Surprise! ‘Trumbo’ Dominates the 2016 SAG Awards Nominations

Oscar prognosticators are left scratching their heads this morning as Trumbo, a film few were seriously considering as a major awards contender, walked away with more Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations than any other films. Granted, that’s only three nominations, but SAG only has five categories to begin with.

Trumbo stars Bryan Cranston as infamously blacklisted author Dalton Trumbo, and Helen Mirren in a supporting role as renowned gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. Both actors were nominated by the Screen Actors Guild, who also nominated the film for Best Ensemble Cast (the group’s equivalent of Best Picture, more or less). Mirren was also nominated for Best Actress for Woman in Gold, a drama released earlier in the year that many predicted would also be an also-ran this season.

Additional surprises from the SAG Awards include Sarah Silverman’s nomination for Best Actress, for I Smile Back, and Jacob Tremblay’s Best Supporting Actor nomination for Room. But perhaps more notable are the many so-called frontrunners who were left off the ballot entirely: Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo received no individual nominations for the awards season favorite Spotlight (although the film was nominated for Best Ensemble Cast and Best Supporting Actress) and The Hateful EightThe MartianMad Max: Fury Road and Creed received no nominations at all.

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The SAG Awards nominations are usually a decent prognosticator for the Oscars, although not everyone who votes for the SAG Awards votes for the Oscars, and some variations on the ballots are inevitable. If you’re handicapping the race at home, start paying attention to these nominations and other guild awards nominations as they are announced. You can find the complete list of motion picture nominations below.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

BRYAN CRANSTON / Dalton Trumbo – “TRUMBO” (Bleecker Street)

JOHNNY DEPP / James “Whitey” Bulger – “BLACK MASS” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

LEONARDO DiCAPRIO / Hugh Glass – “THE REVENANT” (20th Century Fox)

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 Leading Role

CATE BLANCHETT / Carol Aird – “CAROL” (The Weinstein Company)

BRIE LARSON / Ma – “ROOM” (A24)

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 Supporting Role

CHRISTIAN BALE / Michael Burry – “THE BIG SHORT” (Paramount Pictures)

IDRIS ELBA / Commandant – “BEASTS OF NO NATION” (Netflix)

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 Supporting Role

ROONEY MARA / Therese Belivet – “CAROL” (The Weinstein Company)

RACHEL McADAMS / Sacha Pfeiffer – “SPOTLIGHT” (Open Road Films)

HELEN MIRREN / Hedda Hopper – “TRUMBO” (Bleecker Street)

ALICIA VIKANDER / Gerda Wegener – “THE DANISH GIRL” (Focus Features)

KATE WINSLET / Joanna Hoffman – “STEVE JOBS” (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

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

SPOTLIGHT (Open Road Films)

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

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

Top Photo: Bleecker Street

William Bibbiani (everyone calls him ‘Bibbs’) is Crave’s film content editor and critic. You can hear him every week on The B-Movies Podcast and watch him on the weekly YouTube series Most Craved and What the Flick. Follow his rantings on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani.

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