• The Descendants
  • The Help
  • Hugo
  • The Ides of March
  • Moneyball
  • War Horse

• The Artist
  • 50/50
  • Bridesmaids
  • Midnight in Paris
  • My Week with Marilyn

• George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King
  • Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar as J. Edgar Hoover
  • Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan
  • Ryan Gosling – The Ides of March as Stephen Meyers
  • Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane

• Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
  • Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs as Albert Nobbs
  • Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clark
  • Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander
  • Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eva Khatchadourian

• Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
  • Brendan Gleeson – The Guard as Gerry Boyle
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt – 50/50 as Adam Lerner
  • Ryan Gosling – Crazy, Stupid, Love as Jacob Palmer
  • Owen Wilson – Midnight in Paris as Gil Pender

• Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe
  • Jodie Foster – Carnage as Penelope Longstreet
  • Charlize Theron – Young Adult as Mavis Gary
  • Kristen Wiig – Bridesmaids as Annie Walker
  • Kate Winslet – Carnage as Nancy Cowan

• Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields
  • Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier
  • Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose
  • Jonah Hill – Moneyball as Peter Brand
  • Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method as Sigmund Freud

• Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson
  • Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
  • Jessica Chastain – The Help as Celia Foote
  • Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs as Hubert Page
  • Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King

• Martin Scorsese – Hugo
  • Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
  • George Clooney – The Ides of March
  • Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
  • Alexander Payne – The Descendants

• Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
  • George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon – The Ides of March
  • Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
  • Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash – The Descendants
  • Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin – Moneyball

• Ludovic Bource – The Artist
  • Abel Korzeniowski – W.E.
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • Howard Shore – Hugo
  • John Williams – War Horse

• "Masterpiece" (music and lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost and Jimmy Harry) – W.E.
  • "Hello Hello" (music by Elton John and Lady Gaga; lyrics by Bernie Taupin) – Gnomeo & Juliet
  • "The Keeper" (music & lyrics by Chris Cornell) – Machine Gun Preacher
  • "Lay Your Head Down" (music by Brian Byrne; lyrics by Glenn Close) – Albert Nobbs
  • "The Living Proof" (music by Thomas Newman, Mary J. Blige and Harvey Mason Jr.; lyrics by Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas) – The Help

• The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
  • Arthur Christmas
  • Cars 2
  • Puss in Boots
  • Rango

• A Separation • Iran
  • The Flowers of War • China
  • In the Land of Blood and Honey • United States (in Bosnian/Serbian)
  • The Kid with a Bike • Belgium/France
  • The Skin I Live In • Spain

• Homeland (Showtime)
  • American Horror Story (FX)
  • Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
  • Boss (Starz)
  • Game of Thrones (HBO)

• Modern Family (ABC)
  • Enlightened (HBO)
  • Episodes (Showtime)
  • Glee (Fox)
  • New Girl (Fox)

• Kelsey Grammer – Boss (Starz) as Tom Kane
  • Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire (HBO) as Nucky Thompson
  • Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad (AMC) as Walter White
  • Jeremy Irons – The Borgias (Showtime) as Pope Alexander VI
  • Damian Lewis – Homeland (Showtime) as Nicholas Brody

• Claire Danes – Homeland (Showtime) as Carrie Mathison
  • Mireille Enos – The Killing (AMC) as Sarah Linden
  • Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife (CBS) as Alicia Florrick
  • Madeleine Stowe – Revenge (ABC) as Victoria Grayson
  • Callie Thorne – Necessary Roughness (USA Network) as Dr. Danielle "Dani" Santino

• Matt LeBlanc – Episodes (Showtime) as himself
  • Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock (NBC) as Jack Donaghy
  • David Duchovny – Californication (Showtime) as Hank Moody
  • Johnny Galecki – The Big Bang Theory (CBS) as Dr. Leonard Hofstadter
  • Thomas Jane – Hung (HBO) as Ray Drecker

• Laura Dern – Enlightened (HBO) as Amy Jellicoe
  • Zooey Deschanel – New Girl (Fox) as Jessica "Jess" Day
  • Tina Fey – 30 Rock (NBC) as Liz Lemon
  • Laura Linney – The Big C (Showtime) as Catherine "Cathy" Jamison
  • Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation (NBC) as Leslie Knope

• Idris Elba – Luther (BBC America) as Detective Chief Inspector John Luther
  • Hugh Bonneville – Downton Abbey (PBS) as Robert, Earl of Grantham
  • William Hurt – Too Big to Fail (HBO) as Henry Paulson
  • Bill Nighy – Page Eight (PBS) as Johnny Worricker
  • Dominic West – The Hour (BBC America) as Hector Madden

• Kate Winslet – Mildred Pierce (HBO) as Mildred Pierce
  • Romola Garai – The Hour (BBC America) as Bel Rowley
  • Diane Lane – Cinema Verite (HBO) as Pat Loud
  • Elizabeth McGovern – Downton Abbey (PBS) as Cora, Countess of Grantham
  • Emily Watson – Appropriate Adult (Sundance TV) as Janet Leach

• Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones (HBO) as Tyrion Lannister
  • Paul Giamatti – Too Big to Fail (HBO) as Ben Bernanke
  • Guy Pearce – Mildred Pierce (HBO) as Monty Beragon
  • Tim Robbins – Cinema Verite (HBO) as Bill Loud
  • Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family (ABC) as Cameron Tucker

• Jessica Lange – American Horror Story (FX) as Constance Langdon
  • Kelly Macdonald – Boardwalk Empire (HBO) as Margaret Schroeder
  • Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey (PBS) as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
  • Sofía Vergara – Modern Family (ABC) as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
  • Evan Rachel Wood – Mildred Pierce (HBO) as Veda Pierce

• Downton Abbey (PBS)
  • Cinema Verite (HBO)
  • The Hour (BBC America)
  • Mildred Pierce (HBO)
  • Too Big to Fail (HBO)

Channing Tatum

Salma Hayek

Seth Rogen

Mark Wahlberg

Mila Kunis

Adam Levine

Jane Lynch

Piper Perabo

William H. Macy

Clive Owen

Elle Macpherson

Julianne Moore

Paula Patton

Debra Messing

Helen Mirren