’12 Years a Slave,’ ‘Breaking Bad’ Lead SAG Nominations

“Twelve Years a Slave” has solidified its status as an awards-season front-runner, leading the SAG Awards nominations with four.

“August: Osage County,” “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” and “Dallas Buyers Club” each received three nominations for the 20th iteration of the SAG Awards, announced Wednesday morning at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles.

“12 Years” received nominations for cast ensemble, Chiwetel Ejiofor for lead actor, Michael Fassbender for supporting actor and Lupita Nyong’o for supporting actress.

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“August: Osage County,” “The Butler,” “Dallas Buyers Club” also took cast ensemble nominations as did “American Hustle.”

Jennifer Lawrence, who won the Oscar and SAG Award lead actress awards this year for “Silver Linings Playbook,” took a nomination for “American Hustle” — giving the David O’Russell drama a pair of nods. “Captain Phillips,” “Nebraska” and “Rush” also received two nominations.

“Rush” grabbed nods for Daniel Bruhl for supporting actor — probably the biggest surprise among the nominations — and for its stunt ensemble.

The late James Gandolfini took a supporting actor nom for “Enough Said” in the only nomination for the drama-comedy. Gandolfini previously won three SAG TV awards for “The Sopranos” along with two cast awards.

“Blue Jasmine,” “Gravity,” “Philomena” and “Saving Mr. Banks” also received single SAG acting nominations.

Martin Scorsese’s “Wolf of Wall Street,” which has not opened yet, was shut out along with “Inside Llewyn Davis” and Spike Jonze’s “Her.” “All Is Lost” received a stunt ensemble nod but Robert Redford — the only actor in the film — was passed over. Redford recently won the New York Film Critics Circle award for best actor.

“The Butler,” which has taken in over $115 million domestically for The Weinstein Co., scored SAG nominations for best ensemble cast, male actor in a leading role for Forest Whitaker and a supporting nod for Oprah Winfrey.

Ejiofor and Whitaker face competition in the lead actor category from Bruce Dern for “Nebraska,” Tom Hanks for “Captain Phillips” and Matthew McConaughey for “Dallas Buyers Club.”

The female lead actor nominees are Cate Blanchett for “Blue Jasmine,” Sandra Bullock for “Gravity,” Judi Dench for “Philomena,” Meryl Streep for “August: Osage County” and Emma Thompson for “Saving Mr. Banks.” All except Thompson have previously won SAG awards.

Besides Bruhl, Fassbender and Gandolfini, the contenders in the supporting actor category are newcomer Barkhad Abdi for “Captain Phillips” and Jared Leto for “Dallas Buyers Club.”

Nyong’o, Lawrence and Winfrey face Julia Roberts for “August: Osage County” and June Squibb for “Nebraska” in the supporting actress category.

On the TV side, “Breaking Bad” led the field with four noms. “Boardwalk Empire,” “Game of Thrones,” “Homeland,” “30 Rock,” “The Big Bang Theory” and “Modern Family” all grabbed three bids apiece. “Mad Men” was left out of the running for the first time in the show’s history. Awards darling “Girls” also failed to crack the SAG list.

Drama series ensemble noms went to “Boardwalk Empire,” “Breaking Bad,” “Downton Abbey,” “Game of Thrones” and “Homeland.” Comedy ensemble contenders are “30 Rock,” “Arrested Development,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “Modern Family” and “Veep.”

“Downton” won the drama series ensemble award this year. “Modern Family” has won the SAG ensemble award for the past three years.

Alec Baldwin received a nom for male actor in a comedy series for “30 Rock” — a category he has won seven straight times. Tina Fey got a nod for “30 Rock,” which she won this year for her fourth SAG award in the category.

It was Baldwin’s 20th SAG nomination, including eight cast nods. Edie Falco also received her 20th nomination with actress and cast nods for “Nurse Jackie.” She won three indivdual SAG awards for “The Sopranos” along with two ensemble cast trophies.

