In one of film and television’s biggest nights, a new group of world-class actors and actresses were celebrated at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards held in Santa Monica, California on February 27, 2022. The award show’s 28th program gave due recognition to historic and record-breaking winners from deaf ensemble actors to stars of the South Korean hit series Squid Game amidst a large pool of nominated A-list Hollywood celebrities.
The Apple TV+ film CODA won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, beating out major films like Netflix’s Don’t Look Up and Universal Pictures’ House of Gucci. CODA is now the first film with a predominantly deaf cast to win the award, and the first film with American Sign Language (ASL) as its prominent language to claim the prestigious recognition.
Troy Kotsur, one of CODA’s supporting actors, also took home the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role award, making him the first deaf actor to be nominated for and win the award. While accepting the first award of the night with his sign language interpreter, Kotsur declared his love for his wife and joked about his daughter not being allowed to use the SAG trophy as a jewelry display.
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Meanwhile, Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon won the Outstanding Male and Female Actor in a Drama Series awards, respectively. Lee was so surprised by his win that he couldn’t get to the speech he had prepared, while the teary-eyed Jung expressed her adoration for her Squid Game peers and recalled watching the biggest stars in the crowd on the big screen back in the day and dreaming of becoming an actor.
Lee and Jung are the first actors from Asia to win the prestigious awards, also making Squid Game the first non-English language TV series to win at the SAG Awards. The series also won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series.
West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose won Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, making her the first Afro-Latina and openly-queer woman of color to win the award. DeBose thanked the SAG-AFTRA for recognizing her work in acting while acknowledging her roots as a Broadway performer and dancer.
Will Smith bagged the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role award for his portrayal of the titular role in the biographical drama film King Richard. “That may have been one of the greatest moments of my career just now, because my name was called for King Richard sitting next to Venus Williams,” Smith expressed his delight in winning the award in the presence of Williams’ daughter, who served as an executive producer of the movie, alongside sister Serena Williams.
Other winners include The Eyes of Tammy Faye’s Jessica Chastain (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role), Ted Lasso’s Jason Sudeikis (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series), Hacks’ Jean Smart (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series), and Dopesick’s Michael Keaton (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series), who, while holding back tears, dedicated his win on a show about America’s struggle with opioid addiction to his nephew, who has passed away in 2016 after an accidental drug overdose.
Here is the complete list of winners of the 28th SAG Awards:
FILM:
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
CODA — Eugenio Derbez, Daniel Durant, Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (WINNER)
Belfast — Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Jude Hill, Ciarán Hinds, Colin Morgan
Don’t Look Up — Cate Blanchett, Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ariana Grande, Jonah Hill, Jennifer Lawrence, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Mescudi, Rob Morgan, Himesh Patel, Ron Perlman, Tyler Perry, Mark Rylance, Meryl Streep
House of Gucci — Adam Driver, Lady Gaga, Salma Hayek, Jack Huston, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto, Al Pacino
King Richard — Jon Bernthal, Aunjanue Ellis, Tony Goldwyn, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Will Smith
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) (WINNER)
Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
Lady Gaga (House of Gucci)
Jennifer Hudson (Respect)
Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Will Smith (King Richard) (WINNER)
Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick … Boom!)
Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) (WINNER)
Caitriona Balfe (Belfast)
Cate Blanchett (Nightmare Alley)
Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
Ruth Negga (Passing)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Troy Kotsur (CODA) (WINNER)
Ben Affleck (The Tender Bar)
Bradley Cooper (Licorice Pizza)
Jared Leto (House of Gucci)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
No Time to Die (WINNER)
Black Widow
Dune
The Matrix: Resurrections
Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
TELEVISION:
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Succession — Nicholas Braun, Juliana Canfield, Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, Dagmara Dominczyk, Peter Friedman, Jihae, Justine Lupe, Matthew Macfadyen, Dasha Nekrasova, Scott Nicholson, David Rasche, Alan Ruck, J. Smith-Cameron, Sarah Snook, Fisher Stevens, Jeremy Strong, Zoë Winters (WINNER)
The Handmaid’s Tale — Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Amanda Brugel, Ann Dowd, O-T Fagbenle, Joseph Fiennes, Sam Jaeger, Max Minghella, Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Bradley Whitford, Samira Wiley
The Morning Show — Jennifer Aniston, Shari Belafonte, Eli Bildner, Nestor Carbonell, Steve Carell, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Amber Friendly, Janina Gavankar, Valeria Golino, Tara Karsian, Hannah Leder, Greta Lee, Julianna Margulies, Joe Marinelli, Michelle Meredith, Ruairi O’Connor,Joe Pacheco, Karen Pittman, Victoria Tate, Desean K. Terry, Reese Witherspoon
Squid Game — Heo Sung-Tae, Jun Young-Soo, Jung Ho-Yeon, Kim Joo-Ryoung, Lee Byung-Hun, Lee Jung-Jae, Oh Young-Soo, Park Hae-Soo, Anupam Tripathi, Wi Ha-Jun
Yellowstone — Kelsey Asbille, Wes Bentley, Ryan Bingham, Gil Birmingham, Ian Bohen, Eden Brolin, Kevin Costner, Hugh Dillon, Luke Grimes, Hassie Harrison, Cole Hauser, Jen Landon, Finn Little, Brecken Merrill, Will Patton, Piper Perabo, Kelly Reilly, Denim Richards, Taylor Sheridan, Forrie J. Smith, Jefferson White
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game) (WINNER)
Brian Cox (Succession)
Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Jeremy Strong (Succession)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Jung Ho-yeon (Squid Game) (WINNER)
Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show)
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Sarah Snook (Succession)
Reese Witherspoon (The Morning Show)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Ted Lasso — Annette Badland, Kola Bokinni, Phil Dunster, Cristo Fernández, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Toheeb Jimoh, Nick Mohammed, Sarah Niles, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Swift, Juno Temple, Hannah Waddingham (WINNER)
The Great — Julian Barratt, Belinda Bromilow, Sacha Dhawan, Elle Fanning, Phoebe Fox, Bayo Gbadamosi, Adam Godley, Douglas Hodge, Nicholas Hoult, Florence Keith-Roach, Gwilym Lee, Charity Wakefield
Hacks — Rose Abdoo, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Paul W. Downs, Hannah Einbinder, Mark Indelicato, Poppy Liu, Chris McDonald, Jean Smart, Megan Stalter
The Kominsky Method — Jenna Lyng Adams, Sarah Baker, Casey Thomas Brown, Michael Douglas, Lisa Edelstein, Ashleigh Lathrop, Emily Osment, Haley Joel Osment, Paul Reiser, Graham Rogers, Melissa Tang, Kathleen Turner
Only Murders in the Building — Aaron Dominguez, Selena Gomez, Jackie Hoffman, Jayne Houdyshell, Steve Martin, Amy Ryan, Martin Short
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso) (WINNER)
Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)
Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)
Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)
Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Jean Smart (Hacks) (WINNER)
Elle Fanning (The Great)
Sandra Oh (The Chair)
Juno Temple (Ted Lasso)
Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Michael Keaton (Dopesick) (WINNER)
Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus)
Oscar Isaac (Scenes From a Marriage)
Ewan McGregor (Halston)
Evan Peters (Mare of Easttown)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown) (WINNER)
Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)
Cynthia Erivo (Genius: Aretha)
Margaret Qualley (Maid)
Jean Smart (Mare of Easttown)
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
Squid Game (WINNER)
Cobra Kai
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Loki
Mare of Easttown57th Life Achievement Recipient, 2021
Helen Mirren
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