Screen Actors Guild Award
The Actor Statuette
Awarded for	Excellence in film and television by members of the Screen Actors Guild
Presented by	Screen Actors Guild
Country	United States
First awarded	1995
Official website	http://www.sagawards.org/

A Screen Actors Guild Award (also known as a SAG Award) is an accolade given by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) to recognize outstanding performances by its members. The statuette given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called "The Actor".^[1] It is 16 inches tall, weighs over 12 pounds, cast in solid bronze, and produced by the American Fine Arts Foundry in Burbank, California.^[2]

SAG Awards have been one of the major awards events in Hollywood since 1995. Nominations for the awards come from 4200 randomly selected members of the union, with the full membership (120,000 as of 2007) available to vote for the winners. The awards have been televised for the past several years on TNT, but now also airs on TBS.

The inaugural SAG Awards aired live on February 25, 1995 from Stage 12, Universal Studios. The second SAG awards aired live from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, while subsequent awards have been held at the Shrine Exposition Center.^[3] Bob Hope was given the first award.

List of nominees and winners[link]

• For the year 2011, held in 2012 - 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• For the year 2010, held in 2011 – 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• For the year 2009, held in 2010 – 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• For the year 2008, held in 2009 – 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• For the year 2007, held in 2008 – 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• For the year 2006, held in 2007 – 13th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• For the year 2005, held in 2006 – 12th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• For the year 2004, held in 2005 – 11th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• For the year 2003, held in 2004 – 10th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• For the year 2002, held in 2003 – 9th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• For the year 2001, held in 2002 – 8th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• For the year 2000, held in 2001 – 7th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• For the year 1999, held in 2000 – 6th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• For the year 1998, held in 1999 – 5th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• For the year 1997, held in 1998 – 4th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• For the year 1996, held in 1997 – 3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards
• For the year 1995, held in 1996 – 2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards
• For the year 1994, held in 1995 – 1st Screen Actors Guild Awards

Awards[link]

Film awards[link]

• Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
• Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
• Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
• Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Television awards[link]

• Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
• Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
• Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
• Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
• Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
• Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series

Life Achievement Awards[link]

• Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

Superlatives[link]

Most wins[link]

(minimum of 2 awards)

These are the artists and shows that have received the most awards over the years, including all awards up to 2012.

• Julianna Margulies has won more awards than any other artist, with eight. Margulies has two for Outstanding Female Television Actress-Drama for ER, two for Outstanding Female TV Actress - Drama for The Good Wife and four for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series also for ER.
• Alec Baldwin is notable for winning 'Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor - Comedy' for 30 Rock six years in a row from 2007 to 2012. With a Ensemble Award for the show as well this brings his total wins to seven.
• Allison Janney has won six SAG Awards: two for Outstanding Female in a Drama Series for The West Wing, two for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series also for The West Wing, and two for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture for American Beauty and The Help.
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, and Edie Falco all have won five SAG Awards. Louis-Dreyfus has won two for Outstanding Female in a Comedy Series for Seinfeld and three for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series also for Seinfeld. Gandolfini won three awards for Outstanding Male in a Drama Series for The Sopranos, and two for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series, also for The Sopranos. Edie Falco won three awards for Outstanding Female in a Drama Series for The Sopranos and two for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series, also for The Sopranos.
• Megan Mullally and Tina Fey have won the Outstanding Female in a Comedy Series award more times than any other actress, with three wins apiece.
• James Gandolfini has won the Outstanding Male in a Drama Series three times, while Edie Falco has won the Outstanding Female in a Drama Series three times.
• Martin Sheen has won 4 for his work on The West Wing; two for Outstanding Male Television Actor in a Drama and another two along with the cast of The West Wing for Best Ensemble.
• Steve Buscemi, Anthony Edwards, Dennis Franz, Hugh Laurie, Martin Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland have all won the Outstanding Male Television Actor-Drama Award twice.
• John Lithgow and Tony Shalhoub have both won the Outstanding Male Television Actor-Comedy Award twice.
• ER has won the Outstanding Ensemble-Drama Award 4 times.
• The comedy Seinfeld has won the Outstanding Ensemble-Comedy Award 3 times
• Helen Mirren, Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones have won 3 SAG Film Awards (Zellweger: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role 2004 - Cold Mountain, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role 2003 - Chicago and Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture 2003 - Chicago).
• Jerry Orbach posthumously won a SAG Award for his role in Law & Order in 2005.
• David Hyde Pierce, with 19 nominations, has more than any other performer. He himself has won twice (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series in 1996, and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2000, for his role as Niles Crane in the comedy Frasier.
• Rainn Wilson and Mark Moses are the only people to win for both Ensemble in a Comedy Series (Wilson for The Office in 2007 and 2008, Moses for Desperate Housewives in 2005 and 2006) and Ensemble in a Drama Series (Wilson for Six Feet Under in 2003, Moses for Mad Men in 2009).

Most nominations[link]

(Minimum of 10 nominations)