Best Male Performances - 1990s

#1

as Forrest Gump in "Forrest Gump" (1993)

#12

as Andrew Becket in "Philadelphia" (1993)

#26

as Captain John H. Miller in "Saving Private Ryan" (1998)

#43

as Jim Lovell in "Apollo 13" (1995)

#61

as Paul Edgecomb in "The Green Mile" (1999)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Jimmy Dugan in "A League of Their Own" (1992)
as Sam Baldwin in "Sleepless in Seattle" (1993)
as Mr. White in "That Thing You Do" (1996)
as Joe Fox in "You've Got Mail" (1998)

#2

as Andy Kaufman in "The Man on the Moon" (1999)

#5

as Lloyd Christmas in "Dumb and Dumber" (1994)

#11

as Ace Ventura in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" (1994)

#14

as Fletcher Reede in "Liar, Liar" (1997)

#17

as Truman Burbank in "The Truman Show" (1998)

#38

as Ace Ventura in "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" (1995)

#55

as Staley Ipkiss in "The Mask" (1994)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Dr. Edward Nigma/The Riddler in "Batman Forever" (1995)
as The Cable Guy in "The Cable Guy" (1996)

#3

as William Wallace in "Braveheart" (1995)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Tom Mullen in "Ransom" (1996)
as Porter in "Payback" (1999)

#4

as Glenn Holland in "Mr. Holland's Opus" (1995)

#6

as Charles Chaplin in "Chaplin" (1992)

#94

as Thomas Reilly in "Heart and Souls" (1993)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Wayne Gale in "Natural Born Killers" (1994)
as Blake in "Two Girls and a Guy" (1998)

#7

as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding in "Shawshank Redemption" (1994)

#62

as Joadson in "Amistad" (1997)

Other Noteworthy Performance:

as Det. Lt. William Somerset in "Seven" (1995)

#8

as Austin Powers/Dr. Evil/Fat Bastard in "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" (1999)

#23

as Wayne Campbell in "Wayne's World" (1992)

#44

as Austin Powers/Dr. Evil in "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" (1997)

Other Noteworthy Performance:

as Charlie/Stuart Mackenzie in "So I Married an Axe Murderer" (1993)

#9

as Jerry Maguire in "Jerry Maguire" (1996)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Lt. Daniel Kaffe in "A Few Good Men (1992)
as Mitch McDeere in "The Firm" (1993)

#10

as Malcolm X in "Malcolm X" (1992)

#18

as Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter in "The Hurricane" (1999)

#53

as Joe Miller in "Philadelphia" (1993)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Lt. Commander Ron Hunter in "Crimson Tide" (1995)
as Jake Shuttlesworth in "He Got Game" (1998)

#13

as Daniel E. 'Rudy' Ruettiger in "Rudy" (1993)

#15

as Newland Archer in "The Age of Innocence" (1993)

#34

as Hawkeye in "The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

#16

as Max Cady in "Cape Fear" (1991)

#25

as Sam 'Ace' Rothstein in "Casino" (1995)

#70

as Jimmy Conway in "Goodfellas" (1990)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Leonard Lowe in "Awakenings" (1990)
as Neil McCauly in "Heat" (1995)

#19

as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in "Silence of the Lambs" (1991)

#73

as Richard Nixon in "Nixon" (1995)

Other Noteworthy Performance:

as John Quincy Adams in "Amistad" (1997)

#20

as Tommy Callahan in "Tommy Boy" (1995)

#54

as Mike Donnelly in "Black Sheep" (1996)

#21

as Phil Connors in "Groundhog Day" (1993)

#52

as Ernie McCracken in "Kingpin" (1996)

#79

as Bob Wiley in "What About Bob?" (1991)

#95

as Wally Ritchie in "The Man Who Knew Too Little" (1997)

#22

as Will Hunting in "Good Will Hunting" (1997)

#99

as Tom Ripley in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999)

Other Noteworthy Performance:

as Rudy Baylor in "The Rainmaker" (1997)

#24

as Carlito 'Charlie' Brigante in "Carlito's Way" (1993)

#33

as Lt. Col. Frank Slade in "A Scent of a Woman" (1992)

#68

as Big Boy in "Dick Tracy" (1990)

#85

as Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero in "Donnie Brasco" (1997)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Lt. Vincent Hanna in "Heat" (1995)
as Lowell Bergman in "The Insider" (1999)

#27

as Jimmy Hoffa in "Hoffa" (1992)

Other Noteworthy Performance:

as Melvin Udall in "As Good as it Gets" (1997)

#28

as Andy Dufresne in "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Griffin Mill in "The Player" (1992)
as Norville Barnes in "The Hudsucker Proxy" (1994)

#29

as Sean Maguire in "Good Will Hunting" (1997)

#40

as Daniel Hillard/Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire in "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993

