Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2007: Results

10. Morgan Freeman in Gone Baby Gone - Freeman has good moments, but gives a little too many indications about his character's duplicitous nature early on.

Best Scene: His confrontation with Patrick,.

9. John Travolta in Hairspray - Travolta nicely gives a surprisingly earnest and sometimes moving portrayal of his character.

Best Scene: Edna revealing her insecurities.

8. Ed Harris in Gone Baby Gone - Harris nicely brings his usual acerbic style that works quite well for his character.

Best Scene: Remy's confession.

7. Tommy Lee Jones in No Country For Old Men - Jones gives a moving, yet also somehow funny portrayal of a man's confusion and exasperation in face of a violent world.

Best Scene: Bell visits Ellis.

6. Sam Rockwell in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford - Rockwell gives a terrific example of a pure supporting performance, that adds so much to the film, despite only ever briefly being the focus of it.

Best Scene: The Assassination.

5. Albert Finney in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - Finney gives a powerful portrayal of the rage and heartbreak that comes from a horrible loss.

Best Scene: The Last Scene.

4. Steve Zahn in Rescue Dawn - Zahn gives a haunting portrayal of a prisoner of war being worn away by his captors and nature.

Best Scene: After the failed signal.

3. Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz - Dalton gives a hilarious performance by creating the most obviously evil character who ever existed.

Best Scene: Skinner listens to Angel's theory.

2. John Carroll Lynch in Zodiac -  Lynch gives an outstanding performance, brilliantly realizing his unnerving enigma of a man all in one scene, well and a reaction shot. I have to admit that it was absurdly difficult just to rank my top and I'll admit I'm still not sure of my winner. I feel that I could switch out to any one of performances in the top five. This is an unbelievably great year for the category, it has to be to leave the likes of Bardem and Rockwell out of the top five.

Best Scene: His first scene. Although that reaction shot is also amazing.

1. Ben Foster in 3:10 to Yuma - Foster gives a wildly entertaining as well a rather chilling portrayal of a man who takes loyalty very seriously.

Best Scene: Finding the decoy wagon. 

Overall Rank:

