12 Years A Slave leads this year’s SAG nominations with four nods followed by August: Osage County, Dallas Buyers Club and Lee Daniels’ The Butler.

The nominees for the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards have been announced in Los Angeles and Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave leads the pack with four nods, closely followed by August: Osage County, Dallas Buyers Club and Lee Daniels’ The Butler, which each received three.

12 Years A Slave picked up nominations in categories for Main Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, Supporting Male Actor Michael Fassbender, Supporting Female Actor Lupita Nyong’o and Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture

Other leading actors nominated include Bruce Dern for his role in Nebraska, Tom Hanks in hijack thriller Captain Phillips, Matthew McConaughey as a man diagnosed with HIV in Dallas Buyers Club and Forest Whitaker as the title character in Lee Daniels’ The Butler.

In the female actor category, nominees included Cate Blanchett for her role in Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine; Sandra Bullock, who played an astronaut in the midst of a disaster in Gravity; Judi Dench, playing a mother looking for her son in Philomena; Meryl Streep as the strong matriach of a dysfunctional family in August: Osage County; and Emma Thompson and Mary Poppins’ author PL Travers in Saving Mr. Banks.

James Gandolfini, who died in June, received a nomination in the supporting category for Enough Said.

Robert Redford misses out for All Is Lost despite winning the NYFCC, as do Christian Bale for American Hustle and Out Of The Furnace and Oscar Isaac for Inside Llewyn Davis after he earned nominations from the Gothams and Indie Spirits.

There is no recognition either for Hugh Jackman or supporting actor Jake Gyllenhaal from Prisoners, nor for Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom leads Idris Elba and Naomie Harris. Amy Adams is passed over for American Hustle.

In addition, both Matt Damon and Michael Douglas received nods for outstanding performance by a male actor in a TV movie or miniseries for Liberace biopic Behind The Candelabra, which Steven Soderbergh made for HBO after struggling to find finance from the film industry. Because the film premiered on HBO it is ineligible for Academy Awards.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles on January 18.

Full list of nominees

Theatrical Motion Pictures

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Leading Role

  • Bruce Dern, Nebraska
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave
  • Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
  • Matthew Mcconaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
  • Forest Whitaker, Lee Daniels’ The Butler

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role

  • Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
  • Sandra Bullock, Gravity
  • Judi Dench, Philomena
  • Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
  • Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role

  • Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
  • Daniel Brühl, Rush
  • Michael Fassbender, 12 Years A Slave
  • James Gandolfini, Enough Said
  • Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role

  • Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
  • Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years A Slave
  • Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
  • June Squibb, Nebraska
  • Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels’ The Butler

Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture

  • 12 Years A Slave
  • American Hustle
  • August: Osage County
  • Dallas Buyers Club
  • Lee Daniels’ The Butler

Television Programmes

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Television Movie Or Miniseries

  • Matt Damon, Behind The Candelabra
  • Michael Douglas, Behind The Candelabra
  • Jeremy Irons, The Hollow Crown
  • Rob Lowe, Killing Kennedy
  • Al Pacino, Phil Spector

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Television Movie Or Miniseries

  • Angela Bassett, Betty & Coretta
  • Helena Bonham Carter, Burton And Taylor
  • Holly Hunter, Top Of The Lake
  • Helen Mirren, Phil Spector
  • Elisabeth Moss, Top Of The Lake

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Drama Series

  • Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
  • Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
  • Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
  • Peter Dinklage, Game Of Thrones
  • Kevin Spacey, House Of Cards

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Drama Series

  • Claire Danes, Homeland
  • Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
  • Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven
  • Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
  • Kerry Washington, Scandal

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Comedy Series

  • Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
  • Jason Bateman, Arrested Development
  • Ty Burrell, Modern Family
  • Don Cheadle, House Of Lies
  • Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Comedy Series

  • Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
  • Julie Bowen, Modern Family
  • Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
  • Tina Fey, 30 Rock
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series

  • Boardwalk Empire
  • Breaking Bad
  • Downton Abbey
  • Game Of Thrones
  • Homeland

Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Comedy Series

  • 30 Rock
  • Arrested Development
  • The Big Bang Theory
  • Modern Family
  • Veep

Sag Awards Honors For Stunt Ensembles

Outstanding Action Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Motion Picture

  • All Is Lost
  • Fast & Furious 6
  • Lone Survivor
  • Rush
  • The Wolverine

Outstanding Action Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Comedy Or Drama Series

  • Boardwalk Empire
  • Breaking Bad
  • Game Of Thrones
  • Homeland
  • The Walking Dead

Screen Actors Guild 50th Annual Life Achievement Award

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