‘Spotlight,’ actors of color win big at SAG awards amid diversity furor
LOS ANGELES — "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to diverse TV," Idris Elba joked on stage after winning twice at Saturday's Screen Actors Guild Awards, where actors of color claimed a slew of wins amid a furor in Hollywood over the lack of on-screen diversity.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Brie Larson and the cast of "Spotlight" — all white actors — won the top three film awards of the night, but the rest mainly honored diverse cast and roles. That is in stark contrast to the Oscars, where no actors of color are nominated this year for the industry's highest honors.
"Spotlight," about the Boston Globe's probe of child abuse in the Catholic Church, beat out hip-hop biopic "Straight Outta Compton" for best film ensemble. The movie starred Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams.
"This is not only for survivors of this horrific situation, this is really for the disenfranchised," Keaton said. "This is for the Flint, Michigans in the world, for the powerless."
DiCaprio was named best actor for playing a fur-trapper in pioneer-era retribution drama "The Revenant."
"We all stand on shoulders of giants, so thank all those actors from past who have inspired me and all the actors in this room," DiCaprio said.
Larson, who played a woman held hostage with a young son in "Room," was named best actress, while Sweden's Alicia Vikander won best supporting actress for playing the wife of transgender artist Lili Elbe in "The Danish Girl."
"Spotlight," DiCaprio, Larson and Vikander are all nominated for Oscars, and with their Saturday wins, are cemented as front-runners in their respective categories.
Elba, a black British actor, won two SAG awards: best supporting actor for playing a mercenary commander in Netflix's West African war drama "Beasts of No Nation," and best actor in a limited series for BBC's crime drama "Luther."
"We made a film about real people and real lives, and to be awarded for that is very special," Elba said of his "Beasts" win.
In the television categories, which featured far more diverse actors and roles, Netflix's women's prison show "Orange Is the New Black," won the best comedy series ensemble award for the second consecutive year.
"Look at this stage," cast member Laura Prepon said while accepting the award. "This is what we talk about when we talk about diversity. Different race, color, creed, sexual orientation."
"Orange" star Uzo Aduba won best comedy series actress for playing kooky inmate Crazy Eyes, Queen Latifah won best actress in a TV miniseries for playing blues singer Bessie Smith in HBO's "Bessie," and Viola Davis won best drama actress for ABC's "How to Get Away with Murder." All three actresses are black.
Jeffrey Tambor won best comedy series actor for playing Maura Pfefferman, an aging wealthy transgender woman in Amazon's "Transparent."
"I'd like to dedicate this award to the non-Maura Pfeffermans who don't have a lot of cash for their operations, for their medicine, for their freedom," Tambor said.
Kevin Spacey was named best drama actor for political thriller "House of Cards," and British period drama "Downton Abbey" was named best drama ensemble.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS
The 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards took place Saturday evening at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles after voting by the 165,000 members of SAG-AFTRA. The telecast was aired live on TNT and TBS.
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:
SPOTLIGHT (Open Road Films) (WINNER) BILLY CRUDUP / Eric MacLeish BRIAN D'ARCY JAMES / Matty Carroll MICHAEL KEATON / Walter "Robby" Robinson RACHEL McADAMS / Sacha Pfeiffer MARK RUFFALO / Michael Rezendes LIEV SCHREIBER / Marty Baron JOHN SLATTERY / Ben Bradlee, Jr. STANLEY TUCCI / Mitchell Garabedian
