Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2001: Results

5. Steve Buscemi in Ghost World- This is an entirely solid performance by Steve Buscemi, but for me it is just that.

4. Viggo Mortensen in The Fellowship of the Ring- Mortensen gives a strong performance balancing well both the strength and underlying weakness in his character. He never becomes the highlight of any of the individual films, but his Aragorn is a highlight of the trilogy as a whole.

3. Brian Cox in L.I.E- Brian Cox plays a very risky role to say the least and Cox maybe plays it too well being a complete creep, but still a charming and very down to earth sort of creep.

2. Jude Law in A.I. Artificial Intelligence- Law is very effective here being quite artificial in his showman's manner. but still having a decent amount of humanity that brings out in his character's warmth and wisdom.

1. Sean Bean in The Fellowship of the Ring- When I watched this film for the first time over ten years ago Bean probably would not have been the first actor I would have mentioned when speaking about the strengths of the film. It was not that I did not like him, I liked him but I took what he did in the role for granted. Bean goes beyond his call of duty here in his portrayal of Boromir who could have easily just been a prideful dupe. Instead he brings a great deal of honest emotion to the role and turns Boromir's folly into the tragic portrait of a patriotic career soldier whose emotions slowly overwhelm and get the best of him.

Overall Rank:

1. Anthony Hopkins in Hearts in Atlantis 
2. Ian McKellen in The Fellowship of the Ring
3. Sean Bean in The Fellowship of the Ring
4. Jude Law in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
5. Brian Cox in L.I.E.
6. Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast
7. Paul Bettany in A Knight's Tale
8. James Gandolfini in The Mexican
9. Ian Holm in The Fellowship of the Ring
10. Luke Wilson in The Royal Tenenbaums
11. Teruyuki Kagawa in Devils on the Doorstep
    
12. Justin Theroux in Mulholland Drive
13. Tsutomu Yamazaki in Go
14. Viggo Mortensen in The Fellowship of the Ring
15. Ben Stiller in The Royal Tenenbaums
16. Tony Shalhoub in The Man Who Wasn't There
17. Mark Addy in A Knight's Tale 
18. Héctor Benjamín Alterio in Son of the Bride
19. Mark Pellegrino in Mulholland Drive
20. Steve Buscemi in Ghost World 
21. Timothy Spall in Intimacy
22. Ed Harris in A Beautiful Mind
23. Geoffrey Rush in Lantana
24. Monty Montgomery in Mulholland Drive 
25. Sean Astin in The Fellowship of the Ring
26. Robbie Coltrane in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
27. Paul Bettany in A Beautiful Mind
28. Clive Owen in Gosford Park
29. Kenya Sawada in Devils on the Doorstep
    
30. Ian McShane in Sexy Beast
31. Christopher Lee in The Fellowship of the Ring
32. Martin Landau in The Majestic 
33. Ricky Jay in Heist
34. Peter Boyle in Monster's Ball
35. James Gandolfini in The Man Who Wasn't There
36. Mickey Rourke in The Pledge
37. Yuan Ding in Devils on the Doorstep
    
38. Heath Ledger in Monster's Ball
39. Jim Broadbent in Moulin Rouge!
40. Danny DeVito in Heist 
41. Zhijun Cong in Devils on the Doorstep
    
42. Patrick Fischler in Mulholland Drive
43. Richard Harris in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
44. Owen Wilson in The Royal Tenenbaums
45. Delroy Lindo in Heist
46. Federico Luppi in The Devil's Backbone 
47. Alan Tudyk in A Knight's Tale
48. Cast of Black Hawk Down
49. Bill Murray in The Royal Tenenbaums
50. Hugh Bonneville in Iris
51. Jon Polito in The Man Who Wasn't There
52. Andy Garcia in Ocean's Eleven
53. John Lone in Rush Hour 2
54. Holmes Osborne in Donnie Darko
55. John Rhys-Davies in The Fellowship of the Ring
56. Nick Stahl in In The Bedroom
57. Peter Falk in Made
58. William Hurt in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
59. James Whitmore in The Majestic
60. Hugo Weaving in The Fellowship of the Ring
61. Angelo Badalmenti in Mulholland Drive
62. Alan Rickman in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
63. John Hurt in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
64. Patrick Swayze in Donnie Darko
65. Kurt Russell in Vanilla Sky
66. Gene Hackman in The Mexican
67. Alan Bates in Gosford Park 
68. Marlon Brando in The Score 
69. Lindsay Honey in Last Resort
    
