- Tom Arnold, Happy Endings
- Gary Beach, The Producers
- Clifton Collins, Jr., Capote
- William Hurt, A History of Violence
The finalists:
- Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man -- Giamatti as a boxing trainer? In a period piece? I would have sworn that couldn't possibly work. But it does, and Giamatti is charming in a way he hasn't been before; he just keeps getting better with every movie.
- Val Kilmer, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang -- Kilmer manages to make Perry flamboyantly gay and funny without ever quite tripping over the line into stereotype; it's an amazing juggling act that he pulls off flawlessly.
- Ian McDiarmid, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith -- For an actor to manage any sort of performance at all under the direction of George Lucas is an accomplishment; to produce one as dry and witty as this is a miracle.
- Peter Sarsgaard, Jarhead -- It's a movie about the fact that nothing is happening, which is rather a nasty challenge to present in an interesting way, and the movie doesn't pull it off. But Sarsgaard gives us a memorable portrayal of one man's collapse, reminding us that boredom can create an unexpectedly powerful level of stress.
The winner:
- Kevin Costner, The Upside of Anger -- the post-stardom years were rough ones for Costner, but now that he's aging into his character actor years, he seems to be finding his ground again. Like his character in this movie, Costner's got just as much charm as ever, but he's gone to seed a bit; Costner plays up his dissolute side here, playing a guy who wants to do the right thing, if only he can figure out what it is.
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