Winner

Peter Sellers

Being There

Nominated

Roy Scheider

All That Jazz

Dudley Moore

10

George Hamilton

Love at First Bite

Burt Reynolds

Starting Over

Winner

Dustin Hoffman

Kramer vs. Kramer

Nominated

Al Pacino

And Justice for All

Jack Lemmon

The China Syndrome

Jon Voight

The Champ

James Woods

The Onion Field

Winner

Melvyn Douglas

Being There

Nominated

Laurence Olivier

A Little Romance

Frederic Forrest

The Rose

Justin Henry

Kramer vs. Kramer

Winner

Danny DeVito

Taxi

Nominated

Jeff Conaway

Taxi

David Doyle

Charlie's Angels

Tony Danza

Taxi

Winner

Alan Alda

M*A*S*H

Nominated

John Ritter

Three's Company

Robin Williams

Mork & Mindy

Wilfrid Hyde-White

The Associates

Judd Hirsch

Taxi

Winner

Edward Asner

Lou Grant

Nominated

Richard Chamberlain

Centennial

John Houseman

The Paper Chase

Martin Sheen

Blind Ambition

Robert Urich

Vega$

Robert Wagner

Hart to Hart

James Garner

The Rockford Files

Erik Estrada

CHiPs

Winner

Bette Midler

The Rose

Nominated

Julie Andrews

10

Jill Clayburgh

Starting Over

Marsha Mason

Chapter Two

Shirley MacLaine

Being There

Winner

Sally Field

Norma Rae

Nominated

Jill Clayburgh

Luna

Lisa Eichhorn

Yanks

Marsha Mason

Promises in the Dark

Jane Fonda

The China Syndrome

Winner

Meryl Streep

Kramer vs. Kramer

Nominated

Jane Alexander

Kramer vs. Kramer

Kathleen Beller

Promises in the Dark

Candice Bergen

Starting Over

Valerie Harper

Chapter Two

Winner

Polly Holliday

Alice

Nominated

Marilu Henner

Taxi

Loni Anderson

WKRP in Cincinnati

Beth Howland

Alice

Linda Kelsey

Lou Grant

Winner

Linda Lavin

Alice

Nominated

Jean Stapleton

All in the Family

Loretta Swit

M*A*S*H

Penny Marshall

Laverne & Shirley

Donna Pescow

Angie

Winner

Natalie Wood

From Here to Eternity

Nominated

Kate Mulgrew

Mrs. Columbo

Sada Thompson

Family

Stefanie Powers

Hart to Hart

Barbara Bel Geddes

Dallas

Winner

Francis Ford Coppola

Apocalypse Now

Nominated

Robert Benton

Kramer vs. Kramer

Peter Yates

Breaking Away

James Bridges

The China Syndrome

Hal Ashby

Being There

Winner

La Cage aux Folles

Nominated

Till Marriage Do Us Part

Soldier of Orange

The Marriage of Maria Braun

The Europeans

Winner

Breaking Away

Nominated

10

The Rose

Being There

Hair

Winner

Kramer vs. Kramer

Nominated

The China Syndrome

Norma Rae

Apocalypse Now

Manhattan

Winner

All Quiet on the Western Front

Nominated

Like Normal People

Elvis

The Miracle Worker

Friendly Fire

Winner

Apocalypse Now

Carmine Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

Nominated

Alien

Jerry Goldsmith

The Black Stallion

Carmine Coppola

The Amityville Horror

Lalo Schifrin

A Little Romance

Georges Delerue

10

Henry Mancini

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Jerry Goldsmith

Winner

The Rose

Amanda McBroom

Nominated

The Main Event

Paul Jabara

Bruce Roberts

Starting Over

Marvin Hamlisch

Carole Bayer Sager

Ice Castles

Marvin Hamlisch

Carole Bayer Sager

The Muppet Movie

Paul Williams

Kenny Ascher

Winner

Kramer vs. Kramer

Robert Benton

Nominated

Breaking Away

Steve Tesich

The China Syndrome

Mike Gray

T.S. Cook

James Bridges

Norma Rae

Irving Ravetch

Harriet Frank Jr.

Being There

Jerzy Kosinski

Winner

Alice

Nominated

The Love Boat

The Associates

M*A*S*H

Winner

Lou Grant

Nominated

The Rockford Files

Roots: The Next Generations

Dallas

Centennial

Backstairs at the White House

Winner

The Rose

Bette Midler

Nominated

Yanks

Lisa Eichhorn

10

Bo Derek

Goldengirl

Susan Anton

Ice Castles

Lynn-Holly Johnson

Winner

The Champ

Ricky Schroder

Nominated

Kramer vs. Kramer

Justin Henry

Players

Dean Paul Martin

Breaking Away

Dennis Christopher

Hair

Treat Williams