Iaphet Elli BEN AFFLECK, JESSICA CHASTAIN, VIOLA DAVIS, KEVIN
HART, SHIRLEY MACLAINE, CHRIS PINE, MILES TELLER AND NAOMI WATTS
TO PRESENT
AT 87TH OSCARS®
LOS ANGELES, CA—Ben Affleck, Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Kevin Hart,
Shirley MacLaine, Chris Pine, Miles Teller and Naomi Watts will be presenters at
this year’s Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today.
The Oscars, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will air on Sunday, February 22, live
on ABC.
Affleck, a two-time Academy Award® winner, received an Original Screenplay
Oscar® for “Good Will Hunting” (1997) and a Best Picture Oscar for “Argo”
(2012), on which he served as a producer, director and star. His most recent
role was opposite Rosamund Pike in “Gone Girl” (2014). He will play Batman in
the upcoming feature “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “The
Accountant.”
Chastain has received two Oscar nominations, one for Actress in a Leading
Role for “Zero Dark Thirty” (2012) and one for Actress in a Supporting Role for
“The Help” (2011). Her most recent films include 2014’s “Interstellar,” “A Most
Violent Year” and “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby.” She will next be seen in
“Crimson Peak” and “The Martian.”
Davis has been nominated for two Oscars, one for her supporting role in the
2008 film “Doubt” and one for her leading role in 2011’s “The Help.” She
currently stars in the ABC primetime hit “How to Get Away with Murder.” Davis’s
film credits include “Get on Up,” “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them,”
“Ender’s Game” and “Prisoners.” She will next been seen in “Lila and Eve,” due
out this year.
Hart, who currently stars in the feature comedy “The Wedding Ringer,”
appeared in last year’s “Ride Along,” “About Last Night,” “Think Like a Man Too”
and “Top Five.” His previous credits include “Think Like a Man” (2012) and “The
Five-Year Engagement” (2012). He will star opposite Will Ferrell in “Get Hard”
later this year.
MacLaine won an Oscar for Actress in a Leading Role for 1983’s “Terms of
Endearment.” She also received nominations for her leading roles in “The Turning
Point” (1983), “Irma La Douce” (1963) “The Apartment” (1960) and “Some Came
Running” (1958), as well for the documentary feature “The Other Half of the Sky:
A China Memoir” (1975), which she produced. Her next role is in “Wild Oats.”
Pine most recently appeared as Cinderella’s Prince in “Into the Woods”
(2014). He also has starred in such features as “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”
(2014), “Star Trek Into Darkness” (2013), “People
Like Us” (2012),
“Unstoppable” (2010), “Star Trek” (2009) and “Bottle Shock” (2008). His upcoming
films include “Z for Zachariah” and “The Finest Hours.”
Teller stars in the current Best Picture nominee “Whiplash.” Later this
year, he will appear in the feature “Bleed for This,” as well as “The Fantastic
Four.” Teller also appeared in the 2013 film “The Spectacular Now.”
Watts has twice been nominated for Actress in a Leading Role, for “The
Impossible” (2012) and “21 Grams” (2003). Her feature credits also include
“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” (2014), “St. Vincent” (2014),
“Eastern Promises” (2007), “King Kong” (2005) and “Mulholland Drive” (2001). She
will next be seen in the “Divergent” sequel “Insurgent,” While We’re Young,” The
Sea of Trees,” and “Demolition.”
The 87th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby
Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised
live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscars, produced
by Zadan and Meron, also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and
territories worldwide.