81st Academy Awards - Presenters and Performers

Presenters and Performers

The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters (in order of appearance)
Name(s) Role
Gina Tuttle Co-Announcer for the 81st Annual Academy Awards
Whoopi Goldberg
Goldie Hawn
Anjelica Huston
Eva Marie Saint
Tilda Swinton		 Presented the award Best Supporting Actress
Tina Fey
Steve Martin		 Presented the awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay
Jennifer Aniston
Jack Black		 Introducers of the Animation 2008 segment
Presented the award for Best Animated Short Film and Best Animated Feature
Daniel Craig
Sarah Jessica Parker		 Presented the award for Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup
Robert Pattinson
Amanda Seyfried		 Introduced the Romance 2008 segment
Natalie Portman
Ben Stiller		 Presented the award for Best Cinematography
Alan Arkin
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Joel Grey
Kevin Kline
Christopher Walken		 Presented the award for Best Supporting Actor
Bill Maher Presented the awards for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject
Jessica Biel Presenter of the segment of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement and Gordon E. Sawyer Award
James Franco
Seth Rogen
Janusz Kamiński		 Presented the award for Best Live Action Short Film
Will Smith Presented the awards for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Film Editing, and Best Visual Effects
Eddie Murphy Presented the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Alicia Keys
Zac Efron		 Presented the awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song
Introducers of the special song and dance number performing the Best Original Song nominees
Freida Pinto
Liam Neeson		 Presented award for Best Foreign Language Film
Queen Latifah Introduced the In Memoriam tribute segment
Reese Witherspoon Presented the award for Best Director
Halle Berry
Marion Cotillard
Nicole Kidman
Sophia Loren
Shirley MacLaine		 Presented the award for Best Actress
Adrien Brody
Michael Douglas
Robert De Niro
Anthony Hopkins
Ben Kingsley		 Presented the award for Best Actor
Steven Spielberg Introduced the Best Picture Segment and presented the award for Best Picture
Performers (in order of appearance)
Name(s) Role Performed
Michael Giacchino Musical Arranger Orchestral
Hugh Jackman
Anne Hathaway		 Performers Opening Number
Hugh Jackman
Beyoncé Knowles
Zac Efron
Vanessa Hudgens
Amanda Seyfried
Dominic Cooper
Spirit of Troy		 Performed a medley created by Baz Luhrmann of songs from movie musicals

"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" from Top Hat
"Singin' in the Rain" from Singin' in the Rain
"Big Spender" from Sweet Charity
"Maria" from West Side Story
"You're The One That I Want" from Grease
"Maria" from The Sound of Music
"All That Jazz" from Chicago
"Lady Marmalade" from Moulin Rouge!
"One Night Only" from Dreamgirls
"You Can't Stop The Beat" from Hairspray
"I Don't Know How To Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar
"At Last" from Orchestra Wives
"Last Chance" from High School Musical 3: Senior Year
"Mamma Mia" from Mamma Mia!
"Don't Cry For Me Argentina" from Evita
"Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz
"Somewhere" from West Side Story
A. R. Rahman Performer "O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire
John Legend
Soweto Gospel Choir		 Performers "Down to Earth" from WALL-E
A. R. Rahman
Mahalaxmi Iyer		 Performers "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire
Queen Latifah Presenter and Performer "I'll Be Seeing You" during the annual "In Memoriam" tribute

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