Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2000: Results

5. Billy Crudup in Almost Famous- Crudup gives a good performance by showing both the good and the bad qualities which make a rock star.

Best Scene: Russell takes William to a party.

4. Joe Pantoliano in Memento- Pantoliano unfortunately overacts a bit, but he makes up for much of it by giving a complex portrayal of a man who knows much more than what he says he knows.

Best Scene: Teddy tells Leonard the truth.

3. Oliver Reed in Gladiator- Reed gives a compelling performance as a former gladiator champion although his performance is weakened by the fact that it remains an unfinished work.

Best Scene: Proximo tells Maximus how he achieved his freedom.

2. Takeshi Kitano in Battle Royale- Takeshi Kitano gives an effective turn by being the evil teacher he should be, but as well by showing why this man has come to be this way.

Best Scene: Kitano reveals his dream.

1. Jason Isaacs in The Patriot- This part asks one thing of Isaacs which is to be evil, and boy is he. Isaacs gives a striking performance by being unrelenting in his portrayal of the sadism of his character, while never once using the nature of his character as an excuse to overact.

Best Scene: Gabriel's attack on the dragoons.

Overall Rank:

1. Malcolm McDowell in Gangster No. 1
2. Paddy Considine in A Room For Romeo Brass
3. Emilio Echevarria in Amores Perros
4. Joaquin Phoenix in The Yards 
5. Song Kang-ho in Joint Security Area
6. Kyle MacLachlan in Hamlet
   
7. Jason Isaacs in The Patriot
8. Takeshi Kitano in Battle Royale
9. Oliver Reed in Gladiator
10. Sean Connery in Finding Forrester
    
11. Stephen Tobolowsky in Memento  
    
12. Benicio Del Toro in Traffic
13. Tim Blake Nelson in O Brother Where Art Thou?
14. Patrick Warburton in The Emperor's New Groove 
15. Sam Shepard in Hamlet
16. James Woods in The Virgin Suicides
    
17. Philip Seymour Hoffman in Almost Famous 
18. Lucas Black in All the Pretty Horses
    
19. Michael Douglas in Traffic 
20. Joe Pantoliano in Memento
21. Liev Schreiber in Hamlet
    
22. Billy Crudup in Almost Famous
23. Taro Yamamoto in Battle Royale 
24. Issey Ogata in Yi Yi
    
25. Tom Wilkinson in The Patriot 
    
26. Don Cheadle in Traffic 
27. James Caan in The Yards 
28. We Nien-jen in Yi Yi
    
29. David Thewlis in Gangster No. 1  
30. Mads Mikkelsen in Flickering Lights
    
31. Alvaro Guerrero in Amores Perros
    
32. Sousuke Takaoka in Battle Royale 
33. Larry Holden in Memento
34. John Turturro in O Brother Where Art Thou?
35. Jeffrey Wright in Shaft 
36. Peter Stormare in Dancer in the Dark
    
37. Heath Ledger in The Patriot 
38. Brad Pitt in Snatch
    
39. Kim Tae-woo in Joint Security Area
40. F. Murray Abraham in Finding Forrester 
41. John C. Reilly in The Perfect Storm
    
