Alternate Best Actor 2005: Results

5. Robert Downey Jr. in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang- Downey finds just the right sardonic tone for his performance that fits his film like a glove.

4. Tommy Lee Jones in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada- Jones perfectly cast himself portraying the complex motivations of his character brilliantly.

3. Guy Pearce in The Proposition- Pearce gives a strong understated performance that is particularly effective in portraying the complex relationship that motivates his character.

2. Viggo Mortensen in A History of Violence- Mortensen is terrific in his depiction of the slow dissolution of his character.

1. Ray Winstone in The Proposition- The underrated Ray Winstone wins this year with his powerful performance as a man trying to bring the law to the lawless. Winstone succeeds far more than anyone would expect creating a poignant depiction of a character that could perhaps have been a throwaway in lesser hands.

1. Ray Winstone in The Proposition
2. Viggo Mortensen in A History of Violence
3. Byung-hun Lee in A Bittersweet Life 
4. Barry Pepper in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
5. Mickey Rourke in Sin City
6. Damian Lewis in Keane
7. Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote
8. Guy Pearce in The Proposition
9. Tommy Lee Jones in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
10. Issey Ogata in The Sun
11. Robert Downey Jr. in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
12. Daniel Auteuil in Caché
13. Brendan Gleeson in Six Shooter 
14. Bill Murray in Broken Flowers
15. Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain   
16. Romain Duris in The Beat That My Heart Skipped
17. Jeff Daniels in The Squid and The Whale 
18. Ralph Fiennes in The Constant Gardener   
19. Cillian Murphy in Breakfast on Pluto 
20. Matthew Macfadyen in Pride and Prejudice
21. Russell Crowe in Cinderella Man 
22. Daniel Day-Lewis in The Ballad of Jack and Rose
23. Brady Corbet in Mysterious Skin
24. Nicolas Cage in Lord of War
25. Pierce Brosnan in The Matador
26. Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain
27. Colin Farrell in The New World 
28. Anthony Hopkins in The World's Fastest Indian 
    
29. Christian Bale in Batman Begins 
30. Ioan Fiscuteanu in The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
31. Jake Gyllenhaal in Jarhead
    
32. Eric Bana in Munich
33. David Strathairn in Good Night and Good Luck
34. Ali Suliman in Paradise Now 
35. Johnny Depp in The Libertine
36. Lou Pucci in Thumbsucker
37. Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Mysterious Skin
38. Greg Kinnear in The Matador 
39. Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Match Point 
40. Elijah Wood in Everything is Illuminated
41. Bob Hoskins in Mrs. Henderson Presents
42. Presley Chweneyagae in Tsotsi
43. Nathan Fillion in Serenity
44. Tony Leung Ka-Fai in Election 
45. Tom Cruise in The War of the Worlds 
46. Martin Freeman in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 
47. Peter Sallis in Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
48. Kais Nashif in Paradise Now
49. Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line
50. Orlando Bloom in Kingdom of Heaven
51. Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers
52. Vince Vaughn in Wedding Crashers 
53. Will Smith in Hitch
54. Eugene Hutz in Everything is Illuminated
55. Johnny Depp in Corpse Bride 
56. Heath Ledger in The Brothers Grimm
57. Adrien Brody in King Kong 
58. Jesse Eisenberg in The Squid and the Whale  
59. Michael Angarano in Sky High
60. Ewan McGregor in The Revenge of the Sith
61. Matt Damon in Syriana 
62. Daniel Radcliffe in The Goblet of Fire 
63. Josh Hutcherson in Zathura
64. Simon Lam in Election
65. Ioan Gruffudd in Fantastic Four
66. William Moseley in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe  
67. Terrence Howard in Hustle and Flow   
68. Bernie Mac in Guess Who
69. Matt Damon in The Brothers Grimm
70. John Robinson in Lords of Dogtown
71. Victor Rasuk in Lords of Dogtown
72. Emile Hirsch in Lords of Dogtown
73. Johnny Depp in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
74. Jonah Bobo in Zathura 
75. Jim Carrey in Fun With Dick and Jane
76. Will Ferrell in Bewitched
77. Ashton Kutcher in Guess Who
78. Adam Sandler in The Longest Yard
79. Hayden Christensen in Revenge of the Sith

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