Alternate Best Actor 1988: Results

5. Forest Whitaker in Bird- Whitaker gives a performance that combines the charm and pain of his character well.

Best Scene: Bird's death. 

4. William Hurt in The Accidental Tourist- Hurt is very strong here by realizing his character's depression while still giving a charming and sometimes humorous performance.

Best Scene:  Macon chooses Muriel.

3. John Malkovich in Danger Liaisons- Malkovich takes an unorthodox but effective approach to his womanizer character by stressing the mechanics of the man's method.

Best Scene:  Valmont tries to reject Madame de Tourvel.

2. Bob Hoskins in Who Framed Roger Rabbit- Hoskins is terrific in the lead of this film interacting perfectly with the strange cartoon characters throughout the film as well giving an entertaining and sometimes powerful performance entirely on its own as well.

Best Scene:  Eddie tells Roger what happened to his brother.

1. Jeremy Irons in Dead Ringers- Good Prediction Michael Patison, Mark, and Maciej. Well it should be no surprise to anyone that Jeremy Irons wins this year. Although I liked all these performances Irons stands far and above as the best. He is simply incredible in his portrayal of the twins of his film and their interconnected world. Irons here not only gives one but two great characterizations here finding the subtitles that differentiate the two perfectly as well as creating a fascinating connection between them.

Best Scene:  Beverly and Elliot finally separate.

Overall Rank:

1. Jeremy Irons in Dead Ringers
2. Klaus Maria Brandauer in Hanussen
3. John Neville in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 
4. Willem Dafoe in The Last Temptation of Christ
5. Bob Hoskins in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
6. Eric Bogosian in Talk Radio
7. Bill Murray in Scrooged
8. Charles Grodin in Midnight Run
9. Robert De Niro in Midnight Run 
10. John Malkovich in Dangerous Liaisons
11. William Hurt in The Accidental Tourist
12. Gene Hackman in Mississippi Burning 
13. Michael Keaton in Clean and Sober
14. Bruce Willis in Die Hard  
15. Keith Carradine in The Moderns 
16. James Woods in Cop
17. Joe Mantegna in Things Change
18. Steve Martin in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
19. Michael Caine in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 
20. Harrison Ford in Frantic
21. Robert Duvall in Colors
22. Daniel Day-Lewis in The Unbearable Lightness of Being  
23. Don Ameche in Things Change
24. Michael J. Fox in Bright Lights Big City
25. Forest Whitaker in Bird 
26. John Cleese in A Fish Called Wanda 
27. Jeff Bridges in Tucker A Man and His Dream
28. River Phoenix in Running on Empty 
29. Mel Gibson in Tequila Sunrise  
30. Isaach de Bankolé in Chocolat
31. Leslie Nielsen in Naked Gun 
32. Tom Cruise in Rain Man 
33. Harvey Fierstein in Torch Song Trilogy
34. James Woods in The Boost
35. Sam Neill in A Cry in the Dark
36. Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu in The Vanishing
37. Eddie Murphy in Coming to America
38. Edward James Olmos in Stand and Deliver
39. Kevin Costner in Bull Durham
40. Gene Bervoets in The Vanishing
41. Andy Lau in As Tears Go By
42. Sean Penn in Colors 
43. Sidney Poitier in Shoot to Kill
44. Tom Hanks in Big
45. Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man
46. Tom Berenger in Shoot to Kill 
47. Kurt Russell in Tequila Sunrise
48. Ray Liotta in Dominick and Eugene
49. Alec Baldwin in Beetlejuice
50. Warwick Davis in Willow
51. Emilio Estevez in Young Guns
52. Richard Dreyfuss in Moon Over Parador  
53. Francois Cluzet in Chocolat
54. Tom Hulce in Dominick and Eugene 
55. Navin Chowdry in Madame Sousatzka
56. Chris Sarandon in Child's Play 
57. Sylvester Stallone in Rambo III
58. Matthew Modine in Married to the Mob
59. Roddy Piper in They Live
60. Clint Eastwood in The Dead Pool
61. Brad Dourif in Child's Play
62. Jim Varney in Ernest Saves Christmas
63. Alex Vincent in Child's Play

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