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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.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Actor - Drama

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote

• Russell Crowe - Cinderella Man
• Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
• Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
• David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck.

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line

• Jeff Daniels - The Squid and the Whale
• Johnny Depp - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Nathan Lane - The Producers
• Cillian Murphy - Breakfast on Pluto

Best Actress - Drama

Felicity Huffman - Transamerica

• Maria Bello - A History of Violence
• Gwyneth Paltrow - Proof
• Charlize Theron - North Country
• Ziyi Zhang - Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

• Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
• Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice
• Laura Linney - The Squid and the Whale
• Sarah Jessica Parker - The Family Stone

Best Director

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

Best Film - Drama

Brokeback Mountain

• The Constant Gardener
• Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Match Point
• A History of Violence

Best Film - Musical or Comedy

Walk the Line

• Mrs. Henderson Presents
• Pride & Prejudice
• The Producers
• The Squid and the Whale

Best Foreign Language Film

Paradise Now, Palestine

• Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu), China
• Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noël), France
• The Promise (Wu ji), China
• Tsotsi, South Africa

Best Original Score

"Memoirs of a Geisha" - John Williams

• "Brokeback Mountain" - Gustavo Santaolalla
• "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" - Harry Gregson-Williams
• "King Kong" - James Newton Howard
• "Syriana" - Alexandre Desplat

Best Original Song

"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" performed by Emmylou Harris - Brokeback Mountain

• "Christmas in Love" - Christmas in Love
• "Wunderkind" performed by Alanis Morissette - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• "There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway" - The Producers
• "Travelin' Thru" performed by Dolly Parton - Transamerica

Best Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana

• Crash - Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
• Good Night, and Good Luck. - George Clooney and Grant Heslov
• Match Point - Woody Allen
• Munich - Tony Kushner and Eric Roth

Best Supporting Actor

George Clooney - Syriana

• Matt Dillon - Crash
• Will Farrell - The Producers
• Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
• Bob Hoskins - Mrs. Henderson Presents

Best Supporting Actress

Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener

• Scarlett Johansson - Match Point
• Shirley Maclaine - In Her Shoes
• Frances McDormand - North Country
• Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

Television

Best Actor - Drama Series

Hugh Laurie - House

• Patrick Dempsey - Grey's Anatomy
• Matthew Fox - Lost
• Wentworth Miller - Prison Break
• Kiefer Sutherland - 24

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series

Steve Carell - The Office

• Zach Braff - Scrubs
• Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Jason Lee - My Name Is Earl
• Charlie Sheen - Two and a Half Men

Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - Elvis

• Kenneth Branagh - Warm Springs
• Ed Harris - Empire Falls
• Bill Nighy - The Girl in the Café
• Donald Sutherland - Human Trafficking

Best Actress - Drama Series

Geena Davis - Commander in Chief

• Patricia Arquette - Medium
• Glenn Close - The Shield
• Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
• Polly Walker - Rome

Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Series

Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds

• Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives
• Teri Hatcher - Desperate Housewives
• Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives
• Eva Longoria - Desperate Housewives

Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Film

S. Epatha Merkerson - Lackawanna Blues

• Halle Berry - Their Eyes Were Watching God
• Kelly Macdonald - The Girl in the Café
• Cynthia Nixon - Warm Springs
• Mira Sorvino - Human Trafficking

Best Series - Drama

Lost

• Commander in Chief
• Grey's Anatomy
• Prison Break
• Rome

Best Series - Musical or Comedy

Desperate Housewives

• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Entourage
• Everybody Hates Chris
• My Name Is Earl
• Weeds

Best Miniseries or TV Film

Empire Falls

• Into the West
• Lackawanna Blues
• Sleeper Cell
• Viva Blackpool
• Warm Springs

Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Paul Newman - Empire Falls

• Naveen Andrews - Lost
• Jeremy Piven - Entourage
• Randy Quaid - Elvis
• Donald Sutherland - Commander in Chief

Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or TV Film

Sandra Oh - Grey's Anatomy

• Candice Bergen - Boston Legal
• Camryn Manheim - Elvis
• Elizabeth Perkins - Weeds
• Joanne Woodward - Empire Falls

Award breakdown

Film

• 4 / 7 Brokeback Mountain: Best Director, Original Song, Picture - Drama & Best Screenplay
• 3 / 3 Walk the Line: Best Actor, Actress and Picture - Musical or Comedy
• 1 / 1 Capote: Best Actor - Drama
• 1 / 2 Memoirs of a Geisha: Best Original Score
• 1 / 2 Syriana: Best Supporting Actor
• 1 / 2 Transamerica: Best Actress - Drama
• 1 / 3 The Constant Gardener: Best Supporting Actress

Television

• 2 / 4 Empire Falls: Best Miniseries or TV Film & Supporting Actor - (Mini)Series or TV Film
• 1 / 5 Desperate Housewives: Best Series - Musical or Comedy

Trivia

• "E!" network covered the Golden Globes for six hours prior to the airing of the event.
• At no time during the telecast was a "tribute" made to those in the entertainment industry who have passed on within the past year.

See also

• 63rd Golden Globe Awards nominees
• 78th Academy Awards
• 26th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 12th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• 57th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 58th Primetime Emmy Awards