The Screen Actors Guild has announced its award nominations, a key indicator of who will be in favour when the Oscars are awarded early in 2017.
Manchester by the Sea is leading the film nomination list with four nods: Casey Affleck (best male actor), Lucas Hedges (best male supporting), Michelle Williams (best female supporting) and best ensemble. Both the leads of La La Land, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, were nominated, as were Natalie Portman and Denzel Washington for Jackie and Fences respectively.
However, there were one or two surprise inclusions: Emily Blunt was handed a best female actor nod for The Girl on the Train, while Viggo Mortensen added to his unheralded Golden Globes nomination by receiving another here, for best male actor in Captain Fantastic. Having been handed a best actor (comedy/musical) nomination by the Globes, Hugh Grant was given a best supporting nomination by SAG for his role in Florence Foster Jenkins.
Conversely, Martin Scorsese’s clerical passion project Silence found itself excluded again (though star Andrew Garfield was nominated for Hacksaw Ridge) – but rather more surprisingly, so was interracial-marriage drama Loving, whose two leads, Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton, each received Golden Globe nods.
In the TV nominations, three series each received three nods: Stranger Things, The People v OJ Simpson and Westworld. The People v OJ Simpson is perhaps the most eye-catching, with three lead actors nominated: Sterling K Brown, Courtney B Vance and Sarah Paulson.
The Screen Actors Guild award winners will be announced on 29 January 2017.
Film
Best male actor
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
Best female actor
Amy Adams, Arrival
Emily Blunt, The Girl on the Train
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Best male supporting actor
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Best female supporting actor
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Best ensemble performance
Captain Fantastic
Fences
Hidden Figures
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Best stunt ensemble
Captain America: Civil War
Doctor Strange
Hacksaw Ridge
Jason Bourne
Nocturnal Animals
Television
Best male actor in a TV movie or miniseries
Riz Ahmed, The Night Of
Sterling K Brown, The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story
Bryan Cranston, All the Way
John Turturro, The Night Of
Courtney B Vance, The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story
Best female actor in a TV movie or miniseries
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: American Crime Story
Kerry Washington, Confirmation
Best male actor in a TV 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
Best female actor in a TV drama series
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Claire Foy, The Crown
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Winona Ryder, Stranger Things
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Best male actor in a TV comedy series
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
William H Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Best female actor in a TV comedy series
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Best cast in a TV drama series
The Crown
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Stranger Things
Westworld
Best cast in a TV comedy series
The Big Bang Theory
Black-ish
Modern Family
Orange Is the New Black
Veep
Best stunt ensemble in a TV comedy or drama series
Game of Thrones
Marvel’s Daredevil
Marvel’s Luke Cage
The Walking Dead
Westworld
Life achievement award
Lily Tomlin