1. Ben Foster in 3:10 to Yuma
2. John Carroll Lynch in Zodiac
3. Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz
4. Steve Zahn in Rescue Dawn
5. Albert Finney in Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
6. Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men
7. Sam Rockwell in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
8. Garret Dillahunt in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
9. Charles Fleischer in Zodiac
10. Tommy Lee Jones in No Country For Old Men
11. Armin Mueller-Stahl in Eastern Promises
12. Josh Brolin in No Country For Old Men
13. Robert Downey Jr. in Zodiac
14. Josh Brolin in American Gangster
15. Jim Broadbent in Hot Fuzz
16. Jeremy Davies in Rescue Dawn 
17. Kurt Russell in Grindhouse 
18. Jimmi Simpson in Zodiac
19. Gene Jones in No Country For Old Men
20. Paddy Considine in Hot Fuzz
21. Dillon Freasier in There Will Be Blood
22. Woody Harrelson in No Country For Old Men 
23. Karl Marcus Franklin in I'm Not There
24. Robert Duvall in We Own the Night
25. Paul Dano in There Will Be Blood
26. Ben Whishaw in I'm Not There
27. J.K. Simmons in Juno
28. Nick Frost in Hot Fuzz
29. Ed Harris in Gone Baby Gone
30. Anthony Edwards in Zodiac
31. Titus Welliver in Gone Baby Gone
32. Peter O'Toole in Ratatouille
33. Edward Woodward in Hot Fuzz
34. Sam Shepard in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
35. Richard Gere in I'm Not There
36. Brian Cox in Zodiac
37. Paul Schneider in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
38. Elias Koteas in Zodiac
39. Paul Freeman in Hot Fuzz
40. Barry Corbin in No Country For Old Men
41. Chris Evans in Sunshine
42. Thomas Haden Church in Spider-Man 3
43. Garret Dillahunt in No Country For Old Men 
44. Raymond J. Barry in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 
45. Toby Jones in The Mist 
46. Jeff Daniels in The Lookout
47. J.K. Simmons in Spider-Man 3
48. Peter Fonda in 3:10 to Yuma
49. Jeremy Renner in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
50. Mark Strong in Stardust
51. Jerzy Skolimowski in Eastern Promises
52. John Travolta in Hairspray
53. David Wenham in 300
54. Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton
55. Brian F. O'Brien in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
56. Mark Strong in Sunshine
57. Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild
58. Timothy Spall in Enchanted
59. Benedict Wong in Sunshine
60. Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War
61. Alan Tudyk in 3:10 to Yuma
62. Stephen Root in No Country For Old Men
63. James Marsden in Enchanted
64. Josh Brolin in Grindhouse
65. Rafe Spall in Hot Fuzz
66. Ricky Gervais in Stardust
67. Tim Meadows in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 
68. Michael Parks in Grindhouse
69. Bill Nighy in Hot Fuzz
70. Peter Vaughn  in Death at a Funeral
71. Gary Oldman in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
72. Peter O'Toole in Stardust 
73. Matthew Goode in The Lookout
74. Forest Whitaker in The Great Debaters
75. Michael Biehn in Grindhouse
76. Cliff Curtis in Sunshine  
77. Ian Holm in Ratatouille
78. Bill Nighy in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
79. Willem Dafoe in Mr. Bean's Holiday 
80. Ciaran Hinds in There Will Be Blood
81. Christopher Walken in Hairspray
82. Michael Wincott in Seraphim Falls
83. Philip Baker Hall in Zodiac 
84. Michael Fassbender in 300
85. Michael Shannon in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 
86. Albert Brooks in The Simpson Movie
87. Kevin J. O'Connor in There Will Be Blood
88. Paul Giamatti in Shoot 'Em Up
89. Christian Bale in I'm Not There
90. Hiroyuki Sanada in Sunshine 
91. Alan Rickman in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
92. William Sadler in The Mist
93. Vincent Cassel in Eastern Promises
94. Philip Bosco in The Savages
95. Donal Logue in Zodiac
96. Peter Cullen in Transformers
97. Karl Johnson in Hot Fuzz
98. Peter Dinklage in Death at a Funeral 
99. William Hurt in Into the Wild
100. Matt Besser in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 
101. Michael Gambon in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
102. Chris Parnell in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 
103. James Franco in Spider-Man 3
104. Timothy Spall in Sweeney Todd
105. Waris Ahluwalia in The Darjeeling Limited
106. Dallas Roberts in 3:10 to Yuma
107. Morgan Freeman in Gone Baby Gone
108. Kevin J. O'Connor in Seraphim Falls
109. Peter Fonda in Ghost Rider
110. Danny Hoch in We Own the Night
111. Kevin Eldon in Hot Fuzz
112. Robbie Coltrane in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
113. Ned Beatty in Charlie Wilson's War
114. Jon Voight in Transformers
115. James Cromwell in Spider-Man 3
116. Jason Bateman in Juno
117. Lam Suet in Mad Detective
118. Sam Elliot in Ghost Rider
119. Bruce Davison in Breach
120. Mark Wahlberg in We Own the Night
121. Timothy Olyphant in Live Free or Die Hard
122. John Ashton in Gone Baby Gone  
123. Terrence Howard in August Rush
124. Tom Hollander in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
125. Benedict Cumberbatch in Atonement 
126. Alan Tudyk in Death at a Funeral
127. Alan Rickman in Sweeney Todd
128. Heath Ledger in I'm Not There
129. Gordon Lam in Mad Detective 
130. Justin Long in Live Free or Die Hard
131. Dennis Haysbert in Breach
132. Sacha Baron Cohen in Sweeney Todd
133. Alex Veadov in We Own the Night
134. Geoffrey Rush in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 
135. Rupert Grint in Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix 
136. Nate Parker in The Great Debaters
137. Michael Cera in Juno
138. Toby Huss in Rescue Dawn
139. Kevin Smith in Live Free or Die Hard
140. Rupert Graves in Death at a Funeral
141. Chow Yun-Fat in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 
142. Logan Lerman in 3:10 to Yuma 
143. Vince Vaughn in Into the Wild
144. Robert De Niro in Stardust
145. Robin Williams in August Rush
146. Jamie Campbell Bower in Sweeney Todd
147. Chris Evans in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
148. Michael Chiklis in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
149. Josh Duhamel in Transformers
150. Julian McMahon in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
151. Anthony Anderson in Transformers 
152. John Turturro in Transformers 
153. Topher Grace in Spider-Man 3 
154. Rodrigo Santoro in 300
155. Wes Bentley in Ghost Rider

Next Year: 1989 Lead

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2007: Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz

Timothy Dalton did not receive an Oscar nomination for portraying Simon Skinner in Hot Fuzz.

