'12 Years,' 'Breaking Bad' Dominate SAG Award Nominations

UPDATED: The actors in "American Hustle," "August: Osage County," "Dallas Buyers Club" and "Lee Daniels' The Butler" will face off in the top category of best motion picture cast.

12 Years a Slave scored four nominations -- including the top honor of best cast, where it will compete with American Hustle, August: Osage County, Dallas Buyers Club and Lee Daniels' The Butler -- as nominations for the 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced Wednesday morning. August: Osage County, Dallas Buyers Club and The Butler each received three nominations, with two each going to American Hustle, Captain Phillips and Nebraska.

On the TV side, Breaking Bad scored the most nominations with four, including a stunt award nomination. 30 Rock, The Big Bang Theory, Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, Homeland and Modern Family each scored three nominations. Arrested Development, Downton Abbey, Veep, miniseries Top of the Lake and telepic Behind the Candelabra got two nominations each.

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Slave, which has been overshadowed in some of the early critics' voting, staked out a strong position among the SAG nominees, with a best actor nomination going to Chiwetel Ejiofor for playing a free man kidnapped into slavery, and supporting noms going to Michael Fassbender as a sadistic slave owner and Lupita Nyong'o as the slave woman in whom he takes a particular interest.

Other acting teams that scored with the SAG voters include Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey, who play husband and wife in The Butler; Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, who play a battling mother and daughter in August; Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto, who play two very different individuals battling AIDS in Dallas; Bruce Dern and June Squibb, who play a squabbling married couple in Nebraska; and Tom Hanks, who plays a captain whose ship is hijacked by Barkhad Abdi's pirate in Captain Phillips. In a list dominated by older, experienced actors, Abdi, making his film debut, was the newcomer.

Jennifer Lawrence, who won a SAG award at the last ceremony for her lead performance in David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook, got a supporting nom for her role in the director's new film American Hustle. And James Gandolfini, who has received three individual SAG noms for his work in The Sopranos, received a posthumous nom as a supporting film actor for his work as a divorced man ready to take another chance at love in Enough Said.

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In addition to Streep, the best actress nominees include Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine, Sandra Bullock for Gravity, Judi Dench for Philomena and Emma Thompson for Saving Mr. Banks.

Thanks to The Butler, August and Philomena, The Weinstein Co. led film distributors with seven noms. Fox Searchlight followed with five.

Among TV channels, HBO landed a leading 13 nominations, with AMC pulling in five nods. Netflix, however, followed its breakthrough Emmy performance with three SAG nominations, including one for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for Kevin Spacey in House of Cards.

With their respective acting noms, Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) and Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) set SAG Awards nomination records. Falco surpassed David Hyde Pierce's (Frasier) record for most career noms with 20, while Baldwin picked up two mentions Wednesday -- including an ensemble nom for the departed comedy -- to hit the 20 nomination mark.

Scandal star Kerry Washington continued her big year, following her Emmy nomination with her first SAG acting nom for the ABC political thriller. (She was previously part of the ensemble nomination for 2004's feature film Ray.) Other notable noms included Rob Lowe for actor in a movie or mini in National Geographic's Killing Kennedy, the cabler's first-ever SAG Award nomination. The Big Bang Theory's Mayim Bialik also broke through in the actress in a comedy category, picking up her first solo nomination to go with the show's third series mention. (The former Blossom star has earned Emmy noms in the supporting category.)

It was previously announced that Rita Moreno would receive the Life Achievement Award.

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SAG-AFTRA president Ken Howard, SAG Awards social media ambassador Sasha Alexander (TNT's Rizzoli & Isles) and Clark Gregg (ABC's Agents of SHIELD) unveiled the nominees in an announcement that was webcast live on TNT and TBS' websites.

The awards will be handed out Saturday, Jan. 18, in a ceremony to be simulcast on TNT and TBS live at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT from the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles.

A full list of nominees follows.

