Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1996: Results

5. Gene Hackman in The Birdcage- Hackman steals the film with his hilarious dead pan performance.

Best Scene: Senator Keeley talks about foliage.

4. Pete Postlethwaite in Brassed Off- For most of the film Postlethwaite gives a very enjoyable performance in bringing such a conviction and pride in something so seemingly small, and then he successfully transitions to a true emotional poignancy at the end of the film.

Best Scene: Final speech.

3. Robert Carlyle in Trainspotting- Carlyle gives a very entertaining and intense portrayal of man who gets his kicks out of kicking a certain something out of any unlucky fellow in his way.

Best Scene: Begbie's final bar breakdown.

2. Derek Jacobi in Hamlet- Claudius easily could have been a throwaway role but Jacobi gives an excellent portrayal of Claudius as both an imposing villain but as well an honest the portrayal of guilt.

Best Scene: Claudius asks for forgiveness.

1. Steve Buscemi in Fargo- Good Prediction koook160.  Steve Buscemi gives a great portrait of idiotic criminal and is terrific in every one of his scenes, and it's only better due to his perfect chemistry with his partner in crime played by Peter Stormare who is also my very close number two for this year.

Best Scene: Carl negotiates with Wade.

Overall Rank:

1. Steve Buscemi in Fargo
2. Peter Stormare in Fargo
3. Edward Norton in Primal Fear
4. Derek Jacobi in Hamlet
5. Robert Carlyle in Trainspotting
6. Pete Postlethwaite in Brassed Off
7. Gene Hackman in The Birdcage
8. Charlton Heston in Hamlet
9. Paul Scofield in The Crucible
10. Harry Belafonte in Kansas City
11. Clifton James in Lone Star 
12. Tony Jay in The Hunchback of Notre Dame 
13. Matthew McCounaughey in Lone Star
14. Edward Norton in The People vs. Larry Flynt
15. Bain Beohlke in Fargo
16. Bill Murray in Kingpin
17. Kevin McKidd in Trainspotting
18. Gary Sinise in Ransom
19. Dwight Yoakam in Sling Blade
20. Armin Mueller-Stahl in Shine
21. Harve Presnell in Fargo
22. Robert Duvall in Phenomenon
23. Lucas Black in Sling Blade
24. Kevin Pollak in That Thing You Do  
25. Pete Postlethwaite in Romeo + Juliet 
26. Robert De Niro in Sleepers
27. Samuel L. Jackson in A Time To Kill
28. James Cromwell in Star Trek: First Contact 
29. Matthew McCounaughey in Larger Than Life
30. Christopher McDonald in Happy Gilmore
31. Stephen Rea in Michael Collins
32. Robert Duvall in Sling Blade
33. Brian Blessed in Hamlet
34. Willem Dafoe in The English Patient
35. Brent Spiner in Star Trek: First Contact
36. Kevin Spacey in A Time To Kill
37. Dave Chapelle in The Nutty Professor
38. Ian Holm in Big Night
39. Kevin Bacon in Sleepers 
40. Stephen Tompkinson in Brassed Off
41. Jonny Lee Miller in Trainspotting
42. Steve Park in Fargo 
43. Alan Rickman in Michael Collins
44. Tom Hanks in That Thing You Do
45. Carl Weathers in Happy Gilmore
46. Nicholas Farrell in Hamlet
47. Scott Wilson in Shiloh
48. Richard Attenborough in Hamlet
49. Forest Whitaker in Phenomenon
50. Chris Cooper in A Time to Kill
51. Vince Vaughn in Swingers
52. James Woods in Ghosts of Mississippi 
53. Kris Kirstofferson in Lone Star
54. Ed Harris in The Rock
55. J.T. Walsh in Sling Blade
56. Steve Zahn in That Thing You Do
57. Robert Musgrave in Bottle Rocket
58. Peter Vaughan in The Crucible
59. John Astin in The Frighteners
60. James Caan in Eraser
61. Ewan Bremner in Trainspotting
62. Jon Voight in Mission: Impossible
63. Larry Brandenberg in Fargo
64. John Ritter in Sling Blade 
65. Ron Canada in Lone Star
66. Johnathon Shaech in That Thing You Do
