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. Jason Isaacs in The Patriot
3. Takeshi Kitano in Battle Royale
4. Oliver Reed in Gladiator
5. Stephen Tobolowsky in Memento 
6. Benicio Del Toro in Traffic
7. Tim Blake Nelson in O Brother Where Art Thou?
8. Philip Seymour Hoffman in Almost Famous
   
9. Michael Douglas in Traffic 
10. Joe Pantoliano in Memento
11. Billy Crudup in Almost Famous
12. Taro Yamamoto in Battle Royale
13. Eddie Marsan in Gangster No. 1
14. Don Cheadle in Traffic
15. David Thewlis in Gangster No. 1
16. Sousuke Takaoka in Battle Royale 
17. Larry Holden in Memento
18. John Turturro in O Brother Where Art Thou?
19. Jeffrey Wright in Shaft
20. Heath Ledger in The Patriot
21. Gary Oldman in The Contender 
22. John Goodman in O Brother Where Art Thou?
23. Chris Cooper in The Patriot
24. Takashi Tsukamoto in Battle Royale
25. Richard Harris in Gladiator
26. Michael Badalucco in O Brother Where Art Thou?
27. Christian Bale in Shaft
28. Charles Durning in O Brother Where Art Thou?
29. Michael Caine in Quills
30. Robert Downey Jr. in Wonder Boys
31. Steven Culp in Thirteen Days
32. Daniel Van Bargen in O Brother Where Art Thou?
33. Masnobu Ando in Battle Royale 
34. Tom Wilkinson in The Patriot 
35. Gary Lewis in Billy Elliot
36. Kevin Conway in Thirteen Days
37. Miguel Ferrer in Traffic
38. Frank Wood in Thirteen Days
39. Gene Hackman in The Replacements
40. Robert Duvall in The 6th Day
41. René Auberjonois in The Patriot
42. Dylan Baker in Thirteen Days 
43. Don Cheadle in Mission to Mars 
44. Bruce Davison in X-Men
45. Willem Dafoe in American Psycho
46. David Hemmings in Gladiator
47. Ian McKellen in X-Men
48. Tchéky Karyo in The Patriot
49. Ray Park in X-Men 
50. Dennis Quaid in Traffic 
51. Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator
52. Udo Kier in Shadow of the Vampire
53. Patrick Stewart in X-Men
54. Terence Stamp in Red Planet
55. Will Patton in Remember the Titans
56. Albert Finney in Erin Brockovich
57. Luis Guzman in Traffic
58. Djimon Honsou in Gladiator 
59. Leon Rippy in The Patriot
60. Jeff Bridges in The Contender
61. Noah Taylor in Almost Famous 
62. Giovanni Ribsi in Gone in 60 Seconds
63. Derek Jacobi in Gladiator 
64. James Brolin in Traffic
65. Jack Lemmon in The Legend of Beggar Vance 
66. David Paymer in Bait
67. Mark Boone Junior in Memento
68. Paul Giamatti in Big Momma's House
69. Peter Woodward in The Patriot
70. Xander Berkeley in Shanghai Noon
71. Albert Finney in Traffic
72. David Morse in Bait 
73. Owen Wilson in Meet the Parents
74. Eddie Izzard in Shadow of the Vampire
75. Donnie Yen in Highlander Endgame 
76. James Mardsen in X-Men
77. Sam Elliot in The Contender
78. Michael Clarke Duncan in The Whole Nine Yards
79. Roger Yuan in Shanghai Noon
80. Change Chen in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
81. James Rebhorn in Meet the Parents 
82. Adam Baldwin in The Patriot 
83. Kevin Pollak in The Whole Nine Yards
84. Carey Elwes in Shadow of the Vampire
85. Topher Grace in Traffic
86. Joey D. Vieira in The Patriot 
87. Christian Slater in The Contender
88. Jay Arlen Jones in The Patriot
89. Tom Sizemore in Red Planet 
90. Tobey Maguire in Wonder Boys
91. Johnny Depp in Before Night Falls 
92. Donal Logue in The Patriot 
93. Johnny Depp in Chocolat
94. Aaron Eckhart in Erin Brockovich
95. Jason Lee in Almost Famous
96. Doug Hutchison in Bait
97. Gregory Smith in The Patriot
98. Orland Jones in Bedazzled
99. Christopher Eccleston in Gone in 60 Seconds
100. Jerry O'Connell in Mission to Mars
101. Rainn Wilson in Almost Famous
102. Toby Huss in Bedazzled
103. Will Smith in The Legend of Beggar Vance
104. Shawn Ashmore in X-Men
105. The Cast of The Grinch
106. Larry Miller in The Nutty Professor II
107. John Ales in The Nutty Professor II
108. Cast of Little Nicky
109. Cast of Road Trip
110. Tyler Mane in X-Men
111. Bruce Payne in Highlander Endgame

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