20th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS NOMINATIONS

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

BRUCE DERN / Woody Grant – “NEBRASKA” (Paramount Pictures)

CHIWETEL EJIOFOR / Solomon Northup – “12 YEARS A SLAVE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

TOM HANKS / Capt. Richard Phillips – “CAPTAIN PHILLIPS” (Columbia Pictures)

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY / Ron Woodroof – “DALLAS BUYERS CLUB” (Focus Features)

FOREST WHITAKER / Cecil Gaines – “LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER” (The Weinstein Company)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

CATE BLANCHETT / Jasmine – “BLUE JASMINE” (Sony Pictures Classics)

SANDRA BULLOCK / Ryan Stone – “GRAVITY” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

JUDI DENCH / Philomena Lee – “PHILOMENA” (The Weinstein Company)

MERYL STREEP / Violet Weston – “AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY” (The Weinstein Company)

EMMA THOMPSON / P.L. Travers – “SAVING MR. BANKS” (Walt Disney Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

BARKHAD ABDI / Muse – “CAPTAIN PHILLIPS” (Columbia Pictures)

DANIEL BRÜHL / Niki Lauda – “RUSH” (Universal Pictures)

MICHAEL FASSBENDER / Edwin Epps – “12 YEARS A SLAVE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

JAMES GANDOLFINI / Albert – “ENOUGH SAID” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

JARED LETO / Rayon – “DALLAS BUYERS CLUB” (Focus Features)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

JENNIFER LAWRENCE / Rosalyn Rosenfeld – “AMERICAN HUSTLE” (Columbia Pictures)

LUPITA NYONG’O / Patsey – “12 YEARS A SLAVE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

JULIA ROBERTS / Barbara Weston – “AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY” (The Weinstein Company)

JUNE SQUIBB / Kate Grant – “NEBRASKA” (Paramount Pictures)

OPRAH WINFREY / Gloria Gaines – “LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER” (The Weinstein Company)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

12 YEARS A SLAVE (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH / Ford

PAUL DANO / Tibeats

GARRET DILLAHUNT / Armsby

CHIWETEL EJIOFOR / Solomon Northup

MICHAEL FASSBENDER / Edwin Epps

PAUL GIAMATTI / Freeman

SCOOT McNAIRY / Brown

LUPITA NYONG’O / Patsey

ADEPERO ODUYE / Eliza

SARAH PAULSON / Mistress Epps

BRAD PITT / Bass

MICHAEL KENNETH WILLIAMS / Robert

ALFRE WOODARD / Mistress Shaw

AMERICAN HUSTLE (Columbia Pictures)

AMY ADAMS / Sydney Prosser

CHRISTIAN BALE / Irving Rosenfeld

LOUIS C.K. / Stoddard Thorsen

BRADLEY COOPER / Richie DiMaso

PAUL HERMAN / Alfonse Simone

JACK HUSTON / Pete Musane

JENNIFER LAWRENCE / Rosalyn Rosenfeld

ALESSANDRO NIVOLA / Federal Prosecutor

MICHAEL PEÑA / Sheik (Agent Hernandez)

JEREMY RENNER / Mayor Carmine Polito

ELISABETH RÖHM / Dolly Polito

SHEA WHIGHAM / Carl Elway

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (The Weinstein Company)

ABIGAIL BRESLIN / Jean Fordham

CHRIS COOPER / Charles Aiken

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH / “Little” Charles Aiken

JULIETTE LEWIS / Karen Weston

MARGO MARTINDALE / Mattie Fae Aiken

EWAN McGREGOR / Bill Fordham

DERMOT MULRONEY / Steve

JULIANNE NICHOLSON / Ivy Weston

JULIA ROBERTS / Barbara Weston

SAM SHEPARD / Beverly Weston

MERYL STREEP / Violet Weston

MISTY UPHAM / Johnna

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (Focus Features)

JENNIFER GARNER / Dr. Eve Saks

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY / Ron Woodroof

JARED LETO / Rayon

DENIS O’HARE / Dr. Sevard

DALLAS ROBERTS / David Wayne

STEVE ZAHN / Tucker

LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER (The Weinstein Company)

MARIAH CAREY / Hattie Pearl

JOHN CUSACK / Richard Nixon

JANE FONDA / Nancy Reagan

CUBA GOODING, JR. / Carter Wilson

TERRENCE HOWARD / Howard

LENNY KRAVITZ / James Holloway

JAMES MARSDEN / John F. Kennedy

DAVID OYELOWO / Louis Gaines

ALEX PETTYFER / Thomas Westfall

VANESSA REDGRAVE / Annabeth Westfall

ALAN RICKMAN / Ronald Reagan

LIEV SCHREIBER / Lyndon B. Johnson

FOREST WHITAKER / Cecil Gaines

ROBIN WILLIAMS / Dwight D. Eisenhower

OPRAH WINFREY / Gloria Gaines

TELEVISION PROGRAMS

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

MATT DAMON / Scott Thorson – “BEHIND THE CANDELABRA” (HBO)

