After the Critic Choice Awards stamped their mark on the Oscar race yesterday with their nominees, today saw the SAG (Screen Actor’s Guild) become the next biggest group to reveal their contenders in various categories for both film and television.

The dream looks set to live on for upcoming musical epic Les Miserables as it shared the lead with Steven Spielberg’s historical biopic Lincoln and romantic dramedy Silver Linings Playbook garnering nominations for Best Ensemble Cast, Best Actor (Hugh Jackman), Best Supporting Actress (Anne Hathaway) and Best Stunt Ensemble.

Lincoln and Silver Linings also made it into Best Ensemble as they were both represented with three acting mentions each. The former received nods in Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), Best Supporting Actor (Tommy Lee Jones) and Best Supporting Actress (Sally Field) while the latter got in for Best Actor (Bradley Cooper), Best Actress (Jennifer Lawrence) and Best Supporting Actor (Robert De Niro).

Argo and surprisingly The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel rounded off the Best Ensemble category with critic’s darling Zero Dark Thirty failing to make the cut. However leading lady Jessica Chastain was nodded in Best Actress for her role in the upcoming war thriller alongside Lawrence, Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone), Helen Mirren (Hitchcock) and Naomi Watts (The Impossible).

In Best Actor, Cooper, Day-Lewis and Jackman compete against John Hawkes (The Sessions) and Denzil Washington (Flight) though amazingly Joaquin Phoenix was snubbed for his superb performance in The Master.

His co-star from that film Amy Adams was also ignored for Best Supporting Actress with Field, Hathaway, Helen Hunt (The Sessions), Nicole Kidman (The Paperboy) and Maggie Smith (Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) all making the cut.

Javier Bardem was the stand-out nominee in the Best Supporting Actor category for his villainous turn in Skyfall as he was short-listed alongside De Niro, Jones, Alan Arkin (Argo) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master).

Les Miserables also goes up against blockbusters The Amazing Spider-Man, The Bourne Legacy, The Dark Knight Rises and Skyfall in the battle for Best Stunt Ensemble.

The full list of film nominees are below (with my predictions in blue):

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Argo
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
John Hawkes – The Sessions
Hugh Jackman – Les Miserables
Denzil Washington – Flight

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Mirren – Hitchcock
Naomi Watts – The Impossible

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin – Argo
Javier Bardem – Skyfall
Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sally Field – Lincoln
Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Nicole Kidman – The Paperboy
Maggie Smith – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

BEST STUNT ENSEMBLE
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Bourne Legacy
The Dark Knight Rises
Les Miserables
Skyfall

 

Meanwhile, the television nominees have also been revealed with popular shows like Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, Downton Abbey, Homeland, Mad Men and Modern Family all well represented.

Modern Family is nominated for four awards including Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series, double Best Actor nods for Ty Burrell and Eric Stonestreet and Best Actress for Sofia Vergera.

Other stand-out mentions include three acting nods from political mini-film Game Change for Woody Harrelson, Ed Harris and Julianne Moore while it’s great to see Jeff Daniels get a deserved Best Actor in a Drama nomination for The Newsroom though he has a hard time winning against the likes of Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk) and Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad).

Kevin Costner, Nicole Kidman, Maggie Smith and Sigourney Weaver are amongst the big names stars also mentioned in this year’s television nominees.

The full list of nominees are below (with my highlighted predictions):

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY ENSEMBLE IN DRAMA SERIES
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Homeland
Mad Men

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY ENSEMBLE IN COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
The Office

OUSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY ACTOR IN DRAMA SERIES
Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels – The Newsroom
Jon Hamm – Mad Men”
Damian Lewis – Homeland

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY ACTRESS IN DRAMA SERIES
Claire Danes – Homeland
Michelle Dockery – Downton Abbey
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Asylum
Julianna Marguiles – The Good Wife
Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY ACTOR IN COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock
Ty Burrell – Modern Family
Louis C.K. – Louie
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory
Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY ACTRESS IN COMEDY SERIES
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey – 30 Rock
Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation
Sofia Vergara – Modern Family
Betty White – Hot in Cleveland

OUTSTANDINGPERFORMANCE BY ACTOR IN TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINISERIES
Kevin Costner – Hatfields & McCoys
Woody Harrelson – Game Change
Ed Harris – Game Change
Clive Owen – Hemingway & Gellhorn
Bill Paxton – Hatfields & McCoys

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY ACTRESS in TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
Nicole Kidman – Hemingway & Gellhorn
Julianne Moore – Game Change
Charlotte Rampling – Restless
Sigourney Weaver – Political Animals
Alfre Woodard – Steel Magnolias

OUTSTANDING  STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A TELEVISION SERIES
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Sons of Anarchy
Walking Dead