Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Episode 1:

• Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) with Edward Norton (Birdman)
• Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) with Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler)
• Hilary Swank (The Homesman) with Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer)
• Oscar Isaac (A Most Violent Year) with Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle)

Episode 2:

• Jessica Chastain (Interstellar) with Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)
• Laura Dern (Wild) with Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
• Josh Brolin (Inherent Vice) with J. K. Simmons (Whiplash)
• James Corden (Into the Woods) with Kevin Costner (Black or White)

Episode 3:

• Michael Keaton (Birdman) with Reese Witherspoon (Wild)
• Ethan Hawke (Boyhood) with Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
• Jack O'Connell (Unbroken) with David Oyelowo (Selma)
• Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) with Jenny Slate (Obvious Child)

Episode 4:

• Jennifer Aniston (Cake) with Emily Blunt (Into the Woods)
• Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel) with Christoph Waltz (Big Eyes)
• Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night) with Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner)
• Chadwick Boseman (Get on Up) with Logan Lerman (Fury)

Episode 1:

• Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep) with Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)
• Taraji P. Henson (Empire) with Queen Latifah (Bessie)
• Jessica Lange (American Horror Story) with Taylor Schilling (Orange Is the New Black)
• Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Honourable Woman) with Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
• Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul) with Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex)

Episode 2:

• Don Cheadle (House of Lies) with Claire Danes (Homeland)
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) with Matt LeBlanc (Episodes)
• Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) with Clive Owen (The Knick)
• Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder) with Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie)
• Uzo Aduba (Orange is the New Black) with Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin)

Episode 1:

• Cate Blanchett (Carol and Truth) with Ian McKellen (Mr. Holmes)
• Benicio Del Toro (Sicario) with Will Smith (Concussion)
• Joel Edgerton (Black Mass) with Brie Larson (Room)
• Amy Schumer (Trainwreck) with Lily Tomlin (Grandma)

Episode 2:

• Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) with Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)
• Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy) with Carey Mulligan (Suffragette)
• Steve Carell (The Big Short) with Rooney Mara (Carol)
• Bryan Cranston (Trumbo) with Jason Segel (The End of the Tour)

Episode 3:

• Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight) with Seth Rogen (Steve Jobs)
• Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight) with Michael Keaton (Spotlight)
• Paul Dano (Love & Mercy) with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Walk)
• Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) with Isabella Rossellini (Joy)

Episode 1:

• Jamie Lee Curtis (Scream Queens) with Lady Gaga (American Horror Story: Hotel)
• Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish) with Courtney B. Vance (American Crime Story)
• Felicity Huffman (American Blue) with Jennifer Lopez (Shades of Blue)
• Tom Hiddleston (The Night Manager) with Aaron Paul (The Path)
• Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) with Jay Duplass (Transparent)

Episode 2:

• Bobby Cannavale (Vinyl) with Sarah Paulson (American Crime Story)
• Rob Lowe (The Grinder) with John Travolta (American Crime Story)
• Aziz Ansari (Master of None) with Kerry Washington (Confirmation)
• Kirsten Dunst (Fargo) with Rami Malek (Mr. Robot)
• Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley) with Patrick Stewart (Blunt Talk)

Episode 1:

• Viola Davis (Fences) with Tom Hanks (Sully)
• Molly Shannon (Other People) with Emma Stone (La La Land)
• Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) with Nicole Kidman (Lion)
• Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water) with Matthew McConaughey (Gold)

Episode 2:

• Natalie Portman (Jackie) with Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)
• Amy Adams (Arrival and Nocturnal Animals) with Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)
• Taraji P. Henson (Hidden Figures) with Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool)
• Annette Bening (20th Century Women) with Naomie Harris (Moonlight (2016 film))

Episode 3:

• Colin Farrell (The Lobster) with Hugh Grant (Florence Foster Jenkins)
• Adam Driver (Paterson (film)) with Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals)
• Dev Patel (Lion) with Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)
• Sallie Field (Hello, My Name Is Doris) with Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen)
• Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) with Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women)

Episode 1:

• Sarah Jessica Parker (Divorce) with Michelle Pfeiffer (The Wizard of Lies)
• Kevin Bacon (I Love Dick) with John Lithgow (The Crown)
• Thandie Newton (Westworld) with Oprah Winfrey (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks)

• Freida Pinto (Guerrilla) with Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)
• Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life) with Constance Zimmer (Unreal (TV series)|Unreal)

Episode 2:

• Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies) with Ewan McGregor (Fargo)
• Pamela Adlon (Better Things) with Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)
• Anthony Anderson (Black-ish) with Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory)
• Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) with Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)
• Riz Ahmed (The Night Of) with Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale)
• Brit Marling (The OA) with Issa Rae (Insecure (TV series))

Episode 1:

• Jennifer Lawrence (Mother!) with Adam Sandler (The Meyerowitz Stories)
• Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) with Kate Winslet (Wonder Wheel)
• Jake Gyllenhaal (Stronger) with Margot Robbie (I, Tonya)
• Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) with Kristen Wiig (Downsizing)
• Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name) with Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)

Episode 2:

• Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) with Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick)
• Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) with Hugh Jackman (Logan (film))
• Mary J. Blige (Mudbound) with Salma Hayek (Beatriz at Dinner)
• Allison Janney (I, Tonya) with Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Episode 3:

