The awards season is ramping up. The nominees for the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced this morning in Los Angeles. Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars) and actress/director/producer and SAG Award recipient Eva Longoria were on hand to announced the nominees for this year’s awards.
Birdman lead the features pack with four nominations, including Outstanding Cast, and star Michael Keaton grabbing a nom for Outstanding Male Lead. Benedict Cumberbatch was acknowledged for both his film and TV work, getting nominations for his roles in Sherlock and The Imitation Game. Perennial award show favorite Modern Family earned four nominations while Boardwalk Empire, House of Cards, Homeland, and Game of Thrones all ended up with three noms a piece. Orphan Black‘s Tatiana Maslany, Orange Is the New Black‘s Uzo Aduba each grabbed their first, and much deserved, nominations, while Jennifer Aniston was also awarded her first nomination for her starring role in the indie drama Cake. Overall, HBO lead the TV side, pulling in 14 nominations for shows like Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire.
It was also announced that Debbie Reynolds is the recipient of the Screen Actors Guild 51st Annual Life Achievement Award
And the nominees are:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Steve Carell | FOXCATCHER (Sony Pictures Classics)
Benedict Cumberbatch | THE IMITATION GAME (The Weinstein Company)
Jake Gyllenhaal | NIGHTCRAWLER (Open Road Films)
Michael Keaton | BIRDMAN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Eddie Redmayne | THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (Focus Features)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jennifer Aniston | CAKE (Cinelou Films)
Felicity Jones | THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (Focus Features)
Julianne Moore | STILL ALICE (Sony Pictures Classics)
Rosamund Pike | GONE GIRL (20th Century Fox)
Reese Witherspoon | WILD (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Duvall | THE JUDGE (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Ethan Hawke | BOYHOOD (IFC Films)
Edward Norton | BIRDMAN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Mark Ruffalo | FOXCATCHER (Sony Pictures Classics)
J.K. Simmons | WHIPLASH (Sony Pictures Classics)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Patricia Arquette | BOYHOOD (IFC Films)
Keira Knightley | THE IMITATION GAME (The Weinstein Company)
Emma Stone | BIRDMAN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Meryl Streep | INTO THE WOODS (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Naomi Watts | ST. VINCENT (The Weinstein Company)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
BIRDMAN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Zach Galifianakis, Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Emma Stone, Naomi Watts
BOYHOOD (IFC Films)
Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Lorelei Linklater
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
F. Murray Abraham
Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Jeff Goldblum , Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Tony Revolori, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson
THE IMITATION GAME (The Weinstein Company)
Matthew Beard, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charles Dance, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Keira Knightley, Allen Leech Mark Strong
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (Focus Features)
Charlie Cox, Felicity Jones, Simon Mcburney, Eddie Redmayne, David Thewlis, Emily Watson
Television Programming
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Adrien Brody | HOUDINI (History)
Benedict Cumberbatch | SHERLOCK: HIS LAST VOW (PBS)
Richard Jenkins | OLIVE KITTERIDGE (HBO)
Mark Ruffalo | THE NORMAL HEART (HBO)
Billy Bob Thornton | FARGO (FX)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Ellen Burstyn | FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC (Lifetime)
Maggie Gyllenhaal | THE HONORABLE WOMAN (Sundance TV)
Frances Mcdormand | OLIVE KITTERIDGE (HBO)
Julia Roberts | THE NORMAL HEART (HBO)
Cicely Tyson | THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (Lifetime)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi | BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)
Peter Dinklage | GAME OF THRONES (HBO)
Woody Harrelson | TRUE DETECTIVE (HBO)
Matthew Mcconaughey | TRUE DETECTIVE (HBO)
Kevin Spacey | HOUSE OF CARDS (Netflix)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (6 nominees)
Claire Danes | HOMELAND (Showtime)
Viola Davis | HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER (ABC)
Julianna Margulies | THE GOOD WIFE (CBS)
Tatiana Maslany | ORPHAN BLACK (BBC America)
Maggie Smith | DOWNTON ABBEY (PBS)
Robin Wright | HOUSE OF CARDS (Netflix)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Ty Burrell | MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
Louis C.K. | LOUIE (FX)
William H. Macy | SHAMELESS (Showtime)
Jim Parsons | THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS)
Eric Stonestreet | MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba | ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (Netflix)
Julie Bowen | MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
EDIE FALCO | NURSE JACKIE (Showtime)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus | VEEP (HBO)
Amy Poehler | PARKS AND RECREATION (NBC)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)
DOWNTON ABBEY (PBS)
GAME OF THRONES (HBO)
HOMELAND (Showtime)
HOUSE OF CARDS (Netflix)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS)
BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (Fox)
MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (Netflix)
VEEP (HBO)
SAG Awards Honors For Stunt Ensembles
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
FURY (Columbia Pictures)
GET ON UP (Universal Pictures)
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (Warner Bros. Pictures)
UNBROKEN (Universal Pictures)
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (20th Century Fox)
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series (6 nominees)
24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY (FOX)
BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)
GAME OF THRONES (HBO)
HOMELAND (Showtime)
SONS OF ANARCHY (FX)
THE WALKING DEAD (AMC)
Screen Actors Guild 51st Annual Life Achievement Award
Debbie Reynolds
The 21st Annual SAG Awards will be broadcast live Sunday, January 25, 2015 on TNT and TBS at 8 pm (ET) / 5 pm (PT).
