Screen Actors Guild Award

Screen Actors Guild Awards (also known as SAG Awards) are accolades given by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). The award was founded in 1995 to recognize outstanding performances in movie and prime time television. SAG Awards have been one of the major awards events in the Hollywood film industry since then, along with the Golden Globe Awards and the Oscars. SAG awards focus both on individual performances and on the work of the entire ensemble of a drama series and comedy series, and the cast of a motion picture.

Nominations for the awards come from two committees, one for film and one for television, each numbering 2,100 members of the union, randomly selected anew each year, with the full membership (165,000 as of 2012) available to vote for the winners. It is considered an indicator of success at the Academy Awards in acting categories. The awards have been telecast on TNT from 1998 to 2022, and have been simulcast on TBS from 2007 to 2022. In May 2022, it was announced that both TNT and TBS will no longer air the awards. In January 2023, it was announced that Netflix will air the awards live beginning in 2024 as part of a new multi-year partnership, with the 2023 ceremony being announced to be live streamed on Netflix's YouTube channel, as Netflix was still working out its live streaming capabilities at the time of the announcement.

The inaugural SAG Awards aired live on February 25, 1995, from Universal Studios' Stage 12. The second SAG awards aired live from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, while subsequent awards have been held at the Shrine Auditorium. On December 4, 2017, it was announced that the awards show would have its first host in its then twenty-four year history, with actress Kristen Bell presiding over the ceremony. As of 2023, '' Shakespeare in Love'' is the only film to receive nominations for all four acting categories and the ensemble award and '' Everything Everywhere All at Once'' is the only film to receive four awards, including the ensemble award.

The statuette is given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called "The Actor". It is tall, weighs over , is cast in solid bronze, and is produced by the American Fine Arts Foundry in Burbank, California.

Ceremonies

Categories

Film

* Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
* Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
* Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
* Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
* Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
* Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Television

* Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
* Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
* Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
* Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
* Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
* Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
* Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
* Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
* Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series

Life Achievement

* Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

Superlatives

Per performer

* Performer to win a SAG Award in an individual film performance category for a role not nominated for the corresponding Academy Award:
** Best Supporting Actor, Idris Elba for '' Beasts of No Nation'' (2015)
** Best Supporting Actress, Emily Blunt for '' A Quiet Place'' (2018)

Multiple wins

(Minimum of 3 wins)

Multiple nominations

(Minimum of 10 nominations)

Per film

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

Note: Winners are indicated in bold type.

Per TV

Multiple wins (throughout seasons)

(Minimum of 3 wins)

Multiple nominations (throughout seasons)

(Minimum of 10 nominations)

References

External links

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Performing arts trophies
Awards established in 1995
1995 establishments in California