Racking up scores of Best
Supporting Actor nods from critics» groups and the Golden Globes, it seemed inevitable that the Academy would recognize Sarsgaard, but he was passed over.
Not exact matches
It was nominated for Best Drama but surprisingly missed out in Best Screenplay and Best Director (and only one of its two Best
Supporting Actors got a
nod instead of the two - fer
from some other groups).
What You Need To Know: On the slim off - chance that you've heard none of the deafening buzz surrounding Steve McQueen «s «Hunger» and «Shame» follow - up (which also stars Michael Fassbender), let's get to it: by all accounts (our own included), lead Chiwetel Ejiofor is anything
from a good bet to a surefire winner for this year's Best
Actor Oscar, with the film itself a likely player in the Best Picture race and any number of the other
actors (Fassbender foremost among them) potentially primed for
Supporting Actor nod.
Sure, there were those who expected more
from Nightcrawler, which had been mooted for leading
actor and
supporting actress
nods for Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo, respectively, but Gyllenhaal can in any case console himself with some of the career - best raves he has been gathering in New York this week following his Broadway debut Tuesday night opposite Ruth Wilson in Englishman Nick Payne's Constellations.
Garfield, in particular, was probably a few votes away
from a «Best
Supporting Actor»
nod for his piercingly heartfelt work in The Social Network.
That same day, Roberts hit New York City's Ziegfield Theatre for the premiere of «August: Osage County,» which earned the red - haired superstar
supporting actress
nods from the Screen
Actors Guild and the Golden Globes when nominations were announced this week.
Over in the TV categories, the ceremony bid an enthusiastic hello to the new Netflix wrestling comedy GLOW, awarding it four total
nods — including best ensemble for a comedy series and best stunt ensemble — while four individual
actors from Big Little Lies were given individual nominations — another strong showing for HBO's hit mini-series, especially since the Screen Actors Guild does not separate supporting performances from leading ones in its TV categ
actors from Big Little Lies were given individual nominations — another strong showing for HBO's hit mini-series, especially since the Screen
Actors Guild does not separate supporting performances from leading ones in its TV categ
Actors Guild does not separate
supporting performances
from leading ones in its TV categories.
The period movie, about a free black man
from New York who is abducted and sold into slavery, has landed filmmaker Steve McQueen a
nod for Best Director, while Chiwetel Ejiofor is shortlisted for Best Male Lead, and Michael Fassbender and Lupita Nyong» o will compete in the
supporting actor and actress categories, respectively.