Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
OTHER BEST SUPPORTING ACTORS::
Josh Brolin - Milk (Final 4)
Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes - In Bruges
Emile Hirsch - Milk
Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky (2nd place)
Brad Pitt - Burn After Reading (Final 4)
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
OTHER BEST ACTRESSES::
Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married (2nd place)
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River (Final 4)
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road (Final 4)
OTHER BEST ACTORS::
Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road (Final 4)
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Colin Farrell - In Bruges (Final 4)
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk (2nd place)
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
OTHER BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESSES::
Amy Adams - Doubt (Final 4)
Viola Davis - Doubt
Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married (Final 4)
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Samantha Morton - Synecdoche, New York
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler (2nd place)
Evan Rachel Wood - The Wrestler