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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