Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1987: Results

6. Robert De Niro in Angel Heart- De Niro being the weakest of this bunch doesn't really say much of anything as he gives a very eerie turn as the ultimate evil.

Best Scene: Cyphre prepares an egg for consumption.

5. Vincent D'Onofrio in Full Metal Jacket- D'Onofrio gives a great performance first being rather moving as man not capable enough in the rough boot camp, then downright terrifying once he gets into the swing of things.

Best Scene: Late at night in the latrine.

4. Dennis Hopper in River's Edge- Hopper gives a cohesive portrait of a complex man and despite playing a drug dealer murderer somehow becomes the moral center of the film.

Best Scene: Feck's confession. 

3. R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket- Ermey gives a relentlessly brutal as well as slyly satirical performance as the drill sergeant that would make an average drill sergeant squirm.

Best Scene: Hartman's introduction.

2. Richard Dawson in The Running Man- Richard Dawson turns his work on Family Feud askew brilliantly in making a menacing and entertaining 80's action movie villain who steals his film without question.

Best Scene: "Only in a Rerun"

1. Mandy Patinkin in The Princess Bride- This year is one of the all time greats for supporting performances that goes even beyond the six I reviewed here and the fairly solid line up offered by the academy. My favorite performance from the year though has to go to Mandy Patinkin's extremely endearing, very funny, and even quite moving portrayal of Ingio Montoya.

Best Scene: "Hello my name is Inigo Montoya you killed my father prepare to die."

Overall Rank:

1. Mandy Patinkin in The Princess Bride
2. Richard Dawson in The Running Man
3. Morgan Freeman in Street Smart
4. R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket
5. Alec Guinness in Little Dorrit
6. Dennis Hopper in River's Edge
7. Will Patton in No Way Out 
8. Vincent D'Onofrio in Full Metal Jacket
9. Robert Downey Jr. in Less Than Zero
10. Robert De Niro in Angel Heart
11. Peter Falk in Wings of Desire
12. Peter O'Toole in The Last Emperor
13. Daniel Roebuck in River's Edge
14. George Wyner in Spaceballs
15. Kurtwood Smith in Robocop
16. David Strathairn in Matewan
17. Christopher Guest in The Princess Bride 
18. Andre The Giant in The Princess Bride 
19. Ying Ruocheng in The Last Emperor
20. Chris Sarandon in The Princess Bride
21. James Earl Jones in Matewan
22. Wallace Shawn in The Princess Bride 
23. Bill Paxton in Near Dark
24. Richard Griffiths in Withnail and I
25. Ian Bannen in Hope and Glory
26. Vincent Gardenia in Moonstruck
27. Bob Gunton in Matewan
28. Billy Crystal in The Princess Bride 
29. James Spader in Less Than Zero
30. Denzel Washington in Cry Freedom 
31. Lance Henriksen in Near Dark
32. Gene Hackman in No Way Out 
33. Ralph Brown in Withnail and I
34. John Goodman in Raising Arizona  
35. Mel Smith in The Princess Bride
36. Erik King in Street Smart
37. Danny Aiello in Moonstruck 
38. Roy Cheung in Prison on Fire 
39. Miguel Ferrer in Robocop 
40. John Malkovich in Empire of the Sun
41. Robert Prosky in Broadcast News
42. Mel Brooks in Spaceballs
43. Tom Waits in Ironweed
44. John Candy in Spaceballs 
45. Peter Falk in The Princess Bride 
46. Otto Sander in Wings of Desire
47. Kiefer Sutherland in The Lost Boys
48. William Forsythe in Raising Arizona
49. Gary Busey in Lethal Weapon 
50. Ned Beatty in The Big Easy
51. Forest Whitaker in Good Morning, Vietnam
52. Dick Van Patten in Spaceballs 
53. Ronny Cox in RoboCop
54. Jack Nicholson in Broadcast News
55. Hal Holbrook in Wall Street
56. Bill Duke in Predator 
57. Bruno Kirby in Good Morning, Vietnam
58. John Mahoney in Moonstruck 
59. Barnard Hughes in The Lost Boys 
60. Danny Aiello in Radio Days 
61. Vincent Price in Whales of August
62. Richard Jenkins in The Witches of Eastwick 
63. Donald Pleasence in Prince of Darkness
64. John Mahoney in Tin Men
65. William Ho in Prison on Fire 
66. Leslie Nielsen in Nuts
67. Fred Savage in The Princess Bride
68. Robert Englund in Nightmare on Elm Street 3 
69. Esai Morales in La Bamba
70. Victor Wong in Prince of Darkness
71. Ian Charleson in Opera
72. Joshua John Miller in Near Dark 
73. Robert Picardo in Innerspace 
74. Dennis Dun in Prince of Darkness
75. Gene Hackman in Superman IV  
76. Corey Feldman in The Lost Boys
77. Sean Connery in The Untouchables
78. J.C. Quinn in Barfly  
79. Yaphet Kotto in The Running Man 
80. Fred Gwynne in Ironweed
81. Ben Mendelsohn in The Year My Voice Broke
82. John Goodman in The Big Easy
83. Andy Garcia in The Untouchables
84. Nigel Havers in Empire of the Sun
85. J.T. Walsh in Good Morning Vietnam
86. Dean Stockwell in Beverly Hills Cop 2 
87. Kevin McCarthy in Innerspace
88. Laurence Tierney in Tough Guys Don't Dance
89. Joshua John Miller in River's Edge 
90. Ricky Jay in House of Games
91. Robert De Niro in The Untouchables
92. John Rhys-Davies in The Living Daylights  
93. Liam Neeson in A Prayer for the Dying 
94. Karl Malden in Nuts
95. Victor Wong in The Last Emperor
96. Judge Reinhold in Beverly Hills Cop 2
97. Mick Fleetwood in The Running Man
98. Terence Stamp in Wall Street
99. Carl Weathers Predator  
100. James Naughton in The Glass Menagerie
101. John Ashton in Beverly Hills Cop 2
102. Noble Willingham in Good Morning, Vietnam
103. Trey Wilson in Raising Arizona
104. Brownie McGhee in Angel Heart
105. Michael O'Keefe in Ironweed 
106. Arliss Howard in Full Metal Jacket
107. Martin Sheen in Wall Street
108. Dann Florek in Angel Heart
109. Billy Drago in The Untouchables
110. Joe Don Baker in The Living Daylights  
111. Jason Robards in Square Dance
112. John C. McGinley in Wall Street
113. Kurt Fuller in The Running Man
114. Randall Cobb in Raising Arizona
115. Charles Martin Smith in The Untouchables
116. Will Oldham in Matewan
117. Christopher Connelly in Strike Commando
118. Andreas Wisniewski in The Living Daylights
119. Wallace Shawn in Prick Up Your Ears   
120. Michael J. Pollard in Roxanne
121. Jeroen Krabbe in The Living Daylights
122. Jesse Ventura in The Running Man
123. Frank Stallone in Barfly
124. Jay Patterson in Street Smart
125. Marvin J. McIntyre in The Running Man
126. Sam McMurray in Raising Arizona
127. Jim Metzler in River's Edge 
128. Alan Bates in A Prayer for the Dying
129. Andre Gregory in Street Smart
130. David Hayman in Hope and Glory
131. Jesse Ventura in Predator
132. Alex Vitale in Strike Commando 
133. Rick Rossovich in Roxanne
134. Jon Cryer in Superman IV
135. Wings Hauser in Tough Guys Don't Dance
136. Rob Lowe in Square Dance

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