Today, the Screen Actors Guild announced their 2017 awards nominees. Now in its 23rd year, the SAG Awards specifically honor performances across film and television, and are the only major awards body to prominently honor stunt work on screen.
As has been the case with so many awards announcements in the past few weeks, Moonlight and Manchester By the Sea have stolen the lion’s share of the attention, with four nominations for Manchester and three for Moonlight. The SAG Awards are often considered a decent predictor of how the tides might turn at the Oscars; its Outstanding Cast award has often matched the eventual Best Picture winner. (It’s been right the past two years running.) Fellow year-end frontrunner La La Land missed the cut for Outstanding Cast, which makes sense given that Damien Chazelle’s musical is largely a two-hander between Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone (both nominated). Fences and Hidden Figures round out the pack, along with the surprise entry of Captain Fantastic.
Over on the television side, The People v. OJ Simpson and The Night Of both continue to win big on nominations (at least for performances; the SAG Awards don’t recognize the full casts of limited-run shows), although the Outstanding Ensemble awards almost read like a story of two eras of television. In the Comedy Series category, older-fashioned shows like The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family mingle with Veep and Orange is the New Black. Drama Series sees Stranger Things and The Crown showing up big for Netflix, along with Westworld as the SAG’s newest favored show.
The Guild also previously announced that Lily Tomlin will receive a Life Achievement award.
The Screen Actors Guild awards will be broadcast on TNT and TBS on January 29th. You can read the full list of nominees below.
Film Nominations
Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture
Captain Fantastic
Fences
Hidden Figures
Manchester By the Sea
Moonlight
Outstanding Performance By a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
Outstanding Performance By a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Amy Adams, Arrival
Emily Blunt, The Girl on the Train
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Outstanding Performance By a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Lucas Hedges, Manchester By the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester By the Sea
TV Nominations
Outstanding Performance By an Ensemble in a Drama Series
The Crown
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Stranger Things
Westworld
Outstanding Performance By an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Black-ish
Modern Family
Orange is the New Black
Veep
Outstanding Performance By a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Riz Ahmed, The Night Of
Sterling K. Brown, The People v. OJ Simpson
Bryan Cranston, All the Way
John Turturro, The Night Of
Courtney B. Vance, The People v. OJ Simpson
Outstanding Performance By a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Bryce Dallas Howard, Black Mirror
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Sarah Paulson, The People v. OJ Simpson
Kerry Washington, Confirmation
Outstanding Performance By a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown, This is Us
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
John Lithgow, The Crown
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Outstanding Performance By a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Claire Foy, The Crown
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Winona Ryder, Stranger Things
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Outstanding Performance By a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Outstanding Performance By a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black
Jane Fonda, Grace & Frankie
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Veep
Lily Tomlin, Grace & Frankie
Stunt Ensembles
Outstanding Action Performance By a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Captain America: Civil War
Doctor Strange
Hacksaw Ridge
Jason Bourne
Nocturnal Animals
Outstanding Action Performance By a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
Game of Thrones
Daredevil
Luke Cage
The Walking Dead
Westworld
