Top 10 Best Actors of the 2000s
The most successful and popular actors of 2000-2009.
Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles in Splash, Big, Turner & Hooch, Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, You've Got Mail, The Green Mile, the Toy Story Franchise, Cast Away, The Da Vinci Code, Captain Phillips,... read more
Jason Statham is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the Guy Ritchie crime films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, and Revolver. Since he came onto the scene, he cranked it up. In the Name of the King, Safe, Transporter 1 & 2, Crank, The Italian Job, The Expendables, The Mechanic...
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor... read more Johnny Depp is the best character actor in history, in my opinion. He is not like Nicolas Cage or Will Smith (one of my favorites) as he can play any role, no matter how odd, as if it were a completely different person playing the part.
Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Finding Neverland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Sweeney Todd.
Really awesome. My favorites with him are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Rango.
Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor. Known for his versatility and physical transformations for his roles, he has been a leading man in films of several genres. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Forbes magazine... read more His acting is on another level! He turns himself into the character he is playing and does a terrific job. Bale's performance as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho was outstanding.
Not only is he Batman, but Christian Bale has rocked the 2000s. He was brilliant in American Psycho and The Machinist. Bonus points for his role in The Fighter.
For this decade, Christian Bale for sure... Amazing actor, complete dedication to his roles. Most importantly, he has picked all the right scripts.
Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon is an American actor, film producer and screenwriter. He is ranked among Forbes magazine's most bankable stars and is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. ACTION, Comedy, Drama... I was actually making a list of the things he can do, but it would be easier to make a list of what he can't do: overacting, making you hate him, and other things that most actors do, but not BOURNE.
A veteran character actor who delivers.
Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom is an English actor. After having his breakthrough as Legolas in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, he rose to fame by further appearing in epic fantasy, historical epic, and fantasy adventure films. He deserves to be number one! I mean, Matt Damon? Come on! Orlando Bloom totally dominates him! He's hot and such an amazing actor!
Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lord of the Rings, Kingdom of Heaven, Ned Kelly, Elizabethtown, Haven, The Calcium Kid, etc.
Joaquin Phoenix is an American actor and producer who was born on October 28, 1974, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He comes from a family of performers and began his career as a child actor, appearing in various television shows and films. Phoenix's breakout role came in the 2000 film "Gladiator," for which... read more
Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980) is an American actor, known for his work in films like "Donnie Darko", "Brokeback Mountain", "Prisoners" and "Nightcrawler". He is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner. Jake and his sister Maggie have been... read more Just watch Nightcrawler... You'll know the kind of greatness he is headed towards.
Heath Andrew Ledger was an Australian actor and director. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger left for the United States in 1998 to develop his film career. One of the most diverse actors of the 21st century. Ledger was only in the industry for a short number of years but managed to create outstanding performances that many actors cannot come close to achieving, even with ten times the experience. Even people like Michael Caine and Gary Oldman, who are also phenomenal and experienced actors, talked about how blown away they were by his talent. The man had two Oscar nominations (one of which he won) in the span of just two years, and his career was only beginning. If he hadn't tragically passed away, I can only imagine what he would be doing now. RIP
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem is a Spanish actor. Bardem won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in the 2007 Coen Brothers film No Country for Old Men.The Newcomers
Ewan Gordon McGregor OBE (born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2013, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama and charity... read more
Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg is an American actor, producer, businessman, former model, rapper, and songwriter.
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and three Academy Award nominations in acting categories and received three further Academy Award nominations, winning one, as producer under his... read more Fight Club, Seven, Snatch, Ocean's trilogy, A River Runs Through It, Moneyball, The Tree of Life - those movies are AWESOME, and he is the reason those movies are awesome. That is why I voted for him.
Eric Bana is an Australian actor and comedian. He began his career in the sketch comedy series Full Frontal before gaining critical recognition in the biographical crime film Chopper.
Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director and narrator. He has appeared in a range of film genres portraying character roles and is particularly known for his distinctive deep voice. Freeman won an Academy Award in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor with Million Dollar Baby (2004),... read more A character actor who will be remembered for many years to come.
Keanu Charles Reeves (born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor, director, producer, and musician. He gained fame for his starring role performances in several blockbuster films, including comedies from the Bill and Ted franchise.
Willard Carroll "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, producer, rapper, and songwriter. He is best known for his acting career overall. He has been in many popular movies, These include, but are not limited to, the Men in Black franchise, The Pursuit of Happyness,... read more A well-rounded character actor. It will be interesting to see what Will chooses to do in his veteran years.
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV is an American actor and producer. He has received various accolades for his work, including three Golden Globe Awards and three nominations for Academy Awards. He is one of the highest-paid actors in the world. Cruise stamped his persona as a star by churning out many hit movies in the new millennium. Be it his death-defying stunts in the Mission: Impossible movies or his epic performance in The Last Samurai, he showed versatility. And who could forget his role as the badass Vincent in Collateral? It's highly underrated but one of the best of all time.
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer. Known for his work in biopics and period films, he is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. As of 2019, his films have grossed... read more He is an inspirational and humble actor who is great at what he does. I think a lot of his movies have shown that, which is why he should be number one, as it is well deserved.
Leonardo has successfully changed hats on more than one occasion in his career. He strikes me as a hard worker.
What? How is he not number one? Compare all of his 2000s movies to anyone else on this list, and it's clear he is better.
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, director and producer. A noted Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre... read more
Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor and producer. His career has included critical and popular success in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal troubles, and a resurgence of commercial success in middle age. This man belongs on this list, no question. He's the best!
George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, filmmaker and activist. He has received three Golden Globe Awards for his work as an actor and two Academy Awards, one for acting and the other for producing.
Thomas James Kenny is an American actor and comedian known for his long-running role as the title character in the SpongeBob SquarePants TV series and films. Kenny has voiced many other characters including Heffer Wolfe in Rocko's Modern Life, the Ice King in Adventure Time, the Mayor in The Powerpuff... read more
Ronald Perlman (born April 13, 1950) is an American actor. His credits include the roles of Amoukar in Quest for Fire (1981), Salvatore in The Name of the Rose (1986), Vincent in the television series Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990), for which he won a Golden Globe Award, One in The City of Lost... read more
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received three Golden Globe awards, a Tony Award, and two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for the historical war drama film Glory and Best Actor for his role as a corrupt cop in the crime thriller Training Day. Denzel is one of the best. Unfortunately, Hollywood always has him in violent, homicidal roles that do not play to his true talents. Shame, really.
Russell Ira Crowe is an actor, film producer and musician. Although a New Zealand citizen, he has lived most of his life in Australia and identifies himself as an Australian. There are a lot of great actors on this list, but I have to vote for Russell Crowe. He can either make you cheer him on or wish he were dead - and for that, I CHEER HIM ON! I can't vote for Johnny Depp because he's already so high on this list... But Orlando Bloom? Come on! Russell Crowe should be number one, with Depp, Smith, Bale, Damon, and the one and only Vin Diesel right behind him!
One of the greatest actors of our time. L.A. Confidential, The Insider, Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, Master and Commander... Who else could put together such an exceptional string of films, all dependent on his strong character and exceptional talent?