16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominees

The nominees for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards were announced by Michelle Monaghan (“Trucker”) and Chris O'Donnell (“NCIS:Los Angeles”) on December, 17, 200 at the Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater in West Hollywood in LA.

The SAG Awards honors actors and actresses for outstanding performances in film and television and winners are selected solely by actors' peers. The awards night will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on January, 23, 2010 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT and 6 p.m. MT from Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.

Here is the list of nominees:

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
JEFF BRIDGES / Bad Blake - "CRAZY HEART"
GEORGE CLOONEY / Ryan Bingham - "UP IN THE AIR"
COLIN FIRTH / George Falconer - "A SINGLE MAN"
MORGAN FREEMAN / Nelson Mandela - "INVICTUS”
JEREMY RENNER / Staff Sgt. William James - "THE HURT LOCKER"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
SANDRA BULLOCK / Leigh Anne Tuohy - "THE BLIND SIDE"
HELEN MIRREN / Sofya - "THE LAST STATION"
CAREY MULLIGAN / Jenny - "AN EDUCATION"
GABOUREY SIDIBE / Precious - "PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE"
MERYL STREEP / Julia Child - "JULIE & JULIA"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
MATT DAMON / Francois Pienaar - "INVICTUS"
WOODY HARRELSON / Captain Tony Stone - "THE MESSENGER"
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER / Tolstoy - "THE LAST STATION"
STANLEY TUCCI / George Harvey - "THE LOVELY BONES"
CHRISTOPH WALTZ / Col. Hans Landa - "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
PENÉLOPE CRUZ / Carla - "NINE"
VERA FARMIGA / Alex Goran - "UP IN THE AIR"
ANNA KENDRICK / Natalie Keener - "UP IN THE AIR"
DIANE KRUGER / Bridget Von Hammersmark - "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS"
MO'NIQUE / Mary - "PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE"

PRIMETIME TELEVISION

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
KEVIN BACON / Lt. Col. Michael R. Strobl - "TAKING CHANCE"
CUBA GOODING, JR. / Ben Carson - "GIFTED HANDS: THE BEN CARSON STORY"
JEREMY IRONS / Alfred Stieglitz - "GEORGIA O'KEEFFE"
KEVIN KLINE / Cyrano de Bergerac - "GREAT PERFORMANCES: CYRANO de BERGERAC"
TOM WILKINSON / Salter - "A NUMBER"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
JOAN ALLEN / Georgia O'Keeffe - "GEORGIA O'KEEFFE"
DREW BARRYMORE / Little Edie - "GREY GARDENS"
RUBY DEE / Mrs. Harper - "AMERICA"
JESSICA LANGE / Big Edie - "GREY GARDENS"
SIGOURNEY WEAVER / Mary Griffith - "PRAYERS FOR BOBBY"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
SIMON BAKER / Patrick Jane - "THE MENTALIST"
BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White - "BREAKING BAD"
MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan - "DEXTER"
JON HAMM / Don Draper - "MAD MEN"
HUGH LAURIE / House - "HOUSE"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
PATRICIA ARQUETTE/ Allison Dubois - "MEDIUM"
GLENN CLOSE / Patty Hewes - "DAMAGES"
MARISKA HARGITAY / Det. Olivia Benson - "LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT"
HOLLY HUNTER / Grace Hanadarko - "SAVING GRACE"
JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick - "THE GOOD WIFE"
KYRA SEDGWICK / Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson - "THE CLOSER"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy - "30 ROCK"
STEVE CARELL / Michael Scott - "THE OFFICE"
LARRY DAVID / Himself - "CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM"
TONY SHALHOUB / Adrian Monk - "MONK"
CHARLIE SHEEN / Charlie Harper - "TWO AND A HALF MEN"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
CHRISTINA APPLEGATE / Samantha Newly - "SAMANTHA WHO?"
TONI COLLETTE / Tara Gregor - "UNITED STATES OF TARA"
EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton - "NURSE JACKIE"
TINA FEY / Liz Lemon - "30 ROCK"
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / Christine Campbell - "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE"

SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
PUBLIC ENEMIES (Universal Pictures)
STAR TREK (Paramount Pictures)
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
24 (FOX)
THE CLOSER (TNT)
DEXTER (Showtime)
HEROES (NBC)
THE UNIT (CBS)

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Screen Actors Guild Awards 46th Annual Life Achievement Award
Betty White

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