Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Pulpy Nominations for the acting Oscar winners of the 2000s.

JAVIER BARDEM
Best Actor 1998 - Live Flesh
Best Supporting Actor 2007 - No Country for Old Men

RUSSELL CROWE
Best Actor 1997 - L.A. Confidential
Best Actor 1999 - The Insider
Best Actor 2000 - Gladiator
Best Actor 2001 - A Beautiful Mind

SEAN PENN
Best Supporting Actor 1982 - Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Best Supporting Actor 1993 - Carlito's Way
Best Actor 1995 - Dead Man Walking
Best Actor 2003 - Mystic River

DENZEL WASHINGTON
Best Supporting Actor 1987 - Cry Freedom
Best Supporting Actor 1989 - Glory
Best Actor 1992 - Malcolm X *
Best Actor 2001 - Training Day

DANIEL DAY-LEWIS
Best Supporting Actor 1985 - My Beautiful Laundrette *
Best Actor 1989 - My Left Foot *
Best Actor 1993 - In the Name of the Father
Best Actor 2002 - Gangs of New York
Best Actor 2007 - There Will Be Blood *

JAMIE FOXX
None, but I adore him in Ray.

PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN
Best Supporting Actor 1999 - Magnolia
Best Supporting Actor 2000 - Almost Famous
Best Supporting Actor 2002 - Punch-Drunk Love
Best Supporting Actor 2007 - Charlie Wilson's War

FOREST WHITAKER
Best Actor 1988 - Bird (probably. 1988 is just maybe the best year for lead male acting ever. Insanely great quality and insanely great quantity combine to make AWESOME.)
Best Actor 2006 - Last King of Scotland

GEORGE CLOONEY
Best Actor 1988 - Out of Sight
Best First Film 2002 - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Best Original Screenplay 2005 - Good Night, and Good Luck. *

BENICIO DEL TORO
Best Supporting Actor 2000 - Traffic *

JIM BROADBENT
Best Supporting Actor 2001 - Moulin Rouge!

CHRIS COOPER
Best Supporting Actor 2002 - Adaptation.

TIM ROBBINS
Best Actor 1990 - Jacob's Ladder
Best Actor 1992 - The Player
Best Actor 1994 - The Shawshank Redemption
Best Adapted Screenplay 1995 - Dead Man Walking
Best Supporting Actor 2003 - Mystic River *

MORGAN FREEMAN
Best Supporting Actor 1987 - Street Smart *
Best Supporting Actor 1992 - Unforgiven (if one counts the Glengarry boys as a unit)
Best Actor 1994 - The Shawshank Redemption
Best Supporting Actor 2003 - Bruce Almighty (I'm cheeky)
Best Supporting Actor 2004 - Million Dollar Baby

ALAN ARKIN
None. But I haven't seen a lot of his early stuff.

JULIA ROBERTS
None.

HALLE BERRY
None.

NICOLE KIDMAN
Best Actress 1995 - To Die For
Best Supporting Actress 1999 - Eyes Wide Shut *
Best Actress 2001 - Moulin Rouge! and The Others
Best Actress 2004 - Dogville and Birth
Best Actress 2007 - Margot at the Wedding

RENEE ZELLWEGER
Best Actress 2000 - Nurse Betty
Best Actress 2001 - Bridget Jones' Diary
Best Supporting Actress 2003 - Cold Mountain

CHARLIZE THERON
Best Actress 2003 - Monster

HILARY SWANK
Best Actress 1999 - Boys Don't Cry *

REESE WITHERSPOON
Best Actress 1991 - Man in the Moon
Best Actress 1996 - Freeway
Best Actress 1999 - Election

HELEN MIRREN
Best Actress 1990 - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover *
Best Supporting Actress 1994 - The Madness of King George
Best Supporting Actress 2001 - Gosford Park
I need to rewatch The Mosquito Coast and I need to see White Nights.

MARION COTILLARD
You're very funny.

CATE BLANCHETT
Best Actress 1998 - Elizabeth
Best Actress 2000 - The Gift

MARCIA GAY HARDEN
None.

JENNIFER CONNELLY
Best Supporting Actress 2000 - Requiem for a Dream *
Worst Supporting Actress 2001 - A Beautiful Mind *

CATHERINE ZETA-JONES
Best Supporting Actress 2002 - Chicago *

RACHEL WEISZ
Best Actress 2005 - The Constant Gardener *

JENNIFER HUDSON
None. I am a supporter of her Oscar-winning performance, however. I mean, Rinko or Cate could have won, and that would have been really horrendous.

TILDA SWINTON
Best Supporting Actress 2007 - Michael Clayton

SO BORED.