2008 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Winner and Nominees

There Will Be Blood

Daniel Day-Lewis

A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

Eastern Promises

Viggo Mortensen

In the Valley of Elah

Tommy Lee Jones

Michael Clayton

George Clooney

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Johnny Depp