Variety: Actors on Actors

Cate Blanchett (Carol and Truth) with Ian McKellen (Mr. Holmes), Will Smith (Concussion) with Benicio Del Toro (Sicario), Brie Larson (Room) with Joel Edgerton (Black Mass), Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight) with Michael Keaton (Spotlight)

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) with Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs), Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy) with Carey Mulligan (Suffragette), Steve Carell (The Big Short) with Rooney Mara (Carol), Bryan Cranston (Trumbo) with Jason Segel (The End of the Tour)

Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight) with Seth Rogen (Steve Jobs), Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight) with Michael Keaton (Spotlight), Paul Dano (Love & Mercy) with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Walk), Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) with Isabella Rossellini (Joy)