One Battle After Another earned seven nods, breaking an Actor Awards record.Credit: AP
Sinners had an especially good result. Along with a best male actor nod for Michael B Jordan, supporting actors Miles Caton and Wunmi Mosaku were both nominated. It collected five nominations in total.
In television, Apple’s The Studio, HBO’s White Lotus and Netflix’s Adolescence lead the nominees. The Studio scored nods for its ensemble, Seth Rogen, Kathryn Hahn, Catherine O’Hara and Ike Barinholtz. The top drama was The White Lotus, which collected four nominations including best ensemble and nods for Parker Posey, Walton Goggins and Aimee Lee Wood. The limited series Adolescence also landed four nominations, for Owen Cooper, Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty and Christine Tremarco.
Historically, the Actor Awards have been one of the strongest Oscar indicators. Actors make up the largest branch of the film academy, and, in the past, individual SAG nominees have overlapped with the Oscar field at a rate of roughly four to five. The Actor Awards are presented by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
Wagner Moura and The Secret Agent were snubbed in the Actor Award nominations.Credit: AP
That means the current nominees may closely resemble those headed to the Oscars.
With more than 122,000 voting members, the actors’ guild has tended to skew more populist and the guild often shies away from non-English language nominees.
Membership in the academy, meanwhile, has grown increasingly international. Along with Sentimental Value and The Secret Agent, movies like the Iranian revenge drama It Was Just an Accident should have greater success come Oscar nominations on January 23.
There have been some prominent differences between SAG and the Oscars. Last year, Timothée Chalamet won best male actor but lost to Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) at the Oscars. The papal drama Conclave took best ensemble, but Sean Baker’s Anora won best picture at the Academy Awards.
Actor Award nominations:
Best male actor
Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
Jesse Plemons (Bugonia)
Thoughts: The only surprise of that group was Plemons. The favourite remains the 30-year-old Chalamet who won the same award last year for A Complete Unknown and vowed to pursue “greatness” in his acceptance speech.
Best female actor
Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)
Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
Kate Hudson Song Sung Blue
Emma Stone (Bugonia)
Best supporting male actor
Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)
Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
Miles Caton (Sinners)
Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
Best supporting female actor
Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)
Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)
Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)
Amy Madigan (Weapons)
Odessa A’zion (Marty Supreme)
Thoughts: The biggest surprise in that category was the 25-year-old A’zion.
The Actor Awards will take place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 2 (AEDT). Netflix will stream the ceremony live. Harrison Ford will be presented with the guild’s life achievement award.
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