David Hyde Pierce was the previous record holder for most SAG nominations with 19.

Winners will be announced at the Shrine Auditorium on Jan. 18 with telecasts on TNT and TBS.

Nominees were selected by two randomly selected panels of about 2,000 members of SAG.

Sasha Alexander and Clark Gregg announced the SAG nominations.

The winner of the SAG ensemble trophy has matched the best pic Oscar winner in nine of the last 18 years including “Argo” this year. However, last year SAG voters selected “The Help” while the Oscar went to “The Artist.”

The performers union served as a strong indicator in the Oscar acting categories this year with 14 of its 20 nominees going on to receive Oscar noms. Jennifer Lawrence and Daniel Day-Lewis (“Lincoln”) won both the Oscar and SAG lead acting trophies and Anne Hathaway won both awards for supporting actress for “Les Miserables” while Tommy Lee Jones won the SAG supporting actor trophy for “Lincoln” and Christoph Waltz won the supporting actor Oscar for “Django.”

The entire SAG-AFTRA membership of about 150,000 is eligible to cast ballots for the winners. Actors constitute the largest branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with 1,176 active members or about 20%.

Rita Moreno was previously announced as the winner of SAG’s Life Achievement Award.

The nominations follow:

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

BRUCE DERN / Woody Grant – “NEBRASKA” (Paramount Pictures)

CHIWETEL EJIOFOR / Solomon Northup – “12 YEARS A SLAVE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

TOM HANKS / Capt. Richard Phillips – “CAPTAIN PHILLIPS” (Columbia Pictures)

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY / Ron Woodroof – “DALLAS BUYERS CLUB” (Focus Features)

FOREST WHITAKER / Cecil Gaines – “LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER” (The Weinstein Co.)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

CATE BLANCHETT / Jasmine – “BLUE JASMINE” (Sony Pictures Classics)

SANDRA BULLOCK / Ryan Stone – “GRAVITY” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

JUDI DENCH / Philomena Lee – “PHILOMENA” (The Weinstein Co.)

MERYL STREEP / Violet Weston – “AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY” (The Weinstein Co.)

EMMA THOMPSON / P.L. Travers – “SAVING MR. BANKS” (Walt Disney Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

BARKHAD ABDI / Muse – “CAPTAIN PHILLIPS” (Columbia Pictures)

DANIEL BRÜHL / Niki Lauda – “RUSH” (Universal Pictures)

MICHAEL FASSBENDER / Edwin Epps – “12 YEARS A SLAVE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

JAMES GANDOLFINI / Albert – “ENOUGH SAID” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

JARED LETO / Rayon – “DALLAS BUYERS CLUB” (Focus Features)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

JENNIFER LAWRENCE / Rosalyn Rosenfeld – “AMERICAN HUSTLE” (Columbia Pictures)

LUPITA NYONG’O / Patsey – “12 YEARS A SLAVE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

JULIA ROBERTS / Barbara Weston – “AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY” (The Weinstein Co.)

JUNE SQUIBB / Kate Grant – “NEBRASKA” (Paramount Pictures)

OPRAH WINFREY / Gloria Gaines – “LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER” (The Weinstein Co.)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

12 YEARS A SLAVE (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH / Ford

PAUL DANO / Tibeats

GARRET DILLAHUNT / Armsby

CHIWETEL EJIOFOR / Solomon Northup

MICHAEL FASSBENDER / Edwin Epps

PAUL GIAMATTI / Freeman

SCOOT McNAIRY / Brown

LUPITA NYONG’O / Patsey

ADEPERO ODUYE / Eliza

SARAH PAULSON / Mistress Epps

BRAD PITT / Bass

MICHAEL KENNETH WILLIAMS / Robert

ALFRE WOODARD / Mistress Shaw

AMERICAN HUSTLE (Columbia Pictures)

