The 30th annual SAG Awards were notable for a number of reasons in addition to the fact that they are an extremely reliable indicator of which actors will take home statuettes at the Oscars on March 10.
For the first time ever, the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards were live-streamed on Netflix, exponentially increasing the global reach and impact of the ceremonies, which were hosted by Idris Elba on Saturday night.
As award shows have generally been declining in television ratings over these past few years, this could signal a major change in how the public views these events.
For the industry, the SAG Awards are the last major awards show before the Academy Awards and they signify the likely winners in the acting categories.
With all the other guild and critics groups’ decisions now in the books, two high-profile races have come down to two-person contests. In the lead acting category it’s Cillian Murphy versus Paul Giamatti. In the leading actress category, it is Lily Gladstone against Emma Stone.
SAG anointed Murphy and Gladstone even as Giamatti and Stone have taken home a number of other trophies along the campaign trail.
Robert Downey, Jr. and Da’Vine Joy Randolph appear to be locks in the supporting acting categories
And clearly, Oppenheimer is the film to beat for best picture, with its cast taking home the top film award.
On the TV side, it was no surprise that the acting ensemble of Succession was awarded the drama series prize, as it has pretty much hoovered up every other available award for its final, highly acclaimed season on HBO.
Yet Succession’s lead drama actor Kieran Culkin was bested by Pedro Pascal, star of HBO’s The Last of Us, who boasted during his acceptance speech that he was drunk because he never thought he’d be taking a walk to the podium.
Barbra Streisand, already one of the less than 20 EGOT winners on the planet, was the recipient of SAG’s Lifetime Achievement Award. In her moving acceptance speech, in which she pleaded for an end to hate in the world she also reflected on her earliest roles and the influence of “her first crush” Marlon Brando and others from “that make-believe world. I didn’t like reality — I wanted to be in movies,” she said. “Somehow, some way, it all came true.”
Here are the winners at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards:
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Oppenheimer
Casey Affleck as Boris Pash
Emily Blunt as Kitty Oppenheimer
Kenneth Branagh as Niels Bohr
Matt Damon as Leslie Groves
Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss
Josh Hartnett as Ernest Lawrence
Rami Malek as David Hill
Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Lily Gladstone as Mollie Burkhart – “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer – “Oppenheimer”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Succession
Nicholas Braun as Greg Hirsch
Juliana Canfield as Jess Jordan
Brian Cox as Logan Roy
Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy
Dagmara Dominczyk as Karolina Novotney
Peter Friedman as Frank Vernon
Justine Lupe as Willa
Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Wambsgans
Arian Moayed as Stewy Hosseini
Scott Nicholson as Colin Stiles
David Rasche as Karl Muller
Alan Ruck as Connor Roy
Alexander Skarsgård as Lukas Matsson
J. Smith-Cameron as Gerri Kellman
Sarah Snook as Shiv Roy
Fisher Stevens as Hugo Baker
Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy
Zoë Winters as Kerry Castellabate
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana – “The Crown”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss – “Oppenheimer”
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
The Bear
Lionel Boyce as Marcus
Jose Cervantes Jr. as Angel
Liza Colón-Zayas as Tina
Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu
Abby Elliott as Natalie “Sugar” Berzatto
Richard Esteras as Manny
Edwin Lee Gibson as Ebraheim
Molly Gordon as Claire
Corey Hendrix as Sweeps
Matty Matheson as Neil Fak
Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richard “Richie” Jerimovich
Oliver Platt as Jimmy “Cicero” Kalinowski
Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Steven Yeun as Danny Cho – “Beef”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Da’vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb – “The Holdovers”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Pedro Pascal as Joel – “The Last of Us”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu – “The Bear”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Ali Wong as Amy Lau – “Beef”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto – “The Bear”
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
The Last of Us