Hot Fuzz is an extremely entertaining comedy about a big city police officer Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) who is forced to transfer to a village in the country which is not all that it seems.

The first indication that there might be something amiss is probably that the local super market is run by Timothy Dalton, none other than the man whose portrayal of James Bond was unfortunately a bit ahead of the time. It does not help that Simon Skinner first introduces himself to Nicholas Angel as "a slasher who must be stopped" well he only meant of prices. Well you know with that sort of introduction you just might he's the villain, well Dalton does not allow one to have any misconceptions here, he's the villain, there might as a well be neon lights above his head indicating his villainy, even though it's a mystery of sorts, he's the villain, well just like in any good cliched action movie you don't have to look twice, he's the villain, you got that yet, well take a note of it. You might say this is an obvious performance, well you'd be right, but if you were to think that means it is a bad performance well you'd be wrong dead wrong (make sure to imagine dead wrong as though Timothy Dalton in this very performance were saying it though, that way you'll better understand my intent).

Now being a comedy that might be an excuse to give a goofy performance where the villain is just sort of wacky, well that's not the case for Dalton, well I suppose it does depend on your definition of goofy and wacky though. Anyways Dalton's masterstroke of his performance is not to really play the part as though he is a character in a comedy. No Dalton takes the approach of giving a performance fitting for the sort of cliched action movie Hot Fuzz is lampooning, but Dalton up its up a notch, an extra notch. He takes obvious villainy to a whole new level as every word he speaks seems to have a menacing undercurrent within it, and well let's see how's best to describe it, well it is hilarious. Dalton's evil turn is absurdly funny though as, even before anything has gone down or even there's any reason to suspect his character of anything yet, he's making you suspect him through the absurd statements he makes, such as bashing someone's head in to know their secrets, or having customers, who deserted his store, having their heads sliced off for their betrayal. The lines themselves are good, but it is Dalton who makes them great through his absolutely diabolical delivery.

Dalton is amazing in this role because of just how much conviction he brings to the part. He never winks once, although he does look directly into the camera once but then again he makes it all part of the grand form of evil that Dalton makes in the character of Simon Skinner. Dalton's a very intense actor when he wants to be and its pure comic gold to see him brings all of that to this character. There's something far too amusing about the fact that Dalton does not bring a hint of subtly to Skinner, to make his intentions about a clear as an intention can be. This alone might not have been that funny, but the dramatic devotion Dalton has in the role to go as far as he does is incredible. It's not just in his absurdly grim delivery though, but everything about the man Dalton takes to the fullest form of an action movie villain. The physical style he takes in the part is ingenious as simply the way he stands and moves around any given scene is deliciously devious. I particularly love one moment where he is advertising a game "splat the rat", and it is all too clear Skinner is not talking about the game. He even gets to have his evil applause to "congratulate" Angel's detective skills, and Dalton does not waste it. Then to top it all off is that smile of his, which is pure perfection as it is about as sinister of grin as one can form. The way relishes finding a worthy opponent, who is tenacious enough to withstand his villainy, is simply marvelous. I have to admit just about every moment of Dalton's performance here causes to be burst out laughing in his creation of the most conspicuous villain who ever existed, the best part is Dalton never seems like he's trying to be funny, so to speak, he just is. It's safe to say I love every moment of this performance. Yes this is a one note performance but oh what a grand and glorious note it is.

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2007

And the Nominees Were Not:

Albert Finney in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz

Tommy Lee Jones in No Country For Old Men

Ben Foster in 3:10 to Yuma

Steve Zahn in Rescue Dawn

Predict those five or these five:

Sam Rockwell in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford

John Carroll Lynch in Zodiac

Morgan Freeman in Gone Baby Gone

Ed Harris in Gone Baby Gone

John Travolta in Hairspray

Or both

Best Bond: Results

6. Roger Moore in Live and Let Die- Moore sits as the worst Bond due to his excessively light approach that makes his Bond seem frankly disinterested at times. He tries to just be charming and funny but the problem he does not even do that all that well.

5. George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service- Moore has more screen presence than George Lazenby but I do prefer Lazenby because he actually seems into the action scenes and he is pretty good in his last scene. As a whole though his Bond is underwhelming just by how indistinct his approach is to the character.

4. Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye- Brosnan gives a slick and suave approach to Bond similar to that of Connery. He does not reach the heights of Connery but he gives nice performance as Bond that balances the serious and humorous elements of his character well.

3. Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights- Although Brosnan is more consistent I prefer Dalton for dealing with the inconsistent tone of his picture and actually delivering well on his darker approach to Bond when there is a scene that actually allows him to do it. I would love to see Dalton in a bleak picture about espionage.

2. Daniel Craig in Casino Royale- Craig gives an excellent portrayal of Bond that shows a much more vulnerable and less experienced Bond. Unlike Dalton, who went alone, he and the film go together to effectively explore a darker place for the character.

1. Sean Connery in From Russia in Love-Good Prediction RatedRStar. My favorite Bond performance goes to Sean Connery in this film. He took on a role that was already big shoes to fill and instead of just fulfilling the role he instead made the role his own. He made him the iconic character he has become through his charming, suave, and charismatic portrayal that could even go darker when necessary. He simply made Bond.

I might do something like this again down the road if I can think of something good

Overall Rank:

1. Sean Connery in From Russia With Love
2. Daniel Craig in Casino Royale
3. Sean Connery in Dr. No
4. Sean Connery in Goldfinger
5. Daniel Craig in Skyfall
6. Daniel Craig in Quantum Of Solace
7. Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights
8. Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye
9. Timothy Dalton in License to Kill
10. Sean Connery in Thunderball
11. Sean Connery in You Only Live Twice
12. Pierce Brosnan in Tomorrow Never Dies
13. Sean Connery in Diamonds Are Forever
14. Pierce Brosnan in The World is Not Enough
15. Pierce Brosnan in Die Another Day
16. George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service
17. Roger Moore

Next Year:  1935

Best Bond: Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights

Timothy Dalton was the fourth man to portray James Bond in The Living Daylights.

I actually liked the Living Daylights more than I expected to. The villains are not particularly remarkable, and the moments that are pure 80's sting in the wrong way, but I still found fairly entertaining and intriguing thanks to something I will get to in the review. The reasons my expectations ran low came from my feelings toward Dalton's second outing as Bond License to Kill. License to Kill I thought was a particularly bizarre experience as it would have down right brutal violence mixed in with silliness. For example it goes from a scene of Benicio Del Toro being ground up by metal grinders, far too graphically for a Bond film, but then soon afterwards Bond is chasing the bad guys by driving a truck on only one set of wheels which just makes it a bizarre cluster of tones that do not mold together well. The Living Daylights does not fully avoid this, as I will get to, but it certainly does a better job of it on a whole.

Timothy Dalton, who potentially could be one of my favorite actors if casting directors did not seem to hate him so much, actually was long considered for Bond going all the way back to 1969 for On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Dalton turned down the role feeling he was too young then, and he was probably right considering how youthful he looked in the Lion in Winter just a year before. Dalton continued to miss the part several more time until this film, although the funny thing was he would actually have lost it in favor of future Bond Pierce Brosnan if Brosnan's show Remington Steele was actually canceled as it appeared it was going to be.

Dalton though finally managed to secure the part officially ending the reign of Roger Moore as Bond whose films just got sillier and sillier as they went along and the only thing that changed about Moore as Bond was the amount of wrinkles he had in the role. Dalton, although obviously would be different than Moore to begin with, decided that he was going to take a wholly different approach from all previous Bonds and especially from Moore who always went for the lighter route when it came to Bond as a character. Dalton, a fan of the novels, decided to find the dark truth of the character who when you go right down to it is a killer for the government.

Because I really like this portrayal I should say what I don't like about it first. The Living Daylights did not seem to revise its script all that much for Dalton's take on Bond. In fact I gotta say this seems to be a case where the actor seems to be doing all the heavy lifting with little help from the actual film. One big reason for this is in a few cases it has him doing some things that seem far more fitting of the Moore Bond such as when Bond cares to spend more time looking at a beautiful cellist than staying on task, or his scenes with Miss Moneypenny. Dalton is not bad in these scenes and he does his very best to do them with some charm but they don't really fit in with the rest of his characterization.

Dalton's characterization of Bond really goes for the throat, and tries to get as deep as he can into the character even when the film does not wish to. It is quite remarkable considering Dalton does this all just as the plot goes along its way early leaving any time for character moments. Early in the film Dalton portrays Bond as a slick and suave spy although really downplayed and in very different fashion from Sean Connery but still effective in his own way. He is best at portraying Bond's conviction to his plans and his Bond shows a particular devotion in his mission, except of course in those poorly written moments of course. Dalton effortlessly conveys an intelligence in Bond that reflects a history of his Bond as man long at the espionage game.

