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My Favorite Male Performances of 2011

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Main Performances

Average listal rating (2340 ratings) 7.9  
1. Brad Pitt
As Billy Beane in Moneyball


Average listal rating (61 ratings) 7.3  
2. Charlie Day
As Dale Arbus in Horrible Bosses


Average listal rating (358 ratings) 8.5  
3. Christoph Waltz
As Alan Cowan in Carnage


Average listal rating (640 ratings) 7.2  
4. Daniel Craig
As Mikael Blomkvist in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo


Average listal rating (1 ratings) 3  
5. Dustin Fasching
As Wes in The Dead Inside


Average listal rating (1388 ratings) 7.5  
6. George Clooney
As Matt King in The Descendants


Average listal rating (276 ratings) 7.5  
7. Jason Segel
As Gary in The Muppets


Average listal rating (75 ratings) 7.6  
8. Jean Dujardin
As George Valentin in The Artist


Average listal rating (538 ratings) 6.7  
9. John C. Reilly
As Michael Longstreet in Carnage


Average listal rating (607 ratings) 7.1  
10. John Goodman
As Joseph Keenan in Red State



Also as Al Zimmer in The Artist


Average listal rating (838 ratings) 8.1  
11. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
As Adam in 50/50


Average listal rating (612 ratings) 6.5  
12. Justin Timberlake
As Dylan Harper in Friends with Benefits


Average listal rating (71 ratings) 6.7  
13. Kyle Gallner
As Jarod in Red State


Average listal rating (79 ratings) 6.4  
14. Michael Angarano
As Travis in Red State


Average listal rating (47 ratings) 5.9  
15. Michael Parks
As Abin Cooper in Red State


Average listal rating (1205 ratings) 6.4  
16. Owen Wilson
As Gil in Midnight in Paris


Average listal rating (544 ratings) 7.2  
17. Paul Rudd
As Ned Rochlin in Our Idiot Brother


Average listal rating (160 ratings) 7.1  
18. Rainn Wilson
As Frank D'Arbo/The Crimson Bolt in Super


Average listal rating (215 ratings) 7.4  
19. Rutger Hauer
As Hobo in Hobo with a Shotgun


Average listal rating (718 ratings) 8.1  
20. Ryan Gosling
As Jacob Palmer in Crazy, Stupid, Love


Average listal rating (689 ratings) 7.3  
21. Steve Carell
As Cal Weaver in Crazy, Stupid, Love


Average listal rating (15 ratings) 5.9  
22. Steve Whitmire
As Kermit in The Muppets


Average listal rating (745 ratings) 6.2  
23. Will Ferrell
As Nick Halsey in Everything Must Go



Supporting Performances

Average listal rating (42 ratings) 6.4  
24. Beau Bridges
As Cousin Hugh in The Descendants


Average listal rating (1 ratings) 8  
25. Brian Downey
As Drake in Hobo with a Shotgun


Average listal rating (299 ratings) 6.8  
26. Chris Cooper
As Tex Richman in The Muppets


Average listal rating (64 ratings) 7.8  
27. Chris O'Dowd
As Officer Nathan Rhodes in Bridesmaids


As Kenny Loftus in Everything Must Go


Average listal rating (348 ratings) 7.3  
29. Christopher Plummer
As Hal Fields in Beginners


Average listal rating (15 ratings) 7  
30. Corey Stoll
As Ernest Hemingway in Midnight in Paris


Average listal rating (18 ratings) 6.3  
31. Erik Knudsen
As Robbie Mercer in Scream 4


Average listal rating (407 ratings) 6.7  
32. James Cromwell
As Clifton in The Artist


Average listal rating (327 ratings) 6.8  
33. Jamie Foxx
As Dean "MF" Jones in Horrible Bosses


Average listal rating (124 ratings) 7.4  
34. Jon Hamm
As Ted in Bridesmaids


Average listal rating (8 ratings) 5  
35. Jonah Bobo
As Robbie Weaver in Crazy, Stupid, Love


Average listal rating (297 ratings) 6.5  
36. Jonah Hill
As Peter Brand in Moneyball


Average listal rating (604 ratings) 7  
37. Kevin Bacon
As Jacques in Super


Average listal rating (1113 ratings) 8.2  
38. Kevin Spacey
As Dave Harken in Horrible Bosses


Average listal rating (151 ratings) 6  
39. Matthew Lillard
As Brian Speer in The Descendants


Average listal rating (66 ratings) 6.5  
40. Patton Oswalt
As Matt Freehauf in Young Adult


Average listal rating (189 ratings) 6.4  
41. Richard Jenkins
As Mr. Harper in Friends with Benefits


Average listal rating (55 ratings) 6.5  
42. Rory Culkin
As Charlie Walker in Scream 4


Average listal rating (497 ratings) 6.6  
43. Seth Rogen
As Kyle in 50/50


Average listal rating (336 ratings) 6.8  
44. Stellan Skarsgård
As Martin Vanger in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo


Average listal rating (7 ratings) 4.7  
45. Stephen Spinella
As Lieutenant Chad in Rubber



Minor Performances

Average listal rating (563 ratings) 7.6  
46. Adrien Brody
As Salvador Dalí in Midnight in Paris


Average listal rating (65 ratings) 6.7  
47. Adam Scott
As Jeremy in Our Idiot Brother


Average listal rating (16 ratings) 6.5  
48. James Gunn
As Demonswill in Super


Average listal rating (482 ratings) 7.4  
49. John Hurt
As Dexter in Melancholia


Average listal rating (47 ratings) 6.3  
50. Matt Frewer
As Mitch in 50/50




Why limit when you can include them all, no matter how big or small? Sure, you can argue whether a performance is main or supporting or minor, but frankly, this is just how I saw them.

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