Oscars 2020: Past TV Roles For This Year's Nominees, From Leo To ScarJo

Hollywood is ready to celebrate the year's best movies at the Oscars — but the acting nominees have a bunch of memorable TV credits on their résumés, too.

Before the Oscars are handed out on Sunday night (ABC, 8/7c), we thought we'd do a deep dive into the IMDb pages of this year's nominated actors and take a closer look at their work on the small screen. Some of them were initially known just as TV actors — we all first met Adam Driver on Girls, right? — and others are huge movie stars who long ago paid their dues in the TV trenches. (Did you know that future Once Upon a Time in Hollywood co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt both started out their careers with stints on the same '80s sitcom?)

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So while we wait for the stars to hit the red carpet, let's take a stroll down memory lane and check out the past TV roles for this year's Oscar nominees for lead and supporting actor and actress. (It'd normally be a total of 20 nominees, but Scarlett Johansson is nominated for both lead and supporting actress, so it's only 19 this year.) Scroll through the gallery at the right — or click here for direct access — for a reminder of where you might've seen these Oscar contenders on TV before.