Best "best actor" winner of this decade

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Best "best actor" winner of this decade

Dustin Hoffman, "Rain Man" (1988)
1
2%
Daniel Day Lewis, "My Left Foot" (1989)
16
25%
Jeremy Irons, "Reversal Of Fortune" (1990)
7
11%
Anthony Hopkins, "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
27
42%
Al Pacino, "Scent of a Woman" (1992)
0
No votes
Tom Hanks, "Philadelphia" (1993)
2
3%
Tom Hanks, "Forrest Gump" (1994)
0
No votes
Nicolas Cage, "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995)
7
11%
Geoffrey Rush, "Shine" (1996)
2
3%
Jack Nicholson, "As Good As It Gets" (1997)
3
5%
 
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Post by Archie Leach »

Hmmm.... Day-Lewis, Irons, Rush, Hopkins, even Nicholson... but I voted Cage.
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Post by Franz Ferdinand »

Hopkins' ascendance to pop culture Valhalla has made people forget what a truly creepy character Lecter is, and what a huge impact he makes in his limited screen time. Still, I'd vote for Day-Lewis, with Irons a close second.
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Post by Hustler »

Day lewis and Hopkins but I can´t let Nicholson out.
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Post by Mack Ten »

Irons. Easy.
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Post by Kova »

Hopkins would have been my knee-jerk pick (over Day-Lewis, Irons, and Hanks in Philadelphia), but I recentaly rewatched Cage in Leaving Las Vegas, and he got my vote. He could have looked extraordinarily silly in this movie, but he is able to generate a remarkable degree of empathy without any backstory or virtuous characteristic.
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Post by Sabin »

Wow. I'm seeing a lot of sick and handicapped people...

I'm no big fan of William Goldman but I also don't like to vote for the retard at any given opportunity, but the "Crazy Guy" vote is equally deceptive. Hopkins is oodles of fun in Silence but would I rank that above the remarkable transformation Day-Lewis went through in My Left Foot? I'd say that any of Jeff Bridges' early nineties performances would top my list, especially Fearless.
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Post by dylanfan23 »

1)Hopkins
2)Nicholsen
3)Cage
4)Hanks(Phili)
5)Irons
6)Day Lewis
7)Pacino
8)Rush
9)Hoffman
10)Hanks(Forest)
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Post by Aceisgreat »

Skipped around for awhile from Hopkins to Irons to Day-Lewis. Finally went with Hopkins.
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Post by criddic3 »

Amazingly, Hopkins is the only one to also win a coinciding Criddic Award! Hoffman was not in contention, since I started my awards the following year. [if I ever do make a list for past awards, which may be too silly, he might be a nominee]
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Post by Reza »

Voted for Irons but would have voted a tie for Irons and Hopkins.
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Post by dws1982 »

I voted for Jeremy Irons.
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Post by Aceisgreat »

Which is the best?
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