• Jessica Chastain (Molly's Game) with Holly Hunter (The Big Sick)
• Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) with Kate Winslet (Wonder Wheel)
• Hong Chau (Downsizing) with Diane Kruger (In the Fade)
• Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water) with Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
• Jamie Bell (Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool) with Robert Pattinson (Good Time)

Episode 1:

• Benedict Cumberbatch (Patrick Melrose) with Claire Foy (The Crown)
• Angela Bassett (9-1-1 (TV series)|9-1-1) with Laura Dern (The Tale)
• Darren Criss (American Crime Story) with Mandy Moore (This Is Us)
• Jason Bateman (Ozark) with Bill Hader (Barry)
• Jessica Biel (The Sinner) with Alison Brie (GLOW)

Episode 2:

• Debra Messing (Will & Grace) with Sharon Stone (Mosaic)
• Michael B. Jordan (Fahrenheit 451) with Issa Rae (Insecure)
• Jeff Daniels (The Looming Tower) with Laura Linney (Ozark)
• Tiffany Haddish (The Last O.G.) with John Legend (Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert)
• Edie Falco (Law & Order: True Crime) with J. K. Simmons (Counterpart)

Episode 1:

• Amy Adams (Vice) with Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased)
• Mahershala Ali (Green Book) with John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman)
• Darren Criss (American Crime Story) with Mandy Moore (This Is Us)
• Felicity Jones (On the Basis of Sex) with Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians)

Episode 2:

• Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) with Lupita Nyong'o (Black Panther)
• Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy) with Emma Stone (The Favourite)
• Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns) and (A Quiet Place (film)|A Quiet Place) with Hugh Jackman (The Front Runner)

Episode 3:

• John Krasinski (A Quiet Place) with Rosamund Pike (A Private War)
• Michael B. Jordan (Creed II and Black Panther) with Charlize Theron (Tully)
• Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Kindergarten Teacher) with Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)

Episode 4:

• Glenn Close (The Wife) with Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)
• Armie Hammer (On the Basis of Sex and Sorry to Bother You ) with Dakota Johnson (Suspiria)
• Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) with Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)

Episode 5:

• Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born) with Lin-Manuel Miranda (Mary Poppins Returns)

Episode 1:

• Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora with Julia Roberts (Homecoming)
• Amy Adams (Sharp Objects) with Richard Madden (Bodyguard)
• Taraji P. Henson (Empire) with Ellen Pompeo (Grey's Anatomy)

Episode 2:

• Benicio del Toro (Escape at Dannemora) with Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)
• Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) with Regina Hall (Black Monday)
• Sam Rockwell (Fosse/Verdon) with Renée Zellweger (What/If)

Episode 3:

• Chris Pine (I Am the Night) with Robin Wright (House of Cards)
• Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects) with Michelle Williams (Fosse/Verdon)
• Sacha Baron Cohen (Who Is America?) with Don Cheadle (Black Monday)

Episode 4:

• Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) with Billy Porter (Pose)
• Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish) with Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story)
• Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll) with Maya Rudolph (Forever)

Episode 1:

• Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) with Renée Zellweger (Judy)
• Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)
• Awkwafina (The Farewell) with Taron Egerton (Rocketman)

Episode 2:

• Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory) with Eddie Murphy (Dolemite Is My Name)
• Chris Evans (Knives Out) with Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
• Mindy Kaling (Late Night) with Constance Wu (Hustlers)

Episode 3:

• Adam Driver (Marriage Story) with Charlize Theron (Bombshell)
• Cynthia Erivo (Harriet) with Alfre Woodard (Clemency)
• Shia LaBeouf (Honey Boy) with Kristen Stewart (Seberg)

Episode 4:

• Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers) with Robert Pattinson (The Lighthouse)
• Sterling K. Brown (Waves) with Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
• Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart) with Florence Pugh (Little Women)

Episode 1:

• Regina King (Watchmen) with Reese Witherspoon (Little Fires Everywhere)
• Anne Hathaway (Modern Love) with Hugh Jackman (Bad Education)
• Kieran Culkin (Succession) with Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek)

Episode 2:

• Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) with Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere)
• Tessa Thompson (Westworld) with Ramy Youssef (Ramy)
• Russell Crowe (The Loudest Voice) with Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies)

Episode 3:

• Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show) with Lisa Kudrow (Space Force)
• Daveed Diggs (Snowpiercer) with Anthony Mackie (Altered Carbon)
• Henry Cavill (The Witcher) with Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: Picard)

Episode 4:

• Claire Danes (Homeland) with Damian Lewis (Billions)
• Zendaya (Euphoria) with Mj Rodriguez (Pose)
• Chris Evans (Defending Jacob) with Paul Rudd (Living with Yourself)

Episode 1:

• Jodie Foster (The Mauritanian) with Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
• Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) with Steven Yeun (Minari)

Episode 2:

• George Clooney (The Midnight Sky) with Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit)
• Zendaya (Malcolm & Marie) with Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
• Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy) with Pete Davidson (The King of Staten Island)

Episode 3:

• Ben Affleck (The Way Back) with Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Trial of the Chicago 7)
• Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday) with Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami)
• Jared Leto (The Little Things) with John David Washington (Malcolm & Marie)

Episode 4:

• Jamie Dornan (Wild Mountain Thyme) with Eddie Redmayne (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
• Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman) with Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
• Tom Holland (Cherry) with Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)