MICHAEL DOUGLAS / Liberace – “BEHIND THE CANDELABRA” (HBO)

JEREMY IRONS / King Henry IV – “THE HOLLOW CROWN” (WNET/Thirteen)

ROB LOWE / John F. Kennedy – “KILLING KENNEDY” (National Geographic Channel)

AL PACINO / Phil Spector – “PHIL SPECTOR” (HBO)

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

ANGELA BASSETT / Coretta Scott King – “BETTY & CORETTA” (Lifetime)

HELENA BONHAM CARTER / Elizabeth Taylor – “BURTON AND TAYLOR” (BBC America)

HOLLY HUNTER / G.J. – “TOP OF THE LAKE” (Sundance Channel)

HELEN MIRREN / Linda Kenney Baden – “PHIL SPECTOR” (HBO)

ELISABETH MOSS / Robin Griffin – “TOP OF THE LAKE” (Sundance Channel)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson – “BOARDWALK EMPIRE” (HBO)

BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White – “BREAKING BAD” (AMC)

JEFF DANIELS / Will McAvoy – “THE NEWSROOM” (HBO)

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

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

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

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

ANNA GUNN / Skyler White – “BREAKING BAD” (AMC)

JESSICA LANGE / Fiona Goode – “AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN” (FX)

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

KERRY WASHINGTON / Olivia Pope – “SCANDAL” (ABC)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy – “30 ROCK” (NBC)

JASON BATEMAN / Michael Bluth – “ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT” (Netflix)

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

DON CHEADLE / Martin “Marty” Kaan – “HOUSE OF LIES” (Showtime)

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

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

MAYIM BIALIK / Amy Farrah Fowler – “THE BIG BANG THEORY” (CBS)

JULIE BOWEN / Claire Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)

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

TINA FEY / Liz Lemon – “30 ROCK” (NBC)

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

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)

PATRICIA ARQUETTE / Sally Wheet

MARGOT BINGHAM / Daughter Maitland

STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson

BRIAN GERAGHTY / Agent Warren Knox

STEPHEN GRAHAM / Al Capone

ERIK LA RAY HARVEY / Dunn Purnsley

JACK HUSTON / Richard Harrow

RON LIVINGSTON / Roy Phillips

DOMENICK LOMBARDOZZI / Ralph Capone

GRETCHEN MOL / Gillian Darmody

BEN ROSENFIELD / Willie Thompson

MICHAEL STUHLBARG / Arnold Rothstein

JACOB WARE / Agent Selby

SHEA WHIGHAM / Elias “Eli” Thompson

MICHAEL KENNETH WILLIAMS / “Chalky” White

JEFFREY WRIGHT / Valentin Narcisse

BREAKING BAD (AMC)

MICHAEL BOWEN / Uncle Jack

BETSY BRANDT / Marie Schrader

BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White

LAVELL CRAWFORD / Huell

TAIT FLETCHER / Lester

LAURA FRASER / Lydia Rodarte-Quale

ANNA GUNN / Skyler White

MATTHEW T. METZLER / Matt

RJ MITTE / Walter White Jr.

DEAN NORRIS / Hank Schrader

BOB ODENKIRK / Saul Goodman

AARON PAUL / Jesse Pinkman

JESSE PLEMONS / Todd

STEVEN MICHAEL QUEZADA / Gomez

KEVIN RANKIN / Kenny

PATRICK SANE / Frankie

DOWNTON ABBEY (PBS)

HUGH BONNEVILLE / Robert, Earl of Grantham

LAURA CARMICHAEL / Lady Edith Crawley

JIM CARTER / Mr. Carson

BRENDAN COYLE / John Bates

MICHELLE DOCKERY / Lady Mary Crawley

KEVIN DOYLE / Molesley

JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY / Lady Sybil Crawley

SIOBHAN FINNERAN / Sarah O’Brien

JOANNE FROGGATT / Anna Bates

ROB JAMES-COLLIER / Thomas Barrow

ALLEN LEECH / Tom Branson

PHYLLIS LOGAN / Mrs. Hughes

ELIZABETH McGOVERN / Cora, Countess of Grantham

SOPHIE McSHERA / Daisy

MATT MILNE / Alfred

LESLEY NICOL / Mrs. Patmore

AMY NUTTALL / Ethel

DAVID ROBB / Dr. Clarkson

MAGGIE SMITH / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham

ED SPELEERS / Jimmy

DAN STEVENS / Matthew Crawley

CARA THEOBOLD / Ivy

PENELOPE WILTON / Isobel Crawley

GAME OF THRONES (HBO)

