2003 LAFCA Award - Best Actor WinnerLost in TranslationBill MurrayA faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.Amazon2003 LAFCA Award - Best Actor Nominees21 GramsSean PennAmazon

2002 LAFCA Award - 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.Amazon

2001 LAFCA Award - Best Actor WinnerTraining DayDenzel WashingtonOn his first day on the job as a Los Angeles narcotics officer, a rookie cop goes beyond a full work day in training within the narcotics division of the L.A.P.D. with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.Amazon2001 LAFCA Award - Best Actor NomineesIn the BedroomTom WilkinsonAmazon

2000 LAFCA Award - Best Actor WinnerWonder BoysMichael DouglasAn English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.Amazon2000 LAFCA Award - Best Actor NomineesBefore Night FallsJavier BardemAmazon

1999 LAFCA Award - 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.Amazon1999 LAFCA Award - Best Actor NomineesThe Straight StoryRichard FarnsworthAmazon

1998 LAFCA Award - Best Actor WinnerGods and MonstersIan McKellenThe last days of Frankenstein (1931) Director James Whale are explored.Amazon1998 LAFCA Award - Best Actor NomineesAfflictionNick NolteAmazon

1997 LAFCA Award - Best Actor WinnerThe ApostleRobert DuvallAfter his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.Amazon1997 LAFCA Award - Best Actor NomineesAs Good as It GetsJack NicholsonAmazon

1996 LAFCA Award - Best Actor WinnerShineGeoffrey RushPianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.Amazon1996 LAFCA Award - Best Actor NomineesThe Nutty ProfessorEddie MurphyAmazon

1995 LAFCA Award - Best Actor WinnerLeaving Las VegasNicolas CageBen Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera..Amazon1995 LAFCA Award - Best Actor NomineesNixonAnthony HopkinsAmazon

1994 LAFCA Award - Best Actor WinnerPulp FictionJohn TravoltaThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.Amazon