Actors/Performances Lifetime Achievements (20th Anniversary)

Here are the nominees for the “Acting and Performance” categories at the Cosmique Movie Awards’ 20th anniversary. (Note: although ballots still set the deadline for April 2nd, we’ve pushed the deadline by a week due to delays in getting this out.)

• Deadline to vote: April 8, 2022
• Vote for the winners

Favorite Male Action Star Career of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Pierce Brosnan • Jackie Chan • Sean Connery • Daniel Craig • Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. • Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. • Errol Flynn • Harrison Ford • Hugh Jackman • Dwayne Johnson • Bruce Lee • Steve McQueen • Arnold Schwarzenegger • John Wayne • Bruce Willis

Favorite Male Action Role of All Time of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Christian Bale (as Batman) – Batman Begins (2005) • Chadwick Boseman (as T’Challa / Black Panther) – Black Panther (2018) • Daniel Craig (as James Bond) – Casino Royale (2006) • Matt Damon (as Jason Bourne) – The Bourne Identity (2002) • Chris Evans (as Steve Rogers / Captain America) – Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) • Errol Flynn (as Robin Hood) – The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) • Harrison Ford (as Indiana Jones) – Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) • Mark Hamill (as Luke Skywalker) – Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) • Hugh Jackman (as Logan / Wolverine) – X-Men (2000) • Ian McKellen (as Gandalf) – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) • Peter O’Toole (as T. E. Lawrence) – Lawrence of Arabia (1962) • Gregory Peck (as Atticus Finch) – To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) • Chris Pine (as James T. Kirk) – Star Trek (2009) • Daniel Radcliffe (as Harry Potter) – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) • Christopher Reeve (as Superman) – Superman (1978)

Favorite Female Action Star Career of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Kate Beckinsale • Neve Campbell • Jamie Lee Curtis • Carrie Fisher • Gal Gadot • Pam Grier • Linda Hamilton • Scarlett Johansson • Angelina Jolie • Milla Jovovich • Noomi Rapace • Zoe Saldana • Charlize Theron • Sigourney Weaver • Michelle Yeoh

Favorite Female Action Role of All Time of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Kate Beckinsale (as Selena) – Underworld (2003) • Cate Blanchett (as Galadriel) – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) • Jamie Lee Curtis (as Laurie Strode) – Halloween (2018) • Sally Field (as Norma Rae Webster) – Norma Rae (1979) • Carrie Fisher (as Leia Organa) – Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015) • Jodie Foster (as Clarice Starling) – The Silence of the Lambs (1991) • Gal Gadot (as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman) – Wonder Woman (2017) • Scarlett Johansson (as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow) – Marvel’s The Avengers (2012) • Angelina Jolie (as Lara Croft) – Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) • Milla Jovovich (as Violet Song Jat Shariff) – Ultraviolet (2006) • Jennifer Lawrence (as Katniss Everdeen) – The Hunger Games (2012) • Miranda Otto (as Eowyn) – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) • Meryl Streep (as Karen Silkwood) – Silkwood (1983) • Emma Watson (as Hermione Granger) – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) • Sigourney Weaver (as Ellen Ripley) – Aliens (1986)

Favorite Male Villain of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Lionel Barrymore (as Mr. Potter) – It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) • Johnny Depp (as Benjamin Barker / Sweeney Todd) – Sweeney Todd (2007) • Robert Englund (as Freddy Krueger) – A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) • Ralph Fiennes (as Lord Voldemort) – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) • Topher Grace (as David Duke) – BlackKklansman (2018) • James Earl Jones / David Prouse (as Darth Vader) – Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) • Charles Laughton (as Captain Bligh) – Mutiny On the Bounty (1935) • Christopher Lee (as Saruman) – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) • Malcolm McDowell (as Alex De Large) – A Clockwork Orange (1971) • Ricardo Montalbán (as Khan Noonien Singh) – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) • Gary Oldman (as Count Dracula) – Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) • Anthony Perkins (as Norman Bates) – Psycho (1960) • Alan Rickman (as Hans Gruber) – Die Hard (1988) • Arnold Schwarzenegger (as Terminator) – The Terminator (1984) • Terrence Stamp (as General Zod) – Superman II (1980)

