63rd Golden Globes

63rd Golden Globe Awards
63rd Golden Globe Awards
Date	January 16, 2006
Site	Beverly Hilton Hotel; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
Highlights
Best Film: Drama	Brokeback Mountain
Best Film: Musical or Comedy	Walk the Line
Best Drama Series	Lost
Best Musical or Comedy Series	Desperate Housewives
Best Miniseries or Television movie	Empire Falls
Most awards	(4) Brokeback Mountain
Most nominations	(7) Brokeback Mountain
Television coverage
Network	NBC
	← 62nd; Golden Globes; 64th →;

The 63rd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 2005, were presented on January 16, 2006, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Los Angeles, California.^[1]^[2]^[3] The nominations were announced on December 13, 2005.^[4]^[5]^[6]

DateJanuary 16, 2006

SiteBeverly Hilton Hotel
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California

Best Film: DramaBrokeback Mountain

Best Film: Musical or ComedyWalk the Line

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The ceremony aired on Monday rather than its traditional Sunday after the previous year ceremony's ratings were negatively impacted by the popularity of Desperate Housewives.^[7]

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Best Motion Picture
Drama	Musical or Comedy
Brokeback Mountain The Constant Gardener Good Night, and Good Luck. A History of Violence Match Point	Walk the Line Mrs Henderson Presents Pride & Prejudice The Producers The Squid and the Whale
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor	Actress
*Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote* as Truman Capote** Russell Crowe – Cinderella Man as James J. Braddock Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow as DJay Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain as Ennis Del Mar David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck. as Edward R. Murrow	*Felicity Huffman – Transamerica* as Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne** Maria Bello – A History of Violence as Edie Stall Gwyneth Paltrow – Proof as Catherine Llewellyn Charlize Theron – North Country as Josey Aimes Ziyi Zhang – Memoirs of a Geisha as Chiyo Sakamoto / Sayuri Nitta
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Actor	Actress
*Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line* as Johnny Cash** Pierce Brosnan – The Matador as Julian Noble Jeff Daniels – The Squid and the Whale as Bernard Berkman Johnny Depp – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Willy Wonka Nathan Lane – The Producers as Max Bialystock Cillian Murphy – Breakfast on Pluto as Patrick / Patricia "Kitten" Braden	*Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line* as June Carter Cash** Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents as Laura Henderson Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice as Elizabeth Bennet Laura Linney – The Squid and the Whale as Joan Berkman Sarah Jessica Parker – The Family Stone as Meredith Morton
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
*George Clooney – Syriana* as Bob Barnes** Matt Dillon – Crash as Officer John Ryan Will Ferrell – The Producers as Franz Liebkind Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man as Joe Gould Bob Hoskins – Mrs Henderson Presents as Vivian Van Damm	*Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener* as Tessa Quayle** Scarlett Johansson – Match Point as Nola Rice Shirley MacLaine – In Her Shoes as Ella Hirsch Frances McDormand – North Country as Glory Dodge Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain as Alma Beers Del Mar
Best Director	Best Screenplay
Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain Woody Allen – Match Point George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck. Peter Jackson – King Kong Fernando Meirelles – The Constant Gardener Steven Spielberg – Munich	Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana – Brokeback Mountain Woody Allen – Match Point George Clooney and Grant Heslov – Good Night, and Good Luck. Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco – Crash Tony Kushner and Eric Roth – Munich
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
John Williams – Memoirs of a Geisha Alexandre Desplat – Syriana Harry Gregson-Williams – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe James Newton Howard – King Kong Gustavo Santaolalla – Brokeback Mountain	"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" (Gustavo Santaolalla and Bernie Taupin) – Brokeback Mountain "Christmas in Love" (Tony Renis and Marva Jan Marrow) – Christmas in Love "There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway" (Mel Brooks) – The Producers "Travelin' Thru" (Dolly Parton) – Transamerica "Wunderkind" (Alanis Morissette) – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Best Foreign Language Film
Paradise Now (Palestine) Kung Fu Hustle (China) Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noël) (France) The Promise (China) Tsotsi (South Africa)

Nominations	Title
7	Brokeback Mountain
4	Good Night, and Good Luck.
	Match Point
	The Producers
3	The Constant Gardener
	Mrs Henderson Presents
	The Squid and the Whale
	Walk the Line
2	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
	Cinderella Man
	Crash
	A History of Violence
	King Kong
	Memoirs of a Geisha
	Munich
	North Country
	Pride & Prejudice
	Syriana
	Transamerica

