Best Actor: 2000s

2000: Forest Whitaker, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Oscar winner: Russell Crowe, Gladiator

Was he nominated?: No

2001: Anthony LaPaglia, Lantana

Oscar winner: Denzel Washington, Training Day

Was he nominated?: No

2002: Martin Compston, Sweet Sixteen

Oscar winner: Adrien Brody, The Pianist

Was he nominated?: No

2003: Bill Murray, Lost in Translation

Oscar winner: Sean Penn, Mystic River

Was he nominated?: Yes

2004: Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland

Oscar winner: Jamie Foxx, Ray

Was he nominated?: Yes

2005: Johnny Depp, The Libertine

Oscar winner: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote

Was he nominated?: No

2006: Jude Law, Breaking and Entering

Oscar winner: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

Was he nominated?: No

2007: Mathieu Amalric, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Oscar winner: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Was he nominated?: No

2008: Colin Farrell, In Bruges

Oscar winner: Sean Penn, Milk

Was he nominated?: No

2009: Colin Firth, A Single Man

Oscar winner: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Was he nominated?: Yes

Updated: 7/30/15