Worst "Best Actor" Winner of the Decade

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Worst "Best Actor" Winner of the Decade

Dustin Hoffman ("Rain Man")
6
13%
Daniel Day-Lewis ("My Left Foot")
2
4%
Jeremy Irons ("Reversal of Fortune")
1
2%
Anthony Hopkins ("The Silence of the Lambs")
1
2%
Al Pacino ("Scent of a Woman")
9
20%
Tom Hanks ("Philadelphia")
1
2%
Tom Hanks ("Forrest Gump")
8
18%
Nicolas Cage ("Leaving Las Vegas")
6
13%
Geoffrey Rush ("Shine")
7
16%
Jack Nicholson ("As Good as It Gets")
4
9%
 
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The Gumpster, hands down.
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Hanks in Forrest Gump
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Pacino. From the Godfathers (not III), Scarface, Dog Day Afernoon, etc., to this?? This gives him his first Oscar?? Oh good lord...
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Geoffrey Rush in "Shine". If it had just been a quickly-forgotten performance in a quickly-forgotten movie, and if Rush had promptly faded back into the obscurity from which he emerged, I might not hate the performance as much. But no...this only lead to big roles in high-profile projects, and he's been one of the most shameless hams since.
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dustin hoffman's performance was psychological garbage
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I voted for Rush in 'Shine'. A totally unappealing and downright annoying performance.
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I went with Hoffman but I find almost equally annoying the performances of Pacino, Hanks (Forrest Gump) and Rush.
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I went with Al Pacino. That was worse than pity sex!

Rush in Shine never really clicked with me either.

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Post by Bruce_Lavigne »

Which of these Best Actor winners gave the least impressive performance?

I went with Nicholson, for his slightly-above-sitcom-level performance in a sitcom-level movie.
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