Alternate Best Actor 1999: Results

5. Brad Pitt in Fight Club-Brad Pitt gives a good enough performance that is charismatic enough although not to the level the film suggests his character should be.

Best Scene: "Hit me as hard as you can"

4. Edward Norton in Fight Club- Norton, in the less showy role of the two leads of the film, gives the more consistent performance effectively portraying his character's strange journey through the film.

Best Scene: The Narrator tries to go to the police.

3. Forest Whitaker in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai- Whitaker performance is all about creating the style of the samurai which he handles wonderfully well. 

Best Scene: Ghost Dog takes down the gangsters.

2. Guy Pearce in Ravenous- Pearce is very effective by being the sane man among the insanity.

Best Scene: Captain Boyd sees his new commanding officer.

1. Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon- Jim Carrey proves himself a master mimic as he becomes Andy Kaufman and every character he played.

Best Scene: Andy's first time doing the foreigner. 

Overall Rank:

1. Richard Farnsworth in The Straight Story
2. Bob Hoskins in Felicia's Journey
   
3. Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon
4. Jim Broadbent in Topsy-Turvy
5. Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense
6. Russell Crowe in The Insider
7. Guy Pearce in Ravenous
8. Forest Whitaker in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
9. Heath Ledger in Two Hands
10. Anthony Hopkins in Titus
11. Nicolas Cage in Bringing Out the Dead 
12. Edward Norton in Fight Club
13. Tom Hanks in The Green Mile
14. Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense
15. Ron Livingston in Office Space
16. Al Pacino in The Insider
17. Mel Gibson in Payback
18. Terence Stamp in The Limey  
19. Om Puri in East is East 
20. Denzel Washington in The Hurricane
21. Ralph Fiennes in Sunshine 
22. Brad Pitt in Fight Club
23. Eddie Murphy Bowfinger
24. Jeremy Northam in The Winslow Boy
25. Kevin Spacey in America Beauty
26. Tom Cruise in Eyes Wide Shut 
27. Allan Corduner in Topsy-Turvy
28. Brendan Fraser in The Mummy
29. Tim Allen in Galaxy Quest
30. Ralph Fiennes in The End of the Affair
31. Keanu Reeves in The Matrix
32. John Cusack in Being John Malkovich
33. Johnny Depp in Sleepy Hollow
34. Eddie Murphy in Life
35. George Clooney in Three Kings
36. Heath Ledger in 10 Things I Hate About You 
37. Matthew Broderick in Election 
38. Jake Gyllenhaal in October Sky 
39. William Eadie in Ratcatcher
40. Eli Marienthal in The Iron Giant
41. Rupert Everett in An Ideal Husband 
42. Nigel Hawthorne in The Winslow Boy 
43. Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday
44. Mark Wahlberg in Three Kings
45. John Leguizamo in Summer of Sam
46. Ben Foster in Liberty Heights
47. Joe Breen in Angela's Ashes
48. Ciaran Owens in Angela's Ashes
49. Michael Legge in Angela's Ashes
50. Adrien Brody in Summer of Sam
51. Ben Stiller in Mystery Men 
52. Clint Eastwood in True Crime
53. Adrien Brody in Liberty Heights
54. Steve Martin Bowfinger
55. Robin Williams in Jakob the Liar
56. Billy Crystal in Analyze This
57. Robert De Niro in Analyze This
58. Tom Hanks in Toy Story 2
59. Tim Allen in Toy Story 2
60. Sean Penn in Sweet and Lowdown
61. Hugh Grant in Notting Hill 
62. Ethan Hawke in Snow Falling on Cedars
63. Jeremy Theobald in Following
64. Philip Seymour Hoffman in Flawless
65. Pierce Brosnan in The World is Not Enough
66. Martin Lawrence in Life
67. Matt Damon in The Talented Mr. Ripley
68. Johnny Depp in The Ninth Gate
69. Willem Dafoe in The Boondock Saints 
70. Robert De Niro in Flawless 
71. Alex Haw in Following
72. Jude Law in eXistenZ
73. Arnold Schwarzenegger in End of Days
74. Joseph Gordon-Levitt 10 Things I Hate About You
75. Martin Lawrence in Blue Streak
76. Liam Neeson in The Phantom Menace
77. Devon Sawa in Idle Hands
78. Mike Myers in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
79. Thomas Jane in Deep Blue Sea  
80. Freddie Cunliffe in The War Zone
81. Adam Sandler in Big Daddy
82. Steve Martin in The Out of Towners
83. Sean Patrick Flanery in Simply Irresistible
84. Tobey Maguire in The Cider House Rules 
85. James Van Der Beek in Varsity Blues
86. Norman Reedus in The Boondock Saints
87. Sean Patrick Flanery in The Boondock Saints
88. Jake Lloyd in The Phantom Menace

Next Year: 2000 lead