‘Birdman’ wins Best Cast, Movies, at 2015 SAG Awards; see full winners list

The Oscars are still weeks away, but awards season continues with the SAG Awards, where the acting community gathers to hand out prizes to their own.

The SAG Awards honor the best acting of the year in film and television.

On the heels of winning at Saturday night’s Producers Guild Awards, “Birdman” took home the top prize at Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards. Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s comedy about a washed up actor (played by Michael Keaton) now sits as the leader in the clubhouse for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, inching ahead of critics’ favorite “Boyhood” thanks to strong industry support.

Eddie Redmayne won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Lead Role for “The Theory of Everything,” giving him a slight edge in the Oscars race over Keaton, a fellow nominee in the category. Oscar favorites Julianne Moore (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Lead Role for “Still Alice”), J.K. Simmons (Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for “Whiplash”) and Patricia Arquette (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for “Boyhood”) all kept their momentum going at the SAG Awards by taking home trophies. It’s expected all three actors will win in their corresponding Oscars’ categories at the Academy Awards next month.

On the television side, “Downton Abbey” grabbed the Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Viola Davis was awarded Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for “How to Get Away With Murder,” while Kevin Spacey won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for “House of Cards.” Elsewhere, the cast of “Orange is the New Black” won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, “Orange is the New Black” star Uzo Aduba was named Outstanding Female Actor in a Comedy Series and “Shameless” lead William H. Macy earned Outstanding Male Actor in a Comedy Series. Mark Ruffalo (“The Normal Heart”) and Frances McDormand (“Olive Kitteridge”) won lead acting awards for television movie or miniseries.

During the red carpet, the stunt ensembles for “Unbroken” and “Game of Thrones” were honored by the SAG Awards.

The full list of 2015 SAG Awards nominees and winners are below:

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Claire Danes, Homeland
WINNER: Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife 
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Woody Harrelson, True Detective 
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
WINNER: Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Ellen Burstyn, Flowers in the Attic
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
WINNER: Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Julia Roberts, The Normal Heart 
Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Adrien Brody, Houdini
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: His Last Vow
Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
WINNER: Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo 

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
WINNER: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Naomi Watts, St. Vincent

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 
The Big Bang Theory
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Modern Family
WINNER: Orange Is the New Black
Veep

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Ty Burrell, Modern Family 
Louis C.K., Louie
WINNER: William H. Macy, Shameless
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory 
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series 
WINNER: 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 a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman
WINNER: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jennifer Aniston, Cake
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
WINNER: Julianne Moore, Still Alice 
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
WINNER: Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
WINNER: Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards