Journalism drama “Spotlight” won the SAG film ensemble cast award in a night that was dominated by diverse winners.

“Spotlight,” the story of the Boston Globe’s investigation into pedophile priests, won the cast award over “Beasts of No Nation,” “The Big Short,” “Straight Outta Compton” and “Trumbo.” Demi Moore presented the trophy at the conclusion of ceremonies at the Shrine Auditorium.

Solidifying his frontrunner status, Leonardo DiCaprio won the SAG Award for best actor for “The Revenant” for his role as a fur trapper bent on revenge. He thanked the actors who came before him, adding, “We stand on the shoulders of giants.”

SAG voters have backed the last 11 winners of the best actor Oscar, including Eddie Redmayne last year for “The Theory of Everything.”

Brie Larson won the best actress for her role as a tormented mother in “Room” caring for a small boy, played by Jacob Tremblay. She said the part taught her about loving a child.

“When you share your vulnerabilities, it’s a way of connecting with the world,” she added.

In a rebuke to the all-white Oscar nominations in the acting categories, Idris Elba won the supporting actor SAG Award for “Beasts of No Nation,” along with a second award for his role in “Luther” in the TV movie/miniseries category.

“Welcome to diverse TV,” he said in his acceptance speech.

The awards were based on voting by the 116,741 dues-current SAG-AFTRA members. Balloting was open during the #OscarsSoWhite backlash and closed Friday.

Diversity continued to rule with Netflix’s multi-racial “Orange is the New Black” taking two awards and transgender-themed titles “Transparent” and “The Danish Girl” winning trophies. Viola Davis won the female drama series award for “How to Get Away with Murder” for the second year in a row.

The win for “Spotlight” gives the Open Road release significant momentum as the awards season heads into its final weeks. “The Big Short” won the Producers Guild of America’s Darryl F. Zanuck Award for top movie a week ago.

The winner of the SAG ensemble trophy has matched the Oscar best picture winner just ten times in 20 years. “Birdman” won the SAG and best picture awards last year while “American Hustle” won the SAG cast award and was shut out at the Oscars two years ago. “Argo” won both awards three years ago.

Actors are by far the largest branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with nearly 20% of the 6,856 members.

Elba said of “Beasts of No Nation” in his acceptance speech, “We made a film about real people and real lives. Thank you for giving this film some love.”

Elba did not receive an Oscar nomination for the “Beasts” role — one of the most widely cited reasons why there was a strong negative reaction to the 20 acting Oscar nominations going only to white actors on Jan. 14.

Elba, who portrayed a commandant in a brutal African conflict, won over Christian Bale for “The Big Short,” Mark Rylance for “Bridge of Spies,” Michael Shannon for “99 Homes” and Jacob Tremblay for “Room.”

On receiving the second award as an obsessive — and self-destructive — detective chief inspector for BBC America’s “Luther,” Elba said, “Two awards — I don’t know what to say” after thanking the producing team behind the crime drama.

Alicia Vikander won the SAG Award for her supporting actress role in “The Danish Girl.” In what’s regarded as one of the closest categories, Vikander topped Rooney Mara for “Carol,” Rachel McAdams for “Spotlight,” Helen Mirren for “Trumbo” and Kate Winslet for “Steve Jobs.”

The SAG Awards has been a strong indicator of the individual Oscar acting categories. The four awards have matched in the past three years but that won’t be case in the supporting category this year with Elba’s win of a SAG Award.

“Orange is the New Black” dominated the comedy series trophies at the SAG Awards, winning the ensemble cast and the female actor award for Uzo Aduba.

Netflix’s wins for “Orange is the New Black” and Aduba mark the second year in a row that the show has taken those categories. The streaming service also boasted winner Kevin Spacey, who won best actor in a drama series for “House of Cards” for the second year in a row.

“Downtown Abbey” won the drama series cast award for the second year in a row.

