A look at who is — and isn’t — nominated for a SAG Award this year

Glenn Whipp and Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times (TNS); Lisa Respers France, CNN

The Screen Actors Guild Awards, voted on by two panels of 2,500 randomly selected SAG-AFTRA members (one for film, another for TV), offer a reliable indication of how the Oscar acting races will take shape.

And the honors themselves often mirror the Academy Awards, though last year Oscar voters went their own way in the lead acting categories, choosing Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”) and Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”) over the SAG Award-winning “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” duo of Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman.

On the TV side, the notion of one’s awards futures being “up” or “down” is less central to the SAG discussion — the Emmy Awards calendar, still set to the rhythms of the broadcast TV year, doesn’t follow the Oscar circuit’s momentum-building rhythm. Still, with the Golden Globes under a cloud this year, the SAG Awards are the first time fall 2021 titles are eligible for awards consideration.

Unfortunately, beyond Netflix’s viral juggernaut “Squid Game” — the first non-English language series to nab an ensemble cast prize, and actors Jung Ho-Yeon and and Lee Jung-Jae, the first individual performers to be nominated for non-English language TV roles — this year’s crop followed tradition — if not always taste.

Here’s a look at this year’s snubs and surprises:

As far as who was nominated — “Ted Lasso” and “Succession” led TV nominees with five nods each. The drama “The Power of the Dog” led film nominees with three nods.

Here’s the full list of nominees:

Television Awards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

  • Murray Bartlett, “The White Lotus”
  • Oscar Isaac, “Scenes From a Marriage”
  • Michael Keaton, “Dopesick”
  • Ewan McGregor, “Halston”
  • Evan Peters, “Mare of Easttown”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

  • Jennifer Coolidge, “The White Lotus”
  • Cynthia Erivo, “Genius: Aretha”
  • Margaret Qualley, “Maid”
  • Jean Smart, “Mare of Easttown”
  • Kate Winslet, “Mare of Easttown”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

  • Brian Cox, “Succession”
  • Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”
  • Kieran Culkin, “Succession”
  • Lee Jung-jae, “Squid Game”
  • Jeremy Strong, “Succession”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

  • Jennifer Aniston, “The Morning Show”
  • Jung Ho-yeon, “Squid Game”
  • Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
  • Sarah Snook, “Succession”
  • Reese Witherspoon, “The Morning Show”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method”
  • Brett Goldstein, “Ted Lasso”
  • Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
  • Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
  • Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Elle Fanning, “The Great”
  • Sandra Oh, “The Chair”
  • Jean Smart, “Hacks”
  • Juno Temple, “Ted Lasso”
  • Hannah Waddingham, “Ted Lasso”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

  • “The Handmaid’s Tale”
  • “The Morning Show”
  • “Squid Game”
  • “Succession”
  • “Yellowstone”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

  • “The Great”
  • “Hacks”
  • “The Kominsky Method”
  • “Only Murders in the Building”
  • “Ted Lasso”

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

  • “Cobra Kai”
  • “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”
  • “Loki”
  • “Mare of Easttown”
  • “Squid Game”

Motion Picture Awards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

  • Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos”
  • Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
  • Andrew Garfield, “Tick, Tick… Boom”
  • Will Smith, “King Richard”
  • Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

  • Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
  • Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter”
  • Lady Gaga, “House of Gucci”
  • Jennifer Hudson, “Respect”
  • Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Ben Affleck, “The Tender Bar”
  • Bradley Cooper, “Licorice Pizza”
  • Troy Kotsur, “CODA”
  • Jared Leto, “House of Gucci”
  • Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Caitríona Balfe, “Belfast”
  • Cate Blanchett, “Nightmare Alley”
  • Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
  • Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog”
  • Ruth Negga, “Passing”

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

  • “Belfast”
  • “CODA”
  • “Don’t Look Up”
  • “House of Gucci”
  • “King Richard”

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

  • “Black Widow”
  • “Dune”
  • “The Matrix Resurrections”
  • “No Time to Die”
  • “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”

The ceremony will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS from The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California on at 8 p.m. EST / 5 p.m. PST on Feb. 27.

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