Screen Actors Guild Awards

The Screen Actors Guild Awards are annual honors presented by SAG-AFTRA members for outstanding performances in film and television, including ensemble casts.

SAG-AFTRA: SAG-AFTRA is a United States labor union representing performers and other media professionals. Its eligible members vote for the awards and the union presents them.
Screen Actors Guild: The Screen Actors Guild was a United States labor union for film and television performers, founded in 1933. The awards began as an initiative of this performers’ union.
Academy Awards: The Academy Awards are annual honors for achievement in motion pictures, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Shared acting nominees and winners make the awards a notable point of comparison during Oscar season.
Individual acting award: An individual acting award recognizes one performer’s work in a production. The awards balance individual honors with a distinctive prize for cast performance.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: A Screen Actors Guild Award honoring the combined performances of a motion-picture cast. This ensemble category is one of the ceremony’s most prominent film honors.
SAG Awards (1995): The first Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony, held in 1995 to honor performances from 1994. The inaugural ceremony established the awards’ annual format.
Primetime Emmy Awards: The Primetime Emmy Awards honor excellence in United States primetime television programming. Their television acting categories overlap with the SAG Awards’ recognition of TV performances.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards: The Critics' Choice Movie Awards are film honors voted on by members of the Critics Choice Association. Critics, rather than performers in a union, select these winners.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: A Screen Actors Guild Award recognizing an individual male actor’s leading performance in a film. It illustrates how film acting awards distinguish individual performances by role.
SAG-AFTRA merger: The 2012 merger of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. The merger made SAG-AFTRA the union behind the continuing awards.

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