This Bond though played by Dalton is still written with plenty of quips in mind, but Dalton actually meets these requirements fairly well through his much more unassuming charm that probably would be more realistic for someone in his profession. Dalton makes it work by firstly dishing out the quips swiftly and smoothly without giving too much emphasis to them, and as well he dials up and down brilliantly in the role. What I mean by that is he is very good in representing the action of a situation. Where it seems more extreme and frankly dark Dalton keep is serious pretty much the entire time. When the situation calls for a lighter approach he knows how to dial down the seriousness to the right degree, and he does an admirable job even though these moments are clearly opposed to what he wants to do with Bond.

His overarching portrayal of Bond that are the most true to his way is that of Bond as a spy who has seen a few too many missions and double crosses that leave him at least some what exasperated. Dalton is very good in showing Bond as a man much more on an edge and even suggests a bit of the John le Carre type spy at times that is quite effective. He portrays the internal struggle of the spy in a remarkable fashion considering he basically does it in the margins. He suggests a Bond who really could go over the edge from this life at one time, and my favorite moments are when he brings forward the hardships of the life.

My favorite scene of his performance has to be after one of his fellow operatives is killed. Dalton is brilliant as he really digs deep into the emotional pain of this and even possibly shows that this is something building up in Bond as it probably something he has seen before. The scene where he interrogates the Russian General after this is just incredible with the amount of intensity that he combines Bond's anger over the death of his ally, the instability in him of not knowing exactly what is going on, and even a certain sadness in regards to it being just a part of the job. It is a terrific scene that exemplifies exactly what Dalton gets right in the part which is making Bond into a man who is dealing with very stressful situations, and his portrayal honestly kept me interested in the film.

Throughout the film even when it is not to the main point Dalton handles it with precision and earnestness. He is great in the action scenes believable and appropriately smooth and brutal in proper measure. I have to say an interesting part of his performance is Bond's relationship with the film's Bond girl Kara Milovy (Maryam d'Abo), its interesting because Dalton is so genuine he suggests that Bond is entirely in love with her. This works for how the film goes about quite well, it might not be perfectly fitting as the Bond for the film series, but Dalton's method does work for this film as the conclusion of the film in particular suggests their relationship should be this way. I really like Dalton's take on Bond even though he has to fend off the weaknesses of the script. I believe that if he had say From Russia with Love at his disposal or Casino Royale he possibly could have been the very best Bond. As it is I still found his attempt to dig deeper in Bond quite admirable especially since he seemed almost to be doing it all on his own volition.

Best Bond

And the 007's Were:

Sean Connery in From Russia With Love

George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Roger Moore in Live and Let Die

Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights

Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye

Daniel Craig in Casino Royale

Well I thought I would have some fun and review all the actors who have played James Bond in a serious film. Also I thought I might as well do it since it will open spots up for other actors in 63, and 2006 at least. For these six the prediction contest is still in place.

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1968

5. Oliver Reed in Oliver!- Reed despite not singing actually gives the best performance in his film never failing to bring the menace with his performance.

Best Scene: Bill returns to Fagin after the murder. 

4. Michael York in Romeo and Juliet- York plays Tybalt as well as he really could be through his portrayal of the role with his pompous flamboyant delivery, and his success in bringing more weight to the role than one would expect.

Best Scene: Tybalt and Mercutio sword fight. 

3. Timothy Dalton in The Lion in Winter- Dalton despite having possibly the least screen time of the important characters in the film has one of the strongest impacts giving a powerful portrayal of the vengeful French King.

Best Scene: Henry is shown his children's secrets by Philip. 

2. Anthony Hopkins in The Lion in Winter- The hardest part of this ranking was determining between the two Lion in Winter supporting men who should have been nominated over Jack Wild and especially Daniel Massey. Hopkins is terrific in his role as Richard bringing across the power of the King in the man, but also being very powerful in his depiction of his vulnerabilities as well.

Best Scene: Philip manipulates Richard.

1. Jason Robards in Once Upon A Time in The West- Good Prediction Koook160. Robards gives a great performance in his very important supporting role in this film. He manages to be a humorous presence, an imposing one with some mystery, and even a tender one.

