My Favorite Performances - 1996

as Carl Showalter in Fargo

as Aaron in Primal Fear

Runner up:
Alan Isaacman in The People vs. Larry Flynt

as Jerry Maguire in Jerry Maguire

Runner up:
Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible

as Nokes in Sleepers

as Begbie in Trainspotting

as Larry Flynt in The People vs. Larry Flynt

as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo

as Vaughan in Crash

as Trent in Swingers

as General Francis X. Hummel in The Rock

as Frank in Pusher

as Rod Tidwell in Jerry Maguire

as Tommy in Sleepers

as The Cable Guy in The Cable Guy

as Renton in Trainspotting

as James Ballard in Crash

as Anthony Adams in Bottle Rocket

as Carl Lee Hailey in A Time to Kill

as Gaear Grimsrud in Fargo

as John Patrick Mason in The Rock

as Jake Tyler Brigance in A Time to Kill

as Seth Gecko in From Dusk Till Dawn

as Krieger in Mission: Impossible

as Frank Bannister in The Frighteners

as Stuart in Scream

as Marge Gunderson in Fargo

Runner up:
Dr. Molly Arrington in Primal Fear

as Samantha Caine / Charly Baltimore in The Long Kiss Goodnight

as Diane in Trainspotting

as Dorothy Boyd in Jerry Maguire

as Janet Venable in Primal Fear

as Catherine Ballard in Crash

as Ellen Roark in A Time to Kill

as Carol in Sleepers

as Claire in Mission: Impossible

as Trunchbull in Matilda

as Juliet in Romeo + Juliet

as Marcee Tidwell in Jerry Maguire

as Kate Fuller in From Dusk Till Dawn

as Vic in Pusher

as Casey Becker in Scream

as Inez in Bottle Rocket

as Sidney Prescott in Scream

as Helen Remington in Crash

as Althea Leasure Flynt in The People vs. Larry Flynt

as Matilda in Matilda

as Lorraine in Swingers

as Dr. Lucy Lynskey in The Frighteners

as Gabrielle in Crash

as Avery Bishop in Jerry Maguire

as Judge Shoat in Primal Fear