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Best Actor in a leading Role

Here are the official Oscar nominees

Russel Growe for The Insider
Richard Farnsworth for The Straight Story
Sean Penn for Sweet and Lowdown
Kevin Spacey for American Beauty
Denzel Washington for the Hurricane

Vote below for you choice and the winner will reciece the H2G2 Academy Award, A PETA in honour of thier sucess, if your choise is not one of the above feel free to add him below.

I vote Jim Carrey, for his turn as Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon

~Irving, who can't for the life of him understand HOW the academy could have failed to nominate Carrey

I haven't seen Man On the Moon yet.

Kevin Spacey all the way!

Kevin Spacey for me too.

Is it just me, or does Mr. Spacey look a bit like Aston Villa's carthorse midfielder Steve Stone? Have you noticed that whenever Steve Stone is out with another of the 'broken legs' that he gets more often than I get bills, a Kevin Spacey film comes out immediately after? Coincidence?

Are you talking about cricket or something? I'm a stupid American and I don't know who that is.

I believe he may be referring to Football, or what we in the "colonies" call Soccer.

I'm gonna swim against the current here, and go with Denzel. I loved the battle he had with his inner demons while in solitary.

Hey Irv! I'm with you on this one!!

Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman in 'Man on the Moon'

Really brilliant job!!!

- X

Kevin Spacey for me as well.

Kevin Spacey for me as well... and the first person that nominates Leonardo DiCaprio will also be among the first persons to be decapitated here at h2g2.

What about the guy who plays John Coffey in The Green Mile? I thought he was excellent. I'll just go and find his name.

Michael Clark Duncan, or does he only count as a supporting actor?

Well if you want to set up the supporting categories, I suppose we could extend.

Really? Fine, than my vote goes for that guy in The Talanted Mr. Ripley... you know... he was in Gattica... ring a bell?

Jude Law it is then, but is that actor or supporting, which is where oscar has nominated him.

Kevin Spacey for me.

Another vote for Kevin Spacey.

And Kevin Spacey.

To clarify: Jude law as supporting actor.

Kevin Spacey for sure.

Ok, straight out of left field this one here but I want Jason Schwartzman for best actor. You know, the guy from Rushmore (great film). He was so good, being this cocky teen and making you love him anyway. Splendid as my former physics teacher would say.