Best Scene: Cheyenne talks about his mother. 

Overall Rank:

1. Jason Robards in Once Upon a Time in The West
2. Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in The West
3. Tony Curtis in The Boston Strangler
4. Anthony Hopkins in The Lion in Winter
5. Timothy Dalton in The Lion in Winter
6. Tom Courtenay in A Dandy in Aspic
7. Seymour Cassel in Faces
8. Gabriele Ferzetti in Once Upon a Time in The West
9. John McEnery in Romeo and Juliet 
10. Ian Holm in The Bofors Gun
11. Oliver Reed in Oliver!
12. Telly Savalas in Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
13. Patrick Magee in The Birthday Party
14. Klaus Kinski in The Great Silence
15. Michael York in Romeo and Juliet
16. Dirk Bogarde in The Fixer
17. Sydney Tafler in The Birthday Party
18. Oskar Werner in The Shoes of the Fisherman 
19. Telly Savalas in The Scalphunters
20. Gunner Bjornstrand in Shame
21. Trevor Howard in The Charge of the Light Brigade
22. Milo O'Shea in Romeo and Juliet
23. Patrick Wymark in Where Eagles Dare 
24. John Gielgud in The Charge of the Light Brigade
25. Percy Rodriguez in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 
26. Ian Holm in The Fixer
27. Douglas Rain in 2001: A Space Odyssey
28. John Castle in The Lion in Winter 
29. Derren Nesbitt in Where Eagles Dare 
30. Phil Silvers Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
31. Woody Strode in Once Upon a Time in The West
32. Maurice Evans in Planet of the Apes 
33. Jack Elam in Once Upon a Time in The West
34. Robert Vaughn in Bullitt
35. Stacy Keach in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 
36. Barry Foster in Twisted Nerve
37. Pat Hingle in Hang Em High
38. Michael Dunn in No Way to Treat a Lady
39. William Hickey in The Boston Strangler 
40. Massimo Girotti in Teorema
41. Peter Cook in A Dandy in Aspic
42. Michael Hordern in Where Eagles Dare 
43. George Voskovec in The Boston Strangler
44. John Cassavettes in Rosemary's Baby
45. Harry Secombe in Oliver! 
46. Roddy McDowall in Planet of the Apes 
47. James Olson Rachel, Rachel
48. Anton Diffring in Where Eagles Dare 
49. Ralph Bellamy in Rosemary's Baby
50. William Windom in The Detective 
51. Charles Denner in The Bride Wore Black
52. Robert Helpmann in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 
53. Michael Lonsdale in Stolen Kisses
54. Terry Kiser in Rachel, Rachel
55. Laurence Olivier in The Shoes of the Fisherman
56. Eg Begley in Hang Em High
57. Jack Wild in Oliver!
58. Charles Grodin in Rosemary's Baby
59. Patrick Wymark in Witchfinder General
60. Peter Vaughn in The Bofors Gun 
61. Jack Palance in The Mercenary
    
62. Vittorio De Sica in The Shoes of the Fisherman
63. Gary Lockwood in 2001: A Space Odyssey 
64. Keenan Wynn in Once Upon a Time in The West 
65. Herb Edelman in The Odd Couple
66. Karl Hardman in Night of The Living Dead
67. Dennis Hopper in Hang Em High
68. George Kennedy in The Boston Strangler 
69. Joby Baker in Blackbeard's Ghost
70. Robert Beatty in Where Eagles Dare 
71. Ben Johnson in Hang Em High
72. John Fiedler in The Odd Couple 
73. Claude Rich in The Bride Wore Black
74. Robert Duvall in The Detective
75. Jack Weston in The Thomas Crown Affair
76. Frank Wolff in The Great Silence 
77. Donald Houston in Where Eagles Dare 
78. Hugh Griffith in Oliver! 
79. Beau Bridges in For Love of Ivy
80. Dick Van Patten in Charly
81. Peter Lawford in Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
82. Murray Hamilton in The Boston Strangler
83. Robert Russell in Witchfinder General
84. Harry Andrews in The Charge of the Light Brigade
85. Frank Wolff in Once Upon a Time in The West
86. Sidney Blackmer in Rosemary's Baby
87. Richard Warwick in If....
88. Murray Hamilton in No Way To Treat A Lady 
89. Jason Robards in Isadora 
90. Benny Hill in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
91. Arthur Lowe in If....
92. Don Francks in Finian's Rainbow
93. Phillippe Leroy in Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
94. Lionel Stander in A Dandy in Aspic 
95. James Fox in Isadora 
96. Keenan Wynn in Finian's Rainbow
97. Walter Pidgeon in Funny Girl
98. Lionel Jeffries in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
99. Paolo Stoppa in Once Upon A Time in The West
100. Daniel Massey in Star
101. John Fraser in Isadora
102. Lionel Stander in Once Upon a Time in The West
103. Joseph O'Conor in Oliver!
104. Tommy Steele in Finian's Rainbow
105. Peter Bogdanovich in Targets
106. Nigel Terry in The Lion in Winter

