The talented actors totally transform for their roles. How many do you recognize?

Greatest Character Actors of All Time

"[link=/title/tt5875444]Slow Horses[/link]" and "[link=/title/tt22091076]High Potential[/link]" return with new seasons this month. Check out our [link=/list/ls4103534970/]September calendar[/link] for more!

September 2025 TV and Streaming Premiere Dates

&quot;<a class="ipc-md-link" href="/title/tt5875444?ref_=tt_eds_right-5_lk">Slow Horses</a>&quot; and &quot;<a class="ipc-md-link" href="/title/tt22091076?ref_=tt_eds_right-5_lk">High Potential</a>&quot; return with new seasons this month. Check out our <a class="ipc-md-link" href="/list/ls4103534970/?ref_=tt_eds_right-5_lk">September calendar</a> for more!

Check out our gallery of the 33 first-time performer nominees this year, as the characters they so brilliantly played and in real life.

2025 Emmys First-Time Acting Nominees

Florestan

Leonore

Don Pizarro

Rocco

Marzelline

Jaquino

Don Fernando

Erster Gefangener

Zweiter Gefangener

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Vanessa Redgrave, Annette Bening, and Christoph Waltz in Georgetown (2019)

Ariane Labed in Fidelio: Alice's Odyssey (2014)

Christoph Waltz in The Zero Theorem (2013)

Willem Dafoe, Christoph Waltz, Rachel Brosnahan, and Warren Burke in Dead for a Dollar (2022)

Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet, and Christoph Waltz in Carnage (2011)

Sam Neill, Christoph Waltz, Sophie Wilde, Patrick Gibson, and Jessica De Gouw in The Portable Door (2023)

Lucy Liu, Christoph Waltz, and Cooper Hoffman in Old Guy (2024)

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