Best Male Performances by Year (2000s)

2013 in "12 Years a Slave"
 

Honorable Mention: Tom Hanks in "Captain Phillips"
 

2012 in "Lincoln"
  

Honorable Mention: Leonardo DiCaprio in "Django Unchained"
 

2011 in " Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
 

Honorable Mention: Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
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2010 in "The King's Speech"


Honorable Mention: John Hawkes in "Winter's Bone"

2009 in "Inglorious Basterds"


Honorable Mention Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart"

2008 in "The Dark Knight"


Honorable Mention: Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler"

2007 in "There Will be Blood"


Honorable Mention: Javier Bardem "No Country for Old Men"

2006 in "The Last King of Scotland"


Honorable Mention: Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond"

2005 in "Capote"


Honorable Mention: Joaquin Phoenix in "Walk the Line"

2004 in "The Aviator"


Honorable Mention: Don Cheadale in "Hotel Rwanda"

2003 in "Mystic River"


Honorable Mention: Benicio del Toro in "21 Grams"

2002 in "The Pianist"


Honorable Mention: Daniel Day Lewis in "Gangs of New York"

2001 in "A Beautiful Mind"


Honorable Mention: Ian McKellen in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"

2000 in "Castaway"


Honorable Mention: Benicio del Toro in "Traffic"