#86

as Patch Adams in "Patch Adams" (1998)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Dr. Malcolm Sayer in "Awakenings" (1990)
as Jack Charles Powell in "Jack" (1996)
as Chris Nielsen in "What Dreams May Come" (1998)

#30

as Jeffrey Lebowski/'The Dude' in "The Big Lebowski" (1998)

#31

as Vinnie Antonelli in "My Blue Heaven" (1990)

#67

as George Banks in "Father of the Bride" (1991)

#88

as Harris K. Telemacher in "L.A. Story" (1991)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Jonas Nightengale in "Leap of Faith" (1992)
as George Banks in "Father of the Bride II" (1995)

#32

as Nicky Santoro in "Casino" (1995)

#51

as Tommy DeVito in "Goodfellas" (1990)

#74

as Vinny Gambini in "My Cousin Vinny" (1992)

Other Noteworthy Performance:

as Simon Wilder in "With Honors" (1994)

#35

as Oskar Schindler in "Schindler's List" (1993)

Other Noteworthy Performance:

as Robert Roy MacGregor in "Rob Roy" (1995)

#36

as Dr. Richard Kimble in "The Fugitive" (1993)

Other Noteworthy Performance:

as Jack Ryan in "Clear and Present Danger" (1994)

#37

as Harry Tasker in "True Lies" (1994)

#49

as The Terminator in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991)

#66

as Det. John Kimble in "Kindergarten Cop" (1990)

#89

as Douglas Quaid/Hauser in "Total Recall" (1990)

#39

as Harry Dunne in "Dumb and Dumber" (1994)

#41

as Lt. Dan Taylor in "Forrest Gump" (1994)

#42

as Arnie Grape in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" (1993)

#84

as King Louis XIV/Philippe in "The Man in the Iron Mask" (1998)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Romeo in "Romeo + Juliet" (1996)
as Hank in "Marvin's Room" (1996)
as Jack Dawson in "Titanic" (1997)

#45

as Richard in "Tommy Boy" (1995)

#97

as Steve Dodds in "Black Sheep" (1996)

#46

as Tyler Durden in "Fight Club" (1999)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Det. David Mills in "Seven" (1995)
as Jeffrey Goines in "Twelve Monkeys" (1995)

#47

as Benjamin Buford 'Bubba' Blue in "Forrest Gump" (1994)

#48

as Lester Burnham in "American Beauty" (1999)

#75

as Roger 'Verbal' Kint in "The Usual Suspects" (1995)

Other Noteworthy Performance:

as Jack Vincennes in "LA Confidential" (1997)

#50

as Derek Vinyard in "American History X" (1998)

#98

as Aaron in "Primal Fear" (1996)

Other Noteworthy Performance:

as The Narrator in "Fight Club" (1999)

#56

as Tom Reagan in "Miller's Crossing" (1990)

#57

as Mitch Robbins in "City Slickers" (1991)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Mickey Gordon in "Forget Paris" (1995)
as Sammy Karmin in "My Giant" (1998)

#58

as Jack Kelly in "Newsies" (1992)

Other Noteworthy Performance:

as Thomas Berger in "Swing Kids" (1993)

#59

as Garth Algar in Wayne's World 2" (1993)

#60

as Donnie Brasco/Joseph D. Pistone in "Donnie Brasco" (1997)

#72

as Edward Scissorhands in "Edward Scissorhands" (1990)

Other Noteworthy Performance:

as Ed Wood in "Ed Wood" (1994)
as Raoul Duke in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998)

#63

as William 'D-Fens' Foster in "Falling Down" (1993)

Other Noteworthy Performance:

as President Andrew Shepherd in "The American President" (!995)

#64

as James Bond in "GoldenEye" (1995)

#78

as Thomas Crown in "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1999)

#65

as Mickey Knox in "Natural Born Killers" (1994)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Roy Munson in "Kingpin" (1996)
as Larry Flynt in "The People Vs. Larry Flynt" (1996)

#69

as Bugsy Siegel in "Bugsy" (1991)

#83

as Dick Tracy in "Dick Tracy" (1990)

#71

as Walter Sobchak in "The Big Lebowski" (1998)

#76

as Mitch Leary in "In the Line of Fire" (1993)

#77

as Count Laszlo de Almasy in "The English Patient" (1996)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Amon Goeth in "Schindler's List" (1993)
as Charles Van Doren in "Quiz Show" (1994)

#80

as Bernie Laplante in "Hero" (1992)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Captain Hook in "Hook" (1991)
as Col. Sam Daniels in "Outbreak" (1995)
as Stanley Motss in "Wag the Dog" (1997)

#81

as Edward Ferrars in "Sense and Sensibility" (1995)

Other Noteworthy Performances:

as Charles in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994)
as Reginald Anson in "The Gentleman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain" (1995)
as William Thacker in "Notting Hill" (1999)

#82

as Henry Hill in "Goodfellas" (1990)

#87

as Rod Tidwell in "Jerry Maguire" (1996)