Greatest Film Performances of the 2000s
(US/UK)

  Actor - Film Title (Year of Release)

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  1. Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood (2007)
  2. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (2008)
  3. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote (2005)
  4. Charlize Theron - Monster (2003)
  5. Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds (2009)
  6. Tom Hanks - Cast Away (2000)
  7. Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York (2002)
  8. Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind (2001)
  9. Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream (2000)
10. Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich (2000)
11. Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
12. Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men (2007)
13. Adrien Brody - The Pianist (2002)
14. Denzel Washington - Training Day (2001)
15. Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland (2006)
16. Jamie Foxx - Ray (2004)
17. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator (2004)
18. Benicio del Toro - Traffic (2000)
19. Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain (2005)
20. Helen Mirren - The Queen (2006)
21. Russell Crowe - Gladiator (2000)
22. Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby (2004)
23. Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler (2008)
24. Sean Penn - Milk (2008)
25. Kate Winslet - The Reader (2008)
26. Nicolas Cage - Adaptation. (2002)
27. Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt (2002)
28. Naomi Watts - Mulholland Dr. (2001)
29. Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
30. Julie Christie - Away from Her (2006)
31. Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson (2006)
32. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed (2006)
33. Meryl Streep - Doubt (2008)
34. Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton (2007)
35. Julianne Moore - Far from Heaven (2002)
36. Meryl Streep - Adaptation. (2002)
37. Ian McKellen - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
38. Bill Murray - Lost in Translation (2003)
39. Sean Penn - Mystic River (2003)
40. Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast (2000)
41. Colin Firth - A Single Man (2009)
42. Christian Bale - American Psycho (2000)
43. Gene Hackman - The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
44. Halle Berry - Monster's Ball (2001)
45. Nicole Kidman - The Hours (2002)
46. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
47. Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart (2009)
48. Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder (2008)
49. Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line (2005)
50. Naomi Watts - 21 Grams (2003)

51. Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind (2001)
52. Judi Dench - Iris (2001)
53. Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake (2004)
54. Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda (2004)
55. Willem Dafoe - Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
56. Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
57. Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road (2008)
58. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt (2008)
59. Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener (2005)
60. Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line (2005)
61. Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
62. Mo'Nique - Precious (2009)
63. Laura Linney - You Can Count on Me (2000)
64. Joaquin Phoenix - Gladiator (2000)
65. Gary Oldman - The Contender (2000)
66. Guy Pearce - Memento (2000)
67. Felicity Huffman - Transamerica (2005)
68. Carey Mulligan - An Education (2009)
69. Viggo Mortensen - A History of Violence (2005)
70. Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
71. Amy Adams - Junebug (2005)
72. Tim Robbins - Mystic River (2003)
73. Cate Blanchett - The Aviator (2004)
74. Renée Zellweger - Cold Mountain (2003)
75. Paul Dano - There Will Be Blood (2007)
76. Saoirse Ronan - Atonement (2007)
77. Renée Zellweger - Chicago (2002)
78. Russell Crowe - Cinderella Man (2005)
79. George Clooney - Up in the Air (2009)
80. Morgan Freeman - Invictus (2009)
81. Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon (2008)
82. Chris Cooper - Adaptation. (2002)
83. Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland (2004)
84. Sissy Spacek - In the Bedroom (2001)
85. Salma Hayek - Frida (2002)
86. Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
87. Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal (2006)
88. Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain (2005)
89. Tom Cruise - Collateral (2004)
90. Scarlett Johansson - Lost in Translation (2003)
91. Geoffrey Rush - Quills (2000)
92. Ed Harris - A History of Violence (2005)
93. Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia (2009)
94. Gabourey Sidibé - Precious (2009)
95. Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
96. Robin Williams - One Hour Photo (2002)
97. Björk - Dancer in the Dark (2000)
98. Annette Bening - Being Julia (2004)
99. Paul Giamatti - Sideways (2004)
100. Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog (2003)

