50 Great Male Performances from the 00's

The "decade in review" madness continues, this time with the performances from the past 10 years. Granted, there are still a solid number of films from the 00's that I need to see (Gangs of New York *awkward*), and I've only included two performances from 2009 (which I was trying to avoid altogether). I've tried to keep them alphabetical (last name), and tried to remember the best performances that I experienced, lead or supporting, without shoving names in as fillers just to reach 50. Without further delay, Not All Texans Ride Horses to School's...

Top 50 Male Performances: 2000-2009

• Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Sean Astin, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  
• Christian Bale, American Psycho
• Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
• Gael Garcia Bernal, The Science of Sleep
• Paul Bettany, Dogville
• Jim Broadbent, Moulin Rouge!
• Adrien Brody, The Pianist
• Nicholas Cage, Adaptation
• David Carradine, Kill Bill
• Jim Carrey, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Chris Cooper, Adaptation
• Daniel Craig, Infamous
• Russel Crowe, A Beautiful Mind
• Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
• Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
• Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
• Colin Farrell, In Bruges
• Ralph Fiennes, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
• Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
• John Hurt, Dogville (narrator)
  
• Hugh Jackman, The Fountain
• Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
  
• Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
• Toby Jones, Infamous
• Ben Kingsley, House of Sand and Fog
  
• Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
• Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
• Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
• Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky
• Ewan McGregor, Moulin Rouge!
• Ian McKellan, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• Alfred Molina, Frida
• Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
• Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
• Joaquin Phoenix, Gladiator
• Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line
• Brad Pitt, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  
• Dennis Quaid, Far From Heaven
• John C. Reilly, Chicago
  
• Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
• Geoffrey Rush, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  
• Geoffrey Rush, Quills
• Andy Serkis, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  
• Michael Sheen, Frost/Nixon
• David Strathairn, Good Night and Good Luck
• Stanley Tucci, The Devil Wears Prada
• Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
• Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton