Before Joey King and Cooper Koch reveal the nominees for the 2025 SAG Awards Jan. 8, we’re sharing what makes the honor extra special. The Actor trophies will be dispersed at the Feb. 23 ceremony.
There’s nothing quite like being recognized by your peers.
Winning an Oscar, Emmy or a Golden Globe comes with an undeniable amount of prestige. Meanwhile, box office returns and ratings give stars a window into how the public feels about their art. But to have the people who know the craft best—former co-stars, audition competition, time slot rivals and longtime industry pals—deem your performance the best in your field is an unparalleled sense of validation. Enter the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
This year’s nominations will be announced by Joey King and Cooper Koch on Jan. 8, and the winners will be revealed during the Feb. 23 ceremony, which will stream live on Netflix.
One of the younger award shows on the block, the SAG Awards were established 30 years ago by what was then known as the Screen Actors Guild, the union formed in 1933 to represent film and television principal and background performers worldwide. (In 2012, SAG merged with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists to become SAG-AFTRA.) And at the onset of the first ceremony in 1995, the legendary Angela Lansbury took the stage to emphasize why the night mattered.
“Tonight is dedicated to the art and craft of acting by the people who should know about it: actors,” she told the crowd of nominees and presenters gathered at Universal Studios’ Stage 12. “And remember, you’re one too!”
In the ensuing three decades since that first ceremony, the location of the event (this year’s festivities will take place at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall) and the overall scale may have changed, but that initial edict has always remained the same.
A simple event (2018’s host, Kristen Bell, marked the ceremony’s first-ever emcee, and she’s returning to fulfill the duties this year) that traditionally eschews many of the distracting sideshows that bloat the run times of other award shows, the SAG Awards have never forgotten that this night is about actors celebrating actors. Period.
Between the night’s signature opening montage of “Actors Stories,” the yearly presentation of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (this year’s honoree: Jane Fonda), and awarding of the coveted Actor statuettes in 13 categories (15 if counting the two stunt ensemble honors announced before the show) that celebrate individual performances as well as the entire ensemble of one drama series, one comedy series, and one motion picture, the focus is squarely on the actor. (We know, we know, like they don’t get enough attention.)
And it’s that for us, by us ethos that makes this the one award show where the sappy old “It’s just an honor to be nominated” saying just might actually be true.
Before the nominees for the 2025 SAG Awards are announced, look back at which stars took home The Actor trophy last year.
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso
Bill Hader, Barry
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
WINNER: Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
WINNER: Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Uzo Aduba, Painkiller
Kathryn Hahn, Tiny Beautiful Things
Brie Larson, Lessons in Chemistry
Bel Powley, A Small Light
WINNER: Ali Wong, Beef
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Matt Bomer, Fellow Travelers
Jon Hamm, Fargo
David Oyelowo, Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Tony Shalhoub, Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie
WINNER: Steven Yeun, Beef
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Willem Dafoe, Poor Things
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
WINNER: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Penélope Cruz, Ferrari
Jodie Foster, Nyad
WINNER: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
WINNER: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Annette Bening, Nyad
WINNER:
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Brian Cox, Succession
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Matthew MacFadyen, Succession
WINNER: Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
WINNER: Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Sarah Snook, Succession
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
The Crown
The Gilded Age
The Last of Us
The Morning Show
WINNER: Succession
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary
Barry
WINNER: The Bear
Only Murders in the Building
Ted Lasso
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
American Fiction
Barbie
The Color Purple
Killers of the Flower Moon
WINNER: Oppenheimer
(This story was originally published on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, at 3 a.m. PT.)
Source: www.eonline.com