'Argo' wins film ensemble at SAG Awards
"Argo" went back-to-back this weekend, winning the Screen Actors Guild ensemble award Sunday, a day after taking the Producers Guild of America Award for top feature. Helmer-star Ben Affleck told the aud at the Shrine Auditorium, "We had more than 150 actors. They spoke in English; they spoke in Farsi; and the one thing that they had in common was that they came to work every single day, whether they had a line or a look to somebody, or two lines or 10 lines, or a bunch of stuff I couldn't understand in Farsi, and they wanted to "kill" it to make the movie better." The winner of the SAG ensemble trophy has matched the best pic Oscar winner in eight of the last 17 years. However, last year SAG voters selected "The Help" while the Oscar went to "The Artist." In other film categories, "Lincoln" took a pair of trophies for Daniel Day-Lewis as lead actor and Tommy Lee Jones for supporting actor. Jennifer Lawrence won the actress trophy for "Silver Linings Playbook" and Anne Hathaway won in the motion picture supporting category for "Les Miserables." Affleck said backstage that he had not expected to win so he hadn't prepared an acceptance speech. "You have great films like 'Lincoln,' 'Les Mis,' 'Silver Linings,' so I was OK with it (not winning)," he said. "I feel like I'm lucky to have a job." On the TV side, it was a big night for laffer "30 Rock," which is in its final season. Alec Baldwin won an unprecedented seventh straight actor in a comedy series trophy while co-star Tina Fey won for female actress, ending Betty White's two-year streak for "Hot in Cleveland." However the comedy ensemble kudo went to "Modern Family" for the third consecutive time. It topped "30 Rock," "Glee," "The Big Bang Theory" and "Nurse Jackie." Baldwin started his acceptance by saying, "Oh my God. This is ridiculous." He then thanked castmate Fey and the writers, adding, "It's the end of our show, everybody's sad about that. Greatest experience I've ever had." Claire Danes won the female actor award for TV drama series for "Homeland" and Bryan Cranston took the male actor trophy for "Breaking Bad." "It's good to be bad," Cranston quipped upon arriving onstage. "Downton Abbey" copped the drama series trophy over "Boardwalk Empire," which had won the past two years. Phyllis Logan accepted the award for the ensemble. "We were so not expecting this. Oh! Shut the French windows, honestly." Day-Lewis, who won his third SAG award, had been widely viewed as a favorite to win. "Have no doubt that this was an ensemble award," Day-Lewis said in his acceptance. Lawrence took the stage with a big thank-you to MTV. "I earned my SAG card when I was 14. I did an MTV promo for 'My Super Sweet 16.' And I remember getting it in the mail and it being the best day of my entire life, because it officially made me a professional actor, which put me in the category with all of you." Julianne Moore won the actress award in the movie/miniseries category for "Game Change" and Kevin Costner took the male actor kudo for "Hatfields & McCoys." SAG-AFTRA co-presidents Ken Howard and Roberta Rearson gave a joint address, noting that this was the first awards show since SAG and AFTRA members approved merging in March. "Hello Mr. President," Howard said to Reardon. "I couldn't resist." Reardon said," "This is the newest strongest union for entertainment and media." Also during the ceremondy, SAG honored Dick Van Dyke with the lifetime achievement award. Earlier in the evening, SAG award stunt ensemble trophies to the film "Skyfall" and the series "Game of Thrones." The entire SAG-AFTRA membership of about 150,000 was eligible to cast ballots. Actors constitute the largest branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with 1,289 out of 6,663 active members, or about 20%. Complete list of nominees and winners:
