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 1952 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 The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known as Hollywood) along with some independent film, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century. The dominant style of Ame ...

since 1995. The awards focus on both individual performances as well as 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 2100 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 The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

in acting categories. The awards have been telecast since 1998 on

TNT Trinitrotoluene (), more commonly known as TNT, more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3. TNT is occasionally used as a reagen ...

, and since 2007 have been simulcast on TBS. The inaugural SAG Awards aired live on February 25, 1995, from

Universal Studios Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Americ ...

' Stage 12. The second SAG awards aired live from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, while subsequent awards have been held at the

Shrine Auditorium The Shrine Auditorium is a landmark large-event venue in Los Angeles, California. It is also the headquarters of the Al Malaikah Temple, a division of the Shriners. It was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (No. 139) in 1975, and ...

. On December 4, 2017, it was announced that the award show would have its first host ever in its twenty-four year history with actress

Kristen Bell Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress. Beginning her acting career by starring in stage productions while attending the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, she made her Broadway stage debut as Becky That ...

presiding over the ceremony. As of 2021, ''

Shakespeare in Love ''Shakespeare in Love'' is a 1998 romantic period comedy-drama film directed by John Madden, written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard, and produced by Harvey Weinstein. It stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Colin ...

'' is the only film to receive nominations for all four acting categories and the ensemble award. The statuette 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 produced by the American Fine Arts Foundry in Burbank, California.

Ceremonies

* 1995:

1st Screen Actors Guild Awards The Inaugural Screen Actors Guild Awards aired on NBC from Stage 12, Universal Studios, on February 25, 1995. Unveiled during this evening for the first time was the Guild's new award statuette, The Actor, as well as the first awards for ensembles ...

, for the year 1994 * 1996:

2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards The 2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 1995, took place on February 24, 1996. The ceremony was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, and w ...

, for the year 1995 * 1997:

3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards The 3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 1996, took place on February 22, 1997. The ceremony was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California, and was t ...

, for the year 1996 * 1998:

4th Screen Actors Guild Awards The 4th Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 1997, took place on March 8, 1998. The ceremony was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California, and was telev ...

, for the year 1997 * 1999:

5th Screen Actors Guild Awards The 5th Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 1998, took place on March 7, 1999. The ceremony was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California, and was telev ...

, for the year 1998 * 2000:

6th Screen Actors Guild Awards The 6th Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 1999, took place on March 12, 2000. The ceremony was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California, and was tel ...

, for the year 1999 * 2001: 7th Screen Actors Guild Awards, for the year 2000 * 2002:

8th Screen Actors Guild Awards The 8th Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2001, took place on March 10, 2002. The ceremony was held at the Shrine Auditorium, Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, Calif ...

, for the year 2001 * 2003:

9th Screen Actors Guild Awards The 9th Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2002, took place on March 9, 2003. The ceremony was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California, and was tele ...

, for the year 2002 * 2004:

10th Screen Actors Guild Awards The 10th Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2003, were presented at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California on February 22, 2004. The nominees were announce ...

, for the year 2003 * 2005:

11th Screen Actors Guild Awards The 11th Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2004, took place on February 5, 2005. The ceremony, for the 9th consecutive time was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Lo ...

, for the year 2004 * 2006: 12th Screen Actors Guild Awards, for the year 2005 * 2007: 13th Screen Actors Guild Awards, for the year 2006 * 2008: 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards, for the year 2007 * 2009:

15th Screen Actors Guild Awards The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2008, were presented on January 25, 2009. The ceremony was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, Californi ...

, for the year 2008 * 2010: 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards, for the year 2009 * 2011: 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards, for the year 2010 * 2012: 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards, for the year 2011 * 2013:

19th Screen Actors Guild Awards The 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2012, were presented on January 27, 2013, at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles for the seventeenth consecutive ...

, for the year 2012 * 2014:

20th Screen Actors Guild Awards The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2013, were presented on January 18, 2014 at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles. The ceremony was broadcast simu ...

, for the year 2013 * 2015:

21st Screen Actors Guild Awards The 21st ceremony of the Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2014, took place on January 25, 2015, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was broad ...

, for the year 2014 * 2016:

22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2015, were presented on January 30, 2016 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was broadcast o ...

, for the year 2015 * 2017: 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards, for the year 2016 * 2018:

24th Screen Actors Guild Awards The 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2017, were presented on January 21, 2018 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was broadcast on ...

, for the year 2017 * 2019: 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards, for the year 2018 * 2020:

26th Screen Actors Guild Awards The 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2019, were presented on January 19, 2020 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was broadcast li ...

, for the year 2019 * 2021:

27th Screen Actors Guild Awards The 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2020, were presented on April 4, 2021 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was broadcast live ...

, for the year 2020 * 2022: 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards, for the year 2021 * 2023: 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards, for the year 2022

Ceremonies

Categories

Film

Television

Life Achievement

Superlatives

Per performer

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

Per film

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

Per TV

Multiple wins (throughout seasons)

Multiple nominations (throughout seasons)

References

External links