2008 Golden Globe Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama 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.

American Gangster

Denzel Washington

Atonement

James McAvoy

Eastern Promises

Viggo Mortensen

Michael Clayton

George Clooney