Following the 2022 induction of Tamil star actor Suriya, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has now extended invitation to veteran star Kamal Haasan, making him only the second actor from the Tamil film industry to join the Oscars voting board. 

In June 2022, Suriya became the first Tamil actor to be invited to join the actors' branch of Academy's membership. Suriya commemorated his vote for the Oscars 2023 with the tweet:

Voting done! #Oscars95 @TheAcademy pic.twitter.com/Aob1ldYD2p

— Suriya Sivakumar (@Suriya_offl) March 8, 2023

Kamal Haasan's 2025 invitation to join the Academy gives the actor a voting role in the Oscars 2026. Full list of actors invited to join the Academy in 2025:

1. Naomi Ackie – “Mickey 17,” “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody”
2. Aml Ameen – “Rustin,” “Yardie”
3. Gillian Anderson – “The Last King of Scotland,” “The House of Mirth”
4. Adria Arjona – “Blink Twice,” “Hit Man”
5. Monica Barbaro – “A Complete Unknown,” “Top Gun: Maverick”
6. Dave Bautista – “Dune: Part Two,” “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
7. Yura Borisov – “Anora,” “Compartment No. 6”
8. Rachel Brosnahan – “The Amateur,” “I’m Your Woman”
9. Jodie Comer – “The Bikeriders,” “The Last Duel”
10. Emma Corrin – “Nosferatu,” “My Policeman”
11. Raymond Cruz – “Training Day,” “Clear and Present Danger”
12. Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain,” “Igby Goes Down”
13. Danielle Deadwyler – “The Piano Lesson,” “Till”
14. Stephen Graham – “Boiling Point,” “The Irishman”
15. Ariana Grande – “Wicked,” “Don’t Look Up”
16. Kamal Haasan – “Vikram,” “Nayakan”
17. Paul Walter Hauser – “Richard Jewell,” “I, Tonya”
18. John Kani – “Murder Mystery,” “Black Panther”
19. Karren Karagulian – “Anora,” “Tangerine”
20. Ayushmann Khurrana – “Article 15,” “Andhadhun”
21. Payman Maadi – “Life and a Day,” “A Separation”
22. Mikey Madison – “Anora,” “Once upon a Time...in Hollywood”
23. Jason Momoa – “Dune,” “Aquaman”
24. Adriana Paz – “Emilia Pérez,” “Perpetual Sadness”
25. Adam Pearson – “A Different Man,” “Under the Skin”
26. Aubrey Plaza – “My Old Ass,” “Emily the Criminal”
27. Margaret Qualley – “The Substance,” “Poor Things”
28. Andrew Scott – “All of Us Strangers,” “Catherine Called Birdy”
29. Justice Smith – “I Saw the TV Glow,” “The American Society of Magical Negroes”
30. Sebastian Stan – “The Apprentice,” “A Different Man”
31. Jeremy Strong – “The Apprentice,” “The Big Short”
32. Fernanda Torres – “I’m Still Here,” “Love Me Forever or Never”
33. Emily Yancy – “Origin,” “Cotton Comes to Harlem”

Besides Kamal Haasan, Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana has also been invited to join the Academy. A total of 534 artists, technicians, and executives were extended invitation by the Academy to partake in one of their 19 branches of voting. Of the 2025 invited class, 41% are women, 45% belong to underrepresented communities, and 55% are from 60 countries and territories outside the United States.