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

SPOTLIGHT (Open Road Films) (WINNER)

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





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

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

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

DOWNTON ABBEY (Masterpiece/PBS) (WINNER)

HUGH BONNEVILLE / Robert, Earl of Grantham

LAURA CARMICHAEL / Lady Edith Crawley

JIM CARTER / Mr. Carson

RAQUEL CASSIDY / Baxter

BRENDAN COYLE / Mr. Bates

TOM CULLEN / Anthony Gillingham

MICHELLE DOCKERY / Lady Mary Crawley

KEVIN DOYLE / Mr. Molesley

JOANNE FROGGATT / Anna Bates

LILY JAMES / Lady Rose

ROBERT JAMES-COLLIER / Thomas Barrow

ALLEN LEECH / Tom Branson

PHYLLIS LOGAN / Mrs. Hughes

ELIZABETH McGOVERN / Cora, Countess of Grantham

SOPHIE McSHERA / Daisy

LESLEY NICOL / Mrs. Patmore

JULIAN OVENDEN / Charles Blake

DAVID ROBB / Dr. Clarkson

MAGGIE SMITH / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham

PENELOPE WILTON / Isobel Crawley

GAME OF THRONES (HBO)

ALFIE ALLEN / Theon Greyjoy

IAN BEATTIE / Ser Meryn Trant

JOHN BRADLEY / Samwell Tarly

GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE / Brienne of Tarth

EMILIA CLARKE / Daenerys Targaryen

MICHAEL CONDRON / Bowen Marsh

NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU / Jaime Lannister

BEN CROMPTON / Dolorous Edd

LIAM CUNNINGHAM / Ser Davos Seaworth

STEPHEN DILLANE / Stannis Baratheon

PETER DINKLAGE / Tyrion Lannister

NATHALIE EMMANUEL / Missandei

TARA FITZGERALD / Selyse Baratheon

JEROME FLYNN / Bronn

BRIAN FORTUNE / Othell Yarwyck

JOEL FRY / Hizdahr Zo Loraq

AIDAN GILLEN / Littlefinger Petyr Baelish

IAIN GLEN / Ser Jorah Mormont

KIT HARINGTON / Jon Snow

LENA HEADEY / Cersei Lannister

MICHIEL HUISMAN / Daario Naharis

HANNAH MURRAY / Gilly

BRENOCK O’CONNOR / Olly

DANIEL PORTMAN / Podrick Payne

IWAN RHEON / Ramsay Snow

OWEN TEALE / Ser Alliser Thorne

SOPHIE TURNER / Sansa Stark

CARICE VAN HOUTEN / Melisandre

MAISIE WILLIAMS / Arya Stark

TOM WLASCHIHA / Jaqen H’ghar

HOMELAND (Showtime)

F. MURRAY ABRAHAM / Dar Adal

ATHEER ADEL / Numan

CLAIRE DANES / Carrie Mathison

ALEXANDER FEHLING / Jonas Hollander

RUPERT FRIEND / Peter Quinn

NINA HOSS / Astrid

RENÉ IFRAH / Bibi

MARK IVANIR / Ivan Krupin

SEBASTIAN KOCH / Otto Dűring

MIRANDA OTTO / Allison Carr

MANDY PATINKIN / Saul Berenson

SARAH SOKOLOVIC / Laura Sutton

HOUSE OF CARDS (Netflix)

MAHERSHALA ALI / Remy Danton

DEREK CECIL / Seth Grayson

NATHAN DARROW / Edward Meechum

MICHAEL KELLY / Doug Stamper

ELIZABETH MARVEL / Heather Dunbar

MOLLY PARKER / Jackie Sharp

JIMMI SIMPSON / Gavin Orsay

KEVIN SPACEY / Francis Underwood

PAUL SPARKS / Thomas Yates

ROBIN WRIGHT / Claire Underwood

MAD MEN (AMC)

