Alternate Best Actor 1994: Results

5. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai in Chungking Express- Tony Leung gives a nice charming performance even if it is fairly simplistic.

Best Scene The Cop reveals he has bought the snack shop.

4. Ralph Fiennes in Quiz Show- Fiennes gives a strong performance showing both the man performing to become a media sensation, but as well the very well real man whose fairly reasonable desires suck him into creating the false image of himself.

Best Scene: Charles Van Doren confesses to his father.

3. Johnny Depp in Ed Wood-Depp gives a very good performance by creating a genuine character who always stays optimistic no matter how bad he is at his true passion.

Best Scene: Ed talks Bela out of suicide. 

2. Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption- Robbins gives a great performance where he works with the film to create some truly beautiful scenes throughout.

Best Scene: Andy tells Red how he "killed" his wife.

1. Gary Oldman in Immortal Beloved- This one was difficult for me to choose this is one where I won't say this is necessarily final Robbins who is great in a great film, Oldman is a my winner who is great in a sometimes problematic film. Oldman overcomes his film's problems creating a fascinating portrait of Ludvig Van Beethoven, and he manages to be compelling even when the film itself falters.

Best Scene: Beethoven on his death bed. 

Overall Rank:

1. Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption
2. Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction  
3. Gary Oldman in Immortal Beloved
4. Ben Kingsley in Death and the Maiden
5. Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption
6. Nigel Hawthorne in The Madness of King George
7. Xia Yu in In The Heat of the Sun
   
8. Johnny Depp in Ed Wood
9. Ralph Fiennes in Quiz Show
10. Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber  
11. Temuera Morrison in Once Were Warriors
12. Gerard Depardieu in A Pure Formality
    
13. John Travolta in Pulp Fiction
14. Takeshi Kaneshiro in Chungking Express 
15. Tom Cruise in Interview With the Vampire 
16. Bruce Greenwood in Exotica
17. Paul Newman in Nobody's Fool 
18. Terence Stamp in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
19. Jean Reno in Leon: The Professional 
20. Roman Polanski in A Pure Formality 
21. Christopher Eccleston in Shallow Grave
    
22. Elias Koteas in Exotica
23. Albert Finney in The Browning Version
    
24. David Strathairn in The River Wild
    
25. Zbigniew Zamachoswki in Three Colours: White
    
26. Tony Leung Chiu Wai in Chungking Express
27. Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction 
28. Oleg Menshikov in Burnt by The Sun
    
29. Ge You in To Live
30. Jack Thompson in The Sum of Us
    
31. Guy Pearce in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 
32. Stephen Dorff in Backbeat
    
33. Jeff Daniels in Dumb and Dumber 
    
34. Hugo Weaving in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 
35. Russell Crow in The Sum of Us
    
36. Wallace Shawn in Vanya on 42nd Street
    
37. Kevin Bacon in The River Wild 
38. Brandon Lee in The Crow
39. Sihung Lung in Eat Drink Man Woman 
40. Michael Keaton in The Paper
    
41. Shah Rukh Khan in Kabhi Ha Kabhi Na
42. Mel Gibson in Maverick 
43. Ewan McGregor in Shallow Grave
    
44. Sean Nelson in Fresh
45. John Turturro in Quiz Show 
46. Nikita Mikhalkov in Burnt by the Sun
    
47. Philippe Noiret in Il Postino 
48. Tim Roth in Little Odessa 
49. Vincent Perez in La Reine Margot
    
50. Woody Harrelson in Natural Born Killers 
51. Leslie Cheung in Ashes of Time
    
52. Jim Carrey in The Mask 
53. Robert De Niro in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
    
54. Tommy Lee Jones in Blue Sky
55. Jeremy Davies in Spanking the Monkey
    
56. Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
57. Ian Hart in Backbeat
    
58. Andy Garcia in When a Man Loves a Woman
    
59. Edward Furlong in Little Odessa
    
60. Larry Pine in Vanya on 42nd Street 
61. Jackie Chan in Legend of the Drunken Master
62. Harrison Ford in Clear and Present Danger 
63. Hugh Grant in Four Weddings and A Funeral
64. Patrick Stewart in Star Trek Generations
65. Danny Dun in Confucian Confusion
    
66. Tony Leung Ka-Fai in Ashes in Time
    
67. Tim Allen in The Santa Clause   
    
68. Leslie Nielsen in Naked Gun 3 1/3
69. Keanu Reeves in Speed  
    
70. Brad Pitt in Interview with The Vampire
    
71. Stuart Wilson in Death and the Maiden
72. Kurt Russell in Stargate
73. Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies
74. Tim Robbins in The Hudsucker Proxy
75. Rob Morrow in Quiz Show
76. John Cusack in Bullets Over Broadway 
77. Tim Robbins in IQ 
78. Jason Scott Lee in The Jungle Book
79. Massimo Troisi in Il Postino 
80. Kevin Costner in Wyatt Earp
    
81. Jeff Anderson in Clerks
    
82. James Spader in Stargate  
    
83. Lee Kang-sheng in Vive L'Amour
    
84. Chen Chao-jung in Vive L'Amour
    
85. Mackenzie Astin in Iron Will
86. Billy Crystal in City Slickers II
87. Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura Pet Detective
88. Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop III
89. Alec Baldwin in The Shadow  
90. Allen Payne in Jason's Lyric
    
91. Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Angels in The Outfield 
92. Rick Moranis in Little Giants 
93. Tommy Lee Jones in Cobb 
94. Brian O'Halloran in Clerks
    
95. John Goodman in The Flintstones 
96. Willem Dafoe in Tom & Viv
    
97. Macaulay Culkin in Richie Rich  
98. Peter Berg in The Last Seduction
    
99. Nicolas Cage in Guarding Tess
    
100. Kenneth Branagh in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 
101. Brad Pitt in Legends of the Fall
     
102. Liam Neeson in Nell 
     
103. Jean Claude Van Damme in Street Fighter 
104. Jeff Bridges in Blown Away
105. Macaulay Culkin in The Pagemaster
106. Dylan McDermott in Miracle on 34th Street
107. Luke Edwards in Little Big League
108. Brad Renfro in The Client
     
109. Michael Patrick Carter in Milk Money 
110. Robert Wuhl in Cobb

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