The New York Times and Actors

The New York Times Magazine did a several page spread of some of the year's best performances according to them!



Reese Witherspoon...Walk the Line



Viggo Mortensen...A History of Violence



Rachel Weisz...The Constant Gardner



William Hurt...A History of Violence



George Clooney...Syriana



Michelle Williams...Brokeback Mountain



Phillip Seymour Hoffman...Capote



Heath Ledger...Brokeback Mountain



Joaquin Phoenix...Walk the Line



Charlize Theron...North Country



Shirley MacLaine...In Her Shoes



Joseph Gordon-Levitt...Myserious Skin



Penelope Cruz...Don't Move



Terrence Trent Howard...Hustle & Flow



Zhang Ziyi...2046



Daniel Day-Lewis...The Balad of Jack and Rose