ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• David Strathairn

Edward R. Murrow

• Joaquin Phoenix

John R. Cash

• Heath Ledger

Ennis Del Mar

• Terrence Howard

DJay

• Clint Eastwood

Frankie Dunn

• Leonardo DiCaprio

Howard Hughes

• Johnny Depp

Sir James Matthew Barrie

• Don Cheadle

Paul Rusesabagina

• Bill Murray

Bob Harris

• Jude Law

Inman

• Ben Kingsley

Behrani

• Johnny Depp

Jack Sparrow

• Nicolas Cage

Charlie Kaufman & Donald Kaufman

• Michael Caine

Thomas Fowler

• Jack Nicholson

Warren Schmidt

• Daniel Day Lewis

Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting

• Tom Wilkinson

Matt Fowler

• Will Smith

Muhammad Ali

• Sean Penn

Sam Dawson

• Russell Crowe

John Nash

• Geoffrey Rush

The Marquis de Sade

• Ed Harris

Jackson Pollock

• Tom Hanks

Chuck Noland

• Javier Bardem

Reinaldo Arenas

• Denzel Washington

Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter

• Sean Penn

Emmet Ray

• Richard Farnsworth

Alvin Straight

• Russell Crowe

Jeffrey Wigand

• Edward Norton

Derek

• Nick Nolte

Wade Whitehouse

• Ian McKellen

James Whale

• Tom Hanks

Captain Miller

• Dustin Hoffman

Stanley Motss

• Peter Fonda

Ulee Jackson

• Robert Duvall

The Apostle E.F.

• Matt Damon

Will Hunting

• Woody Harrelson

Larry Flynt

• Tom Cruise

Jerry Maguire

• Ralph Fiennes

Almasy

• Billy Bob Thornton

Karl Childers