There were not many major surprises at this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards – at least in the film categories, where predictable names announced included Julianne Moore, Patricia Arquette, J.K. Simmons and the cast of Birdman, which took home the ensemble prize.
Eddie Redmayne scoring the top male acting prize for The Theory Of Everything was perhaps less easy to see coming, especially in a year where Birdman's Michael Keaton has been winning so much hardware, but Redmayne is still an Oscar possibility, and it’s not as though he was a dark horse.
In the TV world, Downton Abbey and Orange Is The New Black won the ensemble awards for drama and comedy, while House Of Cards’ Kevin Spacey was best drama actor and Viola Davis best drama actress for How To Get Away With Murder.
Here is the full list of winners:
Film
**Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture
**Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory Of Everything
**Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Leading Role **
**Eddie Redmayne – **The Theory Of Everything
Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton – Birdman
**Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role
Julianne Moore –* Still Alice***
Jennifer Aniston – Cake
Felicity Jones –* The Theory Of Everythin*g
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon – Wild
**Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role
****J.K. Simmons – **Whiplash
Robert Duvall – The Judge
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role
**Patricia Arquette – **Boyhood
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
Emma Stone – Birdman
Meryl Streep – Into The Woods
Naomi Watts – St. Vincent
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TV**
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Television Movie Or Miniseries
**Mark Ruffalo – **The Normal Heart
Adrien Brody – Houdini
Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock: His Last Vow
Richard Jenkins – Olive Kitteridge
Billy Bob Thornton – Fargo
**Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Television Movie Or Miniseries **
**Frances McDormand – **Olive Kitteridge
Ellen Burstyn – Flowers In The Attic
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Honorable Woman
Julia Roberts – The Normal Heart
Cicely Tyson – The Trip To Bountiful
**Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Drama Series **
**Kevin Spacey – **House Of Cards
Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire
Peter Dinklage – Game Of Thrones
Woody Harrelson – True Detective
Matthew McConaughey – True Detective
**Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Drama **
**Viola Davis – **How To Get Away With Murder
Claire Danes – Homeland
Julianna Margulies –* T**he Good Wife*
Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black
Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey
Robin Wright – House Of Cards
**Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Comedy Series
****William H. Macy – **Shameless
Ty Burrell – Modern Family
Louis C.K. – Louie
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory
Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family
Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba – Orange Is The New Black
Julie Bowen – Modern Family
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Amy Poehler – Parks And Recreation
**Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series **
Downton Abbey
Boardwalk Empire
Game Of Thrones
Homeland
House Of Cards
**Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Comedy Series **
Orange Is The New Black
The Big Bang Theory
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Modern Family
Veep