The nominations for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards, honoring excellence in television and film, were announced on Dec. 11. Broadway was well-represented among the nominees. Every one of the 14 acting categories featured at least two Broadway alumni.
Five out the six actors nominated for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama have appeared on the Main Stem. Kieran Culkin, Jeremy Strong and Brian Cox were all nominated for their roles in “Succession.” Culkin appeared in 2014’s “This is Our Youth,” while Strong will return to Broadway in this season’s revival of “An Enemy of the People.” Among his multiple Broadway credits, Cox last appeared as President Lyndon Johnson in 2019’s “The Great Society.” Pedro Pascal, who made his Broadway debut in 2019’s “King Lear,” was nominated for his role in “The Last of Us.” Dominic West, featured in 2001’s “Design for Living,” received a nomination for “The Crown.”
For Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama, Helen Mirren, a Tony Award winner for “The Audience,” was nominated for her role in “1923.” Her fellow nominees include Keri Russell, who starred in the 2019 revival of “Burn This” and Emma Stone, who appeared as Sally Bowles in the 2014 “Cabaret” revival. Russell was nominated for her work in “The Diplomat,” while Stone was honored for “The Curse.”
Two-time Tony nominee Steve Martin and Tony winner Martin Short were both nominated for their roles in “Only Murders in the Building” in the category Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television series – Musical or Comedy. Martin received dual Tony nominations for his book and score to 2016’s “Bright Star” and later returned as the scribe of “Meteor Shower”; Short earned Tony nom for “The Goodbye Girl,” won a the trophy for his leading role in the revival of “Little Me” and most recently graced the Main Stem stage in 2014’s “It’s Only a Play.”
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy also honored two Broadway performers. Rachel Brosnahan, seen in last season’s revival of “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,” was nominated for the title role in the final season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Brosnahan won two consecutive Golden Globes for this character in 2018 and 2019. Elle Fanning, who is currently making her Broadway debut in “Appropriate,” was nominated for “The Great.” Similarly, Fanning received two consecutive Golden Globes nominations (2020 and 2021) as Catherine the Great in the series.
Matt Bomer and Woody Harrelson were nominated in the Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television category for their roles in “Fellow Travelers” and “White House Plumbers,” respectively. Bomer appeared in 2018’s “The Boys in the Band,” while Harrelson last appeared on the Main Stem in the 1999 revival of “The Rainmaker.”
For Female Actor in a Limited Series, Elizabeth Olsen was nominated for “Love and Death,” and Rachel Weisz was nominated for “Dead Ringers.” Each actor has one Broadway credit: Olsen served as an understudy in 2009’s “Impressionism,” while Weisz appeared in the 2013 revival of “Betrayal.”
Billy Crudup — who won a Tony for his work in 2007’s “The Coast of Utopia,” earned an additional Tony nod for 2011’s “Arcadia” and holds nine total Broadway credits — was nominated for “The Morning Show” in the Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role – Television category. Alan Ruck, who, in 2005, appeared in both the revival of “Absurd Person Singular” and as a replacement in “The Producers,” was nominated in this category for “Succession.”
Another “Succession” star, J. Smith-Cameron, was nominated in the Female Actor in a Supporting Role category. Smith-Cameron is a Tony nominee for 1991’s “Our Country’s Good.” Meryl Streep, a Tony nominee for 1976’s “A Memory of Two Mondays/27 Wagons Full of Cotton,” received a nomination for her turn in the third season of “Only Murders in the Building.” Hannah Waddingham, a former Lady of the Lake in the original production of “Spamalot,” received her second Golden Globe nomination for “Ted Lasso.”
In a newly-created category, Chris Rock and Amy Schumer were nominated for Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television. Rock made his Broadway debut in 2011’s “The Motherfucker with the Hat,” while Schumer is a Tony nominee for her Main Stem debut in 2017’s “Meteor Shower.”
The Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama category included three Broadway alumni, including two Tony nominees. Annette Bening, a two-time Tony nominee for “Coastal Disturbances” and “All My Sons,” was nominated for “Nyad”; Carey Mulligan, a Tony nominee for the 2015 revival of “Skylight,” was nominated for “Maestro.” Rounding out the category is Greta Lee, nominated for “Past Lives.” Lee appeared on Broadway in both “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” and “La Bête.”
In addition to her television nomination, Stone was also cited in the Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy category, for her role in “Poor Things.” Also receiving nominations in this category are Natalie Portman for her performance in “May December,” and Fantasia Barrino, nominated for her turn as Celie in the new film adaptation of the musical “The Color Purple.” Portman played the titular role in the 1997 revival of “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Barrino played Celie in the original Broadway production of “Purple.”
Stone wasn’t the only Broadway name to receive two nominations. Bradley Cooper, a Tony nominee for “The Elephant Man,” was nominated for his acting and directing efforts in “Maestro.” Joining Cooper in the Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture category are Colman Domingo, nominated for “Rustin,” and Andrew Scott, nominated for “All of Us Strangers.” Domingo is a two-time Tony nominee, receiving recognition for his work as an actor in 2010’s “The Scottsboro Boys,” and as co-producer on last season’s “Fat Ham.” He’s also appeared in “Well,” “Passing Strange” and “Chicago” and wrote the book to the musical “Summer.” Scott appeared in 2006’s “The Vertical Hour.”
Jeffrey Wright, a 1994 Tony winner for “Angels in America: Perestroika,” received a Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy category for “American Fiction.” Wright also appeared in “Bring in ’Da Noise, Bring in ’Da Funk,” the original “Topdog/Underdog,” earning a Tony nomination, and “A Free Man of Color.” Also nominated in the same category is Paul Giamatti, whose most recent Broadway credit is the 1999 revival of “The Iceman Cometh. Giamatti was nominated for “The Holdovers.”
In the featured acting categories in film, Broadway artists Robert De Niro, Mark Ruffalo, Danielle Brooks, Julianne Moore and Da’Vine Joy Randolph were all nominated. De Niro, co-director of 2016’s “A Bronx Tale,” was noted for his role in “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Ruffalo, a Tony nominee for the 2006 revival of “Awake and Sing!” and cast member of the 2017 revival of “The Price,” was nominated for “Poor Things.” A 2012 Tony nominee for “Ghost,” Randolph was nominated for “The Holdovers.” Moore appeared on the Main Stem in “The Vertical Hour,” and was nominated for “May December.” Brooks was nominated for her performance as Sofia in “The Color Purple” film, a role which earned her a featured actress Tony nomination for the 2015 stage version.
In addition to Cooper, Martin Scorsese was nominated for Best Director – Motion Picture for “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Scorsese’s sole Broadway credit is directing the 1977 Liza Minnelli vehicle “The Act.”
Bruce Springsteen, a special Tony recipient for his 2017 solo show “Springsteen on Broadway,” was nominated for Best Original Song, having penned “Addicted to Romance” for the film “She Came to Me.” Jack Black, who had songs featured in the score of “School of Rock,” was nominated for co-writing the tune “Peaches” for “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.” He shares the nomination with his collaborators Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond and John Spiker.
Robbie Robertson, who passed away in August 2023, received a posthumous Best Original Score nomination for “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Several of Robertson’s songs were featured in the Broadway productions of “Rock ‘N Roll! The First 5,000 Years” and “Everyday Rapture.”
The 2024 Golden Globes ceremony will take place on Jan. 7, 2024. The ceremony will be broadcast live on CBS and streamed on Paramount+.
See below for the full listing of nominees in the select categories mentioned above.