SOLA BAMIS / Shirley

STEPHANIE DRAKE / Meredith

JAY R. FERGUSON / Stan Rizzo

BRUCE GREENWOOD / Richard Burghoff

JON HAMM / Don Draper

CHRISTINA HENDRICKS / Joan Harris

JANUARY JONES / Betty Francis

VINCENT KARTHEISER / Pete Campbell

ELISABETH MOSS / Peggy Olson

KEVIN RAHM / Ted Chaough

KIERNAN SHIPKA / Sally Draper

JOHN SLATTERY / Roger Sterling

RICH SOMMER / Harry Crane

AARON STATON / Ken Cosgrove

MASON VALE COTTON / Bobby Draper

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (Netflix) (WINNER)

UZO ADUBA / Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren

MIKE BIRBIGLIA / Danny Pearson

MARSHA STEPHANIE BLAKE / Berdie Rogers

DANIELLE BROOKS / Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson

LAVERNE COX / Sophia Burset

JACKIE CRUZ / Marisol “Flaca” Gonzales

CATHERINE CURTIN / Wanda Bell

LEA DELARIA / Carrie “Big Boo” Black

BETH FOWLER / Sister Jane Ingalls

JOEL MARSH GARLAND / Scott O’Neill

KIMIKO GLENN / Brook Soso

ANNIE GOLDEN / Norma Romano

DIANE GUERRERO / Maritza Ramos

MICHAEL J. HARNEY / Sam Healy

VICKY JEUDY / Janae Watson

SELENIS LEYVA / Gloria Mendoza

TARYN MANNING / Tiffany “Pennsatucky” Doggett

ADRIENNE C. MOORE / Black Cindy

KATE MULGREW / Galina “Red” Reznikov

EMMA MYLES / Leanne Taylor

MATT PETERS / Joel Luschek

LORI PETTY / Lolly Whitehill

JESSICA PIMENTEL / Maria Ruiz

DASCHA POLANCO / Dayanara Diaz

LAURA PREPON / Alex Vause

ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ / Aleida Diaz

RUBY ROSE / Stella Carlin

NICK SANDOW / Joe Caputo

ABIGAIL SAVAGE / Gina

TAYLOR SCHILLING / Piper Chapman

CONSTANCE SHULMAN / Yoga Jones

DALE SOULES / Frieda

YAEL STONE / Lorna Morello

SAMIRA WILEY / Poussey Washington

THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS)

MAYIM BIALIK / Amy Farrah Fowler

KALEY CUOCO / Penny

JOHNNY GALECKI / Leonard Hofstadter

SIMON HELBERG / Howard Wolowitz

KUNAL NAYYAR / Rajesh Koothrappali

JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper

MELISSA RAUCH / Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz

KEY & PEELE (Comedy Central)

KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY / Various Characters

JORDAN PEELE / Various Characters

MODERN FAMILY (ABC)

JULIE BOWEN / Claire Dunphy

TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy

AUBREY ANDERSON EMMONS / Lily Tucker-Pritchett

JESSE TYLER FERGUSON / Mitchell Pritchett

NOLAN GOULD / Luke Dunphy

SARAH HYLAND / Haley Dunphy

ED O’NEILL / Jay Pritchett

RICO RODRIGUEZ / Manny Delgado

ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron Tucker

SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett

ARIEL WINTER / Alex Dunphy

TRANSPARENT (Amazon)

ALEXANDRA BILLINGS / Davina Rejennae

CARRIE BROWNSTEIN / Syd Feldman

JAY DUPLASS / Josh Pfefferman

KATHRYN HAHN / Raquel Fein

GABY HOFFMANN / Ali Pfefferman

CHERRY JONES / Leslie Mackinaw

AMY LANDECKER / Sarah Pfefferman

JUDITH LIGHT / Shelly Pfefferman

HARI NEF / Gittel/Gerson

EMILY ROBINSON / Rose Boymelgreen

JEFFREY TAMBOR / Maura Pfefferman

VEEP (HBO)

