HOLLYWOOD—The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Award nominees were announced on Wednesday, December 11, and leading the pack of all nominees was the film “12 Years a Slave” with four nominations including Cast in a Motion Picture. Followed closely behind with three nominations a piece were the films “Dallas Buyers Club,” “August:OsageCounty” and “Lee Daniel’s The Butler.” On the television side of things, “Breaking Bad” and “30 Rock” top the list for nominations in the drama and comedy arenas.
There were quite a few surprises with the nominations. No love for Martin Scorsese and his “The Wolf of Wall Street,” where are the nominations for “Fruitvale Station” which was a Sundance favorite earlier this year. Amy Adams and Christian Bale overlooked for their work as Lead Actress and Lead Actor for “American Hustle.” Also missing from this year’s nominees is Robert Redford who is earning rave reviews for his performance in “All is Lost.” Definitely happy to see Kerry Washington earn a nod for her sensational work on “Scandal,” but why not a nomination for “Nashville” star Connie Britton or Vera Farmiga “Bates Motel.”
The SAG nominations have definitely set the bar in what is sure to be a unexpected awards race, which is a treat in my opinion. Just looking at the nominees for Lead Actress and Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture will be a tough one to predict. A full list of nominees are listed below:
Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture
-“12 Years a Slave”
-“Dallas Buyers Club”
-“August: Osage County”
-“Lee Daniels’ The Butler”
-“American Hustle”
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Leading Role
-Bruce Dern “Nebraska”
-Chiwetel Ejiofor “12 Years a Slave”
-Matthew McConaughey “Dallas Buyers Club”
-Tom Hanks “Captain Phillips”
-Forest Whitaker “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role
-Cate Blanchett “Blue Jasmine”
-Sandra Bullock “Gravity”
-Meryl Streep “August:OsageCounty”
-Judi Dench “Philomena”
-Emma Thompson “Saving Mr. Banks”
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role
-Barkhad Abhi “Captain Philips”
-Jared Leto “DallasBuyers Club”
-Michael Fassbender “12 Years a Slave”
-James Gandolfini “Enough Said”
-Daniel Bruhl “Rush”
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role
-Jennifer Lawrence “American Hustle”
-Lupita Nyong’o “12 Years a Slave”
-June Squibb “Nebraska”
-Oprah Winfrey “Lee Daniels’ TheButler”
-Julia Roberts “August: Osage County”
Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series
-“Boardwalk Empire”
-“Breaking Bad”
-“Downton Abbey”
-“Game of Thrones”
-“Homeland”
Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Comedy Series
-“30 Rock”
-“Arrested Development”
-“The Big Bang Theory”
-“Veep”
-“Modern Family”
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Drama Series
-Steve Buscemi “Boardwalk Empire”
-Bryan Cranston “Breaking Bad”
-Jeff Daniels “The Newsroom”
-Peter Dinklage “Game of Thrones”
-Kevin Spacey “House of Cards”
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Drama Series
-Claire Danes “Homeland”
-Anna Gunn “Breaking Bad”
-Jessica Lange “American Horror Story: Coven”
-Maggie Smith “Downton Abbey”
-Kerry Washington “Scandal”
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Comedy Series
-Alec Baldwin “30 Rock”
-Jason Bateman “Arrested Development”
-Ty Burrell “Modern Family”
-Don Cheadle “House of Lies”
-Jim Parsons “The Big Bang Theory”
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Comedy Series
-Mayim Bialik “The Big Bang Theory”
-Julie Bowen “Modern Family”
-Edie Falco “Nurse Jackie”
-Tina Fey “30 Rock”
-Julia Louis-Dreyfuss “Veep”
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Television Movie or Miniseries
-Matt Damon “Behind the Candelabra”
-Michael Douglass “Behind the Candelabra”
-Jeremy Irons “The Hollow Crown”
-Rob Lowe “Killing Kennedy”
-Al Pacino “Phil Spector”
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Television Movie or Miniseries
-Angela Bassett “Betty & Coretta”
-Helena Bonham Carter “Burton&Taylor”
-Holly Hunter “Top of theLake”
-Helen Mirren “Phil Spector”
-Elisabeth Moss “Top of theLake”
The nominees were announced by Sasha Alexander from TNT’s “Rizzoli & Isles” and ABC’s “Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” Clark Gregg. The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be held on Saturday, January 18, 2014, broadcast live on TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. (EST).
By LaDale Anderson
