Every Marvel Cinematic Universe actor who’s been nominated for an Oscar

Kaitlin Thomas
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Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe kicked off in February with “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and now continues with “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” which hit theaters May 5.

The 32nd film in the MCU, it marks the final entry in James Gunn‘s trilogy and will conclude the arc of our favorite band of misfits as we know them with a plot centered on Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper). With each passing movie and TV show, the MCU only adds to its already insane level of talent and the number of actors who’ve both appeared in the MCU and been nominated for an Oscar at least once in their career increases as well. The “Guardians” franchise has had nine-time nominee Cooper from the start (he had just two nominations when the first “Guardians” was released in 2014) and has featured former nominees like Glenn Close, Djimon Hounsou, Sylvester Stallone and winner Benicio del Toro. The third entry adds yet another Oscar nominee: Maria Bakalova, who was up for Best Supporting Actress for 2020’s “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and voices Cosmo the Spacedog in the threequel.

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Phase Five has also coincided with a new milestone in the MCU: Angela Bassett became the first actor to receive an Oscar nomination for an MCU film after she earned a Best Supporting Actress bid for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” She was previously nominated for Best Actress for 1993’s “Whats Love Got to Do with It.” Bassett, unfortunately, did not do the thing, so the MCU is still awaiting its first Oscar-winning performance.

This year’s Oscar class also included a handful of first-time nominees who were already in the MCU, some of whom did win.
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” stars Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan took home Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor honors, respectively. Yeoh and her onscreen daughter Stephanie Hsu, a Best Supporting Actress nominee, have appeared in an MCU film together, 2021’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” and the former played an entirely different character in 2017’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.” Quan, who will be in Season 2 of “Loki,” was up against two MCU actors who were in the same film, “Eternals” (2021) stars Brian Tyree Henry and Barry Keoghan, who were nominated for “Causeway” and “The Banshees of Inisherin,” respectively. Keoghan’s co-star, Kerry Condon, a Best Supporting Actress nominee, has voiced F.R.I.D.A.Y. in several MCU films. And there’s the most decorated performer in the MCU, two-time winner Cate Blanchett, who received her eighth bid with a Best Actress mention for “TÁR.”

We’ve pulled together the entire list of actors who’ve appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and who also have at least one Oscar nomination to their name in any category. It’s a long list, and it could grow longer any second, as we’ve seen already. So let’s take a look at the list and revisit their Oscar-nominated (and in some cases, Oscar-winning) work in the gallery above.

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