Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1980: Results

5. Mark Hamill in The Big Red One- Hamill plays his character well and has stand out moments even within the vignette nature of the film. 

Best Scene: The Concentration Camp.

4. Harrison Ford in The Empire Strikes Back- Ford gives one of his best action hero performances making Han Solo the great hero he should be.

Best Scene: "I Know".

3. Leslie Nielsen in Airplane!- Nielsen gives an one note performance of utter comedic brilliance, being incredibly funny by playing his part as deadly serious as possible.

Best Scene: "I am serious and don't call me Shirley".

2. Bryan Brown in Breaker Morant- Brown gives an effective performance finding his own place in the film as the soldier whose rough exterior hides a deeper sadness.

Best Scene: Hancock writes his farewell letter to his wife.

1. Tsutomu Yamazaki in Kagemusha- Good Prediction Maciej. Well I've come to the conclusion that Tsutomu Yamazaki is the greatest actor to have a Wikipedia page with no more than three sentences. Once again he delivers an incredible supporting performance. He always finds a way to stand out even when he is in a group of actors. Yamazaki gives a great supporting performance that plays off of and supports Tatsuya Nakadai's lead performance beautifully.

Best Scene: Nobukado predicts the fate of Kagemusha.

Overall Rank:

1. Tsutomu Yamzaki in Kagemusha
2. Joe Pesci in Raging Bull
3. Peter O'Toole in The Stunt Man
4. Bryan Brown in Breaker Morant
5. Leslie Nielsen in Airplane!
6. Harrison Ford in The Empire Strikes Back
7. Mark Hamill in The Big Red One
8. Freddie Jones in The Elephant Man 
9. Robert Stack in Airplane!
10. Brian Blessed in Flash Gordon 
11. Bill Murray in Caddyshack
12. Lewis Fitz-Gerald in Breaker Morant
13. Jason Robards in Melvin and Howard
14. James Earl Jones in The Empire Strikes Back 
15. John Gielgud in The Elephant Man
16. Gene Hackman in Superman II
17. Lloyd Bridges in Airplane!
18. Levon Helm in Coal Miner's Daughter
19. Max von Sydow in Flash Gordon
20. Billy Dee Williams in The Empire Strikes Back
21. Timothy Dalton in Flash Gordon
22. Michael Caine in Dressed to Kill  
23. Henry Gibson in The Blues Brothers
24. Terence Stamp in Superman II
25. Scatman Crothers in The Shining
26. Cab Calloway in The Blues Brothers
27. Philip Stone in The Shining
28. Peter Graves in Airplane!
29. Melvyn Douglas in Changeling
30. John Candy in The Blues Brothers
31. Judd Hirsch in Ordinary People
32. Frank Vincent in Raging Bull
33. Allen Garfield in The Stunt Man
34. Robert Carradine in The Big Red One
35. Frank Oz in The Empire Strikes Back
36. Kenichi Hagiwara in Kagemusha 
37. Siegfried Rauch in The Big Red One
38. Topol in Flash Gordon
39. Chevy Chase in Caddyshack
40. Keith Gordon in Dressed to Kill 
41. Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack
42. Anthony Daniels in The Empire Strikes Back
43. Dennis Franz in Dressed to Kill
44. Danny Lloyd in The Shining 
45. Alex Rocco in The Stunt Man
46. Bob Balaban in Altered States
47. Stephen Stucker in Airplane!
48. Jinpachi Nezu in Kagemusha
49. Jackie Gleason in Smokey and the Bandit II
50. John Marley in Tribute
51. Ted Knight in Caddyshack
52. Jerry Reed in Smokey and the Bandit II
53. Charles Haid in Altered States
54. Robby Benson in Tribute

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