DIEDRICH BADER / Bill Ericsson

SUFE BRADSHAW / Sue Wilson

ANNA CHLUMSKY / Amy Brookheimer

GARY COLE / Kent Davidson

KEVIN DUNN / Ben Cafferty

TONY HALE / Gary Walsh

HUGH LAURIE / Tom James

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / President Selina Meyer

PHIL REEVES / Doyle

SAM RICHARDSON / Richard

REID SCOTT / Dan Egan

TIMOTHY SIMONS / Jonah Ryan

SARAH SUTHERLAND / Catherine

MATT WALSH / Mike McLintock

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

BRIE LARSON / Ma – “ROOM” (A24) (WINNER)

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

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 Leading Role

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

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

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

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 Drama Series

VIOLA DAVIS / Annalise Keating – “HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER” (ABC) (WINNER)

CLAIRE DANES / Carrie Mathison – “HOMELAND” (Showtime)

JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick – “THE GOOD WIFE” (CBS)

MAGGIE SMITH / Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham – “DOWNTON ABBEY” (Masterpiece/PBS)

ROBIN WRIGHT / Claire Underwood – “HOUSE OF CARDS” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

KEVIN SPACEY / Francis Underwood – “HOUSE OF CARDS” (Netflix) (WINNER)

PETER DINKLAGE / Tyrion Lannister – “GAME OF THRONES” (HBO)

JON HAMM / Don Draper – “MAD MEN” (AMC)

RAMI MALEK / Elliot – “MR. ROBOT” (USA Network)

BOB ODENKIRK / Jimmy McGill – “BETTER CALL SAUL” (AMC)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

JEFFREY TAMBOR / Maura Pfefferman – “TRANSPARENT” (Amazon) (WINNER)

TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)

LOUIS C.K. / Louie – “LOUIE” (FX Networks)

WILLIAM H. MACY / Frank – “SHAMELESS” (Showtime)

JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper – “THE BIG BANG THEORY” (CBS)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

UZO ADUBA / Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren – “ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK” (Netflix) (WINNER)

EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton – “NURSE JACKIE” (Showtime)

ELLIE KEMPER / Kimmy Schmidt – “UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT” (Netflix)

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / President Selina Meyer – “VEEP” (HBO)

AMY POEHLER / Leslie Knope – “PARKS AND RECREATION” (NBC)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

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

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

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

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

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

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

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

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

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 Television Movie or Miniseries

QUEEN LATIFAH / Bessie Smith – “BESSIE” (HBO) (WINNER)

NICOLE KIDMAN / Grace – “GRACE OF MONACO” (Lifetime)

CHRISTINA RICCI / Lizzie Borden – “THE LIZZIE BORDEN CHRONICLES” (Lifetime)

SUSAN SARANDON / Gladys Mortenson – “THE SECRET LIFE OF MARILYN MONROE” (Lifetime)

KRISTEN WIIG / Delores DeWinter – “THE SPOILS BEFORE DYING” (IFC)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

IDRIS ELBA / DCI John Luther – “LUTHER” (BBC America) (WINNER)

BEN KINGSLEY / Grand Vizier Ay – “TUT” (Spike)

RAY LIOTTA / Lorca/Tom Mitchell – “TEXAS RISING” (History)

BILL MURRAY / Himself – “A VERY MURRAY CHRISTMAS” (Netflix)

MARK RYLANCE / Thomas Cromwell – “WOLF HALL” (Masterpiece/PBS)

SAG AWARDS® HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

“MAD MAX: FURY ROAD” (Warner Bros. Pictures) (WINNER)

“EVEREST” (Universal Pictures)

“FURIOUS 7” (Universal Pictures)

“JURASSIC WORLD” (Universal Pictures)

“MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION” (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series

“GAME OF THRONES” (HBO) (WINNER)

“THE BLACKLIST” (NBC)

“HOMELAND” (Showtime)

“MARVEL’S DAREDEVIL” (Netflix)

“THE WALKING DEAD” (AMC)