Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1987: Results

6. Robert De Niro in Angel Heart- De Niro being the weakest of this bunch doesn't really say much of anything as he gives a very eerie turn as the ultimate evil.

Best Scene: Cyphre prepares an egg for consumption.

5. Vincent D'Onofrio in Full Metal Jacket- D'Onofrio gives a great performance first being rather moving as man not capable enough in the rough boot camp, then downright terrifying once he gets into the swing of things.

Best Scene: Late at night in the latrine.

4. Dennis Hopper in River's Edge- Hopper gives a cohesive portrait of a complex man and despite playing a drug dealer murderer somehow becomes the moral center of the film.

Best Scene: Feck's confession. 

3. R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket- Ermey gives a relentlessly brutal as well as slyly satirical performance as the drill sergeant that would make an average drill sergeant squirm.

Best Scene: Hartman's introduction.

2. Richard Dawson in The Running Man- Richard Dawson turns his work on Family Feud askew brilliantly in making a menacing and entertaining 80's action movie villain who steals his film without question.

Best Scene: "Only in a Rerun"

1. Mandy Patinkin in The Princess Bride- This year is one of the all time greats for supporting performances that goes even beyond the six I reviewed here and the fairly solid line up offered by the academy. My favorite performance from the year though has to go to Mandy Patinkin's extremely endearing, very funny, and even quite moving portrayal of Ingio Montoya.

Best Scene: "Hello my name is Inigo Montoya you killed my father prepare to die."

Overall Rank:

1. Mandy Patinkin in The Princess Bride
2. Richard Dawson in The Running Man
3. Morgan Freeman in Street Smart
4. R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket
5. Dennis Hopper in River's Edge
6. Vincent D'Onofrio in Full Metal Jacket
7. Robert De Niro in Angel Heart
8. Peter Falk in Wings of Desire
9. Peter O'Toole in The Last Emperor
10. Daniel Roebuck in River's Edge
11. George Wyner in Spaceballs
12. Kurtwood Smith in Robocop
13. Will Patton in No Way Out
14. David Strathairn in Matewan
15. Christopher Guest in The Princess Bride 
16. Andre The Giant in The Princess Bride 
17. Ying Ruocheng in The Last Emperor
18. Chris Sarandon in The Princess Bride
19. James Earl Jones in Matewan
20. Wallace Shawn in The Princess Bride
21. Ian Bannen in Hope and Glory
22. Vincent Gardenia in Moonstruck
23. Bob Gunton in Matewan
24. Billy Crystal in The Princess Bride
25. Denzel Washington in Cry Freedom
26. Gene Hackman in No Way Out
27. John Goodman in Raising Arizona 
28. Mel Smith in The Princess Bride
29. Erik King in Street Smart
30. Danny Aiello in Moonstruck
31. John Malkovich in Empire of the Sun
32. Robert Prosky in Broadcast News
33. Mel Brooks in Spaceballs
34. Tom Waits in Ironweed
35. John Candy in Spaceballs 
36. Peter Falk in The Princess Bride 
37. Kiefer Sutherland in The Lost Boys
38. William Forsythe in Raising Arizona
39. Gary Busey in Lethal Weapon
40. Forest Whitaker in Good Morning, Vietnam
41. Dick Van Patten in Spaceballs
42. Ronny Cox in RoboCop
43. Jack Nicholson in Broadcast News
44. Hal Holbrook in Wall Street
45. Miguel Ferrer in Robocop 
46. Bill Duke in Predator 
47. Bruno Kirby in Good Morning, Vietnam
48. John Mahoney in Moonstruck
49. Barnard Hughes in The Lost Boys
50. Robert Englund in Nightmare on Elm Street 3
51. Gene Hackman in Superman IV 
52. Sean Connery in The Untouchables
53. Otto Sander in Wings of Desire
54. J.C. Quinn in Barfly 
55. Yaphet Kotto in The Running Man 
56. Fred Gwynne in Ironweed
57. Andy Garcia in The Untouchables
58. Nigel Havers in Empire of the Sun
59. J.T. Walsh in Good Morning Vietnam
60. Dean Stockwell in Beverly Hills Cop 2
61. Corey Feldman in The Lost Boys
62. Joshua John Miller in River's Edge
63. Robert De Niro in The Untouchables
64. John Rhys-Davies in The Living Daylights 
65. Victor Wong in The Last Emperor
66. Judge Reinhold in Beverly Hills Cop 2
67. Mick Fleetwood in The Running Man
68. Terence Stamp in Wall Street
69. Carl Weathers Predator 
70. John Ashton in Beverly Hills Cop 2
71. Noble Willingham in Good Morning, Vietnam
72. Trey Wilson in Raising Arizona
73. Brownie McGhee in Angel Heart
74. Michael O'Keefe in Ironweed 
75. Arliss Howard in Full Metal Jacket
76. Martin Sheen in Wall Street
77. Dann Florek in Angel Heart
78. Billy Drago in The Untouchables
79. Joe Don Baker in The Living Daylights 
80. John C. McGinley in Wall Street
81. Kurt Fuller in The Running Man
82. Randall Cobb in Raising Arizona
83. Charles Martin Smith in The Untouchables
84. Fred Savage in The Princess Bride
85. Will Oldham in Matewan
86. Christopher Connelly in Strike Commando
87. Andreas Wisniewski in The Living Daylights
88. Wallace Shawn in Prick Up Your Ears  
89. Jeroen Krabbe in The Living Daylights
90. Jesse Ventura in The Running Man
91. Frank Stallone in Barfly
92. Jay Patterson in Street Smart
93. Marvin J. McIntyre in The Running Man
94. Sam McMurray in Raising Arizona
95. Jim Metzler in River's Edge
96. Andre Gregory in Street Smart
97. David Hayman in Hope and Glory
98. Jesse Ventura in Predator
99. Alex Vitale in Strike Commando
100. Jon Cryer in Superman IV

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