Top 10 Decade Defining Actors: 2000s

Name: Top 10 Decade Defining Actors: 2000s
Uploaded: 2026-09-11T15:14:21-04:00
Channel: WatchMojo
Description: At the turn of the Millennium, the movies were big business! And over the next ten years, these actors really made the industry their own! Join http://www.WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the top 10 Decade Defining Actors of the 2000s!

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Written by Sean Harris

At the turn of the Millennium, the movies were big business! And over the next ten years, these actors really made the industry their own! Join http://www.WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the top 10 Decade Defining Actors of the 2000s! For our series on the Top 10 Decade Defining Male Actors Per Period, we've made our choices based on a combination of their commercial success, their box-office scores, their productivity, their awards and how they helped set the tone and raise the standard in Hollywood for the era.

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#12: Written by Sean Harris
#11: Top 10 Decade Defining Actors of the 2000s
#10: Robert Downey, Jr.
#9: Russell Crowe
#8: Jason Statham
#7: Ian McKellen
#6: Seth Rogen
#5: George Clooney
#4: Will Ferrell
#3: Christian Bale
#2: Daniel Day-Lewis
#1: Leonardo DiCaprio

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