Golden Globes Nominees: Then and Now
by IMDb-Editors | last updated - 01 Mar 2016It's not the first time at the Golden Globes rodeo for a lot of this year's nominees. Here's a look at them in their first nominated roles and the roles that they were recognized for this year.
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Bryan Cranston
Year: 2003
Role: Hal, "Malcolm in the Middle"
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Bryan Cranston
Year: 2016
Role: Dalton Trumbo, Trumbo
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Leonardo DiCaprio
Year: 1994
Role: Arnie Grape, What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Leonardo DiCaprio
Year: 2016
Role: Hugh Glass, The Revenant
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Michael Fassbender
Year: 2012
Role: Brandon Sullivan, Shame
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Michael Fassbender
Year: 2016
Role: Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Eddie Redmayne
Year: 2015
Role: Stephen Hawking, The Theory of Everything
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Eddie Redmayne
Year: 2016
Role: Lili Elbe, The Danish Girl
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Will Smith
Year: 1993
Role: William "Will" Smith, "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
Will Smith
Year: 2016
Role: Dr. Julian Bailes, Concussion
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Cate Blanchett
Year: 1999
Role: Queen Elizabeth I, Elizabeth
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Cate Blanchett
Year: 2016
Role: Carol Aird, Carol
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Rooney Mara
Year: 2012
Role: Lisabeth Salander, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Rooney Mara
Year: 2016
Role: Therese Belivet, Carol
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Saoirse Ronan
Year: 2008
Role: Briony Tallis, Atonement
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Saoirse Ronan
Year: 2016
Role: Eilis, Brooklyn
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Christian Bale
Year: 2011
Role: Dicky Eklund, The Fighter
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Christian Bale
Year: 2016
Role: Michael Burry, The Big Short
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Steve Carrell
Year: 2006
Role: Michael Scott, "The Office"
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Steve Carrell
Year: 2016
Role: Mark Baum, The Big Short
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Matt Damon
Year: 1998
Role: Will Hunting, Good Will Hunting
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama and Best Screenplay
Matt Damon
Year: 2016
Role: Matt Watney, The Martian
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Al Pacino
Year: 1973
Role: Michael Corleone, The Godfather
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Al Pacino
Year: 2016
Role: Danny Collins, Danny Collins
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Mark Ruffalo
Year: 2015
Role: David Schultz, Foxcatcher
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Mark Ruffalo
Year: 2016
Role: Cam Stuart, Infinitely Polar Bear
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Jennifer Lawrence
Year: 2011
Role: Ree, Winter's Bone
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Jennifer Lawrence
Year: 2011
Role: Joy, Joy
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Maggie Smith
Year: 1970
Role: Jean Brodie, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Note: Smith's first nomination was for Best Newcomer in The V.I.P.s, photo unavailable
Maggie Smith
Year: 2016
Role: Jean Brodie, The Lady in the Van
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Lily Tomlin
Year: 1972
Role: Regular Performer, "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"
Category: Best Supporting Actress - Television
Lily Tomlin
Year: 2016
Role: Frankie Bergstein, "Grace and Frankie"
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Note: Tomlin is also nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for Grandma
Idris Elba
Year: 2011
Role: John Luther, "Luther"
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Idris Elba
Year: 2016
Role: Commandant, Beasts of No Nation
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Note: Elba is also nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for "Luther"
Sylvester Stallone
Year: 1977
Role: Rocky Balboa, Rocky
Category: Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama and Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Sylvester Stallone
Year: 2016
Role: Rocky Balboa, Creed
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Jane Fonda
Year: 2016
Role: Brenda Morel, Youth
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Year: 1995
Role: Dorothy Parker, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Year: 2016
Role: Daisy Domergue, The Hateful Eight
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Helen Mirren
Year: 1997
Role: Chase Phillips, Losing Chase
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
Helen Mirren
Year: 2016
Role: Hedda Hopper, Trumbo
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Kate Winslet
Year: 1996
Role: Marianne Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Kate Winslet
Year: 2016
Role: Joanna Hoffman, Steve Jobs
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Liev Schreiber
Year: 2000
Role: Orson Welles, RKO 281
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
Liev Schreiber
Year: 2016
Role: Ray Donovan, "Ray Donovan"
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Viola Davis
Year: 2009
Role: Mrs. Miller, Doubt
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Viola Davis
Year: 2016
Role: Annalise Keating, "How to Get Away With Murder"
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Robin Wright
Year: 1995
Role: Jenny Curran, Forrest Gump
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Robin Wright
Year: 2016
Role: Claire Underwood, "House of Cards"
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Rob Lowe
Year: 1984
Role: Sam Alden, Thursday's Child
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
Rob Lowe
Year: 2016
Role: Dean Sanderson, "The Grinder"
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Patrick Stewart
Year: 1999
Role: Captain Ahab, "Moby Dick"
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
Patrick Stewart
Year: 2016
Role: Walter Blunt, "Blunt Talk"
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Year: 1994
Role: Elaine Benes, "Seinfeld"
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Year: 2016
Role: Selina Meyer, "Veep"
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Jamie Lee Curtis
Year: 1989
Role: Wanda Gershwitz, A Fish Called Wanda
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
Jamie Lee Curtis
Year: 2016
Role: Dean Cathy Munsch, "Scream Queens"
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Oscar Isaac
Year: 2014
Role: Llewyn Davis, Inside Llewyn Davis
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Oscar Isaac
Year: 2016
Role: Nick Wasicsko, "Show Me a Hero"
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
David Oyelowo
Year: 2015
Role: Martin Luther King Jr., Selma
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
David Oyelowo
Year: 2015
Role: Peter Snowden Nightingale
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Kirsten Dunst
Year: 1995
Role: Claudia, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Kirsten Dunst
Year: 2016
Role: Peggy Blumquist, "Fargo"
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Felicity Huffman
Year: 2000
Role: Dana Whitaker, "Sports Night"
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
Felicity Huffman
Year: 2016
Role: Barb Hanlon, "American Crime"
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Queen Latifah
Year: 2003
Role: Matron Mama Morton, Chicago
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Queen Latifah
Year: 2016
Role: Bessie Smith, Bessie
Category: Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Damian Lewis
Year: 2002
Role: Richard D. Winters, "Band of Brothers"
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Damian Lewis
Year: 2016
Role:Henry VIII, "Wolf Hall"
Category: Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television