Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

2002 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerA Beautiful MindRussell CroweAfter John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.Amazon2002 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesAliWill SmithAmazonThe Man Who Wasn't ThereBilly Bob ThorntonAmazonThe Shipping NewsKevin SpaceyAmazonTraining DayDenzel WashingtonAmazon

2003 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerAbout SchmidtJack NicholsonA man upon retirement, embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.Amazon2003 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesCatch Me If You CanLeonardo DiCaprioAmazonGangs of New YorkDaniel Day-LewisAmazonThe PianistAdrien BrodyAmazonThe Quiet AmericanMichael CaineAmazon

2004 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerMystic RiverSean PennThe lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.Amazon2004 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesCold MountainJude LawAmazonHouse of Sand and FogBen KingsleyAmazonMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldRussell CroweAmazonThe Last SamuraiTom CruiseAmazon

2005 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerThe AviatorLeonardo DiCaprioA biopic depicting the early years of legendary Director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.Amazon2005 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesFinding NeverlandJohnny DeppAmazonHotel RwandaDon CheadleAmazonKinseyLiam NeesonAmazonThe Sea InsideJavier BardemAmazon

2006 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerCapotePhilip Seymour HoffmanIn 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.Amazon2006 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesBrokeback MountainHeath LedgerAmazonCinderella ManRussell CroweAmazonGood Night, and Good Luck.David StrathairnAmazonHustle & FlowTerrence HowardAmazon

2007 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerThe Last King of ScotlandForest WhitakerBased on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.Amazon2007 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesBlood DiamondLeonardo DiCaprioAmazonThe DepartedLeonardo DiCaprioAmazonThe Pursuit of HappynessWill SmithAmazonVenusPeter O'TooleAmazon

2008 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerThere Will Be BloodDaniel Day-LewisA story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.Amazon2008 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesAmerican GangsterDenzel WashingtonAmazonAtonementJames McAvoyAmazonEastern PromisesViggo MortensenAmazonMichael ClaytonGeorge ClooneyAmazon

2009 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerThe WrestlerMickey RourkeA faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.Amazon2009 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesFrost/NixonFrank LangellaAmazonMilkSean PennAmazonRevolutionary RoadLeonardo DiCaprioAmazonThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonBrad PittAmazon

2001 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama WinnerCast AwayTom HanksA FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.Amazon2001 Golden Globe Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama NomineesBefore Night FallsJavier BardemAmazonGladiatorRussell CroweAmazonQuillsGeoffrey RushAmazonWonder BoysMichael DouglasAmazon