42. Gary Oldman in The Contender  
43. Tony Haygarth in Chicken Run
    
44. John Goodman in O Brother Where Art Thou?
45. Alex Cox in Herod's Law
46. David Morse in Dancer in the Dark
    
47. Vin Diesel in Boiler Room
    
48. Paul Schnedier in George Washington
    
49. Donald Sutherland in Panic 
50. John Hawkes in The Perfect Storm
    
51. Shin Ha-kyun in Joint Security Area
52. Morgan Freeman in Nurse Betty
    
53. Jack Black in High Fidelity
    
54. Chris Cooper in The Patriot
55. Gael Garcia Bernal in Amores Perros 
56. Bill Murray in Hamlet
    
57. Marlon Wayans in Requiem for a Dream
    
58. Timothy Spall in Chicken Run
    
59. Takashi Tsukamoto in Battle Royale
    
60. Richard Harris in Gladiator
61. Michael Badalucco in O Brother Where Art Thou?
62. Greg Kinnear in Nurse Betty
    
63. Christian Bale in Shaft 
64. John Ritter in Panic
    
65. Benjamin Whitrow in Chicken Run
    
66. Charles Durning in O Brother Where Art Thou?
67. Eddie Marsan in Gangster No. 1
68. Michael Caine in Quills 
    
69. Robert Downey Jr. in Wonder Boys
70. Steven Culp in Thirteen Days 
    
71. Daniel Van Bargen in O Brother Where Art Thou?
72. Masnobu Ando in Battle Royale 
73. Gary Lewis in Billy Elliot 
74. Lennie James in Snatch
    
75. Eric Stoltz in The House of Mirth 
76. Alan Ford in Snatch
    
77. Clifton Collins Jr. in Tigerland 
78. Dennis Farina in Snatch
    
79. Kevin Conway in Thirteen Days
80. Miguel Ferrer in Traffic
81. Frank Wood in Thirteen Days
82. Gene Hackman in The Replacements 
83. Stephen Graham in Snatch
    
84. Robert Duvall in The 6th Day
85. René Auberjonois in The Patriot
86. Dylan Baker in Thirteen Days 
87. Don Cheadle in Mission to Mars 
88. Bruce Davison in X-Men 
89. Vinnie Jones in Snatch
    
90. Willem Dafoe in American Psycho 
91. Paul Mooney in Bamboozled
    
92. David Hemmings in Gladiator 
93. Rade Serbedzija in Snatch
    
94. Ian McKellen in X-Men 
95. Jason Statham in Snatch
    
96. Tchéky Karyo in The Patriot
97. Ray Park in X-Men 
98. Dennis Quaid in Traffic 
99. Udo Kier in Shadow of the Vampire
100. Patrick Stewart in X-Men
101. Terence Stamp in Red Planet
102. Will Patton in Remember the Titans
103. Keanu Reeves in The Gift
104. Ron Rifkin in Boiler Room
     
105. Jeremy Irons in Dungeons & Dragons
106. Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator
107. Luis Guzman in Traffic 
     
108. Albert Finney in Erin Brockovich
     
109. Giovanni Ribsi in The Gift
     
110. Djimon Honsou in Gladiator 
111. Leon Rippy in The Patriot
112. Jeff Bridges in The Contender
113. Noah Taylor in Almost Famous  
114. Ruben Blades in All the Pretty Horses
     
115. Giovanni Ribsi in Gone in 60 Seconds
116. Derek Jacobi in Gladiator 
117. James Brolin in Traffic 
118. Tommy Davidson in Bamboozled
     
119. Jack Lemmon in The Legend of Beggar Vance 
120. David Paymer in Bait 
121. Dennis Haysbert in Love and Basketball
     
122. Mark Boone Junior in Memento
123. Paul Giamatti in Big Momma's House 
     
124. Peter Woodward in The Patriot
125. Xander Berkeley in Shanghai Noon
126. Albert Finney in Traffic
127. David Morse in Bait 
128. Owen Wilson in Meet the Parents
129. Eddie Izzard in Shadow of the Vampire 
130. Greg Kinnear in The Gift
     
131. Donnie Yen in Highlander Endgame 
132. James Mardsen in X-Men
133. Sam Elliot in The Contender
134. Michael Clarke Duncan in The Whole Nine Yards
135. Roger Yuan in Shanghai Noon
136. Change Chen in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
137. James Rebhorn in Meet the Parents 
138. Adam Baldwin in The Patriot 
139. Kevin Pollak in The Whole Nine Yards
140. Carey Elwes in Shadow of the Vampire
141. Topher Grace in Traffic
142. Joey D. Vieira in The Patriot 
143. Christian Slater in The Contender
144. Jay Arlen Jones in The Patriot
145. Tom Sizemore in Red Planet 
146. Tobey Maguire in Wonder Boys
147. Johnny Depp in Before Night Falls  
148. Vincent D'Onofrio in The Cell
     
