Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
U.S. film award
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The Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast (or Ensemble) in a Motion Picture (formerly Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture) is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in film. It is the final award presented during the ceremony.
Awarded forOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture
LocationLos Angeles, California
Presented bySAG-AFTRA
Currently held bySinners (2025)
| Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture |
| Location | Los Angeles, California |
| Presented by | SAG-AFTRA |
| Currently held by | Sinners (2025) |
| Website | actorawards.org |
Eligibility
Winners and nominees
- indicates the winners.
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Trivia
General
- The award was not given at the 1st Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Films
- The Full Monty, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and Parasite are the only winning films not to be nominated in any other category.
- Gosford Park has the largest winning cast (20 credited actors).
- Bobby has the largest nominated cast (24 credited actors).
- Sideways has the smallest winning cast (4 credited actors).
- Million Dollar Baby and Beasts of No Nation have the smallest nominated cast (3 credited actors).
- Parasite is the first non-English language film to win the award.
- The Birdcage is the only winning film not to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
- Braveheart, The Shape of Water, Green Book, and Nomadland are the only films not to be nominated for the award and still go on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
- Out of the 31 winning films, 15 went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture:
- Three non-English language films have been nominated:
- Eighteen nominated films were not nominated in any other category:
- 3:10 to Yuma
- Babylon
- Bobby
- Crazy Rich Asians
- Don't Look Up
- The Full Monty
- Get Shorty
- Hairspray
- How to Make an American Quilt
- Hustle & Flow
- In America
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Midnight in Paris
- Moulin Rouge!
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding
- Parasite
- Straight Outta Compton
- Women Talking
Actors with the most nominations
- 8 nominations
- 7 nominations
- 6 nominations
- 5 nominations
Note:
- Cate Blanchett has the most consecutive nominations (four, from 2001 to 2004).
- Despite having the most nominations with eight, Leonardo DiCaprio has never won the award.
Actors with double nominations in one year
- Ed Harris (1995, won for Apollo 13)
- David Paymer (1995)
- John C. Reilly (2002, won for Chicago)
- Meryl Streep (2002)
- Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges (2005, won for Crash)
- Terrence Howard (2005, won for Crash)
- Martin Sheen (2006)
- Josh Brolin (2007, won for No Country for Old Men)
- Russell Crowe (2007)
- Benedict Cumberbatch (2013)
- Edward Norton (2014, won for Birdman)
- Mahershala Ali (2016, won for Hidden Figures)
- Janelle Monáe (2016, won for Hidden Figures)
- Lucas Hedges (2017, won for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
- Caleb Landry Jones (2017, won for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
- Al Pacino (2019)
- Margot Robbie (2019)
- Chadwick Boseman (2020)
- Issa Rae (2023)
Actors with multiple wins
- 3 wins
- Michael Keaton: Birdman (2014), Spotlight (2015), The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
- 2 wins
- Ben Affleck: Shakespeare in Love (1998), Argo (2012)
- Alan Arkin: Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Argo (2012)
- Christine Baranski: The Birdcage (1996), Chicago (2002)
- Don Cheadle: Traffic (2000), Crash (2005)
- Colin Firth: Shakespeare in Love (1998), The King's Speech (2010)
- Michael Gambon: Gosford Park (2001), The King's Speech (2010)
- Woody Harrelson: No Country for Old Men (2007), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
- Derek Jacobi: Gosford Park (2001), The King's Speech (2010)
- Allison Janney: American Beauty (1999), The Help (2011)
- Michael B. Jordan: Black Panther (2018), Sinners (2025)
- Kelly Macdonald: Gosford Park (2001), No Country for Old Men (2007)
- Ryan Phillippe: Gosford Park (2001), Crash (2005)
- Geoffrey Rush: Shakespeare in Love (1998), The King's Speech (2010)
- Andy Serkis: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Black Panther (2018)
- Octavia Spencer: The Help (2011), Hidden Figures (2016)
- Emma Stone: The Help (2011), Birdman (2014)
- Stanley Tucci: Spotlight (2015), Conclave (2024)
- Tom Wilkinson: The Full Monty (1997), Shakespeare in Love (1998)
- Catherine Zeta-Jones: Traffic (2000), Chicago (2002)
Directors
- Ryan Coogler is the only director to direct multiple Best Cast winners: Black Panther (2018) and Sinners (2025)
Directors with the most films nominated
- 4 nominations
- Martin Scorsese: The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), The Irishman (2019), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
- 3 nominations
- Paul Thomas Anderson: Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), One Battle After Another (2025)
- Ron Howard: Apollo 13 (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Frost/Nixon (2008)
- Peter Jackson: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- David O. Russell: The Fighter (2010), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), American Hustle (2013)
- Ridley Scott: Gladiator (2000), American Gangster (2007), House of Gucci (2021)
- Steven Spielberg: Saving Private Ryan (1998), Lincoln (2012), The Fabelmans (2022)
See also
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
- Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- BAFTA Award for Best Film
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Film