Sandra Bullock will make her first appearance as a presenter on the 68th Academy Awards Telecast. Catapulted to the film forefront in the 1994 hit, Speed, Ms. Bullock has just completed A Time To Kill, the adaption of Joel Grisham's novel.

Jim Carrey will make his first appearance on an Academy Awards telecast. The comic actor stars in the upcoming The Cable Guy and has appeared in such box-office hits as The Mask, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Batman Forever.

Nicholas Cage, who has received his first Academy Award nomination for his role in Leaving Las Vegas, will be making his third appearance on an Oscar show. Cage made his film debut in Rumble Fish and last starred in The Rock with Sean Connery.

Laurence Fishburne, who received an Academy Award nomination in 1993 for his role as Ike Turner in What's Love Got To Do With It, will be a presenter for the first time. Most recently, he starred in the title role in the film, Othello.

Mel Gibson, nominated in multiple categories for Braveheart, will be making his fifth appearance as a presenter. Gibson is currently starring in Ransom directed by Ron Howard.

Tom Hanks, the first presenter named this year, will be making his sixth appearance on the Oscar telecast. Hanks won the Actor in a Leading Role Oscar last year as the title character in Forrest Gump, and won in the same category for Philadelphia the previous year.

Anthony Hopkins, making his sixth show appearance as a presenter, received the Actor in a Leading Role Oscar for his 1991 performance in The Silence of the Lambs and was nominated for The Remains of the Day. A Best Actor nominee for the title role in Nixon this year, Hopkins recently completed filming Surviving Picasso in which he also stars in the title role.

Nicole Kidman will be an Oscar presenter for the third time. The Australian-born actress has been seen in Batman Forever, Far and Away and most recently in the black comedy, To Die For.

Martin Landau, winner of the Best Supporting Actor Oscar last year for his role as Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood, will be making his first appearance as a presenter. He also received Best Supporting Actor nominations in 1988 for Tucker: The Man and His Dream and in 1989 for Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Jessica Lange, six-time Oscar nominee and two-time winner, will appear as a presenter for the second time. Lange won the Leading Actress Oscar last year for her performance in Blue Sky and in 1982, captured an Oscar as Actress in a Supporting Role for Tootsie.

Liam Neeson, 1993 Best Actor nominee for his role as Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List, will make his second appearance as a presenter. The Irish-born actor, who most recently starred in Before and After and Rob Roy, will next star in the film Michael Collins.

Chris O'Donnell, who starred as Robin in Batman Forever, will make his first appearance as an Oscar presenter. O'Donnell is currently starring in The Chamber which is scheduled for fall release and is slated to star in Batman and Robin this year.

Elisabeth Shue, Best Actress nominee for Leaving Las Vegas, makes her first appearance on an Oscar Show. Making her debut in The Karate Kid, Shue has gone on to appear in such films as Cocktail, Soapdish and most recently, The Trigger Effect.

Alicia Silverstone, star of the summer hit, Clueless, will make her first appearance as an Oscar Show presenter. The 19-year-old actress will soon begin filming Excess Baggage which she will both star in and produce under her First Kiss Productions banner.

Sharon Stone, Best Actress nominee for Casino, will make her fifth consecutive appearance on the Oscar Show. A first-time nominee, Ms. Stone next stars in Last Dance and the remake of the French classic, Diabolique.

Steven Spielberg, who has been set to present Kirk Douglas his Honorary Award, has appeared on the show five times. Spielberg won Director and Best Picture statuettes in 1993 for Schindler's List. He has also received five other nominations.

Emma Thompson, who is nominated as Best Actress for her performance in Sense And Sensibility, will be making her second appearance as a presenter on the Oscar telecast. Ms. Thompson is also in contention for the Academy Award for Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Published. She holds an Oscar for her leading performance in 1992's Howard's End.

John Travolta, a two-time Best Actor nominee, will be making his fifth presenter appearance on an Oscar telecast. Travolta received nominations for Pulp Fiction in 1994 and in 1977 for Saturday Night Fever.

Dianne Wiest, about to complete filming of The Associate with Oscar Telecast host Whoopi Goldberg, will be a presenter for the second time. Wiest is a three-time Actress in a Supporting Role nominee and has won the statuette twice; in 1986 for Hannah and Her Sisters and last year for Bullets over Broadway.

Robert Zemeckis, Academy Award-winning director, will be a presenter for the first time on an Oscar telecast. Last year, Zemeckis won an Oscar for Forrest Gump and in 1985, received his first Academy Award nomination for his screenplay of Back To The Future.