Ryan's talent just astounds me.  He's only in his twenties and hasn't done a lot films yet, but his work so far is pretty amazing.  As hotshot attorney Willie Beachum in Fracture he even steals the scenes from Anthony Hopkins, and his Oscar nom for Half Nelson was well deserved.  At 18 he was so disturbing as a Jewish skinhead in The Believer that his own mother walked out of the film.  For Lars and the Real Girl he gained some weight to play a sweet but mentally ill guy in love with a sex doll, in a surprisingly thoughtful film.  I can't wait to see what he comes up with next.