memories of Murder
22. Mads Mikkelsen in The Green Butchers 
23. Alessio Boni in The Best of Youth
24. Kevin Costner in Open Range 
25. Colin Farrell in Phone Booth
26. Ivan Dobronravov in The Return
27. Tadanobu Asano in Last Life in the Universe
28. Jeff Daniels in Gods and Generals 
29. Robert Duvall in Secondhand Lions
30. Bill Murray in Lost in Translation
31. Philip Seymour Hoffman in Owning Mahowny
32. Jude Law in Cold Mountain
33. George Clooney in Intolerable Cruelty
34. Hayley Joel Osment in Secondhand Lions 
35. Paddy Considine in In America 
36. Albert Brooks in Finding Nemo
37. Hugh Jackman in X-2  
38. Michael Pitt in The Dreamers 
39. Ewan McGregor in Down With Love
40. Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai
41. William H. Macy in The Cooler
42. Johnny Depp in Once Upon a Time in Mexico
43. Crispin Glover in Willard
44. Tsunashima Gōtarō in Japanese Story
45. Tobey Maguire in Seabiscuit 
46. Orlando Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean
47. Shia Laboeuf in Holes
48. John Cusack in Identity
49. Jack Nicholson in Something's Gotta Give 
50. Will Farrell in Elf 
51. Rémy Girard in The Barbarian Invasions
52. Dougray Scott in Ripley's Game
53. John Cusack in Runaway Jury
54. Antonio Banderas in Once Upon a Time in Mexico
55. Owen Wilson in Shanghai Knights 
56. Dwayne Johnson in The Rundown
57. Jack Black in The School of Rock
58. Sean Penn in 21 Grams 
59. Luke Wilson in Old School 
60. Greg Kinnear in Stuck on You
61. Nikolaj Lie Kaas in The Green Butchers
62. Stéphane Rousseau in The Barbarian Invasions
63. Sean Penn in Mystic River 
64. Jeremy Sumpter in Peter Pan
65. Ben Kingsley in House of Sand and Fog
66. Ewan McGregor in Young Adam
67. Benicio Del Toro in 21 Grams
68. Aaron Eckhart in The Core
69. Jackie Chan in Shanghai Knights
70. Matt Damon in Stuck on You
71. Jack Nicholson in Anger Management 
72. Eric Bana in The Hulk 
73. Sean William Scott in The Rundown
74. Ben Affleck in Daredevil
75. Ben Affleck in Paycheck
76. Alex Frost in Elephant
77. Sean Connery in The League of Extraordinary Gentleman 
78. Rowan Atkinson in Johnny English
79. Adam Sandler in Anger Management
80. Tommy Wiseau in The Room

Next Year: 1957