The 73rd Annual Golden Globes will be presented this Sunday, and we couldn’t be happier to see so many Shakespearean actors and actresses nominated for awards! We have compiled a list of all of the actors that have been nominated in the Film, TV, and Limited Series categories for you. Take a look below!
Cate Blanchett (Carol)
Appeared in:
- Richard II (Sydney Festival, 2009) as Richard II
*This production was part of The War of the Roses, where all of Shakespeare’s Historical plays were condensed into one 8 hour performance!
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Appeared in:
- Romeo and Juliet (1996) as Romeo
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Appeared in:
- Macbeth (2015) as Macbeth
Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)
Appeared in:
- Richard III (Donmar Warehouse 2011) as Richard III
- Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre,2002) as Viola
Maggie Smith (The Lady in the Van)
Appeared in:
- Gnomeo and Juliet (2011) as Lady Blueberry
- Romeo.Juliet (1990) as Rosaline
- Richard III (1995) as Duchess of York
- The Merchant of Venice (BBC Play of the Month, 1972) as Portia
- Much Ado About Nothing (TV movie, 1967) as Beatrice
- Othello (1965) as Desdemona
- Twelfth Night (Oxford University Dramatics Society, 1952) as Viola
Christian Bale (The Big Short)
Appeared in:
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999) as Demetrius
- Henry V (1989) as Robin the Luggage Boy
Al Pacino (Danny Collins)
Appeared in:
- Richard III (1979) as Richard III
- Julius Caesar (New York Shakespeare Festival, 1986) as Mark Anton
Helen Mirren (Trumbo)
Appeared in:
- The Tempest (2010) as Prospera
- Antony and Cleopatra (National Theatre, 1998) as Cleopatra
- Cymbeline (TV movie, 1982) as Imogen
- Antony and Cleopatra (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1982) as Cleopatra
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream (TV movie, 1981) as Titania
- As You Like It (TV movie, 1978) as Rosalind
- Henry VI Part 1 (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1977) as Margaret
- Henry VI Part 2 (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1977) as Queen Margaret
- Hamlet (1976) as Ophelia and Gertrude
- Macbeth (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1974) as Lady Macbeth
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1970) as Julia
- Richard III (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1970) as Lady Anne
- Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1970) as Ophelia
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1969) as Hermia
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968) as Hermia
- Troilus and Cressida (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968) as Cressida
- Much Ado About Nothing (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968) as Hero
- All’s Well That Ends Well (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1967) as Diana
Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)
Appeared in:
- Hamlet (1996) as Ophelia
Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation)
Appeared in:
- Trolius and Cressida (American Place Theater, 2001) as Achilles
Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)
-
Much Ado About Nothing (The Old Vic, 2013)
- Anonymous (2011) as Condell
- The Tempest (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 2005) as Prospero/Stephano/Sebastian/Alonso
- Measure for Measure (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 2004) as Vincentio
- Richard II (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 2003) as Richard II
- Hamlet (British National Theatre, 2001)
- The Winter’s Tale (British National Theatre, 2001)
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream (British National Theatre, 2001)
- Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 2001) as Olivia
- Cymbeline (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 2001) as Posthumus/ Cloten
- Romeo and Juliet (British National Theatre, 2000)
- Hamlet (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 2000) as Hamlet
- Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 1999) as Cleopatra
- The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 1998) as Bassanio
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, 1996) as Proteus
- Macbeth (Greenwich Theatre, 1995) as Macbeth
- Romeo and Juliet (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1989) as Romeo
- The Winter’s Tale (British National Theatre, 1988)
- The Tempest (British National Theatre, 1988)
- Cymbeline (British National Theatre, 1988)
- Antony and Cleopatra (British National Theatre, 1988)
- Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1988) as Hamlet
- King Lear (British National Theatre, 1987)
- Antony and Cleopatra (British National Theatre, 1987)
- The Taming of the Shrew (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1982) Lucentio, Player
- The Tempest (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1982) as Ariel
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
- Timon of Athens (Sacred Fools Theatre Company, 1998) as Flavius
Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
- Henry V (Shakespeare in Central Park, 2003) as Henry V
- Hamlet (2000) as Laertes
- Macbeth (Joseph Papp Public Theater, 1998) as Banquo
- Cymbeline (Shakespeare in the Park, 1998) as Iachimo
Gael Garcia Bernal (Mozart in the Jungle)
Appeared in:
- Letters to Juliet (2010) as Victor
Patrick Stewart (Blunt Talk)
Appeared in:
- The Hollow Crown- Richard II (TV mini-series, 2012) as John of Gaunt
- Great Performances- Macbeth (TV series, 2012) as Macbeth
- Gnomeo and Juliet (2011) as Bill Shakespeare
- The Merchant of Venice (Royal Shakespeare Company , 2011) as Shylock
- Hamlet (TV movie, 2009) as Claudius/ Ghost
- Twelfth Night (Chichester Festival Theatre, 2007) as Malvolio
- Macbeth (Chichester Festival Theatre, 2007) as Macbeth
- Othello (Shakespeare Theater, 1997) as Othello
- The Tempest (on Broadway, 1995)
- King Lear (British National Theatre, 1986)
- Hamlet (British National Theatre, 1986)
- Henry IV Part 1 and 2 (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1982)
- The Winter’s Tale (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1981 and 1982)
- Titus Andronicus (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1981)
- Two Gentlemen of Verona (Royal Shakespeare Company,1970 and 1981)
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (TV movie, 1980) as Claudius
- The Merchant of Venice (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1979)
- Antony and Cleopatra (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1972 and 1979)
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Royal Shakespeare Company,1971 and 1977)
- Antony and Cleopatra (TV movie, 1974) as Enobarbus
- Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1973)
- Coriolanus (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1972)
- The Tempest (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1970)
- King John (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1970)
- Richard III (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1970)
- As You Like It (Royal Shakespeare Company,1967 and 1968)
- Much Ado About Nothing (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968)
- Trolius and Cressida (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968)
- King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968)
- All’s Well That Ends Well (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1967)
- The Taming of the Shrew (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1967)
- Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1966) as Player 1
- The Merchant of Venice (Old Vic Theatre, 1965)
Oscar Isaac (Show Me A Hero)
Appeared in:
- Romeo and Juliet (Delacorte Theater, 2007) as Romeo
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Delacorte Theater, 2005) as Proteus
David Oyelowo (Nightingale)
Appeared in:
- As You Like It (2006) as Orlando De Boys
- Richard III (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2001) as Ghost of Henry VI
- Henry VI Part 1 (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2000) as Henry VI
- Henry VI Part 2 (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2000) as Henry VI
- Henry VI Part 3 (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2000) as Henry VI
- Antony and Cleopatra (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1999) as Menacrates and Decretas
Alan Cumming (The Good Wife)
Appeared in:
- The Tempest (2010) as Sebastian
- Titus (1999) as Saturninus
- Richard III (Royal National Theatre, 1990)
- Hamlet (Royal National Theatre, 1990)
- As You Like It (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1989) as Courtier, Silvius
- Macbeth (Tron Theatre, 1985) as Malcom
Damian Lewis (Wolf Hall)
- Romeo and Juliet (2013) as Lord Capulet
- ShakespeaRE-Told- Much Ado About Nothing (TV mini-series, 2005) as Benedick
- Cymbeline (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1997) as Posthumus Leonatus
- Much Ado About Nothing (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1996) as Don John