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Bill Hader, “Barry”
Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
Jason Segel, “Shrinking”
Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso”
Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”
Natasha Lyonne, “Poker Face”
Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”
Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building”
Elle Fanning, “The Great”
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Pedro Pascal, “The Last of Us”
Kieran Culkin, “Succession”
Jeremy Strong, “Succession”
Brian Cox, “Succession”
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
Dominic West, “The Crown”
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Helen Mirren, “1923”
Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us”
Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”
Sarah Snook, “Succession”
Imelda Staunton, “The Crown”
Emma Stone, “The Curse”
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Matt Bomer, “Fellow Travelers”
Sam Claflin, “Daisy Jones & the Six”
Jon Hamm, “Fargo”
Woody Harrelson, “White House Plumbers”
David Oyelowo, “Lawmen: Bass Reeves”
Steven Yeun, “Beef”
Best Performance by an Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Riley Keough, “Daisy Jones & the Six”
Brie Larson, “Lessons in Chemistry”
Elizabeth Olsen, “Love and Death”
Juno Temple, “Fargo”
Rachel Weisz, “Dead Ringers”
Ali Wong, “Beef”
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Television
Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”
Matthew Macfadyen, “Succession”
James Marsden, “Jury Duty”
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear”
Alan Ruck, “Succession”
Alexander Skarsgård, “Succession”
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Television
Elizabeth Debicki, “The Crown”
Abby Elliott, “The Bear”
Christina Ricci, “Yellowjackets”
J. Smith-Cameron, “Succession”
Meryl Streep, “Only Murders in the Building”
Hannah Waddingham, “Ted Lasso”
Best Performance in Stand-up Comedy on Television
Ricky Gervais, “Ricky Gervais: Armageddon”
Trevor Noah, “Trevor Noah: Where Was I”
Chris Rock, “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage”
Amy Schumer, “Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact”
Sarah Silverman, “Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love”
Wanda Sykes, “Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer”
Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Bradley Cooper, “Maestro”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Colman Domingo, “Rustin”
Barry Keoghan, “Saltburn”
Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”
Andrew Scott, “All of Us Strangers”
Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Carey Mulligan, “Maestro”
Sandra Hüller, “Anatomy of a Fall”
Annette Bening, “Nyad”
Greta Lee, “Past Lives”
Cailee Spaeny, “Priscilla”
Best Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Nicolas Cage, “Dream Scenario”
Timothée Chalamet, “Wonka”
Matt Damon, “Air”
Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers”
Joaquin Phoenix, “Beau Is Afraid”
Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction”
Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Fantasia Barrino, “The Color Purple”
Jennifer Lawrence, “No Hard Feelings”
Natalie Portman, “May December”
Margot Robbie, “Barbie”
Emma Stone, “Poor Things”
Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Willem Dafoe, “Poor Things”
Robert De Niro, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer”
Ryan Gosling, “Barbie”
Charles Melton, “May December”
Mark Ruffalo, “Poor Things”
Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Emily Blunt, “Oppenheimer”
Danielle Brooks, “The Color Purple”
Jodie Foster, “Nyad”
Julianne Moore, “May December”
Rosamund Pike, “Saltburn”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Addicted to Romance,” Bruce Springsteen, “She Came to Me”
“Dance the Night,” Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, “Barbie”
“I’m Just Ken,” Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, “Barbie”
“Peaches,” Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond and John Spiker “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”
“Road to Freedom,” Lenny Kravitz, “Rustin”
“What Was I Made For?” Billie Eilish & Finneas, “Barbie”
Best Director – Motion Picture
Bradley Cooper, “Maestro”
Greta Gerwig, “Barbie”
Yorgos Lanthimos, “Poor Things”
Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
Martin Scorsese, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Celine Song, “Past Lives”
Best Original Score
Jerskin Fendrix, “Poor Things”
Ludwig Göransson, “Oppenheimer”
Mica Levi, “The Zone of Interest”
Daniel Pemberton, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Robbie Robertson, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Joe Hisaishi, “The Boy and the Heron”