67. Billy Crystal in Hamlet
68. Jeff Goldblum in Independence Day 
69. James Caan in Bottle Rocket
70. Ewan McGregor in Brassed Off
71. Kevin Kline in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
72. Bruce Davison in The Crucible
73. John Carroll Lynch in Fargo
74. Larry Miller in The Nutty Professor
75. Ving Rhames in Mission: Impossible
76. Andre Braugher in Primal Fear
77. Tony Denman in Fargo
78. Pete Postlethwaite in Dragonheart
79. Jim Carter in Brassed Off 
80. Brad Renfro in Sleepers
81. Timothy Spall in Hamlet
82. John Ales in The Nutty Professor
83. John Gielgud in Shine
84. Philip Seymour Hoffman in Twister 
85. Richard Briers in Hamlet
86. Delroy Lindo in Ransom
87. Aidan Quinn in Michael Collins
88. Philip Jackson in Brassed Off
89. Robert De Niro in Marvin's Room
90. Ron Livingston in Swingers
91. Brad Pitt in Sleepers 
92. Treat Williams in The Phantom
93. Bill Murray in Space Jam
94. Jonathan Pryce in Evita
95. Phil Hartman in Sgt. Bilko
96. Michael Moriarty in Shiloh
97. Michael Douglas in The Ghost and the Darkness
98. David Arquette in Scream
99. Ben Stiller in The Cable Guy 
100. Dustin Hoffman in Sleepers   
101. Dan Hedaya in Marvin's Room
102. Steve Buscemi in Kansas City
103. Viggo Mortensen in Daylight
104. James Cromwell in The People vs. Larry Flynt
105. Donald Sutherland in A Time to Kill
106. Danny DeVito in Matilda
107. Rob Campbell in The Crucible
108. Patrick McGoohan in The Phantom
109. Paul Reubens in Dunston Checks In
110. Dan Aykroyd in Sgt. Bilko
111. Wayne Knight in Space Jam
112. Stan Shaw in Daylight 
113. Leonardo DiCaprio in Marvin's Room
114. James Coburn in The Nutty Professor
115. Keith David in Larger Than Life
116. Rufus Sewell in Hamlet
117. Owen Wilson in The Cable Guy
118. James Rebhorn in Independence Day
119. Hank Azaria in The Birdcage
120. Richard Paul in The People vs. Larry Flynt
121. Gerard Depardieu in Hamlet 
122. Gary Busey in Black Sheep 
123. Christopher Lee in The Stupids
124. Matthew Lillard in Scream
125. Phil Hartman in Jingle All The Way
126. Jack Black in The Cable Guy 
127. Colin Firth in The English Patient
128. Michael Murphy in Kansas City
129. Robin Williams in Hamlet
130. Joe Morton in Lone Star
131. David Thewlis in Dragonheart
132. William Atherton in Bio-Dome
133. Cary Elwes in Twister
134. Skeet Ulrich in Scream
135. Randy Quiad in Independence Day
136. Harold Gould in Killer: A Journal of Murder
137. Tim Matheson in Black Sheep
138. Bob Odenkirk in Cable Guy
139. Paul Sorvino in Romeo + Juliet
140. Emilio Estevez in D3
141. Peter Dobson in The Frighteners
142. Brian Dennehey in Romeo + Juliet
143. Cuba Gooding Jr. in Jerry Maguire
144. Judd Hirsch in Independence Day
145. James Belushi in Jingle All The Way
146. Bill Cosby in Jack
147. Ruper Everett in Dunston Checks In 
148. Beau Bridges in Jerry Maguire
149. Robert John Burke in Killer: A Journal of Murder
150. James Naughton in First Kid
151. Eugene Levy in Multiplicity
152. Glenn Shadix in Dunston Check In
153. Jack Lemmon in Hamlet
154. Dash Mihok in Romeo + Juliet
155. Brian Kerwin in Jack
156. Robert Guillaume in First Kid
157. James Acheson in Kazaam
158. Harold Perrineau in Romeo + Juliet
159. Jerry O'Connell in Jerry Maguire
160. Dan Futterman in The Birdcage
161. Sinbad in Jingle All The Way
162. Crispin Glover in The People vs. Larry Flynt 
163. Kiefer Sutherland in A Time to Kill
164. Michael Maloney in Hamlet
165. John Costelloe in Kazaam
166. Bug Hall in The Stupids
167. John Leguizamo in Romeo + Juliet
168. Jake Lloyd in Jingle All The Way

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