FILM
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Leading Role Bradley Cooper / Pat - "Silver Linings Playbook" (The Weinstein Company)WINNER: Daniel Day-Lewis / Abraham Lincoln - "Lincoln" (Touchstone Pictures) John Hawkes / Mark - "The Sessions" (Fox Searchlight) Hugh Jackman / Jean Valjean - "Les Misérables" (Universal Pictures) Denzel Washington / Whip Whitaker - "Flight" (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role Jessica Chastain / Maya - "Zero Dark Thirty" (Columbia Pictures) Marion Cotillard / Stephanie - "Rust And Bone" (Sony Pictures Classics)WINNER: Jennifer Lawrence / Tiffany - "Silver Linings Playbook" (The Weinstein Company) Helen Mirren / Alma Reville - "Hitchcock" (Fox Searchlight) Naomi Watts / Maria - "The Impossible" (Summit Entertainment)
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role Alan Arkin / Lester Siegel - "Argo" (Warner Bros. Pictures) Javier Bardem / Silva - "Skyfall" (Columbia Pictures) Robert De Niro / Pat, Sr. - "Silver Linings Playbook" (The Weinstein Company) Philip Seymour Hoffman / Lancaster Dodd - "The Master" (The Weinstein Company)WINNER: Tommy Lee Jones / Thaddeus Stevens - "Lincoln" (Touchstone Pictures)
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role Sally Field / Mary Todd Lincoln - "Lincoln" (Touchstone Pictures)WINNER: Anne Hathaway / Fantine - "Les Misérables" (Universal Pictures) Helen Hunt / Cheryl - "The Sessions" (Fox Searchlight) Nicole Kidman / Charlotte Bless - "The Paperboy" (Millennium Entertainment) Maggie Smith / Muriel Donnelly - "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" (Fox Searchlight)
Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture
WINNER: "Argo" (Warner Bros. Pictures) Ben Affleck / Tony Mendez Alan Arkin / Lester Siegel Kerry Bishé / Kathy Stafford Kyle Chandler / Hamilton Jordan Rory Cochrane / Lee Schatz Bryan Cranston / Jack O'Donnell Christopher Denham / Mark Lijek Tate Donovan / Bob Anders Clea Duvall / Cora Lijek Victor Garber / Ken Taylor John Goodman / John Chambers Scoot Mcnairy / Joe Stafford Chris Messina / Malinov
"The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" (Fox Searchlight) Judi Dench / Evelyn Greenslade Celia Imrie / Madge Hardcastle Bill Nighy / Douglas Ainslie Dev Patel / Sonny Kapoor Ronald Pickup / Norman Cousins Maggie Smith / Muriel Donnelly Tom Wilkinson / Graham Dashwood Penelope Wilton / Jean Ainslie
"Les Misérables" (Universal Pictures) Isabelle Allen / Young Cosette Samantha Barks / Eponine Sacha Baron Cohen / Thénardier Helena Bonham Carter / Madame Thénardier Russell Crowe / Javert Anne Hathaway / Fantine Daniel Huttlestone / Gavroche Hugh Jackman / Jean Valjean Eddie Redmayne / Marius Amanda Seyfried / Cosette Aaron Tveit / Enjolras Colm Wilkinson / Bishop
"Lincoln" (Touchstone Pictures) Daniel Day-Lewis / Abraham Lincoln Sally Field / Mary Todd Lincoln Joseph Gordon-Levitt / Robert Todd Lincoln Hal Holbrook / Preston Blair Tommy Lee Jones / Thaddeus Stevens James Spader / W.N. Bilbo David Strathairn / William Seward
"Silver Linings Playbook" (The Weinstein Company) Bradley Cooper / Pat Robert De Niro / Pat, Sr. Anupam Kher / Dr. Cliff Patel Jennifer Lawrence / Tiffany Chris Tucker / Danny Jacki Weaver / Dolores
TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries WINNER: Kevin Costner / "Devil Anse" Hatfield - "Hatfields & Mccoys" (History) Woody Harrelson / Steve Schmidt - "Game Change" (HBO) Ed Harris / John Mccain - "Game Change" (HBO) Clive Owen / Ernest Hemingway - "Hemingway & Gellhorn" (HBO) Bill Paxton / Randall Mccoy - "Hatfields & Mccoys" (History)
