--- --- # Watch Stephen Colbert Act Out the Plot of Every Best Picture Nominee by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 15, 2016 5:34 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 15, 2016 5:34 PM UTC Don’t have enough time to see all the [Oscar nominees](http://time.com/4178963/oscar-nominations-2016/) for Best Picture? Don’t worry, Stephen Colbert has you covered. On Thursday’s episode of _Late Night,_ he acted out a quick plot summary for all eight films, from _The Revenant_ to _Brooklyn_ to _The Martian._ “I will be playing all the parts,” Colbert said before he began, “because[ every nominee this year is white](http://time.com/4180433/oscar-nominations-white-diversity-oscarssowhite/).” He starts with _The Revenant,_ donning a fur hat and pretending to be brutally attacked by a teddy bear. Another standout is _Brooklyn_, when he dons a silly wig and says, “Hello, I’m just a wee Irish lass in Brooklyn in 1952\. Sixty-three years from now I hope someone in this neighborhood will dress like my ironically.” Understandably, he passes on _Spotlight._ Oscar Nominations: Stephen Colbert Recaps Best Picture Nominees ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4182357/oscar-best-picture-nominations-stephen-colbert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4182357/oscar-best-picture-nominations-stephen-colbert/"},"headline":"Watch Stephen Colbert Act Out the Plot of Every Best Picture Nominee","datePublished":"2016-01-15T17:34:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:52.389Z","description":"\"I will be playing all the parts, because every nominee this year is white\"","url":"https://time.com/4182357/oscar-best-picture-nominations-stephen-colbert/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4182357/oscar-best-picture-nominations-stephen-colbert/","name":"Watch Stephen Colbert Act Out the Plot of Every Best Picture Nominee"}}]}] ```