Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2003: Results

5. Albert Finney in Big Fish- Finney gives a fairly simplistic performance, but appropriately so. He fills his role with the right charm and warmth necessary.

4. Peter Sarsgaard in Shattered Glass-Sarsgaard gives an understated and effective performance in his depiction of a editor who slowly sees his popular writer for the liar he is.

3. Kevin Bacon in Mystic River- This was the battle of the subtle, and understated really. I must say that this is most certainly a toss up, really I hate to put Sargaard fourth but I don't really feel him as fourth. I really liked all four equally and I basically just had to pick one. Bacon is my choice at the moment giving a moving performance, that is again very understated, that finds a way to give the best performance of his film.

2. Paul Bettany in Master and Commander- Bettany another good understated performance this year as a quiet source of reason and warmth on a war ship.

1. Sean Astin- The Return of The King- Astin capitalizes on his work from the previous film fully realizes his character with a powerful passion.

Overall Rank:

1. Sean Astin in The Return of the King
2. Yoo Ji-tae in Oldboy
3. Paul Bettany in Master and Commander
4. Kiefer Sutherland in Phone Booth
5. James Caan in Dogville
6. Peter Sarsgaard in Shattered Glass
7. Bernie Mac in Bad Santa 
8. Jason Isaacs in Peter Pan
9. Ian McKellen in The Return of the King
10. Anthony Wong in Infernal Affairs II
11. Billy Crudup in Big Fish  
12. Park Hae-il in Memories of Murder
13. Viggo Mortensen in The Return of the King
14. Albert Finney in Big Fish
15. Sonny Chiba in Kill Bill Vol 1  
16. Bobby Cannavale in The Station Agent
17. John Ritter in Bad Santa
18. Bernard Hill in The Return of the King 
19. Eric Tsang in Infernal Affairs II
20. Dennis Leary in The Secret Life of Dentists
21. Robert Duvall in Gods and Generals 
22. Laurence Fishburne in Mystic River 
23. Lee Ingleby in Master and Commander
24. Brian Cox in X2
25. Stellan Skarsgaard in Dogville
26. Geoffrey Rush in The Curse of the Black Pearl
27. Sam Rockwell in Matchstick Men
28. Ben Gazzara in Dogville
29. Bill Nighy in Love Actually 
30. Elijah Wood in The Return of the King
31. Ruben Blades in Once Upon a Time In Mexico
32. Brendan Gleeson in Cold Mountain 
33. Max Pirkis in Master and Commander
34. Alan Cumming in X2 
35. Forest Whittaker in Phone Booth
36. Burghart Klaussner in Goodbye, Lenin!
37. Cillian Murphy in Cold Mountain 
38. Ken Watanabe in The Last Samurai 
39. Ethan Suplee in Cold Mountain
40. Kevin Conway in Gods and Generals 
41. Francis Ng in Infernal Affairs II
42. James Caan in Elf 
43. Willem Dafoe in Finding Nemo
44. Florian Lukas in Goodbye, Lenin!
45. Christopher Lee in The Return of the King
46. Chris Cooper in Seabiscuit  
47. Bob Newhart in Elf
48. Andy Serkis in The Return of the King
49. Michael Parks in Kill Bill Vol. 1 
50. Tony Cox in Bad Santa
51. Konstantin Lavroneko in The Return
52. James D'Arcy in Master and Commander
53. Michael McKean in A Mighty Wind
54. Christopher Guest in A Mighty Wind
55. Harry Shearer in A Mighty Wind
56. Tim Robbins in Mystic River
57. Billy Boyd in Return of the King 
58. David Hyde Pierce in Down with Love
59. Fred Willard in A Mighty Wind
60. Ian McKellen in X2
61. Jeff Bridges in Seabiscuit
62. Gene Hackman in Runaway Jury
63. Patrick Stewart in X2 
64. Ray Liotta in Identity 
65. Ray Winstone in Ripley's Game
66. Liam Neeson in Love Actually
67. Mickey Rourke in Once Upon a Time in Mexico
68. William H. Macy in Seabiscuit 
69. John Hawkes in Identity
70. Dustin Hoffman in Runaway Jury
71. Peter Dinklage in Elf 
72. Alfred Molina in Identity
73. Max Benitz in Master and Commander 
74. Vladimir Garin in The Return
75. Tom Guiry in Mystic River
76. Michael Caine in Secondhand Lions 
77. Peter Mullan in Young Adam
78. Hank Azaria in Shattered Glass
79. Judah Friedlander in American Splendor
80. David Wenham in The Return of the King 
81. Philip Seymour Hoffman in Cold Mountain 
82. Alan Rickman in Love Actually 
83. Steve Buscemi in Big Fish
84. Richard Briers in Peter Pan
85. Charles Dance in Swimming Pool
86. John Hurt in Owning Mahowny
87. Dan Janjigian in The Room
88. No-shik Park in Memories of Murder
89. John Rhys Davies in The Return of the King
90. Roe-ha Kim in Memories of Murder
91. Christopher Walken in The Rundown 
92. Hugo Weaving in The Return of the King
93. Eugene Levy in A Mighty Wind
94. Oliver Platt in Pieces of April
95. Orlando Bloom in The Return of the King
96. Dominic Monaghan in The Return of the King
97. Alec Baldwin in The Cooler
98. Aidan Gillen in Shanghai Knights
99. Billy Bob Thornton in Intolerable Cruelty
100. Donnie Yen in Shanghai Knights
101. Derek Luke in Pieces of April
102. Colin Firth in The Girl With The Pearl Earring
103. Hugh Grant in Love Actually 
104. Tom Wilkinson in The Girl With the Pearl Earring
105. Colin Firth in Love Actually
106. Danny DeVito in Big Fish 
107. Cillian Murphy in The Girl With The Peal Earring
108. Geoffrey Rush in Intolerable Cruelty
109. Bruce McGill in Matchstick Men
110. Willem Dafoe in Once Upon A Time in Mexico 
111. R. Lee Ermey in Willard
112. Michael Gambon in Open Range
113. Paul Adelstein in Intolerable Cruelty
114. Aaron Stanford in X-2
115. Djimon Honsou in In America 
116. Shawn Ashmore in X-2 
117. Bret Loehr in Identity
118. John Noble in The Return of the King  
119. Shawn Yue in Infernal Affairs II 
120. Edison Chen in Infernal Affairs II
121. Kyle Vogt in The Room
122. Greg Sestero in The Room
123. Ron Eldard in House of Sand and Fog
124. Scott Holmes in The Room
125. Philip Haldiman in The Room

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