CODA took home the award for best film ensemble, becoming the first film with a predominantly deaf cast to receive the award. The cast — including a shocked Marlee Matlin — expressed their surprise at the win. Matlin accepted the award, ending her speech — interpreted by a sign-language interpreter — by using the sign for “I love you” to the audience and SAG-AFTRA voters.
Earlier in the night, CODA scored another historic win. After becoming the first deaf actor to score an individual nomination earlier this year, Troy Kotsur became the first deaf actor to win a SAG Award, taking home the best supporting actor trophy in the first award of the night. Using a sign-language interpreter, he professed his love to his wife, seated in the audience, and joked that his daughter can’t use the statuette to hold his jewelry.
Meanwhile, Will Smith was overcome with emotion after being announced as the best actor in a leading role. “That may have been one of the greatest moments of my career just now because my name was called for King Richard while sitting by Venus Williams,” whose dad Smith portrayed in the film.
Likewise, Jessica Chastain won the best actress in a film for her role in The Eyes of Tammy Faye and expressed her own surprise at the podium, noting she’d worked on the project for 10 years and hoped she’d made a project that Tammy Faye Bakker, whom Chastain portrayed, would be proud of, calling her a trailblazer.
Ariana DeBose won the award for best-supporting actress for West Side Story, calling the film a great cinematic experience and thanking director Steven Spielberg in her speech.
On the TV side, Jason Sudeikis won best leading actor and Jean Smart won best leading actress for their roles in the comedy series Ted Lasso and Hacks, respectively, mirroring their wins from the Emmys in September. Ted Lasso also took home the win for best comedy series ensemble, the equivalent of the Emmys’ best comedy series award, which the show also won in September. Succession, which was not eligible for the Emmys in September, won the award for best drama series ensemble.
A visibly shocked Lee Jung-jae was named best actor in a drama series for Squid Game, beating out the likes of Succession’s Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin and Jeremy Strong, and The Morning Show’s Billy Crudup. He said it was a truly great moment for him and he couldn’t even get to his prepared speech as he was so surprised. Later in the show, his co-star, Jung Ho-yeon, won the award for best actress in a drama series and was equally surprised, giving an emotional speech and thanking the other actors in the room for having been her inspiration.
The broadcast aired on TNT and TBS from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. (It also will be available Monday on HBO Max for the first time.)
Opening the ceremony were Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Leslie Odom Jr., all of whom were part of the original Broadway cast of Hamilton.
Film categories:
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
CODA — Eugenio Derbez, Daniel Durant, Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (WINNER)
Belfast — Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Jude Hill, Ciarán Hinds, Colin Morgan
Don’t Look Up — Cate Blanchett, Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ariana Grande, Jonah Hill, Jennifer Lawrence, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Mescudi, Rob Morgan, Himesh Patel, Ron Perlman, Tyler Perry, Mark Rylance, Meryl Streep
House of Gucci — Adam Driver, Lady Gaga, Salma Hayek, Jack Huston, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto, Al Pacino
King Richard — Jon Bernthal, Aunjanue Ellis, Tony Goldwyn, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Will Smith
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) (WINNER)
Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
Lady Gaga (House of Gucci)
Jennifer Hudson (Respect)
Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Will Smith (King Richard) (WINNER)
Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick … Boom!)
Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) (WINNER)
Caitriona Balfe (Belfast)
Cate Blanchett (Nightmare Alley)
Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
Ruth Negga (Passing)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Troy Kotsur (CODA) (WINNER)
Ben Affleck (The Tender Bar)
Bradley Cooper (Licorice Pizza)
Jared Leto (House of Gucci)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
No Time to Die (WINNER)
Black Widow
Dune
The Matrix: Resurrections
Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
TV categories:
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Succession — Nicholas Braun, Juliana Canfield, Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, Dagmara Dominczyk, Peter Friedman, Jihae, Justine Lupe, Matthew Macfadyen, Dasha Nekrasova, Scott Nicholson, David Rasche, Alan Ruck, J. Smith-Cameron, Sarah Snook, Fisher Stevens, Jeremy Strong, Zoë Winters (WINNER)
The Handmaid’s Tale — Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Amanda Brugel, Ann Dowd, O-T Fagbenle, Joseph Fiennes, Sam Jaeger, Max Minghella, Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Bradley Whitford, Samira Wiley
The Morning Show — Jennifer Aniston, Shari Belafonte, Eli Bildner, Nestor Carbonell, Steve Carell, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Amber Friendly, Janina Gavankar, Valeria Golino, Tara Karsian, Hannah Leder, Greta Lee, Julianna Margulies, Joe Marinelli, Michelle Meredith, Ruairi O’Connor,Joe Pacheco, Karen Pittman, Victoria Tate, Desean K. Terry, Reese Witherspoon
Squid Game — Heo Sung-Tae, Jun Young-Soo, Jung Ho-Yeon, Kim Joo-Ryoung, Lee Byung-Hun, Lee Jung-Jae, Oh Young-Soo, Park Hae-Soo, Anupam Tripathi, Wi Ha-Jun
Yellowstone — Kelsey Asbille, Wes Bentley, Ryan Bingham, Gil Birmingham, Ian Bohen, Eden Brolin, Kevin Costner, Hugh Dillon, Luke Grimes, Hassie Harrison, Cole Hauser, Jen Landon, Finn Little, Brecken Merrill, Will Patton, Piper Perabo, Kelly Reilly, Denim Richards, Taylor Sheridan, Forrie J. Smith, Jefferson White
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game) (WINNER)
Brian Cox (Succession)
Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Jeremy Strong (Succession)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Jung Ho-yeon (Squid Game) (WINNER)
Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show)
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Sarah Snook (Succession)
Reese Witherspoon (The Morning Show)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Ted Lasso — Annette Badland, Kola Bokinni, Phil Dunster, Cristo Fernández, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Toheeb Jimoh, Nick Mohammed, Sarah Niles, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Swift, Juno Temple, Hannah Waddingham (WINNER)
The Great — Julian Barratt, Belinda Bromilow, Sacha Dhawan, Elle Fanning, Phoebe Fox, Bayo Gbadamosi, Adam Godley, Douglas Hodge, Nicholas Hoult, Florence Keith-Roach, Gwilym Lee, Charity Wakefield
Hacks — Rose Abdoo, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Paul W. Downs, Hannah Einbinder, Mark Indelicato, Poppy Liu, Chris McDonald, Jean Smart, Megan Stalter
The Kominsky Method — Jenna Lyng Adams, Sarah Baker, Casey Thomas Brown, Michael Douglas, Lisa Edelstein, Ashleigh Lathrop, Emily Osment, Haley Joel Osment, Paul Reiser, Graham Rogers, Melissa Tang, Kathleen Turner
Only Murders in the Building — Aaron Dominguez, Selena Gomez, Jackie Hoffman, Jayne Houdyshell, Steve Martin, Amy Ryan, Martin Short
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso) (WINNER)
Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)
Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)
Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)
Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Jean Smart (Hacks) (WINNER)
Elle Fanning (The Great)
Sandra Oh (The Chair)
Juno Temple (Ted Lasso)
Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Michael Keaton (Dopesick) (WINNER)
Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus)
Oscar Isaac (Scenes From a Marriage)
Ewan McGregor (Halston)
Evan Peters (Mare of Easttown)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown) (WINNER)
Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)
Cynthia Erivo (Genius: Aretha)
Margaret Qualley (Maid)
Jean Smart (Mare of Easttown)
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
Squid Game (WINNER)
Cobra Kai
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Loki
Mare of Easttown
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