Friday, January 17, 2014

Presenters Set For 20th Annual SAG Awards®



LOS ANGELES (Jan. 17, 2014) – Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tina Fey, John Goodman, Josh Holloway, Pauley Perrette, and Jeremy Renner are confirmed to present at the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, Executive Producer/Director Jeff Margolis and Executive Producer Kathy Connell announced today. 

They join a growing list of actors who will honor their colleagues at the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, including Ben Affleck, Sasha Alexander, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Robert De Niro, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Garner, Clark Gregg, Tom Hanks, SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard, Mindy Kaling, Jennifer Lawrence, Jared Leto, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Marsden, Matthew McConaughey, Ewan McGregor, Lupita Nyong’o, Sarah Paulson, Julia Roberts, Elisabeth Röhm, Kevin Spacey, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Kerry Washington, Forest Whitaker, and Oprah Winfrey.

Amy Adams has been nominated for six Actor® statuettes — including one this year for David O. Russell's "American Hustle" as a member of the film’s cast.  She was first nominated for a SAG Award in 2006 in the supporting actress category for "Junebug." Adams also earned previous nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role and cast performances for both "The Fighter" in 2011 and "Doubt" in 2009.

Nominated for his third SAG Award this year, Bradley Cooper is being recognized as a member of the "American Hustle" film cast. He earned his first two Actor award nods last year for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook.” He next stars in the untitled Cameron Crowe project to be released later this year.

Benedict Cumberbatch receives his first two Actor® nominations this year for cast performances in "12 Years a Slave" and "August: Osage County." He will next be seen as Alan Turing in Morten Tyldum's dramatic thriller "The Imitation Game" and as The Necromancer in Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: There and Back Again."

Seven-time Actor® award recipient Tina Fey is nominated twice this year for her role as Liz Lemon in “30 Rock.” She has received a total of 14 SAG Awards nominations for both leading and ensemble roles in the NBC series since 2008. Seven seasons, 139 episodes, and five Actor® statuettes later, actor/writer/creator Fey bid adieu to the NBC comedy series. She will star with Ricky Gervais and Ty Burrell next in the Walt Disney Pictures film "Muppets Most Wanted." She will also be seen in Shawn Levy’s "This Is Where I Leave You" this September alongside fellow SAG nominee Jason Bateman.

John Goodman received his first Actor® award for a cast performance in “Argo” last year. His recent film roles include the Coen brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis” and his reprisal of the role of Sulley in “Monsters University,” the sequel to the Disney-Pixar animated film “Monsters, Inc.” He will next appear in George Clooney's World War II action film “The Monuments Men” alongside Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, and Matt Damon.

Josh Holloway earned an Actor® award in 2006 alongside the cast of ABC's "Lost." He currently stars as Gabriel Vaughn in the CBS drama series "Intelligence." On the big screen, he will next be seen opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joe Manganiello, Sam Worthington and Terrence Howard in the action film "Sabotage."

Pauley Perrette has played the tech-savvy yet unconventional forensic scientist Abby Sciuto in the drama "NCIS" since 2003. Garnering 23.24 million total viewers around the world, the CBS series remains the most-watched show on television. She has also appeared on popular small screen shows like "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Murder One," "24," and "The Drew Carey Show." Her feature film credits include “The Price of Kissing,” “Almost Famous,” “Hungry Hearts,” “The Ring,” and “Ash Tuesday.”

Four-time SAG Award nominee, Jeremy Renner is up for a cast award this year for his performance in "American Hustle." He earned his first two Actor® award nominations in 2010 for both leading role and as cast member of the film "The Hurt Locker." Renner also was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role as James Coughlin in Ben Affleck's 2011 drama "The Town."

About the SAG Awards
The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, one of the awards season’s premier events, will honor outstanding performances from 2013 in five film categories and eight television categories, including the distinctive ensemble awards. This year's Actor® recipients will be announced at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center during a live simulcast on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 18, at 8 p.m. (ET) / 5 p.m. (PT). A primetime encore presentation will follow immediately on TNT at 10 p.m. (ET) / 7 p.m. (PT). A live stream of the SAG Awards can also be viewed online on sagawards.tntdrama.com and tbs.com, as well as through the Watch TBS and Watch TNT apps for iOS or Android. (Viewers must sign in using their TV provider user name and password in order to view the live stream.)

Prior to the televised ceremony, recipients of the honors for television and film stunt ensembles will be announced from the red carpet during the SAG Awards Red Carpet Pre-show hosted by PEOPLE Magazine’s Deputy Managing Editor Peter Castro and TNT Correspondent Danielle Demski, which will be webcast live on sagawards.tntdrama.com, tbs.com and People.com beginning at 6 p.m. (ET) / 3 p.m. (PT).
 
The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA will be produced by Jeff Margolis Productions in association with Screen Actors Guild Awards, LLC. For more information about the SAG Awards, SAG-AFTRA, TNT and TBS, visit sagawards.org/about, “like” us at facebook.com/sagawardsofficialpage, follow us at twitter.com/sagawards, follow us on Google+ at google.com/+SAGawards, on Instagram at @sagawards, and on Tumblr at sagawards.tumblr.com.


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