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Television Movie Or Miniseries Nicole Kidman / Martha Gellhorn - "Hemingway & Gellhorn" (HBO)WINNER: Julianne Moore / Sarah Palin - "Game Change" (HBO) Charlotte Rampling / Eva Delectorskaya - "Restless" (Sundance Channel) Sigourney Weaver / Elaine Barrish Hammond - "Political Animals" (Usa) Alfre Woodard / Ouiser - "Steel Magnolias" (Lifetime)
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Drama Series Steve Buscemi / Enoch "Nucky" Thompson - "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO)WINNER: Bryan Cranston / Walter White - "Breaking Bad" (AMC) Jeff Daniels / Will Mcavoy - "The Newsroom" (HBO) Jon Hamm / Don Draper - "Mad Men" (AMC) Damian Lewis / Nicholas Brody - "Homeland" (Showtime)
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Drama Series WINNER: Claire Danes / Carrie Mathison - "Homeland" (Showtime) Michelle Dockery / Lady Mary Crawley - "Downton Abbey" (PBS) Jessica Lange / Sister Jude - "American Horror Story: Asylum" (FX) Julianna Margulies / Alicia Florrick - "The Good Wife" (CBS) Maggie Smith / Violet, Dowager Countess Of Grantham - "Downton Abbey" (PBS)
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Comedy Series WINNER: Alec Baldwin / Jack Donaghy - "30 Rock" (NBC) Ty Burrell / Phil Dunphy - "Modern Family" (ABC) Louis C.K. / Louie - "Louie" (FX) Jim Parsons / Sheldon Cooper - "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS) Eric Stonestreet / Cameron Tucker - "Modern Family" (ABC)
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Comedy Series Edie Falco / Jackie Peyton - "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime)WINNER: Tina Fey / Liz Lemon - "30 Rock" (NBC) Amy Poehler / Leslie Knope - "Parks And Recreation" (NBC) Sofia Vergara / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett - "Modern Family" (ABC) Betty White / Elka Ostrovsky - "Hot In Cleveland" (TV Land)
Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO) Steve Buscemi / Enoch "Nucky" Thompson Chris Caldovino / Tonino Sandrelli Bobby Cannavale / Gyp Rosetti Meg Chambers Steedle / Billie Kent Charlie Cox / Owen Sleater Jack Huston / Richard Harrow Patrick Kennedy / Dr. Douglas Mason Anthony Laciura / Eddie Kessler Kelly Macdonald / Margaret Thompson Gretchen Mol / Gillian Darmody Vincent Piazza / Lucky Luciano Paul Sparks / Mickey Doyle Michael Stuhlbarg / Arnold Rothstein Shea Whigham / Elias "Eli" Thompson Anatol Yusef / Meyer Lansky
"Breaking Bad" (AMC) Jonathan Banks / Mike Ehrmantraut Betsy Brandt / Marie Schrader Bryan Cranston / Walter White Laura Fraser / Lydia Rodart-Quayle Anna Gunn / Skyler White Rj Mitte / Walter White, Jr. Dean Norris / Hank Schrader Bob Odenkirk / Saul Goodman Aaron Paul / Jesse Pinkman Jesse Plemons / Todd Steven Michael Quezada / Gomez
WINNER: "Downton Abbey" (PBS) Hugh Bonneville / Robert, Earl Of Grantham Zoe Boyle / Lavinia Swire Laura Carmichael / Lady Edith Crawley Jim Carter / Mr. Carson Brendan Coyle / John Bates Michelle Dockery / Lady Mary Crawley Jessica Brown Findlay / Lady Sybil Crawley Siobhan Finneran / O'Brien Joanne Froggatt / Anna Iain Glen / Sir Richard Carlisle Thomas Howes / William Rob James-Collier / Thomas Allen Leech / Tom Branson Phyllis Logan / Mrs. Hughes Elizabeth Mcgovern / Cora, Countess Of Grantham Sophie Mcshera / Daisy Lesley Nicol / Mrs. Patmore Amy Nuttall / Ethel David Robb / Dr. Clarkson Maggie Smith / Violet, Dowager Countess Of Grantham Dan Stevens / Matthew Crawley Penelope Wilton / Isobel Crawley
"Homeland" (Showtime) Morena Baccarin / Jessica Brody Timothée Chalamet / Finn Walden Claire Danes / Carrie Mathison Rupert Friend / Peter Quinn David Harewood / David Estes Diego Klattenhoff / Mike Faber Damian Lewis / Nicholas Brody David Marciano / Virgil Navid Negahban / Abu Nazir Jackson Pace / Chris Brody Mandy Patinkin / Saul Berenson Zuleikha Robinson / Roya Hammad Morgan Saylor / Dana Brody Jamey Sheridan / Vice President Walden
