Best Scene: Brian on the cross.
4. Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now - Sheen gives a solid mostly reactionary performance although I do feel he is a bit overshadowed by the film's direction and its other performances.
Best Scene: Willard is told about his previous missions.
3. James Woods in The Onion Field - Woods gives a compelling portrayal that brings depth to a character who could have been just a simple psycho killer.
Best Scene: Lead up to the murder.
2. Klaus Kinski in Nosferatu the Vampyre -Kinksi effectively replicates aspects of Max Schreck's performances, but also offers his own interpretation by strangely yet poignantly bringing some honest humanity to the creature.
Best Scene: Dracula speaks of his desire for love.
1. Brad Dourif in Wise Blood - This was an easier choice than I expected to be as I found Dourif easily gave the best leading performance from 1979. Dourif might not give the most accessible turn, but is consistently fascinating portrait of a truly unique character.
Best Scene: Motes confronts his imposter.
Overall Ranking:
- Roy Scheider in All That Jazz
- Brad Dourif in Wise Blood
- Ken Ogata in Vengeance is Mine
- Patrick Dewaere in Série Noire
- George Burns in Going in Style
- Alexander Kaidanovsky in Stalker
- Anatoly Solonitsyn in Stalker
- Peter Sellers in Being There
- Klaus Kinski in Nosferatu the Vampyre
- James Woods in The Onion Field
- Robert Duvall in The Great Santini
- Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now
- Jack Lemmon in The China Syndrome
- Ben Gazzara in Saint Jack
- Malcolm McDowell in Time After Time
- Klaus Kinski in Woyzeck
- Dustin Hoffman in Kramer vs Kramer
- Christopher Plummer in Murder By Decree
- George C. Scott in Hardcore
- Gian Maria Volonté in Christ Stopped At Aboli
- Frank Langella in Dracula
- Steve Martin in The Jerk
- James Mason in Murder By Decree
- Soumitra Chatterjee in The Elephant God
- Ray Winstone in Scum
- Yves Montand in I As in Icarus
- Jean-Pierre Léaud in Love on the Run
- Alan Arkin in The In-Laws
- Peter Falk in The In-Laws
- Maximilian Schell in The Black Hole
- Jerzy Stuhr in Camera Buff
- Bunta Sugawara in The Man Who Stole the Sun
- Daniel Olbrychski in The Maids of Wilko
- Mel Gibson in Mad Max
- Bruno Ganz in Nosferatu the Vampyre
- Al Pacino in ...And Justice For All
- Ahmed Zaki in Alexandria...Why?
- Dudley Moore in 10
- Tatsuya Nakadai in Hunter in the Dark
- Clint Eastwood in Escape From Alcatraz
- Dennis Christopher in Breaking Away
- Albert Brooks in Real Life
- Treat Williams in Hair
- Malcolm McDowell in Caligula
- Graham Chapman in Life of Brian
- Kenji Sawada in The Man Who Stole the Sun
- Nicol Williamson in The Human Factor
- Nick Nolte in North Dallas Forty
- Sun Yueh in Raining in The Mountain
- Hal Halbrook in Natural Enemies
- Yoshio Harada in Hunter in the Dark
- Robert Redford in The Electric Horseman
- Nikolai Grinko in Stalker
- Woody Allen in Manhattan
- Sylvester Stallone in Rocky II
- Burt Reynolds in Starting Over
- Michael Kramer in Over the Edge
- John Savage in Hair
- David Bennent in The Tin Drum
- Jon Voight in The Champ
- John Savage in The Onion Field
- Franklyn Seales in The Onion Field
- Phil Daniels in Quadrophenia
- William Shatner in Star Trek The Motion Picture
- Bill Murray in Meatballs
- Art Hindle in The Brood
- Ken Wahl in The Wanderers
- William Devane in Yanks
- James Caan in Chapter Two
- Kelly Reno in The Black Stallion
- Michael Beck in The Warriors
- Alan Alda in The Seduction of Joe Tynan
- Ricky Schroder in The Champ
- Richard Gere in Yanks
- Roger Moore in Moonraker
- James Brolin in The Amityville Horror
- Thelonious Bernard in A Little Romance
- Matthew Barry in La Luna
11 comments:
For 1979 Supporting:
Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now
Paul Dooley in Breaking Away
Ian Holm in Alien
Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now
John Hurt in Alien
Dennis Quaid in Breaking Away
Thoughts/ratings for:
Bruno Ganz in Nosferatu the Vampyre
Mel Gibson in Mad Max
Also why has Hoffman gone down to a 4?
The Cast Of Alien
Brando and Forrest - Apocalypse Now
Laurence Olivier - A Little Romance
James Remar - The Warriors
Michael Palin - The Life Of Brian
Oliver Reed in The Brood
Michael Palin in Life of Brian
Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now
Ian Holm in Alien
James Remar in The Warriors
James Remar - The Warriors
Marlon Brando - Apocalypse Now
Michael Palin - Life of Brian
Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto - Alien
Oliver Reed - The Brood
Dennis Hopper - Apocalypse Now
Also Louis, the link for 1958 Alternate Best Actor is not highlighted
Ian Holm - Alien
Marlon Brando - Apocalypse Now
Paul Benjamin - Escape from Alcatraz
Patrick McGoohan - Escape from Alcatraz
Carl Weathers - Rocky 2
Ricky Schroder - The Champ
Ron Leibman - Norma Rae
Laurence Olivier - A Little Romance
Louis, Your thoughts on Jim Carrey as an actor
Ian Holm - Alien
Marlon Brando - Apocalypse Now
Laurence Olivier - A Little Romance
John Hurt - Alien
Someone from Breaking Away
Anonymous:
Ganz - 4(One of the great parts of this version of Dracula is it has a far better Johnathan Harker than we usually get. Ganz does not just settle for the bland part and gives a surprisingly compelling portrayal of first the fear of his character being in such a situation than the madness after he has been infected. His last scene is particularly terrific as a manages to be both chilling and oddly rather funny)
Gibson - 4(It's easy to see how he propelled to stardom easily as he plays charismatic badass very well. He also handles the middle section with the more reserved and quietly emotional Max well too, and builds to Max's revenge on the emotional side of things very effectively)
A re-watch just diminished my appreciate of his performance a bit.
John Smith:
When it comes to his mostly comedic stuff I find him somewhat hit or miss. He always brings a great deal of energy and sometimes I find him hilarious but there times he can be somewhat grating. His purely dramatic performances though, aside from Scrooge, are almost always solid.
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