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Best Actor
Last Update: January 11, 2007
 
 
RANK
NOMINEE
SCORE CHANGE

1
Forest Whitaker
The Last King of Scottland
98 =

2
Peter O'Toole
Venus
88 =
3
Will Smith
The Pursuit of Happyness
88 =
4
Leonardo DiCaprio
The Departed
78 =
5
Ryan Gosling
Half Nelson
71 =

6
Sacha Baron Cohen
Borat
60 =
7
Leonardo DiCaprio
Blood Diamond
55 +1
8
Ken Watanabe
Letters From Iwo Jima
50 -1

9
Aaron Eckhart
Thank You For Smoking
41 +2
10
Derek Luke
Catch a Fire
30 -1
11
Edward Norton
The Painted Veil
30 +2

12
Matt Damon
The Good Shepherd
29 -2
13
Patrick Wilson
Little Children
28 +1
14
Clive Owen
Children of Men
27 +5
15
Nicolas Cage
World Trade Center
27 =
16
Will Farrell
Stranger Than Fiction
24 +4
 
17
Greg Kinnear
Little Miss Sunshine
24 +9
18
George Clooney
The Good German
23 -6
19
Jamie Foxx
Dreamgirls
23 -3
20
Johnny Depp
The Pirates of the Carribean
22 +4
21
Jude Law
Breaking and Entering
22 -3
 
22
Richard Griffiths
The History Boys
20 -5
23
Christian Bale
The Prestige
19 -2
24
Matt Damon
The Departed
18 -1
25
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Kinky Boots
16 +2
26
Daniel Craig
Casino Royale
16 NEW!
 
27
Hugh Jackman
The Fountain
16 +5
28
Ed Harris
Copying Beethoven
16 -6
29
Christian Bale
Harsh Times
14 -1
30
Guy Pearce
The Proposition
14 +5
     

 



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