Alternate Best Actor 2016: Results

5. Adam Driver in Paterson - I approach the keyboard to write the results of the year. I ponder if I chose Driver because he's the only actor from Silence I left off on the supporting shortlist. I continue to think and realize that this is a performance worth writing about.

4. Michael Keaton in The Founder - Keaton gives an entertaining performance as Ray Kroc but also manages to take his film to the darker places it needs to go in his revelation of the true nature of a cutthroat businessman.

Best Scene: Bathroom meeting.

3. Chris Pine in Hell or High - Chris Pine has an unassuming role yet gives a powerful portrayal of his character's motivations without being overshadowed by his more colorful co-stars.

Best Scene: Final scene.

2. Joel Edgerton in Loving - Edgerton gives a brilliant understated performance internalizing so effectively both the character's turmoil due to his hardship but also the love for his wife.

Best Scene: First meeting with Cohen.

1. Andrew Garfield in Silence - Good Predictions Calvin Law, and Robert MacFarlane. Due to only having five slots this may seem a weaker year, but that's in large pat because the Academy really did their job this year. It was a strong year for lead actor with Andrew Garfield giving the crowning achievement. He gives the most powerful performance of the year. It is an emotionally devastating performance to watch, but so much more in his profound realization of his character's unique journey of faith.

Best Scene: Garupe's test.

Overall Rank:

1. Andrew Garfield in Silence
2. Jeff Bridges in Hell or High Water
3. Viggo Mortensen in Captain Fantastic
4. Joel Edgerton in Loving
5. Denzel Washington in Fences
6. Ryan Gosling in La La Land
7. Chris Pine in Hell or High Water
8. Shahab Hosseini in The Salesman
9. Casey Affleck in Manchester by the Sea
10. Andrew Garfield in Hacksaw Ridge
11. Michael Keaton in The Founder 
12. Adam Driver in Paterson
13. Song Kang-ho in The Age of Shadows
14. Tom Hanks in Sully
15. Russell Crowe in The Nice Guys
16. Ryan Gosling in The Nice Guys
17. Robert Downey Jr. Captain America: Civil War 
18. Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool 
19. Daniel Radcliffe in Swiss Army Man
20. Paul Dano in Swiss Army Man 
21. Trevante Rhodes in Moonlight
22. Ethan Hawke in Born to Be Blue
23. Julian Dennison in Hunt for the Wilderpeople
24. Lewis MacDougall in A Monster Calls 
25. Ashton Sanders in Moonlight 
26. Anton Yelchin in Green Room
27. Jesse Plemons in Other People
28. Benedict Cumberbatch in Dr. Strange 
29. Jake Gyllenhaal in Demolition
30. Chris Evans in Captain America: Civil War 
31. Jeremy Irons in The Man Who Knew Infinity
32. Jonah Hill in War Dogs
33. Dan Fogler in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 
34. Bryan Cranston in The Infiltrator
35. Hugh Grant in Florence Foster Jenkins
36. Cillian Murphy in Anthropoid
37. Mark Rylance in The BFG
38. Dave Johns in I, Daniel Blake
39. Michael Fassbender in The Light Between Oceans
40. Sunny Pawar in Lion
41. Dev Patel in Lion
42. Gong Yoo in Train to Busan
43. Mel Gibson in Blood Father 
44. Josh Brolin in Hail Caesar! 
45. Gong Yoo in The Age of Shadows
46. Eddie Redmayne in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 
47. Miles Teller in Bleed For This
48. David Oyelowo in The Queen of Katwe
49. Diego Luna in Rogue One
50. Dwayne Johnson in Moana
51. Ferdia Walsh-Peelo in Sing Street 
52. Alex Hibbert in Moonlight 
53. Matthew McConaughey in Free State of Jones
54. Michael Shannon in Elvis & Nixon
55. Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Snowden
56. Denzel Washington in The Magnificent Seven 
57. Mark Wahlberg in Patriots Day 
58. Casey Affleck in The Finest Hours
59. Jason Bateman in Zootopia
60. Ben Affleck in The Accountant
61. Stephen Lang in Don't Breathe
62. Miles Teller in War Dogs
63. Michael Shannon in Midnight Special
64. Peter Simonischek in Toni Erdmann 
65. Matthew McConaughey in Gold
66. Keegan-Michael Key in Keanu 
67. Lucas Jade Zumann in 20th Century Women
68. Chris Pine in Star Trek: Beyond
69. Ben Affleck in Live by Night 
70. John Krasinski in 13 Hours
71. Casey Affleck in Triple Nine 
72. James Badge Dale in 13 Hours
73. Mark Wahlberg in Deepwater Horizon 
74. Jamie Dornan in Anthropoid 
75. Jack Black in Kung Fu Panda 3
76. Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings
77. Jordan Peele in Keanu 
78. Dev Patel in The Man Who Knew Infinity
79. Ben Affleck in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
80. Jesse Eisenberg in Cafe Society
81. Kwak Do-won in The Wailing
82. Max Records in I am Not a Serial Killer
83. Ewan McGregor in Our Kind of Traitor
84. Chris Pratt in Passengers 
85. Jaeden Lieberher in Midnight Special 
86. Logan Lerman in Indignation
87. Chris Pine in The Finest Hours
88. Neel Sethi in The Jungle Book
89. Henry Cavill in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
90. Brad Pitt in Allied
91. Jake Gyllenhaal in Nocturnal Animals
92. Will Smith in Collateral Beauty