Preview:
- Movie actors Timothée Chalamet and Kieran Culkin won at the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
- On the TV front, ‘Shogun’ did well, taking three awards.
- The event was held on Sunday night at the Shrine Auditorium.
This year’s movie awards season is careening towards its conclusion with next weekend’s Oscars, but this Sunday was the turn of the actors, with the Screen Actors Guild Awards, broadcast for the second time on Netflix and hosted once again by Kristen Bell.
With the focus, a little like the Critics Choice before it, on Los Angeles and the incredible impact of the wildfires on the city and its environs this year, there was time for a tribute to the first responders who fought the flames and provided aid.
But actors being actors, this was mostly a chance to celebrate, well, acting, as Bell launched into a monologue –– parodying a song from ‘Frozen,’ which we suppose she’s one of the few people who can still get away with that after this many years –– to look at various actors’ early jobs.
Otherwise, it was award show business as usual –– trophies were handed out, speeches read and jokes attempted.
The main movies up for ensemble had their casts out “presenting” each title, and those seemed particularly awkward, with little evidence of rehearsal or prep.
Other presenter duos seemed like they’d been imbibing or were simply nervous, with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson stumbling through their spiel and even the steps in presenting an award. For reference, it goes read nominees, wait for nominee intro list, read winner.
As for those who claimed awards, there were the predictable ones: Kieran Culkin accepted yet another trophy for ‘A Real Pain’ and if there’s a nailed-on prospect for an Oscar, he’s surely at the top of the list. His rambling speech also began one of the night’s running gags, with several winners (and at least one presenter) referring to how heavy the “actor” award statuette is.
Zoe Saldaña added more hardware for her trophy cabinet for ‘Emilia Pérez’, while cast members of ‘Shōgun,’ ‘Baby Reindeer’ and ‘The Penguin’ won more awards.
Surprises? ‘A Complete Unknown’s Timothée Chalamet threw a spanner into the predictable Lead Actor race, picking up a rare win, while even Selena Gomez was surprised that ‘Only Murders in the Building’ had taken two (one for ensemble, the other for Martin Short, who was not there –– Gomez quipped that he and Short didn’t care about the awards).
A little chaotic, then, but funny enough in places. And now we see whether the actors’ decisions here translate to the Academy Awards…
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Here’s the full list of nominations:
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- ‘A Complete Unknown’
- ‘Anora’
- ‘Conclave’ - WINNER
- ‘Emilia Perez’
- ‘Wicked’
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
- Pamela Anderson, ‘The Last Showgirl’
- Cynthia Erivo, ‘Wicked’
- Karla Sofía Garcón, ‘Emilia Perez’
- Mikey Madison, ‘Anora’
- Demi Moore, ‘The Substance’ - WINNER
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- Adrien Brody, ‘The Brutalist’
- Timothée Chalamet, ‘A Complete Unknown’ - WINNER
- Daniel Craig, ‘Queer’
- Colman Domingo, ‘Sing Sing’
- Ralph Fiennes, ‘Conclave’
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
- Monica Barbaro, ‘A Complete Unknown’
- Jamie Lee Curtis, ‘The Last Showgirl’
- Danielle Deadwyler, ‘The Piano Lesson’
- Ariana Grande, ‘Wicked’
- Zoe Saldaña, ‘Emilia Pérez’ - WINNER
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
- Jonathan Bailey, ‘Wicked’
- Yura Borisov, ‘Anora’
- Kieran Culkin, ‘A Real Pain’ - WINNER
- Edward Norton, ‘A Complete Unknown’
- Jeremy Strong, ‘The Apprentice’
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
- ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
- ‘Dune: Part Two’
- ‘The Fall Guy’ - WINNER
- ‘Gladiator II’
- ‘Wicked’
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
- ‘Bridgerton’
- ‘The Day of the Jackal’
- ‘The Diplomat’
- ‘Shōgun’ - WINNER
- ‘Slow Horses’
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
- Kathy Bates, ‘Matlock’
- Nicola Coughlan, ‘Bridgerton’
- Allison Janney, ‘The Diplomat’
- Keri Russell, ‘The Diplomat’
- Anna Sawai, ‘Shōgun’ - WINNER
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
- Tadanobu Asano, ‘Shogun’
- Jeff Bridges, ‘The Old Man’
- Gary Oldman, ‘Slow Horses’
- Eddie Redmayne, ‘The Day of the Jackal’
- Hiroyuki Sanada, ‘Shōgun’ - WINNER
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- ‘Abbott Elementary’
- ‘The Bear’
- ‘Hacks’
- ‘Only Murders in the Building’ - WINNER
- ‘Shrinking’
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
- Kristen Bell, ‘Nobody Wants This’
- Quinta Brunson, ‘Abbott Elementary’
- Liza Colón-Zayas, ‘The Bear’
- Ayo Edebiri, ‘The Bear’
- Jean Smart, ‘Hacks’ - WINNER
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
- Adam Brody, ‘Nobody Wants This’
- Ted Danson, ‘A Man on the Inside’
- Harrison Ford, ‘Shrinking’
- Martin Short, ‘Only Murders in the Building’ - WINNER
- Jeremy Allen White, ‘The Bear’
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series
- Kathy Bates, ‘The Great Lillian Hall’
- Cate Blanchett, ‘Disclaimer’
- Jodie Foster, ‘True Detective: Night Country’
- Lily Gladstone, ‘Under the Bridge’
- Jessica Gunning, ‘Baby Reindeer’ - WINNER
- Cristin Milioti, ‘The Penguin’
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series
- Javier Bardem, ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’
- Colin Farrell, ‘The Penguin’ - WINNER
- Richard Gadd, ‘Baby Reindeer’
- Kevin Kline, ‘Disclaimer’
- Andrew Scott, ‘Ripley’
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a TV Series
- ‘The Boys’
- ‘Fallout’
- ‘House of the Dragon’
- ‘The Penguin’
- ‘Shōgun’ - WINNER