101. Uma Thurman - Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
102. Charlize Theron - North Country (2005)
103. Keira Knightley - Pride and Prejudice (2005)
104. Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges (2008)
105. Sharlto Copley - District 9 (2009)
106. Angelina Jolie - Changeling (2008)
107. Tom Hardy - Bronson (2008)
108. Thomas Haden Church - Sideways (2004)
109. Kevin Bacon - The Woodsman (2004)
110. Peter Dinklage - The Station Agent (2003)
111. Keira Knightley - Atonement (2007)
112. Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises (2007)
113. Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There (2007)
114. Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
115. Leonardo DiCaprio - Catch Me If You Can (2002)
116. Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago (2002)
117. Javier Bardem - Before Night Falls (2000)
118. Andy Serkis - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
119. Mélanie Laurent - Inglourious Basterds (2009)
120. Denzel Washington - American Gangster (2007)
121. Sam Rockwell - Moon (2009)
122. Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married (2008)
123. Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road (2008)
124. Michael Fassbender - Hunger (2008)
125. Benicio del Toro - 21 Grams (2003)
126. Uma Thurman - Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
127. Natalie Portman - Closer (2004)
128. Nicole Kidman - Birth (2004)
129. Tom Hanks - Road to Perdition (2002)
130. Steve Buscemi - Ghost World (2001)
131. Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side (2009)
132. Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls (2006)
133. Viggo Mortensen - The Road (2009)
134. Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby (2004)
135. Tom Wilkinson - In the Bedroom (2001)
136. Adam Sandler - Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
137. Edward Norton - 25th Hour (2002)
138. Haley Joel Osment - A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
139. Nicolas Cage - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
140. Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones (2009)
141. Helen Mirren - The Last Station (2009)
142. Melissa Leo - Frozen River (2008)
143. Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
144. Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man (2005)
145. George Clooney - Syriana (2005)
146. Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
147. Ellen Page - Juno (2007)
148. Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah (2007)
149. Kate Winslet - Little Children (2006)
150. Christian Bale - The Prestige (2006)

151. Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby (2004)
152. Holly Hunter - Thirteen (2003)
153. Nicole Kidman - The Others (2001)
154. Billy Bob Thornton - Monster's Ball (2001)
155. Laura Harring - Mulholland Dr. (2001)
156. Clive Owen - Children of Men (2006)
157. Laura Linney - The Squid and the Whale (2005)
158. Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler (2008)
159. Robert Downey Jr. - Iron Man (2008)
160. Michael Douglas - Wonder Boys (2000)
161. Kate Hudson - Almost Famous (2000)
162. Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal (2006)
163. Kelly Macdonald - No Country for Old Men (2007)
164. Peter O'Toole - Venus (2006)
165. Ed Harris - Pollock (2000)
166. Paul Giamatti - American Splendor (2003)
167. Jennifer Connelly - House of Sand and Fog (2003)
168. Sean Astin - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
169. Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider (2003)
170. Daniel Craig - Casino Royale (2006)
171. Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond (2006)
172. Bill Murray - Broken Flowers (2005)
173. Jeff Daniels - The Squid and the Whale (2005)
174. Laura Linney - The Savages (2007)
175. Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
176. Ralph Fiennes - The Constant Gardener (2005)
177. Kathy Bates - About Schmidt (2002)
178. Dennis Quaid - Far from Heaven (2002)
179. Paul Newman - Road to Perdition (2002)
180. Michael Caine - The Quiet American (2002)
181. Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain (2005)
182. Zooey Deschanel - (500) Days of Summer (2009)
183. Christopher Plummer - The Last Station (2009)
184. Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone (2007)
185. Maggie Gyllenhaal - Sherrybaby (2006)
186. Toni Collette - Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
187. Thora Birch - Ghost World (2001)
188. Renée Zellweger - Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
189. Scarlett Johansson - Ghost World (2001)
190. Jack Nicholson - The Departed (2006)
191. Will Smith - Ali (2001)
192. Jude Law - A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
193. Joan Allen - The Contender (2000)
194. Ruby Dee - American Gangster (2007)
195. Catherine Zeta-Jones - Traffic (2000)
196. Laura Linney - Kinsey (2004)
197. Diane Keaton - Something's Gotta Give (2003)
198. Nicole Kidman - Dogville (2003)
199. Ewan McGregor - Big Fish (2003)
200. Helena Bonham Carter - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)