The Walt Disney Company Cleans Up at 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

The wins included surprises in both the comedy and lead actor categories.

The annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards were held last night, with The Walt Disney Company picking seven trophies.

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The SAG Awards always are a key ceremony during awards season. Celebrating both television and film, the ceremony celebrates actors as voted on by their fellow union members.
SAG’s timeline means that the television awards put an “end" to their awards season, while on the film side, the ceremony marks the last precursor before the Academy Awards.
When it comes to television, The Walt Disney Company cleaned up in the Comedy and Drama categories.
Martin Short took home Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series and Only Murders in the Building won Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series, marking the first big wins for the Hulu favorite. (These were awarded for the show’s fourth season.)
Over in drama, all three awards went to Shogun, with this ending the show’s remarkable awards run until the yet-to-be-filmed season two. Anna Sawai, Hiroyuki Sanada, and the ensemble all took home trophies in their respective categories.
In film, Kieran Culkin continued his sweep picking up Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for Searchlight’s A Real Pain.
Timothee Chalamet took home a surprising win for Lead Actor in a Motion Picture for Searchlight’s A Complete Unknown, making him the youngest actor ever to take home that trophy and setting up a possible upset at next week’s Academy Awards.
With the SAG Awards out of the way, the finale of the season will occur with Sunday’s Oscars, airing at 7pm ET on ABC.

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