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2000 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor WinnerThe InsiderRussell CroweA research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes (1968) exposé on Big Tobacco.Amazon

2001 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor WinnerGladiatorRussell CroweA former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.Amazon2001 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor NomineesQuillsGeoffrey RushAmazon

2002 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor WinnerA Beautiful MindRussell CroweAfter John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.Amazon2002 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor NomineesAliWill SmithAmazonI Am SamSean PennAmazon

2003 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor WinnerAbout SchmidtJack NicholsonA man upon retirement, embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.AmazonGangs of New YorkDaniel Day-LewisIn 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.Amazon2003 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor NomineesOne Hour PhotoRobin WilliamsAmazon

2004 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor WinnerMystic RiverSean PennThe lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.Amazon2004 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor NomineesHouse of Sand and FogBen KingsleyAmazonLost in TranslationBill MurrayAmazonMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldRussell CroweAmazonPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlJohnny DeppAmazon

2005 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor WinnerRayJamie FoxxThe story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.Amazon2005 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor NomineesFinding NeverlandJohnny DeppAmazonHotel RwandaDon CheadleAmazonSidewaysPaul GiamattiAmazonThe AviatorLeonardo DiCaprioAmazonThe Sea InsideJavier BardemAmazon

2006 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor WinnerCapotePhilip Seymour HoffmanIn 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.Amazon2006 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor NomineesBrokeback MountainHeath LedgerAmazonCinderella ManRussell CroweAmazonGood Night, and Good Luck.David StrathairnAmazonHustle & FlowTerrence HowardAmazonWalk the LineJoaquin PhoenixAmazon

2007 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor WinnerThe Last King of ScotlandForest WhitakerBased on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.Amazon2007 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor NomineesBlood DiamondLeonardo DiCaprioAmazonHalf NelsonRyan GoslingAmazonThe DepartedLeonardo DiCaprioAmazonThe Pursuit of HappynessWill SmithAmazonVenusPeter O'TooleAmazon

2008 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor WinnerThere Will Be BloodDaniel Day-LewisA story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.Amazon2008 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor NomineesEastern PromisesViggo MortensenAmazonInto the WildEmile HirschAmazonLars and the Real GirlRyan GoslingAmazonMichael ClaytonGeorge ClooneyAmazonSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetJohnny DeppAmazon

2009 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor WinnerMilkSean PennThe story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.Amazon2009 Critics Choice Awards - Best Actor NomineesFrost/NixonFrank LangellaAmazonGran TorinoClint EastwoodAmazonThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonBrad PittAmazonThe VisitorRichard JenkinsAmazonThe WrestlerMickey RourkeAmazon