Alternate Best Actor 1991: Results

5. River Phoenix in My Own Private Idaho- Phoenix gives a good performance even if it is somewhat muted by the film's direction and his co-star.

Best Scene:  Mike thinks about his mother.

4. Raul Julia in The Addams Family- Julia gives an entertaining enjoyable performance which shows that an actor can overplay and underplay a role.

Best Scene: The Mamushka.

3. Viggo Mortensen in The Indian Runner- Mortensen gives an effective intense performance that brings to life the unpredictable nature of his character.

Best Scene: Joe tries to convince Frank to turn his life around.

2. Val Kilmer in The Doors- Kilmer gives an excellent performance by becoming the role of Jim Morrison through his brief highs and his considerable downs.

Best Scene:  Any of Morrison's performances.

1. John Turturro in Barton Fink- Although Kilmer was great my favorite of year goes to John Turturro's portrayal of Barton Fink. Turturro leads through his incredible film in a brilliant fashion in both realizing his particular character but as well stands as an honest humane portrait of a normal man in this strange world as well.

Best Scene: The Life of the Mind.

Overall Rank:

1. John Turturro in Barton Fink
2. Val Kilmer in The Doors
3. Utpal Dutt in Agantuk
4. Viggo Mortensen in The Indian Runner
5. Gary Oldman in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
6. Raul Julia in The Addams Family  
7. Kevin Costner in JFK 
8. River Phoenix in Dogfight
9. James Woods in The Hard Way
10. Robby Benson in Beauty and the Beast
11. Hugo Weaving in Proof
12. Joe Mantegna in Homicide 
13. Michael J. Fox in The Hard Way
14. Alan Rickman in Closet Land
15. Albert Brooks in Defending Your Life
16. Denis Lavant in Lovers on the Bridge 
17. William Hurt in The Doctor
18. David Morse in The Indian Runner
19. River Phoenix in My Own Private Idaho 
20. Kevin Kline in Soapdish
21. Stellan Skarsgard in The Ox
22. Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2  
23. Dipankar Dey in The Stranger
    
24. Maury Chaykin in The Adjuster
25. Wesley Snipes in New Jack City
26. Jeff Bridges in The Fisher King
27. Peter Weller in Naked Lunch 
28. Christopher Eccleston in Let Him Have It 
29. Chang Chen in A Brighter Summer Day
    
30. Elias Koteas in The Adjuster
31. Christopher Lloyd in The Addams Family
32. Richard Dreyfuss in What About Bob  
33. Jeremy Irons in Kafka
34. Robert Duvall in Rambling Rose
35. Dominique Pinon in Delicatessen
36. Nick Nolte in Cape Fear
37. Steve Martin in L.A. Story
38. Leslie Nielsen in Naked Gun 2 1/2
39. Lukas Haas in Rambling Rose 
40. Ethan Hawke in White Fang
41. Keanu Reeves in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey
42. Alex Winter in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey
43. Steve Martin in Father of the Bride 
44. Robert Arkins in The Commitments 
45. Michel Piccoli in La Belle Noiseuse
46. Tim Roth in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
47. Kevin Kline in Grand Canyon 
48. Clive Owen in Close My Eyes
49. Kenneth Branagh in Dead Again
50. Billy Crystal in City Slickers  
51. Jason Patric in Rush
52. Al Pacino in Frankie And Johnny
53. Adrian Dunbar in Hear My Song
54. Harrison Ford in Regarding Henry
55. Woody Allen in Shadows and Fog
56. Bill Campbell in The Rocketeer 
57. Robin Williams in The Fisher King 
58. Jacques Dutronc in Van Gogh
59. Damon Wayans in The Last Boy Scout
60. Charlie Sheen in Hot Shots!
61. Bill Murray in What About Bob
62. Robin Williams in Hook 
63. Jean-Marc Barr in Europa
64. Mel Brook in Life Stinks
65. Bruce Willis in The Last Boy Scout
66. William Baldwin in Backdraft
67. Robert De Niro in Cape Fear
68. William Shatner in Star Trek VI
69. Edward Furlong in Terminator 2 
70. Keanu Reeves in My Own Private Idaho
71. Wesley Snipes in Jungle Fever  
72. Nick Nolte in The Prince of Tides
73. Steven Waddington in Edward II
74. Loren Dean in Billy Bathgate 
75. Jason Foster in The Man in the Moon
76. Christopher Lambert in Highlander II
77. Chevy Chase in Nothing But Trouble
78. Jim Varney in Ernest Scared Stupid 
79. Keanu Reeves in Point Break 
80. Ice-T in New Jack City 
81. Warren Beatty in Bugsy
82. Sylvester Stallone in Oscar 
83. James Caan in For the Boys
84. Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: The Prince of Thieves

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