Charlize Theron, Daniel Craig among Golden Globe presenters

Charlize Theron, Octavia Spencer and Daniel Craig are among the first presenters announced for Sunday's Golden Globe Awards.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) also announced Thursday that other presenters will include Sofia Vergara, Kerry Washington, Tiffany Haddish, Glenn Close and Will Ferrell. Kate McKinnon and Ted Danson will also present.

Ricky Gervais will host the 77th annual Golden Globes Awards, airing on NBC on Sunday, January 5. It will be the fifth time Gervais emcees the ceremony after hosting the show from 2010 to 2012, and then again in 2016.

Gervais' hosting stints have been marked by relentless skewering of his fellow actors, and the HFPA.

Tom Hanks will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award, an accolade for film. He is a four-time Golden Globe winner for his acting work on Big,Philadelphiaand Forrest Gumpalong with his directing efforts in HBO's 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.

Ellen DeGeneres will be honoured with the Carol Burnett Award, a counterpart to the DeMille Award that focuses on life achievement in television. The talk-show and game-show host is a multiple Emmy winner and Globe nominee.