favorite acting performances of the decade

As Jesus in The Passion of the Christ

As Teddy Daniels in Shutter Island


As Dom Cobb in Inception

As Billy in The Departed

As Frank Wheeler in Revolutionary Road

As Maximus in Gladiator

As James Braddock in Cinderella Man

As Robin Hood in Robin Hood

As Ben Wade in 3:10 To Yuma

As Inspector Frederick Abberline in From Hell

As Mort Rainey in Secret Window

As Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean series

As Rickie in The Heart of Me


As Silas in The Da Vinci Code

As T.Ray Owens in The Secret Life of Bees

As Solomon Vandy in Blood Diamond

As Alfred in The Prestige

As Dan Evans in 3:10 to Yuma

As Colin in The Departed

As François Pienaar in Invictus

As Mickey Ward in The Fighter

As Dignam in The Departed

As Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder

As Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes

As Eileen Wuornos

As Barbara Covett in Notes on a Scandal

As Aragorn in Lord of the Rings trilogy

As April Wheeler in Revolutionary Road