70. Billy Boyd in The Fellowship of the Ring
71. Noah Taylor in Vanilla Sky
72. David Duchovny in Zoolander
73. Mario Van Peebles in Ali 
74. Sam Rockwell in Heist
75. Seymour Cassel in The Royal Tenenbaums
76. Eduardo Noriega in The Devil's Backbone
77. Paul Reubens in Blow
78. Moni Moshonov in Late Marriage
79. Ed Harris in Enemy at the Gates
80. Pete Postlethewaite in The Shipping News 
81. James Gandolfini in The Last Castle
82. Simon Cowell in No Man's Land
83. Sam Rockwell in Made
84. Richard Jenkins in The Man Who Wasn't There
85. Brendan Gleeson in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
86. Christopher Plummer in A Beautiful Mind
87. Scott Glenn in The Shipping News
88. Will Ferrell in Zoolander
89. Richard Griffiths in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
90. Tom Noonan in The Pledge
91. Owen Wilson in Zoolander
92. José Dumont in Behind the Sun 
93. Cavan Kendall in Sexy Beast
94. Carl Reiner in Ocean's Eleven
95. Jason Lee in Vanilla's Sky
96. Michael Gambon in Gosford Park
97. Kumar Pallana in The Royal Tenenbaums
98. Bob Balaban in Gosford Park
99. Benecio Del Toro in The Pledge
100. Michael Badalucco in The Man Who Wasn't There
101. Don Cheadle in Swordfish
102. Paul Blackthorne in Lagaan
103. William Mapouther in In The Bedroom
104. Christopher Walken in Joe Dirt
105. Elliot Gould in Ocean's Eleven
106. Danny Glover in The Royal Tenenbaums
107. Stephen Dillane in The Spy Game
108. Jon Voight in Zoolander
109. Ron Silver in Ali
110. Michael Jeter in Jurassic Park III
111. Ian Hart in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
112. Ryan Phillipe in Gosford Park
113. Jerry Stiller in Zoolander
114. Orlando Bloom in The Fellowship of the Ring
115. Bran Renfro in Ghost World
116. Bernie Mac in Ocean's Eleven
117. Bob Balaban in Ghost World
118. J.K. Simmons in The Mexican
119. Aaron Eckhart in The Pledge
120. Tom Felton in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
121. William H. Macy in Jurassic Park III
122. Steve Buscemi in Domestic Disturbance
123. Eddie Murphy in Shrek
124. Hayden Christensen in Life as A House
125. Rupert Grint in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
126. Matt Damon in Ocean's Eleven
127. Dominic Monaghan in The Fellowship of the Ring
128. Don Cheadle in Ocean's Eleven
129. Oded Fehr in The Mummy Returns
130. Vince Vaughn in Domestic Disturbance
131. Joseph Fiennes in Enemy At the Gates
132. Mark Ruffalo in The Last Castle
133. Sam Robards in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
134. Rufus Sewell in A Knight's Tale
135. Jon Voight in Ali
136. Arnold Vosloo in The Mummy Returns
137. Jamie Foxx in Ali
138. Iain Glen in Tomb Raider
139. Richard Roxburgh in Moulin Rouge!
140. Alessandro Nivola in Jurassic park III
141. John Hannah in The Mummy Returns
142. Trevor Morgan in Jurassic Park III
143. Freddie Boath in The Mummy Returns
144. John Leguizamo in Moulin Rouge!

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