The Best Performances of 2007

In 2007, actors and act­resses were presented with chal­len­ging roles, many of which garnered much acclaim and boun­tiful awards. However, the
per­form­ance of the year, without a doubt, goes to Casey Affleck for his work in THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD.

Affleck embodies his role with such con­vic­tion, intel­li­gence and humanity, that it leaves one in utter amazement. A great per­form­ance is able to extract mul­tiple reac­tions from the audi­ence, and not just empathy, for example. As Robert Ford, Casey Affleck allows the audi­ence to enter his world, but there is always a dis­tance between us and his char­acter. And that dis­tance encom­passes ten­sion and unpre­dict­ab­ility. The result is an abso­lutely mem­or­able per­form­ance by this rel­at­ively new actor and is one of the high­lights of this fine film.

BEST ACTORS

1. CASEY AFFLECK — The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2. MATHIEU AMALRIC — The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3. EMILE HIRSCH — Into The Wild
4. DANIEL DAY-LEWIS — There Will Be Blood
5. SAM RILEY — Control
6. RYAN GOSLING — Lars and the Real Girl
7. PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN — The Savages, Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead & Charlie Wilson’s War
8. GEORGE CLOONEY — Michael Clayton
9. JOSH BROLIN — No Country For Old Men & American Gangster
10. SASSON GABAI — The Band’s Visit

BEST SUPPORTING ACTORS

1. JAVIER BARDEM — No Country For Old Men
2. VLAD IVANOV — 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
3. ARMIN MUELLER-STAHL — Eastern Promises
4. TOM WILKINSON — Michael Clayton
5. JOHN CARROLL LYNCH — Zodiac
6. HAL HOLBROOK — Into The Wild
7. MARTIN PIROYANSKY — XXY
8. OMAR METWALLY — Rendition
9. HEATH LEDGER — I’m Not There
10. CHRISTIAN BALE — I’m Not There

BEST ACTRESSES

1. ANAMARIA MARINCA — 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
2. JEON DO-YEON — Secret Sunshine
3. MARION COTILLARD — La Vie en rose
4. INES EFRON — XXY
5. LAURA LINNEY — The Savages

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESSES

1. TILDA SWINTON — Michael Clayton
2. SAOIRSE RONAN — Atonement
3. SAMANTHA MORTON — Control
4. MARIA BONNEVIE — The Banishment
5. AMY RYAN — Gone Baby Gone