149. Donal Logue in The Patriot 
150. Johnny Depp in Chocolat
151. Aaron Eckhart in Erin Brockovich
152. Jason Lee in Almost Famous 
153. Thomas Jefferson Byrd in Bamboozled
     
154. Doug Hutchison in Bait
155. Gregory Smith in The Patriot
156. Orland Jones in Bedazzled 
157. Mos Def in Bamboozled
     
158. Christopher Eccleston in Gone in 60 Seconds
159. Jerry O'Connell in Mission to Mars
160. Rainn Wilson in Almost Famous
161. Toby Huss in Bedazzled
162. Will Smith in The Legend of Beggar Vance 
163. Henry Thomas in All the Pretty Horses
     
164. Shawn Ashmore in X-Men
165. The Cast of The Grinch
166. Larry Miller in The Nutty Professor II
167. John Ales in The Nutty Professor II 
168. Savior Glover in Bamboozled
     
169. Cast of Little Nicky
170. Cast of Road Trip
171. Tyler Mane in X-Men 
172. Chris Rock in Nurse Betty 
173. Michael Rappaport in Bamboozled
     
174. Forest Whitaker in Battlefield Earth
     
175. Bruce Payne in Highlander Endgame
176. Bruce Payne in Dungeons & Dragons
     
177. Marlon Wayans in Dungeons & Dragons
     

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Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2000: Billy Crudup in Almost Famous

Billy Crudup did not receive an Oscar nomination for portraying Russell Hammond in Almost Famous.

Almost Famous is an enjoyable, if a bit overlong, film about a very young rock journalist William (Patrick Fugit) who follows an up and coming band on tour.

Billy Crudup plays one of the band members Russell, the member of the band William most gets to know somewhat due to Russell's involvement with a groupie who calls herself Penny Lane (Kate Hudson). Crudup technically plays Russell as the most down to earth member of the band, although that really is not saying a lot as one never speaks, another seems completely out of it, and the lead singer has an ego that outweighs his talent. Crudup deserves credit though as he is the only one of the actors playing members of the band who really gets much of anything out of his role, Jason Lee plays his role a little too broadly throughout the film and is not able to make much of an impression.

The whole character of Russell Hammond is a mix of things as he often is changing attitudes, and personal style often. This is rather fitting though because of the nature of the rock star life where there seems to be a non-stop energy and mind altering substances are plentiful. Through most of the scenes where he is interacting with William the journalist, or his fans whether it be a somewhat somber affair, or a very non sober affair Crudup brings an effective low key charisma with his performance. He brings that rock star quality into the role of Russell and makes it very believable why so many would be enamored with him, and why the lead singer of the band would find him to be such a threat.

One of the aspects of the film is basically revealing the problematic nature of the rockers life styles. Crudup is equally good in the bring down scenes because he loses the charm in the right sort of way. Crudup does not portray it as Russell stops putting on a show or anything like that, instead he just very realistically reveals the negative qualities as something always there as well that can come out almost as easily as the charm. In this moments Crudup is quite good by just being an average jerk frankly. When the nature of Russell really does come out, Crudup does not make it anything notable but rather the average off putting tendencies of a human being who gets more than he really deserves.

Out of the supporting actors in the film my favorite was easily Philip Seymour Hoffman in his short appearances as a rock critiic who hates egos while seeming to have a rather large one himself. Hoffman in his few short scenes left a stronger impression on me overall, but Billy Crudup does give a pretty strong performance as well and is easily the best performance in the many scenes featuring the antics of the band. His character is very important to the film as he basically sets up the many steps the plot of the film takes. Crudup fulfills his part nicely and brings to life properly the mix impressive and problematic elements found in the personality of a rock star.

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2000

And the Nominees Were Not:

Billy Crudup in Almost Famous

Takeshi Kitano in Battle Royale

Oliver Reed in Gladiator

Jason Isaacs in The Patriot

Joe Pantoliano in Memento