Best of the Best: Best Supporting Actor

1998 through 2007

Best of the Best: Best Supporting Actor

James Coburn - Affliction
1
2%
Michael Caine - The Cider House Rules
2
5%
Benicio Del Toro - Traffic
4
10%
Jim Broadbent - Iris
5
12%
Chris Cooper - Adaptation.
13
31%
Tim Robbins - Mystic River
6
14%
Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
5
12%
George Clooney - Syriana
0
No votes
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
1
2%
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
5
12%
 
Total votes: 42

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jsmalahy wrote:
flipp525 wrote:
Akash wrote:(in fact, HIS was the truly great performance in "Capote")

Umm, what? I hardly remember him in Capote. What did he even do?

He was the one acting.
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My vote goes to Jim Broadbent.
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flipp525 wrote:
Akash wrote:(in fact, HIS was the truly great performance in "Capote")

Umm, what? I hardly remember him in Capote. What did he even do?
He was the one acting.
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Chris Cooper played Alvin Dewey, the chief of police. He plays a much larger role in the novel than in the movie. In the novel, he really was a more central character than Capote who seemed to be moving through the story as more of an observer. The movie portrays him more as the solver of the crime, which is less true than the reality of it.
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flipp525 wrote:(I realize I'm responding to a now-defunct poster so anyone can feel free to answer me...)
All of "their" posts kind of blend together, especially being so close together.
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I remember him being in the movie, but you are right that his character wasn't all that memorable.
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Akash wrote:(in fact, HIS was the truly great performance in "Capote")
Umm, what? I hardly remember him in Capote. What did he even do?

(I realize I'm responding to a now-defunct poster so anyone can feel free to answer me...)
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1. Benicio Del Toro
2. Jim Broadbent
3. Alan Arkin (but more for the actor than for the performance)
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Oops! I meant to vote for the Worst of the Best. That would be Alan Arkin.

I think the best is Freeman, but I liked Robbins and also Cooper.
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Post by Steph2 »

Am I the only one who remembers how wonderful Del Toro was in Traffic? Oh wait I'm not. Thanks two other voters! This is a terrific list and I was torn between two essentially lead performances - Del Toro and Broadbent - and I went with Del Toro.
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Post by Nik »

Chris Cooper is a close second but Freeman's lifetime of wonderful work (even in shit like Shawshank) and his beautiful Greek chorus in Million Dollar Baby, wins my vote here.
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Post by Sabin »

Strong lineup. Even the weak ones (Clooney, Arkin, Coburn) are pretty good. Chris Cooper's performance in 'Adaptation.' is so lovely, so batshit and beautiful, and such a refreshing change of pace from his neo-con dads. Every performance he gave before and after for ages was a neo-con dad. And here he is as John LaRoche just playful and wonderful. I will give Bardem, Broadbent, Freeman, Del Toro, and Caine their dues but I recall Roger Ebert's assertion that Chris Cooper gives a leading performance in a supporting role which is pretty fitting for John LaRoche. I like that.
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I said in the other thread how utterly good this list is from top to bottom, but without question Chris Cooper is the best of the best.
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Post by Akash »

I almost voted for Freeman out of career achievement (and a beautiful, subtle performance) but Chris Cooper has perfectly defined character actor for years -- he's great in everything he does (in fact, HIS was the truly great performance in "Capote") and downright brilliant in "Adaptation." I'm still surprised the Academy got this one oh, so right.
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Post by Hustler »

Exrtemely hard! what a talented group of actors! Morgan Freeman.
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