ALFIE ALLEN / Theon Greyjoy

JOHN BRADLEY / Samwell Tarly

OONA CHAPLIN / Talisa Maegyr

GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE / Brienne of Tarth

EMILIA CLARKE / Daenerys Targaryen

NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU / Jaime Lannister

MACKENZIE CROOK / Orell

CHARLES DANCE / Tywin Lannister

JOE DEMPSIE / Gendry

PETER DINKLAGE / Tyrion Lannister

NATALIE DORMER / Margaery Tyrell

NATHALIE EMMANUEL / Missandei

MICHELLE FAIRLEY / Lady Catelyn Stark

JACK GLEESON / Joffrey Baratheon

IAIN GLEN / Ser Jorah Mormont

KIT HARINGTON / Jon Snow

LENA HEADEY /Cersei Lannister

ISAAC HEMPSTEAD WRIGHT / Brandon “Bran” Stark

KRISTOFER HIVJU / Tormund Giantsbane

PAUL KAYE / Thoros of Myr

SIBEL KEKILLI / Shae

ROSE LESLIE / Ygritte

RICHARD MADDEN / Robb Stark

RORY McCANN / Sandor “The Hound” Clegane

MICHAEL McELHATTON / Roose Bolton

IAN McELHINNEY / Barristan Selmy

PHILIP McGINLEY / Anguy

HANNAH MURRAY / Gilly

IWAN RHEON / Ramsay Snow

SOPHIE TURNER / Sansa Stark

CARICE VAN HOUTEN / Melisandre

MAISIE WILLIAMS / Arya Stark

HOMELAND (Showtime)

F. MURRAY ABRAHAM / Dar Adal

SARITA CHOUDHURY / Mira Berenson

CLAIRE DANES / Carrie Mathison

RUPERT FRIEND / Peter Quinn

TRACY LETTS / Sen. Andrew Lockhart

DAMIAN LEWIS / Nicholas Brody

MANDY PATINKIN / Saul Berenson

MORGAN SAYLOR / Dana Brody

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

30 ROCK (NBC)

SCOTT ADSIT / Pete Hornberger

ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy

KATRINA BOWDEN / Cerie

KEVIN BROWN / Dot Com

GRIZZ CHAPMAN / Grizz

TINA FEY / Liz Lemon

JUDAH FRIEDLANDER / Frank Rossitano

JANE KRAKOWSKI / Jenna Maroney

JOHN LUTZ / Lutz

JAMES MARSDEN / Criss

JACK McBRAYER / Kenneth Parcell

TRACY MORGAN / Tracy Jordan

KEITH POWELL / Toofer

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (Netflix)

WILL ARNETT / George Oscar “G.O.B.” Bluth II

JASON BATEMAN / Michael Bluth

JOHN BEARD / Himself

MICHAEL CERA / George-Michael Bluth

DAVID CROSS / Tobias Fünke

PORTIA DE ROSSI / Lindsay Bluth Fünke

ISLA FISHER / Rebel Alley

TONY HALE / Buster Bluth

RON HOWARD / Narrator/Himself

LIZA MINNELLI / Lucille Austero

ALIA SHAWKAT / Maeby Fünke

JEFFREY TAMBOR / George Bluth, Sr./Oscar Bluth

JESSICA WALTER / Lucille Bluth

HENRY WINKLER / Barry Zuckerkorn

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

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

VEEP (HBO)

SUFE BRADSHAW / Sue Wilson

ANNA CHLUMSKY / Amy Brookheimer

GARY COLE / Kent Davidson

KEVIN DUNN / Ben Cafferty

TONY HALE / Gary Walsh

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / Vice President Selina Meyer

REID SCOTT / Dan Egan

TIMOTHY SIMONS / Jonah Ryan

MATT WALSH / Mike McLintock

SAG AWARDS® HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

ALL IS LOST (Lionsgate)

FAST & FURIOUS 6 (Universal Pictures)

LONE SURVIVOR (Universal Pictures)

RUSH (Universal Pictures)

THE WOLVERINE (20th Century Fox)

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

BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)

BREAKING BAD (AMC)

GAME OF THRONES (HBO)

HOMELAND (Showtime)

THE WALKING DEAD (AMC)

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Screen Actors Guild 50th Annual Life Achievement Award

RITA MORENO