63rd Golden Globe Awards nominees
This is a list of nominees for the 2006 Golden Globe Award. The individuals and movies nominated for this award are usually considered "favorites" for a nomination for the same year's Academy Awards and the Emmy Awards.
The nominees were announced on December 13, 2005 and the award ceremony will take place on January 16, 2006 at the Beverly Hilton, in Beverly Hills, California.
In bold are the winners of each category.
Motion picture awards
- Brokeback Mountain
- The Constant Gardener
- Good Night, and Good Luck
- A History of Violence
- Match Point
- Maria Bello in A History of Violence
- Felicity Huffman in Transamerica
- Gwyneth Paltrow in Proof
- Charlize Theron in North Country
- Ziyi Zhang in Memoirs of a Geisha
- Judi Dench in Mrs. Henderson Presents
- Keira Knightley in Pride & Prejudice
- Laura Linney in The Squid and the Whale
- Sarah Jessica Parker in The Family Stone
- Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line
- Russel Crowe in Cinderella Man
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote
- Terrence Howard in Hustle & Flow
- Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
- David Strathairn in Good Night, and Good Luck
- Pierce Brosnan in The Matador
- Jeff Daniels in The Squid and the Whale
- Johnny Depp in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Nathan Lane in The Producers
- Cillian Murphy in Breakfast on Pluto
- Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line
- Scarlett Johansson in Match Point
- Shirley Maclaine in In Her Shoes
- Frances McDormand in North Country
- Rachel Weisz in The Constant Gardener WINNER
- Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain
- George Clooney in Syriana
- Matt Dillon in Crash
- Will Ferrell in The Producers
- Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man
- Bob Hoskins in Mrs. Henderson Presents
- 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
- Match Point Woody Allen, Writer
- Good Night, and Good Luck George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Writers
- Crash Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, Writers
- Munich Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, Writers
- Brokeback Mountain Larry Mcmurtry and Diana Ossana, Writers
- Syriana Alexandre Desplat
- King Kong James Newton Howard
- Brokeback Mountain Gustavo Santaolalla
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Harry Gregson
- Memoirs of a Geisha John Williams
- "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" from Brokeback Mountain Music by Gustavo Santaolalla and Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
- "Christmas in Love" from Christmas in Love Music by Tony Renis and Lyrics by Marva Jan Marrow
- "There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway" from The Producers Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks
- "Travelin' Thru" from Transamerica Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton
- "Wunderkind" from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Music and Lyrics by Alanis Morissette
- Kung Fu Hustle (China)
- Master of the Crimson Armor (also known as The Promise) (China)
- Merry Christmas (France)
- Paradise Now (Palestine)
- Tsotsi (South Africa)
Television awards
- Commander in Chief ABC, Touchstone Television
- Grey's Anatomy ABC, Touchstone Television
- Lost ABC, Touchstone Television
- Prison Break FOX, Original Film And Adelstein/Parouse Prods.
- Rome HBO, Hbo Entertainment I.A.W. BBC
- Patricia Arquette in Medium
- Glenn Close in The Shield
- Geena Davis in Commander in Chief WINNER
- Kyra Sedgwick in The Closer
- Polly Walker in Rome
- Patrick Dempsey in Grey's Anatomy
- Matthew Fox in Lost
- Hugh Laurie in House
- Wentworth Miller in Prison Break
- Kiefer Sutherland in 24
- Curb Your Enthusiasm HBO, Hbo Entertainment
- Desperate Housewives ABC, Touchstone Television
- Entourage HBO, Leverage And Closest To The Hole Prods. I.A.W. Hbo Entertainment
- Everybody Hates Chris UPN, Chris Rock Enterprises, Inc. And 3 Arts Entertainment I.A.W Paramount Network Television
- My Name is Earl NBC, Acme Prods. I.A.W. 20th Century Fox Television
- Weeds Showtime, Lions Gate Television I.A.W. Tilted Prods.
- Marcia Cross in Desperate Housewives
- Teri Hatcher in Desperate Housewives
- Felicity Huffman in Desperate Housewives
- Eva Longoria in Desperate Housewives
- Mary-Louise Parker in Weeds
- Zach Braff in Scrubs
- Steve Carell in The Office
- Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Jason Lee in My Name is Earl
- Charlie Sheen in Two and a Half Men
- Empire Falls HBO, Mark Platt Prod., Aspetuck & Stone Vialleg Picturs Prod. I.A.W. Hbo Films
- Into the West TNT, Dreamworks Television
- Lackawanna Blues HBO, Bellah Films, Good Shepard Prods. I.A.W. Hbo Films
- Sleeper Cell SHowtime, Showtime, Anne Kindberg Prod.
- Viva Blackpool BBC America, BBC/BBC America
- Warm Springs HBO, Mark Gordon Prod. I.A.W. Hbo Films
- Halle Berry in Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Kelly Macdonald in The Girl in the Café
- S. Epatha Merkerson in Lackawanna Blues
- Cynthia Nixon in Warm Springs
- Mira Sorvino in Human Trafficking
- Kenneth Branagh in Warm Springs
- Ed Harris in Empire Falls
- Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in Elvis
- Bill Nighy in The Girl in the Café
- Donald Sutherland in Human Trafficking
- Candice Bergen in Boston Legal
- Camryn Manheim in Elvis
- Sandra Oh in Grey's Anatomy
- Elizabeth Perkins in Weeds
- Joanne Woodward in Empire Falls
- Naveen Andrews in Lost
- Paul Newman in Empire Falls
- Jeremy Piven in Entourage
- Randy Quaid in Elvis
- Donald Sutherland in Commander in Chief
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