Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a 2004 Film

Nominees for the Fifth Annual Cosmique Movie Awards

Awarded to the actor deemed by Cosmo voters to have achieved the best performance in a leading role an eligible 2004 film.

Winner:

Jamie Foxx - Ray

Nominees:

Zach Braff - Garden State		Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda		Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator		Bruno Ganz - The Downfall (Der Untergang)		Paul Giamatti - Sideways

Also Considered: Liam Aiken for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events; Kevin Bacon for The Woodsman; Christian Bale for The Machinist; Eric Bana for Troy; Javier Bardem for The Sea Inside; Jeff Bridges for The Door in the Floor; David Carradine for Kill Bill, Volume 2; Jim Carrey for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Jim Carrey for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events; Billy Crudup for Stage Beauty; Rory Culkin for Mean Creek; Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby; Colin Farrell for A Home at the End of the World; Kevin Kline for De-Lovely; Ashton Kutcher for The Butterfly Effect; Jude Law for Alfie; Tobey Maguire for Spider-Man 2; Mike Myers for Shrek 2; Liam Neeson for Kinsey; Craig T. Nelson for The Incredibles; Clive Owen for Closer; Simon Pegg for Shaun of the Dead; Michael Pitt for The Dreamers; Robert Redford for The Clearing; Dallas Roberts for A Home at the End of the World; Kevin Spacey for Beyond the Sea; Billy Bob Thornton for Friday Night Lights; Vince Vaughn for Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story; and Denzel Washington for The Manchurian Candidate