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Actors of the "Aughts" 2000-2005

Ah, the fun of polling. To make the "readers choice" possible I had to restrict you to my groupings of 25 with some bizarre rules for folks with no votes or a huge amount of votes. But here is how our lists differ within --it's not a perfect system but interesting nonetheless... Also see the ACTRESS VERSION of this same countdown.

Nathaniel's List			Readers Rankings
film experience rankings (COMPLETE ARTICLE)			readers rank * VOTING HAS CLOSED * Your choices based on 3405 votes
01 Jude Law 02 Gael Garcia Bernal 03 Ewan McGregor 04 Tony Leung Chiu Wai 05 Johnny Depp 06 Clive Owen 07 Peter Sarsgaard 08 Daniel Craig 09 Christian Bale 10 George Clooney 11 Jim Broadbent 12 Jake Gyllenhaal 13 Viggo Mortenson 14 Sir Ian McKellen 15 Bill Murray 16 Ralph Fiennes 17 Matt Damon 18 Colin Farrell 19 Paul Bettany 20 Mark Ruffalo 21 Tom Wilkinson 22 Cillian Murphy 23 Ed Harris 24 Dennis Quaid 25 Brad Pitt 26 Orlando Bloom 27 Javier Bardem 28 Denzel Washington 29 Heath Ledger 30 Hugh Grant 31 Leonardo DiCaprio 32 Liam Neeson 33 Jeff Bridges 34 Joaquin Phoenix 35 Owen Wilson 36 Paddy Considine 37 Adrien Brody 38 Brian Cox 39 Andy Serkis 40 Topher Grace 41 Allesandro Nivola 42 Morgan Freeman 43 Chris Cooper 44 Paul Rudd 45 Russell Crowe 46 Elijah Wood 47 Tobey Maguire 48 Sean Penn 49 Dustin Hoffman 50 Michael Gambon 51 Jim Carrey 52 Billy Bob Thornton 53 Bob Balaban 54 Ethan Hawke 55 Eric Bana 56 Jack Nicholson 57 Hugh Jackman 58 Benicio Del Toro 59 Billy Crudup 60 Christopher Lee 61 Edward Norton 62 Vince Vaughn 63 Ian Holm 64 Jamie Foxx 65 Tom Cruise 66 Alan Cumming 67 Ben Kingsley 68 Jesse Eisenberg 69 Jeff Daniels 70 Willem Dafoe 71 Terrence Howard 72 Matt Ross 73 Justin Theroux 74 Michael Hitchcock 75 Rupert Everett 76 Campbell Scott 77 Lior Ashkenazi 78 Sergi Lopez 79 David Strathairn 80 Haley Joel Osment 81 Jeffrey Wright 82 Daniel Day-Lewis 83 Djimon Honsou 84 Josh Lucas 85 Paul Giamatti 86 Christopher Plummer 87 Don Cheadle 88 Albert Finney 89 Linus Roache 90 Nikolaj Lie Kaas 91 Richard Jenkins 92 Takeshi Kaneshiro 93 John Michael Higgins 94 Matthieu Almaric 95 Val Kilmer 96 Andy Lau 97 Jeremy Northam 98 Matthew McFayden 99 Jamie Bell 00 Donald Sutherland			01 Jake Gyllenhaal 02 Heath Ledger 03 Clive Owen 04 Johnny Depp 05 Christian Bale 06 Gael Garcia Bernal 07 Russell Crowe -- (tie) Sean Penn 09 Jude Law 10 Ewan McGregor 11 Ian McKellen 12 Bill Murray 13 Tony Leung -- (tie) Ralph Fiennes 15 Peter Sarsgaard 16 Mark Ruffalo 17 Viggo Mortenson 18 George Clooney 19 Paul Bettany 20 Cillian Murphy -- (tie) Ed Harris 22 Javier Bardem 23 Jim Broadbent -- (tie) Tom Wilkinson 25 Paul Giamatti 26 Joaquin Phoenix 27 Matt Damon --(tie) Brad Pitt 29 Daniel Craig 30 Leonardo DiCaprio 31 Jeff Bridges -- (tie) Elijah Wood 33 Colin Farrell 34 Dennis Quaid 35 Adrien Brody 36 Denzel Washington -- (tie) Liam Neeson -- (tie) Morgan Freeman 39 Chris Cooper 40 Orlando Bloom -- (tie) Hugh Grant 42 Topher Grace 43 Paul Rudd --(tie) Tobey Maguire 45 Brian Cox 46 Dustin Hoffman 47 Andy Serkis 48 Owen Wilson 49 Jim Carrey 50 Don Cheadle 51 Edward Norton 52 Eric Bana -- (tie) Jack Nicholson 54 Benicio Del Toro 55 Ben Kingsley 56 Hugh Jackman 57 Alessandro Nivola --(tie) Paddy Considine 59 Tom Cruise 60 Billy Crudup -- (tie)Terrence Howard 62 Justin Theroux 63 Vince Vaugh 64 Ethan Hawke 65 Billy Bob Thornton 66 Bob Balaban 67 Christopher Lee 68 Michael Gambon 69 Jamie Foxx -- (tie) Jeff Daniels 71 Willem Dafoe 72 Alan Cumming 73 Jesse Eisenberg -- (tie) Rupert Everett 75 Ian Holm 76 Daniel Day-Lewis 77 Jamie Bell -- (tie) Jeffrey Wright 79 Haley Joel Osment 80 Albert Finney -- (tie)Takeshi Kaneshiro 82 David Strathairn 83 Campbell Scott 84 Djimon Honsou -- (tie) Josh Lucas -- (tie) Matthew McFayden 87 Matthieu Almaric 88 Sergi Lopez 89 Donald Sutherland -- (tie) Christopher Plummer 91 Lior Ashkenazi -- (tie) Jeremy Northam 93 Richard Jenkins 94 Andy Lau 95 Matt Ross 96 Michael Hitchcock 97 John Michael Higgins -- (tie) Nikolaj Lie Kaas 99 Linus Roache 00 Val Kilmer

 

And now ... my rough overview of the 100 men who made 1000 of my hours this decade extra enjoyable.

The List In Detail (March-June 2006)
100 -91 / 90-81 / 80-71/ 70-61 / 60-51 /
50-41 / 40-31 / 30-21 / 20-11 / 10-6 / 5-1

 

 

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