The nominations for the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards have been released and two films, directed by black men, dealing with slavery and civil rights lead the way.
12 Years a Slave and Lee Daniels’” The Butler garnered a total of seven nominations, in addition to being largely successful at the box office.
Both films received Best Ensemble Cast, Male Actor in a Leading Role (Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Forest Whitaker), and Supporting nods for 12 Years’ Michael Fassbender and Lupita Nyong’o and Oprah Winfrey for The Butler.
Films that receive multiple SAG nominations (and wins) are often recognized at the Academy Awards, which fares well for the nominees.
See the full list of SAG nominees below:
Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
August: Osage County
Dallas Buyers Club
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bruce Dern / Woody Grant – “Nebraska”
Chiwetel Ejiofor / Solomon Northup – “12 Years a Slave”
Tom Hanks / Capt. Richard Phillips – “Captain Phillips”
Matthew McConaughey / Ron Woodroof – “Dallas Buyers Club”
Forest Whitaker / Cecil Gaines – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett / Jasmine – “Blue Jasmine”
Sandra Bullock / Ryan Stone – “Gravity”
Judi Dench / Philomena Lee – “Philomena”
Meryl Streep / Violet Weston – “August: Osage County”
Emma Thompson / P.L. Travers – “Saving Mr. Banks”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Barkhad Abdi / Muse – “Captain Phillips”
Daniel Brühl / Niki Lauda – “Rush”
Michael Fassbender / Edwin Epps – “12 Years a Slave”
James Gandolfini / Albert – “Enough Said”
Jared Leto / Rayon – “Dallas Buyers Club”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Lawrence / Rosalyn Rosenfeld – “American Hustle”
Lupita Nyong’o / Patsey – “12 Years a Slave”
Julia Roberts / Barbara Weston – “August: Osage County”
June Squibb / Kate Grant – “Nebraska”
Oprah Winfrey / Gloria Gaines – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”
Primetime Television
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Matt Damon / Scott Thorson – “Behind the Candelabra”
Michael Douglas / Liberace – “Behind the Candelabra”
Jeremy Irons / King Henry IV – “The Hollow Crown”
Rob Lowe / John F. Kennedy – “Killing Kennedy”
Al Pacino / Phil Spector – “Phil Spector”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Angela Bassett / Coretta Scott King – “Betty & Coretta”
Helena Bonham Carter / Elizabeth Taylor – “Burton and Taylor”
Holly Hunter / G.J. – “Top of the Lake”
Helen Mirren / Linda Kenney Baden – “Phil Spector”
Elisabeth Moss / Robin Griffin – “Top of the Lake”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson – “Boardwalk Empire”
Bryan Cranston / Walter White – “Breaking Bad”
Jeff Daniels / Will McAvoy – “The Newsroom”
Peter Dinklage / Tyrion Lannister – “Game of Thrones”
Kevin Spacey / Francis Underwood – “House of Cards”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Claire Danes / Carrie Mathison – “Homeland”
Anna Gunn / Skyler White – “Breaking Bad”
Jessica Lange / Fiona Goode – “American Horror Story: Coven”
Maggie Smith / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham – “Downton Abbey”
Kerry Washington / Olivia Pope – “Scandal”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin / Jack Donaghy – “30 Rock”
Jason Bateman / Michael Bluth – “Arrested Development”
Ty Burrell / Phil Dunphy – “Modern Family”
Don Cheadle / Martin “Marty” Kaan – “House of Lies”
Jim Parsons / Sheldon Cooper – “The Big Bang Theory”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik / Amy Farrah Fowler – “The Big Bang Theory”
Julie Bowen / Claire Dunphy – “Modern Family”
Edie Falco / Jackie Peyton – “Nurse Jackie”
Tina Fey / Liz Lemon – “30 Rock”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus / Vice President Selina Meyer – “Veep”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 Rock
Arrested Development
The Big Bang Theory
Modern Family
Veep
