In addition to Steven Yeun, Viola Davis, and Leslie Odom Jr., Chadwick Boseman ("Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"), Andra Day ("The United States vs. Billie Holiday"), Daniel Kaluuya ("Judas and the Black Messiah"), LaKeith Stanfield ("Judas and the Black Messiah"), Riz Ahmed ("Sound of Metal"), and Youn Yuh-Jung ("Minari") are nominated in acting categories.
Boseman is also the first actor of color to be nominated posthumously for an Oscar.