| Guest Stars |
| •Al Pacino | played | Presenter: Best Actress | Recurring (second appearance) |
| •Angela Bassett | played | Best Actress Nominee | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Anna Paquin | played | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Winner | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Anthony Hopkins | played | Best Actor Nominee | Recurring (second appearance) |
| •Antonio Banderas | played | Himself - Presenter | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Arthur Hiller | played | Himself | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Bruce Springsteen | played | Best Song Winner/Performer | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Clint Eastwood | played | Presenter: Best Director | Recurring (second appearance) |
| •Daniel Day-Lewis | played | Best Actor Nominee | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Deborah Kerr (1) | played | Herself - Honorary Award Recipient | Recurring (4th appearance) |
| •Dolly Parton | played | Performer | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Emma Thompson | played | Best Actress Nominee/Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominee | Recurring (second appearance) |
| •Geena Davis | played | Presenter: Best Film Editing | Recurring (second appearance) |
| •Gene Hackman | played | Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Recurring (6th appearance) |
| •Glenn Close | played | Presenter: Honorary Award to Deborah Kerr | Recurring (third appearance) |
| •Goldie Hawn | played | Presenter - Best Original Score | Recurring (4th appearance) |
| •Harrison Ford | played | Presenter: Best Picture | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Holly Hunter | played | Best Actress Winner/Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominee | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Jeremy Irons | played | Himself - Presenter | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Johnny Depp | played | Himself - Presenter | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Kirk Douglas | played | Presenter: Best Cinematography | Recurring (7th appearance) |
| •Laurence Fishburne | played | Best Actor Nominee | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Leonardo DiCaprio | played | Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominee | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Liam Neeson | played | Best Actor Nominee | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Marisa Tomei | played | Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Recurring (second appearance) |
| •Nicolas Cage | played | Co-Presenter: Best Sound | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Nicole Kidman | played | Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Paul Newman | played | Himself - Hersholt Award Recipient | Recurring (second appearance) |
| •Ralph Fiennes | played | Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominee | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Rosie O'Donnell | played | Presenter: Short Subjects Awards | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Sharon Stone | played | Presenter: Best Costume Design | Recurring (second appearance) |
| •Shirley MacLaine | played | Co-Presenter: Best Sound | Recurring (6th appearance) |
| •Steven Spielberg | played | Winner - 2 Awards | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Tom Cruise | played | Presenter: Hersholt Award to Paul Newman | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Tom Hanks | played | Best Actor Winner | Recurring (second appearance) |
| •Tommy Lee Jones | played | Best Actor in a Supporting Role Winner | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Val Kilmer | played | Co-Presenter: Best Makeup | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Whitney Houston | played | Herself - Presenter | Recurring (first appearance) |
| •Whoopi Goldberg | played | Host | Recurring (second appearance) |
| •Andrés Vicente Gómez | played | Best Foreign Language Film Winner | |
| •Bernadette Peters | played | Performer | |
| •Branko Lustig | played | Himself - Best Picture Winner | |
| •Christian Slater | played | Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards | |
| •Debra Winger | played | Best Actress Nominee | |
| •Elijah Wood | played | Presenter - Best Visual Effects | |
| •Fernando Trueba | played | Best Foreign Language Film Winner | |
| •Gerald R. Molen | played | Himself - Best Picture Winner | |
| •James Ingram (2) | played | Himself - Performer | |
| •Janet Jackson | played | Herself - Performer | |
| •Joan Campion | played | Best Original Screenplay Winner | |
| •Joan Chen | played | Co-Presenter: Best Makeup | |
| •Keith Carradine | played | Himself - Performer | |
| •Laura Dern | played | Herself - Presenter | |
| •Neil Young | played | Himself - Performer | |
| •Pete Postlethwaite | played | Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominee | |
| •Rosie Perez | played | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominee | |
| •Stockard Channing | played | Best Actress Nominee | |