Alternate Best Actor 2000: Results

5. George Clooney in O Brother Where Art Thou?- Clooney gives a fun and endearing performance, which is fun to follow through this adventure.

Best Scene: The boys are about to be hanged.

4. Chow Yun-Fat in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon- Yun-Fat succeeds well in a role tailored made for his particular screen presence.

Best Scene: His last scene.

3. Eric Bana in Chopper- Bana is a lot of fun with a bonkers performance that somehow makes his character believable.

Best Scene: Chopper kills the Turk.

2. Christian Bale in American Psycho- Bale performance gives a comedic phony performance that actually suits his character far better then if he played it straight.

Best Scene: Bateman kills Paul Allen.

1. Guy Pearce in Memento- Good Prediction Koook160. This was an easy choice for me. Guy Pearce gives a great performance brilliantly realizing his character's most unusual disability while flawlessly taking his character down a many differing paths, and never becoming dull for a moment even though his character does repeat himself often.

Best Scene: Leonard confronts John G. or at least he thinks he does.

Overall Rank:

1. Guy Pearce in Memento
2. Willem Dafoe in Shadow of the Vampire
3. Tom Hanks in Castaway
4. Christian Bale in American Psycho
5. Eric Bana in Chopper
6. Michael Douglas in Wonder Boys
   
7. Tony Leung Chiu Wai in The Mood For Love
   
8. Chow Yun-Fat in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
9. George Clooney in O Brother Where Art Thou?
10. Jamie Bell in Billy Elliot 
11. Paul Bettany in Gangster No. 1
12. Bruce Greenwood in Thirteen Days 
13. Mel Gibson in The Patriot
14. Samuel L. Jackson in Unbreakable 
15. Russell Crowe in Gladiator
16. Dennis Quaid in Frequency
17. Bruce Willis in Unbreakable
18. Joaquin Phoenix in Quills
19. Denzel Washington in Remember the Titans 
20. Owen Wilson in Shanghai Noon
21. Samuel L. Jackson in Shaft 
22. Patrick Fugit in Almost Famous
23. Haley Joel Osment in Pay It Forward
24. Jim Caviezel in Frequency 
25. Kevin Spacey in Pat It Forward
26. Samuel L. Jackson in Rules of Engagement
27. Matthew McConaughey in U-571
28. Tommy Lee Jones in Rules of Engagement
29. Gary Sinise in Mission to Mars
30. Tatsuya Fujimara in Battle Royale 
31. Ed Harris in Pollock
32. Geoffrey Rush in Quills
33. Javier Bardem in Before Night Falls
34. Nicolas Cage in Gone in Sixty Seconds
35. Jackie Chan in Shanghai Noon
36. Hugh Jackman in X-Men 
37. Matt Damon in The Legend of Bagger Vance
38. Val Kilmer in Red Planet 
39. Arnold Schwarzenegger in The 6th Day 
40. Brendan Fraser in Bedazzled
41. John Malkovich in Shadow of the Vampire
42. Ben Stiller in Meet the Parents 
43. Matthew Perry in Whole Nine Yards
44. Robert De Niro in Meet the Parents
45. Bruce Willis in The Whole Nine Yards
46. Keanu Reeves in The Replacements
47. Sylvester Stallone in Get Carter
48. Kevin Costner in Thirteen Days
49. Jim Carrey in The Grinch
50. Eddie Murphy in Nutty Professor II
51. Jamie Foxx in Bait
52. Christopher Lambert in Highlander Endgame
53. Martin Lawrence in Big Momma's House
54. Breckin Meyer in Road Trip
55. Adrian Paul in Highlander Endgame
56. Adam Sandler in Little Nicky

Next Year: 2000 Supporting