2000s: Performances

26. Javier Bardem in Before Night Falls25. Sean Penn in Milk

24. Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote

23. Jennifer Connelly in House of Sand and Fog

22. Salma Hayek in Frida

21. Sam Rockwell in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

20. Penelope Cruz in Volver

19. Heath Ledger in Monster's Ball

18. Sean Penn in 21 Grams

17. Michael Clayton in Bug

16. Kate Winslet in Little Children

15. Miranda July in Me and You and Everyone We Know

14. Bill Murray in Lost In Translation

13. Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind

12. Tom Wilkinson in In the Bedroom

11. Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler

10. Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men

9. Nicolas Cage in Adaptation

8. Mark Ruffalo in You Can Count On Me

7. Paul Giamatti in American Splendor

6. Audrey Tautou in Amelie

5. Gael Garcia Bernal in The Motorcycle Diaries

4. Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight

3. Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator

2. Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson

1a. Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain

1b. Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood

1c. Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There

BEST MALE ACTOR OF THE DECADE: Heath Ledger

BEST FEMALE ACTOR OF THE DECADE: Cate Blanchett