Best Best Actor Winner of the Decade

[Big Magilla]

Penn in Milk, but not Mystic River. He, Day-Lewis, Foxx and Whitaker were the only ones who were the best of their respective years.

Brody may have been the best of the nominees the year he won but non-nominated Michael Caine in The Quiet American was better.

He wasn't better but he was nominated I think.

Not only was Caine nominated but he was also better than Brody.

I stand corrected.

[ITALIANO]

It's the movie I watch when I need to get asleep fast.

[Reza]

Penn in Milk, but not Mystic River. He, Day-Lewis, Foxx and Whitaker were the only ones who were the best of their respective years.

Brody may have been the best of the nominees the year he won but non-nominated Michael Caine in The Quiet American was better.

He wasn't better but he was nominated I think.

Not only was Caine nominated but he was also better than Brody.

[ITALIANO]

Penn in Milk, but not Mystic River. He, Day-Lewis, Foxx and Whitaker were the only ones who were the best of their respective years.

Brody may have been the best of the nominees the year he won but non-nominated Michael Caine in The Quiet American was better.

He wasn't better but he was nominated I think.

[Big Magilla]

Penn in Milk, but not Mystic River. He, Day-Lewis, Foxx and Whitaker were the only ones who were the best of their respective years.

Brody may have been the best of the nominees the year he won but non-nominated Michael Caine in The Quiet American was better.

[Precious Doll]

I'm surprised the picks are so uniform, only Penn II, Day-Lewis and Brody have any votes. Nobody else thought Washington was great? :p

It's good to see. They are the only winners who even deserved so much as a nomination.

[Sabin]

I actually think Washington is very good. It's a great against-type performance that carries a strong piece of entertainment that unfortunately does not sustain itself. He deserved the Oscar far more than Russell Crowe that year. I actually think that more actors should win for what Washington did in Training Day AND what Crowe did in Gladiator, which is to say carry a film in a star-making/breaking performance. Then again, neither nearly deserved it as much as Bardem or Wilkinson.

[Franz Ferdinand]

I'm surprised the picks are so uniform, only Penn II, Day-Lewis and Brody have any votes. Nobody else thought Washington was great? :p

[Sabin]

BTW, love the name Aughties for the decade. Has there been a consensus as to what name we should give the decade?

Two Years Before It's All Over?

[kaytodd]

This was the first time I remember really studying a list of the Best Actor winners of the last ten years. And the last two winners were my favorites. Virtual tie between Penn and Bridges.

BTW, love the name Aughties for the decade. Has there been a consensus as to what name we should give the decade?



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[rudeboy]

Penn in Milk

[Precious Doll]

I too voted for Sean Penn...it was between him and Adrien Brody, the only two winners here I really love.

Dito.

[Reza]

Voted for Penn (Milk)...........will catch up with Bridges' film this weekend.

[dws1982]

1- Adrien Brody
2- Jeff Bridges
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3- Sean Penn #1
4- Sean Penn #2
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5- Jamie Foxx
6- Russell Crowe
7- Forrest Whitaker
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8- Denzel Washington
9- Philip Seymour Hoffman
10- Daniel Day Lewis

[The Original BJ]

I chose Daniel Day-Lewis, with both Sean Penn performances right behind.