AMY ADAMS / Sydney Prosser

CHRISTIAN BALE / Irving Rosenfeld

LOUIS C.K. / Stoddard Thorsen

BRADLEY COOPER / Richie DiMaso

PAUL HERMAN / Alfonse Simone

JACK HUSTON / Pete Musane

JENNIFER LAWRENCE / Rosalyn Rosenfeld

ALESSANDRO NIVOLA / Federal Prosecutor

MICHAEL PEÑA / Sheik (Agent Hernandez)

JEREMY RENNER / Mayor Carmine Polito

ELISABETH RÖHM / Dolly Polito

SHEA WHIGHAM / Carl Elway

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (The Weinstein Co.)

ABIGAIL BRESLIN / Jean Fordham

CHRIS COOPER / Charles Aiken

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH / “Little” Charles Aiken

JULIETTE LEWIS / Karen Weston

MARGO MARTINDALE / Mattie Fae Aiken

EWAN McGREGOR / Bill Fordham

DERMOT MULRONEY / Steve

JULIANNE NICHOLSON / Ivy Weston

JULIA ROBERTS / Barbara Weston

SAM SHEPARD / Beverly Weston

MERYL STREEP / Violet Weston

MISTY UPHAM / Johnna

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (Focus Features)

JENNIFER GARNER / Dr. Eve Saks

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY / Ron Woodroof

JARED LETO / Rayon

DENIS O’HARE / Dr. Sevard

DALLAS ROBERTS / David Wayne

STEVE ZAHN / Tucker

LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER (The Weinstein Co.)

MARIAH CAREY / Hattie Pearl

JOHN CUSACK / Richard Nixon

JANE FONDA / Nancy Reagan

CUBA GOODING, JR. / Carter Wilson

TERRENCE HOWARD / Howard

LENNY KRAVITZ / James Holloway

JAMES MARSDEN / John F. Kennedy

DAVID OYELOWO / Louis Gaines

ALEX PETTYFER / Thomas Westfall

VANESSA REDGRAVE / Annabeth Westfall

ALAN RICKMAN / Ronald Reagan

LIEV SCHREIBER / Lyndon B. Johnson

FOREST WHITAKER / Cecil Gaines

ROBIN WILLIAMS / Dwight D. Eisenhower

OPRAH WINFREY / Gloria Gaines

TELEVISION PROGRAMS

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

MATT DAMON / Scott Thorson – “BEHIND THE CANDELABRA” (HBO)

MICHAEL DOUGLAS / Liberace – “BEHIND THE CANDELABRA” (HBO)

JEREMY IRONS / King Henry IV – “THE HOLLOW CROWN” (WNET/Thirteen)

ROB LOWE / John F. Kennedy – “KILLING KENNEDY” (National Geographic Channel)

AL PACINO / Phil Spector – “PHIL SPECTOR” (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

ANGELA BASSETT / Coretta Scott King – “BETTY & CORETTA” (Lifetime)

HELENA BONHAM CARTER / Elizabeth Taylor – “BURTON AND TAYLOR” (BBC America)

HOLLY HUNTER / G.J. – “TOP OF THE LAKE” (Sundance Channel)

HELEN MIRREN / Linda Kenney Baden – “PHIL SPECTOR” (HBO)

ELISABETH MOSS / Robin Griffin – “TOP OF THE LAKE” (Sundance Channel)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson – “BOARDWALK EMPIRE” (HBO)

BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White – “BREAKING BAD” (AMC)

JEFF DANIELS / Will McAvoy – “THE NEWSROOM” (HBO)

PETER DINKLAGE / Tyrion Lannister – “GAME OF THRONES” (HBO)

KEVIN SPACEY / Francis Underwood – “HOUSE OF CARDS” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

CLAIRE DANES / Carrie Mathison – “HOMELAND” (Showtime)

ANNA GUNN / Skyler White – “BREAKING BAD” (AMC)

JESSICA LANGE / Fiona Goode – “AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN” (FX)

