| ACTOR | Best ___ Oscar nominee Denzel Washington |
| ACTRESS | Best ___ (Oscar category) |
| CHEADLE | Don ___ Oscar nominee for Hotel Rwanda |
| ELLIOTT | Sam _, Oscar nominee for A Star Is Born (7) |
| NAISH | J. Carrol ___, Oscar nominee for "Sahara" |
| FORD | Harrison _, Oscar nominee for his role in Witness (4) |
| REES | Dee ___ (Oscar nominee for "Mudbound") |
| REA | Stephen ___, Oscar nominee for The Crying Game (3) |
| DAFOE | Willem _, Oscar nominee for playing Van Gogh in At Eternity's Gate (5) |
| PUGH | Florence _, Oscar nominee for the 2019 drama film Little Women (4) |
| AHMED | Riz _, Oscar nominee for the 2021 film Sound of Metal (5) |
| STALLONE | Sylvester _, Oscar-nominee for the 1976 sports drama film Rocky (8) |
| KIRBY | Vanessa _, Oscar nominee for the 2020 drama film Pieces of a Woman (5) |
| WOODS | James _, Oscar nominee for his roles in Salvador and Ghosts of Mississippi (5) |
| SHUE | Elisabeth _, Oscar nominee for the 1995 film Leaving Las Vegas (4) |
| ALDA | Alan _, Oscar nominee for his role in the 2004 drama film The Aviator (4) |
| CLARKSON | Patricia _, Oscar nominee for her role in the 2003 drama film Pieces of April (8) |
| CUSACK | Joan _, Oscar nominee for her role in the 1988 film Working Girl (6) |
| ADAPTED | Best ___ Screenplay (Oscar category) |
| YEARS | Oscar-winning film about men returning to civilian life after WWII, The Best ___ of Our Lives |
