The 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards have been announced and the nominees are mostly names we’ve heard before with the exception of Demian Bichir for A Better Life and Jonah Hill for Moneyball. There are few major surprises here, though it’s worth noting that The Artist is not only secured an Oscar nomination, but I would not be at all surprised if it won after this. It’s a film I wouldn’t have expected the SAG group to pick up for Cast and nominating two of its stars, most notably Bejo, makes for a most interesting and telling result. And you can now predict the winner of the Best Cast award. It will be The Help. The title with the most actors listed in the ensemble almost always wins the prize.

In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.

As promised, I have posted the history of this particular guild on my website. You can find it by following this link: Screen Actors Guild.

Nomination Tallies

(4) The Help
(3) The Artist
(2) Bridesmaids / The Descendants / J. Edgar / Moneyball / My Week with Marilyn

The Nominations

Best Cast

The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descedants
The Help
Midnight in Paris

Best Actor

Demian Bichir – A Better Life
George Clooney – The Descendants
Leonardo Dicaprio – J. Edgar
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Brad Pitt – Moneyball

Best Actress

Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis – The Help
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor

Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn
Armie Hammer – J. Edgar
Jonah Hill – Moneyball
Nick Nolte – Warrior
Christopher Plummer – Beginners

Best Supporting Actress

Berenice Bejo – The Artist
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer – The Help

Best Stunt Cast

The Adjustment Bureau
Cowboys & Aliens
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
X-Men: First Class

Screen Actors Guild Data

Year Founded: 1933
First Awards: 1994 (18)

Precursor Accuracy

KEY:

• Nominee was nominated for the corresponding Oscar
• Nominee was not nominated for a corresponding Oscar
• Total (2010-2009-2008-2007-2006)

Picture: 17 (5-4-4-1-3) N / 8 (0-1-1-4-2) I
Actor: 22 (4-5-5-3-5) N / 3 (1-0-0-2-0) I
Actress: 22 (4-5-4-4-5) N / 3 (1-0-1-1-0) I
Supporting Actor: 22 (5-5-4-4-4) N / 3 (0-0-1-1-1) I
Supporting Actress: 21 (4-4-4-4-5) N / 4 (1-1-1-1-0) I