BEASTS OF NO NATION (Netflix) ABRAHAM ATTAH / Agu KURT EGYIAWAN / 2nd I-C IDRIS ELBA / Commandant
THE BIG SHORT (Paramount Pictures) CHRISTIAN BALE / Michael Burry STEVE CARELL / Mark Baum RYAN GOSLING / Jared Vennett MELISSA LEO / Georgia Hale HAMISH LINKLATER / Porter Collins JOHN MAGARO / Charlie Geller BRAD PITT / Ben Rickert RAFE SPALL / Danny Moses JEREMY STRONG / Vinny Peters MARISA TOMEI / Cynthia Baum FINN WITTROCK / Jamie Shipley
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON (Universal Pictures) NEIL BROWN JR. / DJ Yella PAUL GIAMATTI / Jerry Heller COREY HAWKINS / Dr. Dre ALDIS HODGE / MC Ren O'SHEA JACKSON JR. / Ice Cube JASON MITCHELL / Eazy-E
TRUMBO (Bleecker Street) ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE / Virgil Brooks LOUIS C.K. / Arlen Hird BRYAN CRANSTON / Dalton Trumbo DAVID JAMES ELLIOTT / John Wayne ELLE FANNING / Niki Trumbo JOHN GOODMAN / Frank King DIANE LANE / Cleo Trumbo HELEN MIRREN / Hedda Hopper MICHAEL STUHLBARG / Edward G. Robinson ALAN TUDYK / Ian McLellan Hunter
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series:
DOWNTON ABBEY (Masterpiece/PBS) (WINNER) HUGH BONNEVILLE / Robert, Earl of Grantham LAURA CARMICHAEL / Lady Edith Crawley JIM CARTER / Mr. Carson RAQUEL CASSIDY / Baxter BRENDAN COYLE / Mr. Bates TOM CULLEN / Anthony Gillingham MICHELLE DOCKERY / Lady Mary Crawley KEVIN DOYLE / Mr. Molesley JOANNE FROGGATT / Anna Bates LILY JAMES / Lady Rose ROBERT JAMES-COLLIER / Thomas Barrow ALLEN LEECH / Tom Branson PHYLLIS LOGAN / Mrs. Hughes ELIZABETH McGOVERN / Cora, Countess of Grantham SOPHIE McSHERA / Daisy LESLEY NICOL / Mrs. Patmore JULIAN OVENDEN / Charles Blake DAVID ROBB / Dr. Clarkson MAGGIE SMITH / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham PENELOPE WILTON / Isobel Crawley
GAME OF THRONES (HBO) ALFIE ALLEN / Theon Greyjoy IAN BEATTIE / Ser Meryn Trant JOHN BRADLEY / Samwell Tarly GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE / Brienne of Tarth EMILIA CLARKE / Daenerys Targaryen MICHAEL CONDRON / Bowen Marsh NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU / Jaime Lannister BEN CROMPTON / Dolorous Edd LIAM CUNNINGHAM / Ser Davos Seaworth STEPHEN DILLANE / Stannis Baratheon PETER DINKLAGE / Tyrion Lannister NATHALIE EMMANUEL / Missandei TARA FITZGERALD / Selyse Baratheon JEROME FLYNN / Bronn BRIAN FORTUNE / Othell Yarwyck JOEL FRY / Hizdahr Zo Loraq AIDAN GILLEN / Littlefinger Petyr Baelish IAIN GLEN / Ser Jorah Mormont KIT HARINGTON / Jon Snow LENA HEADEY / Cersei Lannister MICHIEL HUISMAN / Daario Naharis HANNAH MURRAY / Gilly BRENOCK O'CONNOR / Olly DANIEL PORTMAN / Podrick Payne IWAN RHEON / Ramsay Snow OWEN TEALE / Ser Alliser Thorne SOPHIE TURNER / Sansa Stark CARICE VAN HOUTEN / Melisandre MAISIE WILLIAMS / Arya Stark TOM WLASCHIHA / Jaqen H'ghar
HOMELAND (Showtime) F. MURRAY ABRAHAM / Dar Adal ATHEER ADEL / Numan CLAIRE DANES / Carrie Mathison ALEXANDER FEHLING / Jonas Hollander RUPERT FRIEND / Peter Quinn NINA HOSS / Astrid RENE IFRAH / Bibi MARK IVANIR / Ivan Krupin SEBASTIAN KOCH / Otto During MIRANDA OTTO / Allison Carr MANDY PATINKIN / Saul Berenson SARAH SOKOLOVIC / Laura Sutton
HOUSE OF CARDS (Netflix) MAHERSHALA ALI / Remy Danton DEREK CECIL / Seth Grayson NATHAN DARROW / Edward Meechum MICHAEL KELLY / Doug Stamper ELIZABETH MARVEL / Heather Dunbar MOLLY PARKER / Jackie Sharp JIMMI SIMPSON / Gavin Orsay KEVIN SPACEY / Francis Underwood PAUL SPARKS / Thomas Yates ROBIN WRIGHT / Claire Underwood
MAD MEN (AMC) SOLA BAMIS / Shirley STEPHANIE DRAKE / Meredith JAY R. FERGUSON / Stan Rizzo BRUCE GREENWOOD / Richard Burghoff JON HAMM / Don Draper CHRISTINA HENDRICKS / Joan Harris JANUARY JONES / Betty Francis VINCENT KARTHEISER / Pete Campbell ELISABETH MOSS / Peggy Olson KEVIN RAHM / Ted Chaough KIERNAN SHIPKA / Sally Draper JOHN SLATTERY / Roger Sterling RICH SOMMER / Harry Crane AARON STATON / Ken Cosgrove MASON VALE COTTON / Bobby Draper