MAGGIE SMITH / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham – “DOWNTON ABBEY” (PBS)

KERRY WASHINGTON / Olivia Pope – “SCANDAL” (ABC)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy – “30 ROCK” (NBC)

JASON BATEMAN / Michael Bluth – “ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT” (Netflix)

TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)

DON CHEADLE / Martin “Marty” Kaan – “HOUSE OF LIES” (Showtime)

JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper – “THE BIG BANG THEORY” (CBS)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

MAYIM BIALIK / Amy Farrah Fowler – “THE BIG BANG THEORY” (CBS)

JULIE BOWEN / Claire Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)

EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton – “NURSE JACKIE” (Showtime)

TINA FEY / Liz Lemon – “30 ROCK” (NBC)

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / Vice President Selina Meyer – “VEEP” (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)

PATRICIA ARQUETTE / Sally Wheet

MARGOT BINGHAM / Daughter Maitland

STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson

BRIAN GERAGHTY / Agent Warren Knox

STEPHEN GRAHAM / Al Capone

ERIK LA RAY HARVEY / Dunn Purnsley

JACK HUSTON / Richard Harrow

RON LIVINGSTON / Roy Phillips

DOMENICK LOMBARDOZZI / Ralph Capone

GRETCHEN MOL / Gillian Darmody

BEN ROSENFIELD / Willie Thompson

MICHAEL STUHLBARG / Arnold Rothstein

JACOB WARE / Agent Selby

SHEA WHIGHAM / Elias “Eli” Thompson

MICHAEL KENNETH WILLIAMS / “Chalky” White

JEFFREY WRIGHT / Valentin Narcisse

BREAKING BAD (AMC)

MICHAEL BOWEN / Uncle Jack

BETSY BRANDT / Marie Schrader

BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White

LAVELL CRAWFORD / Huell

TAIT FLETCHER / Lester

LAURA FRASER / Lydia Rodarte-Quale

ANNA GUNN / Skyler White

MATTHEW T. METZLER / Matt

RJ MITTE / Walter White Jr.

DEAN NORRIS / Hank Schrader

BOB ODENKIRK / Saul Goodman

AARON PAUL / Jesse Pinkman

JESSE PLEMONS / Todd

STEVEN MICHAEL QUEZADA / Gomez

KEVIN RANKIN / Kenny

PATRICK SANE / Frankie

DOWNTON ABBEY (PBS)

HUGH BONNEVILLE / Robert, Earl of Grantham

LAURA CARMICHAEL / Lady Edith Crawley

JIM CARTER / Mr. Carson

BRENDAN COYLE / John Bates

MICHELLE DOCKERY / Lady Mary Crawley

KEVIN DOYLE / Molesley

JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY / Lady Sybil Crawley

SIOBHAN FINNERAN / Sarah O’Brien

JOANNE FROGGATT / Anna Bates

ROB JAMES-COLLIER / Thomas Barrow

ALLEN LEECH / Tom Branson

PHYLLIS LOGAN / Mrs. Hughes

ELIZABETH McGOVERN / Cora, Countess of Grantham

SOPHIE McSHERA / Daisy

MATT MILNE / Alfred

LESLEY NICOL / Mrs. Patmore

AMY NUTTALL / Ethel

DAVID ROBB / Dr. Clarkson

MAGGIE SMITH / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham

ED SPELEERS / Jimmy

DAN STEVENS / Matthew Crawley

CARA THEOBOLD / Ivy

PENELOPE WILTON / Isobel Crawley

GAME OF THRONES (HBO)