Favorite Female Villain of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Kathy Bates (as Annie Wilkes) – Misery (1990) • Anne Baxter (as Eve Harrington) – All About Eve (1950) • Linda Blair (as Regan MacNeil) – The Exorcist (1973) • Helena Bonham Carter (as Bellatrix Lestrange) – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) • Glenn Close (as Alex Forrest) – Fatal Attraction (1987) • Bette Davis (as Baby Jane Hudson) – Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) • Faye Dunnaway (as Joan Crawford) – Mommie Dearest (1981) • Louise Fletcher (as Nurse Ratched) – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) • Angela Lansbury (as Mrs. John Iselin) – The Manchurian Candidate (1962) • Lucy Liu (as O-Ren Ishii) – Kill Bill, Volume 1 (2003) • Rosamund Pike (as Amy Elliott Dunne) – Gone Girl (2014) • Florence Pugh (as Dani Ardor) – Midsommar (2019) • Barbara Stanwyck (as Phyllis Dietrichson) – Double Indemnity (1944) • Meryl Streep (as Miranda Priestley) – The Devil Wears Prada (2006) • Tilda Swinton (as The White Witch) – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)

Sexiest Actor of Yesteryear of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Montgomery Clift • Gary Cooper • James Dean • Troy Donahue • Douglas Fairbanks Jr. • Errol Flynn • Cary Grant • William Holden • Tab Hunter • Gene Kelly • Sal Mineo • Paul Newman • Tyrone Power • Robert Redford • Rudolph Valentino

Sexiest Actress of Yesteryear of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Ingrid Bergman • Dorothy Dandridge • Catherine Deneuve • Paulette Goddard • Rita Hayworth • Audrey Hepburn • Grace Kelly • Veronica Lake • Gina Lollobrigida • Sophia Loren • Marilyn Monroe • Eva Marie Saint • Elizabeth Taylor • Gene Tierney • Lana Turner

Sexiest Contemporary Actor of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Joe Alwyn • Orlando Bloom • Matt Bomer • Jon Cho • Zac Efron • Chris Evans • Andrew Garfield • Henry Golding • Nicholas Hoult • Michael B. Jordan • Michael Pitt • Ryan Reynolds • Nick Robinson • Brandon Routh • Ian Somerhalder

Sexiest Contemporary Actress of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Penélope Cruz • Eliza Dushku • Alice Eve • Naomie Harris • Lily James • Scarlett Johansson • Evangeline Lilly • Janelle Monáe • Natalie Portman • Margot Robbie • Zoe Saldana • Sharon Stone • Charlize Theron • Gina Torres • Constance Wu

Favorite Out Lesbian/Bi/Trans Actress of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Meredith Baxter • Amanda Bearse • Sara Gilbert • Marga Gomez • Cherry Jones • Nancy Kulp • Jane Lynch • Kelly McGillis • Kate McKinnon • Kristy McNichol • Sarah Paulson • Jenny Shimizu • Wanda Sykes • Holland Taylor • Lily Tomlin

Favorite Out Gay/Bi/Trans Actor of All Time (20th Anniversary)

John Barrowman • Simon Callow • Montgomery Clift • Wilson Cruz • Thomas Dekker • Harvey Fierstein • Victor Garber • Neil Patrick Harris • Tom Hulce • Tommy Kirk • Paul Lynde • Ian McKellen • Jim Parsons • Ben Whishaw • Bowen Yang

Favorite Trans or Non-Binary Performer of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Calpernia Addams • Alexis Arquette • Chaz Bono • Cassandra Cass • Candis Cayne • Laverne Cox • Our Lady J • Justin Vivian Bond • Amanda Lapore • Ts Madison • Nicole Maines • Elliot Page • Peppermint • Lachlan Watson • Holly Woodlawn

Best Child Actor’s Transition to Adult Stardom of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Christian Bale • Jason Bateman • Jeff Bridges • Jackie Coogan • Jackie Cooper • Leonardo DiCaprio • Joseph Gordon-Levitt • Ryan Gosling • Neil Patrick Harris • Freddie Highmore • Ron Howard • Daniel Radcliffe • Mickey Rooney • Kurt Russell • Elijah Wood

Best Child Actress’ Transition to Adult Stardom of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Drew Barrymore • Mayim Bialik • Laura Dern • Susan Dey • Jodie Foster • Judy Garland • Helen Hunt • Anna Kendrick • Mila Kunis • Chloe Grace Moretz • Tatum O’Neal • Christina Ricci • Kiernan Shipka • Elizabeth Taylor • Emma Watson

Best Film Ensemble of All Time (20th Anniversary)

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) • The Big Chill (1983) • Clue (1985) • Ghostbusters (2016) • Gosford Park (2001) • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) • The Last Picture Show (1971) • Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013) • Les Misérables (2012) • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) • Love Actually (2003) • Nashville (1975) • Noises Off (1992) • Ocean’s Eleven (2001) • Ragtime (1981)

Other Nominee Lists

• Lifetime Achievements – Overall
• Lifetime Achievements – Actors/Performances
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Action)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Comedy)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Crime)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Historical)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Holidays)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Horror)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (LGBTQ)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Music)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Sci-Fi/Fantasy)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (War)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Western)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Other/Misc)