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

James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy in Glass (2019)

Samuel L. Jackson and Anya Taylor-Joy in Glass (2019)

Charlayne Woodard and Anya Taylor-Joy in Glass (2019)

Sarah Paulson and Anya Taylor-Joy in Glass (2019)

Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard, and Anya Taylor-Joy in Glass (2019)

Spencer Treat Clark, Sarah Paulson, Charlayne Woodard, and Anya Taylor-Joy in Glass (2019)

Security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities.

Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, and James McAvoy in Glass (2019)

Anya Taylor-Joy: Casey Cooke

Glass

Anya Taylor-Joy credited as playing...

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