This January 25, the best performances of the year will be announced at the Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG). This is the twenty-first year of these awards and there are already several favorites, including the Birdman cast, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu from Mexico. Here is the trailer for those of you who haven’t already seen it:

We also have some huge actors nominated for the television and miniseries awards. If you haven’t already seen them, you can find them on Netflix. Here are a few that will keep you on the edge of your seat with their outstanding acting and scripts:

The complete nominee list is:

Theatrical Motion Pictures

Best Actor 
Steve Carell – Foxcatcher 
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game 
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton – Birdman 
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

Best Actress
Jennifer Aniston – Cake 
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore – Still Alice 
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon – Wild 

Best Male Actor in a Leading Role
Robert Duvall – The Judge
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman 
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash 

Best Female Actress in a Leading Role
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood 
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
Emma Stone – Birdman 
Meryl Streep – Into the Woods
Naomi Watts – Sn. Vincent

Best Support Role
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything

Best Stunt Ensembles in a Motion Picture

Fury
Get On Up
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Unbroken
X-Men: Days of Future Past

 

Television

Best Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Adrien Brody – Houdini
Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock: His Last Vow
Richard Jenkins – Olive Kitteridge
Mark Ruffallo – The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton – Fargo

Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Ellen Burtsyn – Flowers in the Attic
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Honorable Woman
Frances McDormand – Olive Kitteridge
Julia Roberts – The Normal Heart
Cicely Tyson – The Trip to Bountiful 

Best Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire
Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones 
Woody Harrelson – True Detective
Matthew McConaughey – True Detective
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards

Best Actress in a Drama Series  
Claire Danes – Homeland
Viola Davis – How to Get Away with Murder
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black
Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey
Robin Wright – House of Cards

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Ty Burrell – Modern Family
Louis C.K. – Louis
William H. Macy – Shameless
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory
Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family

Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba – Orange is the New Black
Julie Bowen – Modern Family
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation

Best Supporting Role in a Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards

Best Supporting Role in a Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Brooklyn 99
Modern Family
Orange is the New Black
Veep

Best Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
24: Live Another Day
Boardwalk Empire
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Sons of Anarchy
The Walking Dead

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