| Role for which Welles got an Oscar nomination | 45 |
| Role for which Warner Baxter won a 1930 Oscar | 45 |
| Role for which Peggy Cass won a Tony and got an Oscar nomination | 64 |
| Role for which Pacino got his first Best Actor nomination | 57 |
| Role for which Marion Cotillard won a 2007 Best Actress Oscar | 61 |
| Role for which its actor refused an Oscar | 41 |
| Role for which George Burns won Best Supporting Actor in "The Sunshine Boys" | 86 |
| Role for which Fonda was nominated Best Actor | 45 |
| Role for which Davis and Hepburn were considered | 48 |
| Role for Welles and Olivier: pl. | 32 |
| Role for Welles | 15 |
| Role for Walters | 16 |
| Role for Walter and Jack | 24 |
| Role for Vivian | 15 |
| Role for Valerie Harper | 23 |
| Role for Valerie | 16 |
| Role for Valentino | 18 |
| Role for Tony Randall | 21 |
| Role for Todd or Silverheels | 28 |
| Role for Tina | 13 |
| Role for Teri Hatcher or Margot Kidder | 38 |
| Role for Teri | 13 |
| Role for Tebaldi | 16 |
| Role for Swit | 13 |
| Role for Stallone in "Capone" | 39 |
| Role for Stallone | 17 |
| Role for Stack or Costner | 25 |
| Role for Stack and Costner | 26 |
| Role for Sonny Shroyer | 22 |
| Role for Sonny | 14 |
| Role for Sly | 12 |
| Role for Skippy | 15 |
| Role for Sir Alec | 17 |
| Role for Sinatra or Clooney | 27 |
| Role for Silverheels | 20 |
| Role for Shirley or Marie | 25 |
| Role for Shirley MacLaine | 25 |
| Role for Shirley in '63 | 27 |
| Role for Shirley | 16 |
| Role for Sharon Gless | 21 |
| Role for seven actresses | 24 |
| Role for Sandra | 15 |
| Role for Salma | 14 |
| Role for Russell and Lansbury | 29 |
| Role for Rupert | 15 |
| Role for Roz and Angela | 23 |
| Role for Roz | 12 |
| Role for Rosie | 14 |
| Role for Rosalynn | 17 |
| Role for Rosalind Russell | 25 |
| Role for Rosalind | 17 |
| Role for Ronny Howard | 21 |
| Role for Ronny | 14 |
| Role for Robin Williams | 23 |
| Role for Robert Redford as a stunt pilot after World War I | 58 |
| Role for Robert Merrill | 23 |
| Role for Robert De Niro | 23 |
| Role for Richard Gere | 21 |
| Role for Rhea | 13 |
| Role for Renata Tebaldi | 23 |
| Role for Reeves | 15 |
| Role for Reeve or Reeves | 24 |
| Role for Redford, ___ Pepper | 28 |
| Role for Raquel | 15 |
| Role for Randall | 16 |
| Role for Radcliffe in several films | 35 |
| Role for Quinn: 1964 | 20 |
| Role for Price | 14 |
| Role for Poitier | 16 |
| Role for Plummer | 16 |
| Role for Phil Silvers | 21 |
| Role for Peter Lorre | 20 |
| Role for Peck | 13 |
| Role for Pavlova | 16 |
| Role for Paul Robeson | 21 |
| Role for Paul in "Exodus" | 35 |
| Role for Patti LuPone or Madonna | 32 |
| Role for Patti LuPone and Madonna | 33 |
| Role for Patti LuPone | 21 |
| Role for Olivier or Branagh | 27 |
| Role for Oland or Toler | 23 |
| Role for Oland | 14 |
| Role for Nilsson | 16 |
| Role for Nastassja | 18 |
| Role for Myrna | 14 |
| Role for Moira in "Chaplin" | 37 |
| Role for Michael or Jude | 24 |
| Role for Michael Caine or Jude Law | 34 |
| Role for Michael Caine | 22 |
| Role for Mia | 12 |
| Role for Meryl in "Out of Africa" | 43 |
| Role for Mel Gibson | 19 |
| Role for McArdle | 16 |
| Role for Mary Martin | 20 |
| Role for Marty Feldman | 22 |
| Role for Martin or Duncan | 25 |
| Role for Martin or Adams | 24 |
| Role for Marlon | 15 |
| Role for Markova or Pavlova | 27 |
| Role for Marilyn | 16 |