"Mad Men" (AMC) Ben Feldman / Michael Ginsberg Jay R. Ferguson / Stan Rizzo Jon Hamm / Don Draper Jared Harris / Lane Pryce Christina Hendricks / Joan Harris Vincent Kartheiser / Pete Campbell Robert Morse / Bertram Cooper Elisabeth Moss / Peggy Olson Jessica Paré / Megan Calvet Draper Teyonah Parris / Dawn Chambers Kiernan Shipka / Sally Draper John Slattery / Roger Sterling Rich Sommer / Harry Crane Aaron Staton / Kenneth Cosgrove
Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Comedy Series
"30 Rock" (NBC) Scott Adsit / Pete Hornberger Alec Baldwin / Jack Donaghy Tina Fey / Liz Lemon Judah Friedlander / Frank Rossitano Jane Krakowski / Jenna Maroney Jack Mcbrayer / Kenneth Parcell Tracy Morgan / Tracy Jordan
"The Big Bang Theory" (CBS) Mayim Bialik / Amy Farrah Fowler Kaley Cuoco / Penny Johnny Galecki / Leonard Hofstadter Simon Helberg / Howard Wolowitz Kunal Nayyar / Rajesh Koothrappali Jim Parsons / Sheldon Cooper Melissa Rauch / Bernadette Rostenkowski
"Glee" (Fox) Dianna Agron / Quinn Fabray Chris Colfer / Kurt Hummel Darren Criss / Blaine Anderson Samuel Larsen / Joe Hart Vanessa Lengies / Sugar Motta Jane Lynch / Sue Sylvester Jayma Mays / Emma Pillsbury Kevin Mchale / Artie Abrams Lea Michele / Rachel Berry Cory Monteith / Finn Hudson Heather Morris / Brittany Pierce Matthew Morrison / Will Schuester Alex Newell / Wade Adams/Unique Chord Overstreet / Sam Evans Amber Riley / Mercedes Jones Naya Rivera / Santana Lopez Mark Salling / Noah "Puck" Puckerman Harry Shum, Jr. / Mike Chang Jenna Ushkowitz / Tina Cohen-Chang
WINNER: "Modern Family" (ABC) Aubrey Anderson-Emmons / Lily Tucker-Pritchett Julie Bowen / Claire Dunphy Ty Burrell / Phil Dunphy Jesse Tyler Ferguson / Mitchell Pritchett Nolan Gould / Luke Dunphy Sarah Hyland / Haley Dunphy Ed O'Neill / Jay Pritchett Rico Rodriguez / Manny Delgado Eric Stonestreet / Cameron Tucker Sofia Vergara / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett Ariel Winter / Alex Dunphy
"Nurse Jackie" (Showtime) Mackenzie Aladjem / Fiona Peyton Eve Best / Dr. Ellie O'Hara Bobby Cannavale / Dr. Mike Cruz Jake Cannavale / Charlie Cruz Peter Facinelli / Dr. Fitch Cooper Edie Falco / Jackie Peyton Dominic Fumusa / Kevin Peyton Arjun Gupta / Sam Lenny Jacobson / Lenny Ruby Jerins / Grace Peyton Paul Schulze / Eddie Walzer Anna Deavere Smith / Gloria Akalitus Stephen Wallem / Thor Lundgren Merritt Wever / Zoey Barkow
"The Office" (NBC) Leslie David Baker / Stanley Hudson Brian Baumgartner / Kevin Malone Creed Bratton / Creed Bratton Clarke Duke / Clark Jenna Fischer / Pam Halpert Kate Flannery / Meredith Palmer Ed Helms / Andy Bernard Mindy Kaling / Kelly Kapoor Ellie Kemper / Erin Hannon Angela Kinsey / Angela Martin John Krasinski / Jim Halpert Jake Lacey / Peter Paul Lieberstein / Toby Flenderson B.J. Novak / Ryan Howard Oscar Nuñez / Oscar Martinez Craig Robinson / Darryl Philbin Phyllis Smith / Phyllis Vance Catherine Tate / Nellie Bertram Rainn Wilson / Dwight Schrute
SAG AWARDS HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES
Outstanding Action Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Motion Picture "The Amazing Spider-Man" (Columbia Pictures) "The Bourne Legacy" (Universal Pictures) "The Dark Knight Rises" (Warner Bros. Pictures) "Les Misérables" (Universal Pictures)WINNER: "Skyfall" (Columbia Pictures)
Outstanding Action Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Television Series "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO) "Breaking Bad" (AMC)WINNER: "Game Of Thrones" (HBO) "Sons Of Anarchy" (FX) "The Walking Dead" (AMC)
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Screen Actors Guild 49th Annual Life Achievement Award Dick Van Dyke
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