Next Year: 1951 Leading

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1968: Timothy Dalton in The Lion in Winter

Timothy Dalton did not receive an Oscar nomination for portraying King Philip II in The Lion in Winter.

In Becket John Gielgud was nominated for portraying Louis VII the King of France who dealt with King Henry earlier also played by Peter O'Toole. This film is not a sequel to Becket, even though due to O'Toole's presence, and the few mentions of Thomas Becket it definitely feels connected. In Becket we saw Louis as a man mistreated by Henry, who only got his revenge in small measured ways. Here we pick up in this particular struggle with Louis's son Philip as played by a young Timothy Dalton, who is visiting Henry to discuss matters of importance to the two countries particularly over who owns what land.

Dalton actually might have the least screen time out of the main players, but that really does not matter because he tears into every scene he has with an incredible ferocity. We first see him in his public greeting with Henry where they both warmly greet one another. Dalton just like O'Toole suggests that in his eyes warmth is the last thing that comes to his mind when it comes to the other King. The public pleasantries soon go away when they retreat to a private quarters to discuss their problems much more openly than before. Dalton knows exactly how to set up his character in this scene to ensure he sets up Philip properly.

Dalton in the first personal scene between Henry and Philip portrays Philip well as a young inexperienced man who wishes to make something for himself. Dalton has a great intensity in his performance that portrays well a passion in Philip to be more than just a pawn to Henry. Dalton is strong here because he shows that Philip is attempting very much is to try to stand on firm ground with Henry, but his inexperience in the matters keeps him from doing so. He is effective in showing that Philip's distaste is obviously far deeper than just on their current negotiations, but there is a powerful hatred in him for Henry that clearly stands for their two countries history but as well from the way Henry does not treat him seriously.

Philip is absent for a great period of time until each of Henry's sons come to negotiate with him to try to steal the crown. Dalton is perfect here as he portrays Philip finally finding away to gain ground. Dalton presents a bit of an inner King come out of himself, that in at least one way is equal to Henry. When Henry's sons Geoffrey, and John try to convince him to go to war in an alliance. Dalton is great in his the ambition he creates within Philip that makes the King instantly seize on the opportunity. Dalton has a forcefulness in his confidence that would fool the brothers that he will agree to the alliance, but Dalton still shows that Philip clearly taking into account what he can do to Henry with the betrayal of his sons.

The scene is his pivotal scene, and it continues when Richard also goes to meet him, and Dalton is brilliant as he shows Philip unfold more of his plan. Dalton is terrific as Philip eases into a tenderness, and Dalton brings this warmth about suddenly but effectively. He makes entirely believable the way Richard breaks down, although again Dalton leaves just the right indication that he is still planning something by having Richard open up in this way. His plans are finally revealed when Henry appears unknowing that his sons are all in the room. Dalton's portrayal of Philip in this scene is excellent as he goes completely on the offensive against Henry and the inexperience has seemed to left.

Dalton makes Philip on the same field as Henry here particularly through his hate he expresses incisively. His hatred not only for his own treatment, but as well a hatred that stems from Henry's treatment of Philip's father. Dalton is very powerful in this scene particularly when he reveals all of the betrayals around him showing that he was only leading on everyone to exact vengeance against Henry. Dalton absolutely nails the moment as Philip reveals his full level of cruelty against everyone, as well as the very important pleasure he takes in hurting all of the men. That is Dalton's last scene but he unquestionably makes the impression he needs to with his performance standing toe to toe with Peter O'Toole, and delivering a great supporting performance.

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1968

And the Nominees Were Not:

Anthony Hopkins in The Lion in Winter

Timothy Dalton in The Lion in Winter

Jason Robards in Once Upon a Time in The West

Oliver Reed in Oliver!

Michael York in Romeo and Juliet