Three Billboards, Lady Bird lead Screen Actor’s Guild film nominees

The Golden Globes were announced on Monday as awards season kicks into high gear, and now to keep the train chugging the Screen Actors Guild have announced their nominees for the best performances in both film and television. Voted on by any actor in the business with a SAG card, the nominations and wins in the movie section can add a serious bump for a movie at the Oscars, as the acting branch of the Academy is the largest of all the branches. Some surprises in the film category include Daniel Kaluuya for GET OUT, while PHANTOM THREAD’s Daniel Day-Lewis didn’t make the cut. As well, a major upset seems to be the shutting out of THE POST, which was expected to be a major player in the Best Actor (Tom Hanks), Actress (Meryl Streep) and Ensemble categories.

As for TV, there are some of the usual players, like GAME OF THRONES, VEEP, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, THIS IS US and more, while some new shows like GLOW made a serious impression by snagging noms for Alison Brie, Marc Maron and in the ensemble category. You will also notice “Male Actor in a Comedy Series” has six nominees instead of the usual five.

Here are the nominees!

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

• The Big Sick
• Get Out
• Lady Bird
• Mudbound
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

• Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
• James Franco, The Disaster Artist
• Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
• Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
• Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

• Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
• Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
• Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
• Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

• Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
• Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
• Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
• Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

• Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
• Hong Chau, Downsizing
• Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
• Allison Janney, I, Tonya
• Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

• Baby Driver
• Dunkirk
• Logan
• War for the Planet of the Apes
• Wonder Woman

TELEVISION

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

• The Crown
• Game of Thrones
• The Handmaid’s Tale
• Stranger Things
• This Is Us

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

• Black-ish
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• GLOW
• Orange Is The New Black
• Veep

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

• Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Lying Detective
• Jeff Daniels, Godless
• Robert De Niro, Wizard of Lies
• Geoffrey Rush, Genius
• Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

• Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
• Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
• Jessica Lange, Feud
• Susan Sarandon, Feud
• Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

• Jason Bateman, Ozark
• Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
• Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
• David Harbour, Stranger Things
• Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

• Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
• Claire Foy, The Crown
• Laura Linney, Ozark
• Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
• Robin Wright, House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

• Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
• Aziz Ansari, Master of None
• Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Sean Hayes, Will & Grace
• William H. Macy, Shameless
• Marc Maron, GLOW

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

• Uzo Aduba, Orange Is The New Black
• Alison Brie, GLOW
• Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
• Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series

• Game of Thrones
• GLOW
• Homeland
• Stranger Things
• The Walking Dead

When it comes to the Oscars the SAG awards can be a big signifier as to which actor has a shot winning the Oscar in each respective category,  and when it comes to the ensemble award, which film can take Best Picture. The odds of a movie winning Best Picture without a SAG nomination in the ensemble category is almost unheard of since the SAG awards started, which means movies like DUNKIRK, THE POST, THE SHAPE OF WATER and CALL ME BY YOUR NAME now have a much harder mountain to climb. But this year is a bit all over the place compared to previous years. In many circles/ THE POST was considered the frontrunner given how it's been snagging nominations in the script, directing, acting and best film categories in other awards circles. This is where it had the opportunity to shine, but clearly, SAG is not as hot on it as previously thought, which means it may not be such a surefire bet to take home the big Oscar. And yet, POST, and other films like SHAPE and CMBYN, have been strong everywhere else, so the race could still go in any direction. Right now things are looking great for movies like THREE BILLBOARDS, GET OUT and LADY BIRD, which also made impressions at the Globes, so all three could be forces to be reckoned with. 

The SAG awards will air on TBS on January 21, 2018 having its first host ever with Kristen Bell.