Oscars.com asked veteran photographer Douglas Kirkland to take portraits of this year’s acting nominees. The results ended up somewhere between high school class photos and classic Hollywood glam.
Above, supporting actress nominee Janet McTeer. Here’s how she looked in her nominated film, Albert Nobbs:
Below, looking older and more leprechaun-like, Nick Nolte.
And as class clown, from The Artist, Jean Dujardin:
Kirkland has been a photographer “on the sets of such classic films as The Sound of Music, Out of Africa, Titanic and Moulin Rouge.” Which means he shot Christopher Plummer in 1965 and again this year.
See all 20 shots.