The Academy Awards or Oscars are the most influential of the various film awards. they are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences in the USA. The winning of an Oscar can have a large impact the commercial success of a film. However as will all such awards there is always disagreement over the nominations and the winner. This page lists best actor winners and nominations for 2000 to 2009.
| Year | Winner of Best Actor | Nominations for Best Actor | |
| 2009 | Jeff Bridges | George Clooney | Up In The Air |
| Crazy Heart | Colin Firth | Single Man | |
| Morgan Freeman | Invictus | ||
| Jeremy Renner | Hurt Locker | ||
| 2008 | Sean Penn | Richard Jenkins | The Visitor |
| Milk | Frank Langella | Frost / Nixon | |
| Brad Pitt | Curious Case Of Benjamin Button | ||
| Mickey Rourke | The Wrestler | ||
| 2007 | Daniel Day Lewis | George Clooney | Michael Clayton |
| There Will Be Blood | Johnny Depp | Sweeny Todd Demon Barber Of Fleet Street | |
| Tommy Lee Jones | In The Valley Of Elah | ||
| Vigo Mortenson | Eastern Promises | ||
| 2006 | Forest Whitaker | Leonardo DeCaprio | Blood Diamond |
| Last King Of Scotland | Ryan Gosling | Half Nelson | |
| Peter O'Toole | Venus | ||
| Will Smith | Pursuit Of Happyness | ||
| 2005 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Terrence Howard | Hustle & Flow |
| Capote | Heath Ledger | Brokeback Mountain | |
| Joaquin Phoenix | Walk the Line | ||
| David Strathairn | Good Night, and Good Luck | ||
| 2004 | Jamie Foxx | Don Cheadle | Hotel Rwanda |
| Ray | Johnny Depp | Finding Neverland | |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | The Aviator | ||
| Clint Eastwood | Million Dollar Baby | ||
| 2003 | Sean Penn | Johnny Depp | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |
| Mystic River | Ben Kingsley | House of Sand and Fog | |
| Jude Law | Cold Mountain | ||
| Bill Murray | Lost In Translation | ||
| 2002 | Adrien Brody | Nicolas Cage | Adaptation |
| The Pianist | Michael Caine | The Quiet American | |
| Daniel Day-Lewis | Gangs of New York | ||
| Jack Nicholson | About Schmidt | ||
| 2001 | Denzel Washington | Russell Crowe | A Beautiful Mind |
| Training Day | Sean Penn | I Am Sam | |
| Will Smith | Ali | ||
| Tom Wilkinson | In the Bedroom | ||
| 2000 | Russell Crowe | Javier Bardem | Before Night Falls |
| Gladiator | Tom Hanks | Cast Away | |
| Ed Harris | Pollock | ||
| Geoffrey Rush | Quills |