SAG Awards: Joaquin Phoenix, Brad Pitt, ‘Parasite’ win big

Joaquin Phoenix, Brad Pitt, Renée Zellweger,and ‘

Parasite

’ took home top honours at the 26th Screen Actors Guild on Sunday.

In an awards season with plenty of question marks, little has been more certain than the best supporting actor favourite, Pitt, who is headed toward his first acting Academy Award for his performance in ‘Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood’.

Pitt, who said he was nursing the flu, looked down at his award and said, "I've got to add this to my Tinder profile."



"Let's be honest, it was a difficult part. A guy who gets high, takes his shirt off and doesn't get on with wife," he joked. "It was a big stretch." The audience laughed and clapped, including ex-wife, Jennifer Aniston.

As expected, Joaquin Phoenix took the best performance by a male actor. After individually praising each fellow nominee, Phoenix concluded with a nod to his Joker predecessor. "I'm standing here on the shoulders of my favourite actor, Heath Ledger," He said.



With a win for best female actor in a supporting role, Dern further established herself as the category's front-runner at next month's Academy Awards. On her way to the stage, she hugged her father, Bruce Dern.

Among the films vying for the screen actors' top honour, best ensemble, are Oscar heavyweights ‘Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood’ and ‘The Irishman’. They are competing with ‘Parasite’ (only the second foreign language nominee after ‘Life Is Beautiful’, which received a nod in 1999), ‘Jojo Rabbit’ and ‘Bombshell’.



Because actors make up the largest percentage of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, their picks are closely watched. But the last two years, the SAG ensemble winner has not gone on to win the best picture: ‘Black Panther’ last year and ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ in 2018.

Two of this year's top best-picture contenders at the Oscars – ‘Joker’, more of a one-man show; and ‘1917’, more acclaimed for its technical acumen - weren't nominated for best ensemble.

On Saturday, ‘1917’ won top honours at the highly predictive Producers Guild Awards, which 21 of the last 30 years has lined up with the eventual best picture winner.

Awards for stunt ensemble were announced ahead of the ceremony, with prizes going to Marvel's ‘Avengers: Endgame’ for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Following is a list of winners in the motion picture awards categories:


Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Christian Bale, 'Ford v Ferrari'

Leonardo DiCaprio, 'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood'

Adam Driver, 'Marriage Story'

Taron Egerton, 'Rocketman'

Joaquin Phoenix, 'Joker' *WINNER


Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo, 'Harriet'

Scarlett Johansson, 'Marriage Story'

Lupita Nyong'o, 'Us'

Charlize Theron, 'Bombshell'

Renée Zellweger, 'Judy' *WINNER

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Jamie Foxx, 'Just Mercy'

Tom Hanks, 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood'

Al Pacino, 'The Irishman'

Joe Pesci, 'The Irishman'

Brad Pitt, 'Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood' *WINNER


Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Laura Dern, 'Marriage Story' *WINNER

Scarlett Johansson, 'Jojo Rabbit'

Nicole Kidman, 'Bombshell'

Jennifer Lopez, 'Hustlers'

Margot Robbie, 'Bombshell'

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

'Bombshell'

'The Irishman'

'Jojo Rabbit'

'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood'

'Parasite' *WINNER

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

'Avengers: Endgame' *WINNER

'Ford v Ferrari'

'The Irishman'

'Joker'

'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood'

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