The Satellite Awards

2009 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerThe Hurt LockerJeremy RennerDuring the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.Amazon2009 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesA Single ManColin FirthAmazonAdamHugh DancyAmazonCrazy HeartJeff BridgesAmazonPublic EnemiesJohnny DeppAmazonThe Damned UnitedMichael SheenAmazon

2008 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerThe VisitorRichard JenkinsA college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.Amazon2008 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesFrost/NixonFrank LangellaAmazonMilkSean PennAmazonRevolutionary RoadLeonardo DiCaprioAmazonThe WrestlerMickey RourkeAmazonWhat Doesn't Kill YouMark RuffaloAmazon

2007 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerEastern PromisesViggo MortensenA Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.Amazon2007 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesAmerican GangsterDenzel WashingtonAmazonIn the Valley of ElahTommy Lee JonesAmazonNo Country for Old MenJosh BrolinAmazonRescue DawnChristian BaleAmazonStarting Out in the EveningFrank LangellaAmazon

2006 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 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.Amazon2006 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesAurora BorealisJoshua JacksonAmazonBlood DiamondLeonardo DiCaprioAmazonCatch a FireDerek LukeAmazonHalf NelsonRyan GoslingAmazonLittle ChildrenPatrick WilsonAmazon

2005 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 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.Amazon2005 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesA History of ViolenceViggo MortensenAmazonBrokeback MountainHeath LedgerAmazonGood Night, and Good Luck.David StrathairnAmazonJarheadJake GyllenhaalAmazonThree BurialsTommy Lee JonesAmazon

2004 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerHotel RwandaDon CheadlePaul Rusesabagina was a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.Amazon2004 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesFinding NeverlandJohnny DeppAmazonKinseyLiam NeesonAmazonThe Assassination of Richard NixonSean PennAmazonThe Motorcycle DiariesGael García BernalAmazonThe Sea InsideJavier BardemAmazonThe WoodsmanKevin BaconAmazon

2003 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerMystic RiverSean PennThe lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.Amazon2003 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesCold MountainJude LawAmazonIn AmericaPaddy ConsidineAmazonShattered GlassHayden ChristensenAmazonThe CoolerWilliam H. MacyAmazonThe Last SamuraiTom CruiseAmazon

2002 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerGangs 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.AmazonThe Quiet AmericanMichael CaineAn old British reporter vies with a young U.S. doctor for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman.Amazon2002 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nominees25th HourEdward NortonAmazonAbout SchmidtJack NicholsonAmazonOne Hour PhotoRobin WilliamsAmazonRoad to PerditionTom HanksAmazon

2001 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerL.I.E.Brian CoxA 15-year-old Long Island boy loses everything and everyone he knows, soon becoming involved in a relationship with a much older man.Amazon2001 The Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesA Beautiful MindRussell CroweAmazonI Am SamSean PennAmazonMementoGuy PearceAmazonMonster's BallBilly Bob ThorntonAmazonTraining DayDenzel WashingtonAmazon