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_=ttch_eds_right-5_lk">Slow Horses</a>&quot; and &quot;<a class="ipc-md-link" href="/title/tt22091076?ref_=ttch_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_=ttch_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

Tom Hanks, Wallace Shawn, Jim Varney, Jack Angel, Jeff Pidgeon, Joe Ranft, and Don Rickles in Toy Story (1995)

Annie Potts, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jim Varney, Jack Angel, Joe Ranft, and Don Rickles in Toy Story (1995)

Annie Potts, Jack Angel, and Jeff Pidgeon in Toy Story (1995)

Tom Hanks, Annie Potts, John Ratzenberger, Jack Angel, Joe Ranft, and Don Rickles in Toy Story (1995)

Tom Hanks and Jack Angel in Toy Story (1995)

Tom Hanks, Wallace Shawn, Jack Angel, and Don Rickles in Toy Story (1995)

Tom Hanks, Annie Potts, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jim Varney, Jack Angel, Jeff Pidgeon, and Don Rickles in Toy Story (1995)

Tom Hanks, Jack Angel, Spencer Aste, Greg Berg, Kendall Cunningham, Debi Derryberry, Cody Dorkin, Bill Farmer, Craig Good, Gregory Grudt, Jan Rabson, Penn Jillette, Danielle Judovits, Sam Lasseter, Brittany Levenbrown, Phil Proctor, Joe Ranft, and Lisa Bradley in Toy Story (1995)

A cowboy doll is profoundly jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as the top toy in a boy's bedroom. When circumstances separate them from their owner, the duo have to put aside their differences to return to him.

Tom Hanks, R. Lee Ermey, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Jim Varney, and Don Rickles in Toy Story (1995)

Jack Angel: Shark • Rocky Gibraltar

Toy Story

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