ALFIE ALLEN / Theon Greyjoy

JOHN BRADLEY / Samwell Tarly

OONA CHAPLIN / Talisa Maegyr

GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE / Brienne of Tarth

EMILIA CLARKE / Daenerys Targaryen

NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU / Jaime Lannister

MACKENZIE CROOK / Orell

CHARLES DANCE / Tywin Lannister

JOE DEMPSIE / Gendry

PETER DINKLAGE / Tyrion Lannister

NATALIE DORMER / Margaery Tyrell

NATHALIE EMMANUEL / Missandei

MICHELLE FAIRLEY / Lady Catelyn Stark

JACK GLEESON / Joffrey Baratheon

IAIN GLEN / Ser Jorah Mormont

KIT HARINGTON / Jon Snow

LENA HEADEY /Cersei Lannister

ISAAC HEMPSTEAD WRIGHT / Brandon “Bran” Stark

KRISTOFER HIVJU / Tormund Giantsbane

PAUL KAYE / Thoros of Myr

SIBEL KEKILLI / Shae

ROSE LESLIE / Ygritte

RICHARD MADDEN / Robb Stark

RORY McCANN / Sandor “The Hound” Clegane

MICHAEL McELHATTON / Roose Bolton

IAN McELHINNEY / Barristan Selmy

PHILIP McGINLEY / Anguy

HANNAH MURRAY / Gilly

IWAN RHEON / Ramsay Snow

SOPHIE TURNER / Sansa Stark

CARICE VAN HOUTEN / Melisandre

MAISIE WILLIAMS / Arya Stark

HOMELAND (Showtime)

F. MURRAY ABRAHAM / Dar Adal

SARITA CHOUDHURY / Mira Berenson

CLAIRE DANES / Carrie Mathison

RUPERT FRIEND / Peter Quinn

TRACY LETTS / Sen. Andrew Lockhart

DAMIAN LEWIS / Nicholas Brody

MANDY PATINKIN / Saul Berenson

MORGAN SAYLOR / Dana Brody

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

30 ROCK (NBC)

SCOTT ADSIT / Pete Hornberger

ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy

KATRINA BOWDEN / Cerie

KEVIN BROWN / Dot Com

GRIZZ CHAPMAN / Grizz

TINA FEY / Liz Lemon

JUDAH FRIEDLANDER / Frank Rossitano

JANE KRAKOWSKI / Jenna Maroney

JOHN LUTZ / Lutz

JAMES MARSDEN / Criss

JACK McBRAYER / Kenneth Parcell

TRACY MORGAN / Tracy Jordan

KEITH POWELL / Toofer

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (Netflix)

WILL ARNETT / George Oscar “G.O.B.” Bluth II

JASON BATEMAN / Michael Bluth

JOHN BEARD / Himself

MICHAEL CERA / George-Michael Bluth

DAVID CROSS / Tobias Fünke

PORTIA DE ROSSI / Lindsay Bluth Fünke

ISLA FISHER / Rebel Alley

TONY HALE / Buster Bluth

RON HOWARD / Narrator/Himself

LIZA MINNELLI / Lucille Austero

ALIA SHAWKAT / Maeby Fünke

JEFFREY TAMBOR / George Bluth, Sr./Oscar Bluth

JESSICA WALTER / Lucille Bluth

HENRY WINKLER / Barry Zuckerkorn

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

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

VEEP (HBO)

SUFE BRADSHAW / Sue Wilson

ANNA CHLUMSKY / Amy Brookheimer

GARY COLE / Kent Davidson

KEVIN DUNN / Ben Cafferty

TONY HALE / Gary Walsh

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / Vice President Selina Meyer

REID SCOTT / Dan Egan

TIMOTHY SIMONS / Jonah Ryan

MATT WALSH / Mike McLintock

SAG AWARDS^® HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

ALL IS LOST (Lionsgate)

FAST & FURIOUS 6 (Universal Pictures)

LONE SURVIVOR (Universal Pictures)

RUSH (Universal Pictures)

THE WOLVERINE (20^th Century Fox)

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series

BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)

BREAKING BAD (AMC)

GAME OF THRONES (HBO)

HOMELAND (Showtime)

THE WALKING DEAD (AMC)

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Screen Actors Guild 50th Annual Life Achievement Award

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