The Screen Actors Guild Awards® celebrated the outstanding motion picture and television performances of 2020* at the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which aired Sunday, April 4, 2021 on TNT and TBS.
Honored with individual awards were Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Daniel Kaluuya and Yuh-Jung Youn for performances in motion pictures, and Mark Ruffalo, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jason Bateman, Gillian Anderson, Jason Sudeikis and Catherine O'Hara for performances in television. The Screen Actors Guild Awards originated awards for the outstanding performances by a motion picture cast and by television drama and comedy ensembles. The Actor® for a motion picture cast performance went this year to "The Trial of The Chicago 7," while the Actors® for television drama and comedy ensemble performances went this year to "The Crown" and "Schitt's Creek."
SAG Awards Producers Jason George and JoBeth Williams revealed the honorees for outstanding action performances during the official live pre-show PEOPLE, Entertainment Weekly & TNT: Screen Actors Guild Awards Pre-Show. The stunt ensemble from "Wonder Woman 1984" was honored for film and the stunt ensemble from "The Mandalorian" was honored for television.
*SAG Awards Eligibility Period: January 1, 2020 – February 28, 2021
This year's SAG Awards was a one-hour celebration that highlighted and expanded on the show's signature "I Am An Actor" stories through funny and intimate docuseries-inspired interviews, which were woven throughout the telecast. The SAG Awards unique take on awards season included an upbeat montage recognizing this year's nominees' outstanding performances, and an "In Memoriam" tribute presented by Viola Davis honoring the union members lost since last year's gathering.
Since their creation in 1995, the SAG Awards have benefitted the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. This past year, the SAG-AFTRA Foundation raised and granted over $6.5 million in disaster relief to more than 7,000 SAG-AFTRA artists and families in urgent need of emergency assistance due to COVID-19 and the industry shutdown.
Nominees are chosen by their respective SAG Awards film and television nominating committees and were announced on February 4, 2021. Two nominating panels — one for television and one for film — each composed of 2,500 randomly selected union members from across the United States, chose this year's nominees. Final voting was open to 129,500 SAG-AFTRA members in good standing. Balloting closed at noon on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 and results were managed by Integrity Voting Systems, the Awards' official election firm.
The complete list of recipients for the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® follows:
THE 27TH ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® RECIPIENTS
The Motion Picture Recipients are:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
CHADWICK BOSEMAN / Levee – "MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
VIOLA DAVIS / Ma Rainey – "MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
DANIEL KALUUYA / Fred Hampton – "JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
YUH-JUNG YOUN / Soonja – "MINARI"
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II / Bobby Seale
SACHA BARON COHEN / Abbie Hoffman
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT / Richard Schultz
KELVIN HARRISON JR. / Fred Hampton
MICHAEL KEATON / Ramsey Clark
FRANK LANGELLA / Judge Julius Hoffman
JOHN CARROLL LYNCH / David Dellinger
EDDIE REDMAYNE / Tom Hayden
MARK RYLANCE / William Kunstler
ALEX SHARP / Rennie Davis
JEREMY STRONG / Jerry Rubin
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
"WONDER WOMAN 1984"
The Television Program Nominees are:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
MARK RUFFALO / Dominick Birdsey/Thomas Birdsey – "I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
ANYA TAYLOR-JOY / Beth Harmon – "THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
JASON BATEMAN / Marty Byrde – "OZARK"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
GILLIAN ANDERSON / Margaret Thatcher – "THE CROWN"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
JASON SUDEIKIS / Ted Lasso – "TED LASSO"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
CATHERINE O'HARA / Moira Rose – "SCHITT'S CREEK"
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
THE CROWN
GILLIAN ANDERSON / Margaret Thatcher
MARION BAILEY / Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
HELENA BONHAM CARTER / Princess Margaret
STEPHEN BOXER / Denis Thatcher
OLIVIA COLMAN / Queen Elizabeth II
EMMA CORRIN / Princess Diana
ERIN DOHERTY / Princess Anne
CHARLES EDWARDS / Martin Charteris
EMERALD FENNELL / Camilla Shand
TOBIAS MENZIES / Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
JOSH O'CONNOR / Prince Charles
SAM PHILLIPS / Equerry
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
SCHITT'S CREEK
CHRIS ELLIOTT / Roland Schitt
EMILY HAMPSHIRE / Stevie Budd
DANIEL LEVY / David Rose
EUGENE LEVY / Johnny Rose
SARAH LEVY / Twyla Sands
ANNIE MURPHY / Alexis Rose
CATHERINE O'HARA / Moira Rose
NOAH REID / Patrick Brewer
JENNIFER ROBERTSON / Jocelyn Schitt
KAREN ROBINSON / Ronnie Lee
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
"THE MANDALORIAN"
The 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, presented by SAG-AFTRA with Screen Actors Guild Awards, LLC will be produced by Avalon Harbor Entertainment, Inc. and Hazy Mills Productions and will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, April 4, 2021, at 9 p.m. (ET) / 6 p.m. (PT). SAG Awards Executive Producers are Kathy Connell, Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner. For more information about the SAG Awards®, SAG-AFTRA, TNT and TBS, visit sagawards.org/about.