Alternate Best Actor 1988: Results

5. Forest Whitaker in Bird- Whitaker gives a performance that combines the charm and pain of his character well.

4. William Hurt in The Accidental Tourist- Hurt is very strong here by realizing his character's depression while still giving a charming and sometimes humorous performance.

3. John Malkovich in Danger Liaisons- Malkovich takes an unorthodox but effective approach to his womanizer character by stressing the mechanics of the man's method.

2. Bob Hoskins in Who Framed Roger Rabbit- Hoskins is terrific in the lead of this film interacting perfectly with the strange cartoon characters throughout the film as well giving an entertaining and sometimes powerful performance entirely on its own as well.

1. Jeremy Irons in Dead Ringers- Good Prediction Michael Patison, Mark, and Maciej. Well it should be no surprise to anyone that Jeremy Irons wins this year. Although I liked all these performances Irons stands far and above as the best. He is simply incredible in his portrayal of the twins of his film and their interconnected world. Irons here not only gives one but two great characterizations here finding the subtitles that differentiate the two perfectly as well as creating a fascinating connection between them.  

Overall Rank:

1. Jeremy Irons in Dead Ringers
2. Bob Hoskins in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
3. Eric Bogosian in Talk Radio
4. John Malkovich in Dangerous Liaisons
5. William Hurt in The Accidental Tourist
6. Gene Hackman in Mississippi Burning 
7. Bill Murray in Scrooged
8. Robert De Niro in Midnight Run 
9. Charles Grodin in Midnight Run
10. Forest Whitaker in Bird
11. John Cleese in A Fish Called Wanda 
12. Bruce Willis in Die Hard
13. Jeff Bridges in Tucker A Man and His Dream
14. River Phoenix in Running on Empty
15. Leslie Nielsen in Naked Gun 
16. Tom Cruise in Rain Man
17. Eddie Murphy in Coming to America
18. Derek Jacobi in Little Dorrit
19. Edward James Olmos in Stand and Deliver
20. Kevin Costner in Bull Durham
21. Tom Hanks in Big
22. Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man
23. Emilio Estevez in Young Guns
24. Richard Dreyfuss in Moon Over Parador 
25. Alec Baldwin in Beetle Juice
26. Warwick Davis in Willow
27. Matthew Modine in Married to the Mob
28. Roddy Piper in They Live
29. Clint Eastwood in The Dead Pool
30. Jim Varney in Ernest Saves Christmas

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