‘Trumbo’ and ‘House of Cards’ Lead 2016 SAG Award Nominations

The nominations for the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced Wednesday morning.

With three nominations, Trumbo, the Dalton Trumbo biopic with Bryan Cranston in the titular role, received the most nominations for any film. Cranston and Helen Mirren scored nominations for leading actor and supporting actress respectively, with both securing another nomination with the cast for “Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.”

On the TV side, Game of Thrones, Homeland, and House of Cards led the pack with three nomin each. Also with three nominations are Helen Mirren and Idris Elba. Aside from the two Trumbo nominations, Mirren is nominated as a leading actress for Woman in Gold. For his work in Beasts of No Nation, Elba received nominations for supporting actor and cast, while Luther gave the thesp his third nom of the night for a male actor in a TV movie or miniseries.

Films with two nominations include Beasts of No Nation, The Big Short, Carol, The Danish Girl, Room, Spotlight, and Steve Jobs. The television programs that received two nominations are The Big Bang Theory, Downton Abbey, Mad Men, Modern Family, Orange is the New Black, Transparent, and Veep.

The full list of nominations are below:

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Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

Johnny Depp, Black Mass

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett, Carol

Brie Larson, Room

Helen Mirren, Trumbo

Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Sarah Silverman, I Smile Back

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale, The Big Short

Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation

Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

Michael Shannon, 99 Homes

Jacob Tremblay, Room

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Rooney Mara, Carol

Rachel McAdams, Spotlight

Helen Mirren, Woman in Gold

Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Beasts of No Nation

The Big Short

Spotlight

Straight Outta Compton

Trumbo

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Everest

Furious 7

Jurassic World

Mad Max: Fury Road

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

THE TELLY

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Rami Malek, Mr. Robot

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Claire Danes, Homeland

Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder

Julianna Marguiles, The Good Wife

Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Robin Wright, House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Louis C.K., Louie

William H. Macy, Shameless

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

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

Idris Elba, Luther

Ben Kingsley, Tut

Ray Liotta, Texas Rising

Bill Murray, A Very Murray Christmas

Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall

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

Nicole Kidman, Grace of Monaco

Queen Latifah, Bessie

Christina Ricci, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles

Susan Sarandon, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

Kristen Wiig, The Spoils Before Dying

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

Homeland

House of Cards

Mad Men

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

The Big Bang Theory

Key & Peele

Modern Family

Orange is the New Black

Transparent

Veep (Julia Louis-Dreyfus is absent from the nominees list for some reason)

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

The Blacklist

Daredevil

Game of Thrones

Homeland

The Walking Dead

Full list of names available on the official SAG Awards website.

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Carol Burnett was announced as the recipient of the 52nd Annual SAG Life Achievement Award in July. The Golden Globe and Emmy-winning comedienne started off on The Garry Moore Show before her work on the variety series The Carol Burnett Show, which ran for 11 seasons in the 60’s and 70’s and took home 25 Emmy awards, three of which went to Burnett. She has never received a nomination for a SAG Award.

The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be held January 30, 2016.

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