Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2008: Results

5. Eddie Marsan in Happy-Go-Lucky- Marsan a good supporting performance through the film, and even helps Hawkins's performance come alive more in their scenes through the extreme differences of their characters.

4. Aaron Eckhart in The Dark Knight- I would not quite put his performance quite up there with Ledger and Oldman, but on his own he creates his character's journey effectively and gives a strong performance throughout the film.

3. Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading- This is a great performance from Pitt, and  it could not be a better comedic portrayal of an idiot.

2. Gary Oldman in The Dark Knight- Oldman gives a moving performance making Commissioner Gordon a truly three dimensional character.

1. Ralph Fiennes in In Bruges- Good Predictions Lezlie and Michael Patison, feel free to name a year and a performance. Fiennes easily wins this year, and I must say I really did consider giving him the overall. I love every aspect of this performance every one of his scenes are amazing as he is both an imposing villain but as well an always hilarious character.

Overall Rank:

1. Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
2. Ralph Fiennes in In Bruges
3. Lee Byung-hun in The Good the Bad The Weird
4. Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
5. Jason Butler Harner in Changeling 
6. Gary Oldman in The Dark Knight
7. Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading
8. Tsutomu Yamazaki in Departures 
9. Josh Brolin in Milk
10. Tom Noonan in Synecdoche, New York
11. Mathieu Amalric in A Christmas Tale
12. Aaron Eckhart in The Dark Knight
13. Yoshio Harada in Still Walking
    
14. Richard Jenkins in Step Brothers
15. Liev Schrieber in Defiance  
16. Peter O'Toole in Dean Spanley
17. Eddie Marsan in Happy-Go-Lucky
18. Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder 
19. Damian Lews in The Escapist
20. Richard Dreyfuss in W.
21. John Malkovich in Burn After Reading
22. Sam Neill in Dean Spanley
23. Andreas Lust in Revanche
24. Liam Cunningham in Hunger
25. Anthony Mackie in The Hurt Locker 
26. Takeshi Kaneshiro in Red Cliff Part I 
27. James Cromwell in W.
28. Viggo Mortensen in Appaloosa 
29. Matthew McConaughey in Tropic Thunder 
30. Frederic Lau in The Wave
31. Richard Jenkins in Burn After Reading 
32. Jean-Paul Roussillon in A Christmas Tale
33. Jesper Christensen in Everlasting Moments
34. Mark Strong in RocknRolla
35. Jeff Bridges in Iron Man  
36. Ralph Fiennes in The Duchess 
37. Giancarlo Giannini in Quantum of Solace  
38. Dennis Hopper in Elegy
39. Christopher Evan Welch in Synecdoche, New York 
40. Mark Rylance in The Other Boleyn Girl
41. Hans Zilcher in Flame and Citron 
42. Moni Moshonov in Two Lovers
43. Gerard Depardieu in Mesrine: Killer Instinct
44. Christian Berkel in Flame and Citron
45. Per Ragnar in Let the Right One In
46. J.K. Simmons in Burn After Reading  
47. Alan Alda in Nothing But the Truth
48. Peter Dinklage in Prince Caspian 
49. Kevin Bacon in Frost/Nixon
50. Ben Kingsley in Transsiberian
51. Saul Rubinek in Julia
52. Scott Glenn in W.
53. Walter Dalton in Wendy and Lucy
54. Anil Kapoor in Slumdog Millionaire 
55. Eric Godon in In Bruges
56. Mark Strong in Body of Lies 
57. Ulrich Tukur in Seraphine
58. Liam Cunningham in The Escapist
59. Bill Irwin in Rachel Getting Married 
60. Liu Kai-chi in Beast Stalker
61. Tom Hardy in Rocknrolla
62. Doug Jones in Hellboy 2
63. Jeremie Renier in Lorna's Silence
64. Dustin Hoffman in Kung Fu Panda
65. Rip Torn in Turn the River
66. Jordan Prentice in In Bruges
67. Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road
68. Jeremie Renier in In Bruges
69. Matt Dillon in Nothing But the Truth 
70. Moritz Bleibtreu in The Baader Meinhof Complex
71. Mathieu Amalric in Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1
72. Adam Scott in Step Brothers
73. Michael Caine in The Dark Knight
74. Nick Nolte in Tropic Thunder
75. Morgan Freeman in The Dark Knight 
76. Chin Han in The Dark Knight
77. Ralph Fiennes in The Reader 
78. Shohei Tanaka in Still Walking
    
79. Jeffrey Wright in Quantum of Solace
80. Russell Crowe in Body of Lies
81. Haaz Sleiman in The Visitor 
82. Zhang Fengyi in Red Cliff Part I
83. Brian Geraghty in The Hurt Locker 
84. Hannes Thanheiser in Revanche
85. Jamie Bell in Defiance 
86. Eric Roberts in The Dark Knight
87. Tom Noonan in Snow Angels
88. Ian McShane in Kung Fu Panda 
89. Willem Dafoe in Adam Resurrected  
90. Danny Mcbride in The Pineapple Express
91. William Hurt in The Incredible Hulk
92. Warwick Davis in Prince Caspian
93. Melvil Poupaud in A Christmas Tale
94. Jay Baruchel in Tropic Thunder 
95. Jeffrey Wright in W. 
96. Tom Wilkinson in RocknRolla
97. David Harbour in Revolutionary Road 
98. Danny Mcbride in Tropic Thunder
99. Griffin Dunne in Snow Angels
100. Laurent Capelluto in A Christmas Tale
101. James Franco in Milk
102. Toby Jones in W.
103. Tim Roth in The Incredible Hulk 
104. Idris Elba in RocknRolla
105. Max Riemelt in The Wave
106. Paul Rudd in Forgetting Sarah Marshall
107. Sam Rockwell in Frost/Nixon 
108. Toby Kebbell in RocknRolla
109. John Malkovich in Changeling 
110. Eduardo Noriega in Transsiberian
111. Oliver Platt in Frost/Nixon 
112. Terence Stamp in Wanted
113. Mathieu Amalric in Quantum of Solace
114. Jeremy Irons in Appaloosa   
115. Greg Kinnear in Ghost Town 
116. Peter Sarsgaard in Elegy
117. Russell Brand in Forgetting Sarah Marshall 
118. Morgan Freeman in Wanted
119. Terrence Howard in Iron Man 
120. Tim Allen in Redbelt
121. Brandon T. Jackson in Tropic Thunder
122. Emile Hirsch in Milk  
123. David Thewlis in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
124. Ricky Jay in Redbelt
125. Jack Black in Tropic Thunder 
126. Brad William Henke in Choke 
127. John Leguizamo in The Happening  
128. Gerard Butler in RocknRolla
129. Joseph Fiennes in The Escapist 
130. William Fichtner in The Pineapple Express
131. Samuel L. Jackson in Spirit
132. Eric Bana in The Other Boleyn Girl
133. Joe Mantegna in Redbelt
134. Rupert Friend in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
135. Clark Gregg in Choke 
136. Ray Winstone in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
137. Chris Messina in Vicky Christina Barcelona
138. John Hurt in  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 
139. Diego Luna in Milk
140. Jeffrey Donovan in Changeling 
141. Bee Vang in Gran Torino
142. Shia Laboeuf in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
143. Jack O'Connell in Eden Lake
144. Jeremy Strong in The Happening
145. Frank Collison in The Happening

Next Year: 1985 Supporting