2006 Golden Globes

2006 Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Golden Globe nominees

2006 Golden Globe winners: Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on January 16, 2006

("*" denotes the winner in each category)

James Schamus, Diana Ossana, Ang Lee. © HFPA / 63rd Golden Globe Awards®

Best Motion Picture – Drama
* Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Good Night and Good Luck.
A History of Violence
Match Point

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Mrs Henderson Presents
Pride & Prejudice
The Producers
The Squid and the Whale
* Walk the Line

Best Foreign Language Film
Joyeux Noël / Merry Christmas (France)
Kung fu / Kung Fu Hustle (Hong Kong)
Mo gik / The Promise (China)
* Paradise Now (Palestine)
Tsotsi (South Africa)

Best Director – Motion Picture
Woody Allen for Match Point
George Clooney for Good Night and Good Luck.
Peter Jackson for King Kong
* Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain
Fernando Meirelles for The Constant Gardener
Steven Spielberg for Munich

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Russell Crowe for Cinderella Man
* Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote
Terrence Howard for Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain
David Strathairn for Good Night and Good Luck.

Felicity Huffman, Leonardo DiCaprio. © HFPA / 63rd Golden Globe Awards®

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Maria Bello for A History of Violence
* Felicity Huffman for Transamerica
Gwyneth Paltrow for Proof
Charlize Theron for North Country
Ziyi Zhang for Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Pierce Brosnan for The Matador
Jeff Daniels for The Squid and the Whale
Johnny Depp for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Nathan Lane for The Producers
Cillian Murphy for Breakfast on Pluto
* Joaquin Phoenix for Walk the Line

Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix. © HFPA / 63rd Golden Globe Awards®

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Judi Dench for Mrs Henderson Presents
Keira Knightley for Pride & Prejudice
Laura Linney for The Squid and the Whale
Sarah Jessica Parker for The Family Stone
* Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
* George Clooney for Syriana
Matt Dillon for Crash
Will Ferrell for The Producers
Paul Giamatti for Cinderella Man
Bob Hoskins for Mrs Henderson Presents

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Scarlett Johansson for Match Point
Shirley MacLaine for In Her Shoes
Frances McDormand for North Country
* Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams for Brokeback Mountain

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
* Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana
Crash – Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco
Good Night and Good Luck. – George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Match Point – Woody Allen
Munich – Tony Kushner, Eric Roth

Gustavo Santaolalla, Mariah Carey. © HFPA / 63rd Golden Globe Awards®

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
* Brokeback Mountain (A Love That Will Never Grow Old)
Christmas in Love (Christmas in Love)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Wunderkind)
The Producers (There’s Nothing Like a Show on Broadway)
Transamerica (Travelin’ Thru)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Brokeback Mountain – Gustavo Santaolalla
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – Harry Gregson-Williams
King Kong – James Newton Howard
* Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams
Syriana – Alexandre Desplat

Best Television Series – Drama
Commander in Chief
Grey’s Anatomy
* Lost
Prison Break
Rome

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Curb Your Enthusiasm
* Desperate Housewives
Entourage
Everybody Hates Chris
My Name Is Earl
Weeds

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Blackpool
* Empire Falls
Into the West
Sleeper Cell
Warm Springs

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Kenneth Branagh for Warm Springs
Ed Harris for Empire Falls
Bill Nighy for The Girl in the Café
* Jonathan Rhys Meyers for Elvis
Donald Sutherland for Human Trafficking

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Halle Berry for Their Eyes Were Watching God
Kelly Macdonald for The Girl in the Café
* S. Epatha Merkerson for Lackawanna Blues
Cynthia Nixon for Warm Springs
Mira Sorvino for Human Trafficking

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Zach Braff for Scrubs
* Steve Carell for The Office
Larry David for Curb Your Enthusiasm
Jason Lee for My Name Is Earl
Charlie Sheen for Two and a Half Men

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Marcia Cross for Desperate Housewives
Teri Hatcher for Desperate Housewives
Felicity Huffman for Desperate Housewives
Eva Longoria for Desperate Housewives
* Mary-Louise Parker for Weeds

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Patrick Dempsey for Grey’s Anatomy
Matthew Fox for Lost
* Hugh Laurie for House, M.D.
Wentworth Miller for Prison Break
Kiefer Sutherland for 24

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Patricia Arquette for Medium
Glenn Close for The Shield
* Geena Davis for Commander in Chief
Kyra Sedgwick for The Closer
Polly Walker for Rome

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Naveen Andrews for Lost
* Paul Newman for Empire Falls
Jeremy Piven for Entourage
Randy Quaid for Elvis
Donald Sutherland for Commander in Chief

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Candice Bergen for Boston Legal
Camryn Manheim for Elvis
* Sandra Oh for Grey’s Anatomy
Elizabeth Perkins for Weeds
Joanne Woodward for Empire Falls

Cecil B. DeMille Award: Anthony Hopkins

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