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (Netflix) (WINNER) UZO ADUBA / Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren MIKE BIRBIGLIA / Danny Pearson MARSHA STEPHANIE BLAKE / Berdie Rogers DANIELLE BROOKS / Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson LAVERNE COX / Sophia Burset JACKIE CRUZ / Marisol "Flaca" Gonzales CATHERINE CURTIN / Wanda Bell LEA DELARIA / Carrie "Big Boo" Black BETH FOWLER / Sister Jane Ingalls JOEL MARSH GARLAND / Scott O'Neill KIMIKO GLENN / Brook Soso ANNIE GOLDEN / Norma Romano DIANE GUERRERO / Maritza Ramos MICHAEL J. HARNEY / Sam Healy VICKY JEUDY / Janae Watson SELENIS LEYVA / Gloria Mendoza TARYN MANNING / Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett ADRIENNE C. MOORE / Black Cindy KATE MULGREW / Galina "Red" Reznikov EMMA MYLES / Leanne Taylor MATT PETERS / Joel Luschek LORI PETTY / Lolly Whitehill JESSICA PIMENTEL / Maria Ruiz DASCHA POLANCO / Dayanara Diaz LAURA PREPON / Alex Vause ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ / Aleida Diaz RUBY ROSE / Stella Carlin NICK SANDOW / Joe Caputo ABIGAIL SAVAGE / Gina TAYLOR SCHILLING / Piper Chapman CONSTANCE SHULMAN / Yoga Jones DALE SOULES / Frieda YAEL STONE / Lorna Morello SAMIRA WILEY / Poussey Washington
THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS) MAYIM BIALIK / Amy Farrah Fowler KALEY CUOCO / Penny JOHNNY GALECKI / Leonard Hofstadter SIMON HELBERG / Howard Wolowitz KUNAL NAYYAR / Rajesh Koothrappali JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper MELISSA RAUCH / Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz
KEY & PEELE (Comedy Central) KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY / Various Characters JORDAN PEELE / Various Characters
MODERN FAMILY (ABC) JULIE BOWEN / Claire Dunphy TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy AUBREY ANDERSON EMMONS / Lily Tucker-Pritchett JESSE TYLER FERGUSON / Mitchell Pritchett NOLAN GOULD / Luke Dunphy SARAH HYLAND / Haley Dunphy ED O'NEILL / Jay Pritchett RICO RODRIGUEZ / Manny Delgado ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron Tucker SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett ARIEL WINTER / Alex Dunphy
TRANSPARENT (Amazon) ALEXANDRA BILLINGS / Davina Rejennae CARRIE BROWNSTEIN / Syd Feldman JAY DUPLASS / Josh Pfefferman KATHRYN HAHN / Raquel Fein GABY HOFFMANN / Ali Pfefferman CHERRY JONES / Leslie Mackinaw AMY LANDECKER / Sarah Pfefferman JUDITH LIGHT / Shelly Pfefferman HARI NEF / Gittel/Gerson EMILY ROBINSON / Rose Boymelgreen JEFFREY TAMBOR / Maura Pfefferman
VEEP (HBO) DIEDRICH BADER / Bill Ericsson SUFE BRADSHAW / Sue Wilson ANNA CHLUMSKY / Amy Brookheimer GARY COLE / Kent Davidson KEVIN DUNN / Ben Cafferty TONY HALE / Gary Walsh HUGH LAURIE / Tom James JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / President Selina Meyer PHIL REEVES / Doyle SAM RICHARDSON / Richard REID SCOTT / Dan Egan TIMOTHY SIMONS / Jonah Ryan SARAH SUTHERLAND / Catherine MATT WALSH / Mike McLintock
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role:
BRIE LARSON / Ma - "ROOM" (A24) (WINNER) CATE BLANCHETT / Carol Aird - "CAROL" (The Weinstein Company) HELEN MIRREN / Maria Altmann - "WOMAN IN GOLD" (The Weinstein Company) SAOIRSE RONAN / Eilis - "BROOKLYN" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) SARAH SILVERMAN / Laney Brooks - "I SMILE BACK" (Broad Green Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role:
LEONARDO DiCAPRIO / Hugh Glass - "THE REVENANT" (20th Century Fox) (WINNER) BRYAN CRANSTON / Dalton Trumbo - "TRUMBO" (Bleecker Street) JOHNNY DEPP / James "Whitey" Bulger - "BLACK MASS" (Warner Bros. Pictures) MICHAEL FASSBENDER / Steve Jobs - "STEVE JOBS" (Universal Pictures) EDDIE REDMAYNE / Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe - "THE DANISH GIRL" (Focus Features)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series:
VIOLA DAVIS / Annalise Keating - "HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER" (ABC) (WINNER) CLAIRE DANES / Carrie Mathison - "HOMELAND" (Showtime) JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick - "THE GOOD WIFE" (CBS) MAGGIE SMITH / Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham - "DOWNTON ABBEY" (Masterpiece/PBS) ROBIN WRIGHT / Claire Underwood - "HOUSE OF CARDS" (Netflix)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series:
KEVIN SPACEY / Francis Underwood - "HOUSE OF CARDS" (Netflix) (WINNER) PETER DINKLAGE / Tyrion Lannister - "GAME OF THRONES" (HBO) JON HAMM / Don Draper - "MAD MEN" (AMC) RAMI MALEK / Elliot - "MR. ROBOT" (USA Network) BOB ODENKIRK / Jimmy McGill - "BETTER CALL SAUL" (AMC)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series:
JEFFREY TAMBOR / Maura Pfefferman - "TRANSPARENT" (Amazon) (WINNER) TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy - "MODERN FAMILY" (ABC) LOUIS C.K. / Louie - "LOUIE" (FX Networks) WILLIAM H. MACY / Frank - "SHAMELESS" (Showtime) JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper - "THE BIG BANG THEORY" (CBS)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series:
UZO ADUBA / Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren - "ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK" (Netflix) (WINNER) EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton - "NURSE JACKIE" (Showtime) ELLIE KEMPER / Kimmy Schmidt - "UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT" (Netflix) JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / President Selina Meyer - "VEEP" (HBO) AMY POEHLER / Leslie Knope - "PARKS AND RECREATION" (NBC)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role:
ALICIA VIKANDER / Gerda Wegener - "THE DANISH GIRL" (Focus Features) (WINNER) ROONEY MARA / Therese Belivet - "CAROL" (The Weinstein Company) RACHEL McADAMS / Sacha Pfeiffer - "SPOTLIGHT" (Open Road Films) HELEN MIRREN / Hedda Hopper - "TRUMBO" (Bleecker Street) KATE WINSLET / Joanna Hoffman - "STEVE JOBS" (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role:
IDRIS ELBA / Commandant - "BEASTS OF NO NATION" (Netflix) (WINNER) CHRISTIAN BALE / Michael Burry - "THE BIG SHORT" (Paramount Pictures) MARK RYLANCE / Abel Rudolph - "BRIDGE OF SPIES" (DreamWorks) MICHAEL SHANNON / Rick Carver - "99 HOMES" (Broad Green Pictures) JACOB TREMBLAY / Jack - "ROOM" (A24)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries:
QUEEN LATIFAH / Bessie Smith - "BESSIE" (HBO) (WINNER) NICOLE KIDMAN / Grace - "GRACE OF MONACO" (Lifetime) CHRISTINA RICCI / Lizzie Borden - "THE LIZZIE BORDEN CHRONICLES" (Lifetime) SUSAN SARANDON / Gladys Mortenson - "THE SECRET LIFE OF MARILYN MONROE" (Lifetime) KRISTEN WIIG / Delores DeWinter - "THE SPOILS BEFORE DYING" (IFC)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries:
IDRIS ELBA / DCI John Luther - "LUTHER" (BBC America) (WINNER) BEN KINGSLEY / Grand Vizier Ay - "TUT" (Spike) RAY LIOTTA / Lorca/Tom Mitchell - "TEXAS RISING" (History) BILL MURRAY / Himself - "A VERY MURRAY CHRISTMAS" (Netflix) MARK RYLANCE / Thomas Cromwell - "WOLF HALL" (Masterpiece/PBS)
SAG AWARDSR HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture:
"MAD MAX: FURY ROAD" (Warner Bros. Pictures) (WINNER) "EVEREST" (Universal Pictures) "FURIOUS 7" (Universal Pictures) "JURASSIC WORLD" (Universal Pictures) "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION" (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series:
"GAME OF THRONES" (HBO) (WINNER) "THE BLACKLIST" (NBC) "HOMELAND" (Showtime) "MARVEL'S DAREDEVIL" (Netflix) "THE WALKING DEAD" (AMC)