Wins	Film
4	Brokeback Mountain
3	Walk the Line

Best Series
Drama	Musical or Comedy
Lost (ABC) Commander in Chief (ABC) Grey's Anatomy (ABC) Prison Break (Fox) Rome (HBO)	Desperate Housewives (ABC) Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Entourage (HBO) Everybody Hates Chris (UPN) My Name Is Earl (NBC) Weeds (Showtime)
Best Performance in a Television Series – Drama
Actor	Actress
*Hugh Laurie – House* (Fox) as Dr. Gregory House** Patrick Dempsey – Grey's Anatomy (ABC) as Dr. Derek Shepherd Matthew Fox – Lost (ABC) as Jack Shephard Wentworth Miller – Prison Break (Fox) as Michael Scofield Kiefer Sutherland – 24 (Fox) as Jack Bauer	*Geena Davis – Commander in Chief* (ABC) as President Mackenzie Allen** Patricia Arquette – Medium (NBC) as Allison DuBois Glenn Close – The Shield (FX) as Capt. Monica Rawling Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer (TNT) as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson Polly Walker – Rome (HBO) as Atia of the Julii
Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Actor	Actress
*Steve Carell – The Office* (NBC) as Michael Scott** Zach Braff – Scrubs (NBC) as Dr. John "J.D." Dorian Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) as Larry David Jason Lee – My Name Is Earl (NBC) as Earl Hickey Charlie Sheen – Two and a Half Men (CBS) as Charlie Harper	*Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds* (Showtime) as Nancy Botwin** Marcia Cross – Desperate Housewives (ABC) as Bree Van de Kamp Teri Hatcher – Desperate Housewives (ABC) as Susan Mayer Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives (ABC) as Lynette Scavo Eva Longoria – Desperate Housewives (ABC) as Gabrielle Solis
Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film
Actor	Actress
*Jonathan Rhys Meyers – Elvis* (CBS) as Elvis Presley** Kenneth Branagh – Warm Springs (HBO) as Franklin D. Roosevelt Ed Harris – Empire Falls (HBO) as Miles Roby Bill Nighy – The Girl in the Café (HBO) as Lawrence Donald Sutherland – Human Trafficking (Lifetime) as Agent Bill Meehan	*S. Epatha Merkerson – Lackawanna Blues* (HBO) as Rachel "Nanny" Crosby** Halle Berry – Their Eyes Were Watching God (ABC) as Janie Crawford Kelly Macdonald – The Girl in the Café (HBO) as Gina Cynthia Nixon – Warm Springs (HBO) as Eleanor Roosevelt Mira Sorvino – Human Trafficking (Lifetime) as Agent Kate Morozov / Katya Morozova
Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
*Paul Newman – Empire Falls* (HBO) as Max Roby** Naveen Andrews – Lost (ABC) as Sayid Jarrah Jeremy Piven – Entourage (HBO) as Ari Gold Randy Quaid – Elvis (CBS) as Colonel Tom Parker Donald Sutherland – Commander in Chief (ABC) as Speaker of the House Nathan Templeton	*Sandra Oh – Grey's Anatomy* (ABC) as Dr. Cristina Yang** Candice Bergen – Boston Legal (ABC) as Shirley Schmidt Camryn Manheim – Elvis (CBS) as Gladys Presley Elizabeth Perkins – Weeds (Showtime) as Celia Hodes Joanne Woodward – Empire Falls (HBO) as Francine Whiting
Best Miniseries or Television Film
Empire Falls (HBO) Into the West (TNT) Lackawanna Blues (HBO) Sleeper Cell (Showtime) Viva Blackpool (BBC America) Warm Springs (HBO)

Nominations	Title
5	Desperate Housewives
4	Empire Falls
3	Commander in Chief
	Elvis
	Grey's Anatomy
	Lost
	Warm Springs
	Weeds
2	Curb Your Enthusiasm
	Entourage
	The Girl in the Café
	Human Trafficking
	Lackawanna Blues
	My Name Is Earl
	Prison Break
	Rome

63rd Golden Globes

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Nominations	Network
16	HBO
15	ABC
5	NBC
4	CBS
4	Fox
3	Showtime
2	Lifetime
2	TNT