2000s
| Year | Winner | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Hugh Jackman of X-Men | Jim Carrey of How the Grinch Stole Christmas Russell Crowe of Gladiator Clint Eastwood of Space Cowboys Arnold Schwarzenegger of The 6th Day Chow Yun-Fat of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| 2001 | Tom Cruise of Vanilla Sky | Johnny Depp of From Hell Anthony Hopkins of Hannibal Kevin Spacey of K-PAX Billy Bob Thornton of The Man Who Wasn't There Guy Pearce of Memento |
| 2002 | Robin Williams of One Hour Photo | Pierce Brosnan of Die Another Day Viggo Mortensen of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Tom Cruise of Minority Report George Clooney of Solaris Tobey Maguire of Spider-Man |
| 2003 | Elijah Wood of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Albert Finney of Big Fish Tom Cruise of The Last Samurai Viggo Mortensen of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Johnny Depp of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Crispin Glover of Willard |
| 2004 | Tobey Maguire of Spider-Man 2 | Matt Damon of The Bourne Supremacy Tom Cruise of Collateral Jim Carrey of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Johnny Depp of Finding Neverland Christian Bale of The Machinist |
| 2005 | Christian Bale of Batman Begins | Pierce Brosnan of The Matador Hayden Christensen of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Tom Cruise of War Of The Worlds Robert Downey Jr. of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Viggo Mortensen of A History of Violence |
| 2006 | Brandon Routh of Superman Returns | Daniel Craig of Casino Royale Will Ferrell of Stranger than Fiction Tom Cruise of Mission Impossible III Hugh Jackman of The Fountain Clive Owen of Children of Men |
| 2007 | Will Smith of I Am Legend | Gerard Butler of 300 John Cusack of 1408 Daniel Day-Lewis of There Will Be Blood Johnny Depp of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Viggo Mortensen of Eastern Promises |
| 2008 | Robert Downey, Jr. of Iron Man | Brad Pitt of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Christian Bale of The Dark Knight Harrison Ford of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Dev Patel of Slumdog Millionaire Tom Cruise of Valkyrie Will Smith of Hancock |
| 2009 | Sam Worthington of Avatar | Robert Downey, Jr. of Sherlock Holmes Tobey Maguire of Brothers Viggo Mortensen of The Road Sam Rockwell of Moon Denzel Washington of The Book of Eli |
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