2005 1. Christian Bale- The New World
2. Heath Ledger- Lords of Dogtown
3. Danny Huston- The Proposition
4. Jake Gyllenhaal- Brokeback Mountain
5. George Clooney- Syriana
1. Emily Watson- The Proposition
2. Michelle Williams- Brokeback Mountain
3. Catherine Keener- Capote
4. Rachel Weisz- The Constant Gardener
5. Maria Bello- A History of Violence
2006
1. Steve Carell- Little Miss Sunshine
2. Michael Caine- Children of Men
3. Brad Pitt- Babel
4. Alan Arkin- Little Miss Sunshine
5. Djimon Hounsou- Blood Diamond
1. Adriana Barraza- Babel
2. Rinko Kikuchi- Babel
3. Abigail Breslin- Little Miss Sunshine
4. Emma Thompson- Stranger Than Fiction
5. Noni Hazlehurst- Candy
2007
1. Paul Dano- There Will Be Blood
2. Javier Bardem- No Country For Old Men
3. Casey Affleck- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
4. Alan Rickman- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
5. Josh Brolin- No Country For Old Men
1. Helena Bonham Carter- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2. Cate Blanchett- I'm Not There.
3. Tilda Swinton- Michael Clayton
4. Kelli Garner- Lars and the Real Girl
5. Amy Ryan- Gone Baby Gone
2008
1. Heath Ledger- The Dark Knight
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman- Doubt
3. Brad Pitt- Burn After Reading
4. James Franco- Milk
5. Brendan Gleeson- In Bruges
1. Marisa Tomei- The Wrestler
2. Taraji P. Henson- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Rosemarie Dewitt- Rachel Getting Married
4. Amy Adams- Doubt
5. Penelope Cruz- Vicky Christina Barcelona
2009
1. Christoph Waltz- Inglourious Basterds
2. Brad Pitt- Inglourious Basterds
3. Heath Ledger- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
4. Christopher Plummer- The Last Station
5. Peter Sarsgaard- An Education
1. Mo' Nique- Precious
2. Anna Kendrick- Up in the Air
3. Julianne Moore- A Single Man
4. Diane Kruger- Inglourious Basterds
5. Vera Farmiga- Up in the Air
2010
1. Geoffrey Rush- The King's Speech
2. Christian Bale- The Fighter
3. John Hawkes- Winter's Bone
4. Matt Damon- True Grit
5. Mark Ruffalo- The Kids Are All Right
1. Helena Bonham Carter- The King's Speech
2. Barbara Hershey- Black Swan
3. Hailee Steinfeld- True Grit
4. Marion Cotillard- Inception
5. Cecile De France- Hereafter
- Nelson Hardy
