2011 SAG Awards: 'The King's Speech', Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Betty White Get the Actor (Full List of WInners)

Sunday night on the TNT network saw another award show, The 2011 SAG Awards, of the season honoring the actors. The directors, producers, and writers have their own guild awards. It was time for the actors to honor their peers and give thanks to their union. Most of the winners were either repeats from the television categories or standard winners from the Emmys and Golden Globes. For films it was a repeat of the Golden Globes, minus Annette Bening and her film. However, one great big surprise win of the night came from a beloved veteran television actor who made history with hosting "Saturday Night Live" and having the year of her life in 2010.

The awards presentation started off with actors randomly chosen to tell their brief story on why they became an actor. Rico Rodriguez, the cute boy from the TV series "Modern Family" did a superb job articulating his tale to rousing applause. His show "Modern Family" was another surprise win in television for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. The other wonderful win came to Betty White from "Hot in Cleveland" beating out a number of big names such as Jane Lynch from "Glee", Edie Falco from "Nurse Jackie" and Tina Fey from "30 Rock." This was her first SAG Award of her career for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series.

For films it was not too surprising with all of its winners. Natalie Portman won Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. Colin Firth won for Male Actor in a Leading Role. The Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture went to "The King's Speech." "The Fighter's" actors Melissa Leo and Christian Bale won in the supporting categories. Ernest Borgnine was honored with a Life Achievement Award. Current SAG President, Ken Howard, made an announcement that got me excited throughout the night. He stated the sister union, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) are finally going to merge with SAG. I'll believe it when I see that, because they've been saying that for decades. I'm a member of AFTRA (honorary status right now). This was one way to get into SAG if the two unions merged. They never did until now, maybe. I'll take it coming from the SAG President on live television.

Finally, when some of the actors from "The Social Network" were up onstage to present clips of their film the microphone wasn't working for Justin Timberlake. When it became his turn to speak Justin caustically said "yeah thanks guys for finally fixing my mike." Like as if people are to jump when the great (I don't think so) Justin Timberlake walks into a room or stage. He was the only diva-esque actor from the whole awards presentation. Everyone else was thrilled to be there supporting their union, each of their fellow actors and happy to be working as an actor. Take that Timberlake. Here is a full list of all the winners and the nominees, including the ones not televised for stunt actors.

Film

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Colin Firth - The King's Speech

* Jeff Bridges - True Grit
* Robert Duvall - Get Low
* Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
* James Franco - 127 Hours

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Natalie Portman - Black Swan

* Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right
* Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole
* Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone
* Hilary Swank - Conviction

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale - The Fighter

* John Hawkes - Winter's Bone
* Jeremy Renner - The Town
* Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right
* Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Melissa Leo - The Fighter

* Amy Adams - The Fighter
* Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech
* Mila Kunis - Black Swan
* Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

The King's Speech
Anthony Andrews, Claire Bloom, Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Guy Pearce, Geoffrey Rush and Timothy Spall

* Black Swan
Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, and Winona Ryder

* The Fighter
Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee, and Mark Wahlberg

* The Kids Are All Right
Annette Bening, Josh Hutcherson, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Mia Wasikowska

* The Social Network
Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer, Rooney Mara, Max Minghella, Brenda Song, and Justin Timberlake

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture (not televised)

Inception

* Green Zone
* Robin Hood

Television

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Al Pacino - You Don't Know Jack

* John Goodman - You Don't Know Jack
* Dennis Quaid - The Special Relationship
* Édgar Ramírez - Carlos
* Patrick Stewart - Macbeth

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Claire Danes - Temple Grandin

* Catherine O'Hara - Temple Grandin
* Julia Ormond - Temple Grandin
* Winona Ryder - When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
* Susan Sarandon - You Don't Know Jack

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire

* Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
* Michael C. Hall - Dexter
* Jon Hamm - Mad Men
* Hugh Laurie - House

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife

* Glenn Close - Damages
* Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
* Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men
* Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock

* Ty Burrell - Modern Family
* Steve Carell - The Office
* Chris Colfer - Glee
* Ed O'Neill - Modern Family

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Betty White - Hot in Cleveland

* Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
* Tina Fey - 30 Rock
* Jane Lynch - Glee
* Sofia Vergara - Modern Family

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire
Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Stuhlbarg, Stephen Graham, Vincent Piazza, Paz de la Huerta, Michael Kenneth Williams, Gretchen Mol, Paul Sparks, Anthony Laciura, and Dabney Coleman

* The Closer
Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gossett, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz and Jon Tenney

* Dexter
Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, C.S. Lee, Lauren Velez, David Zayas and James Remar

* The Good Wife
Julianna Margulies, Josh Charles, Archie Panjabi, Matt Czuchry, Christine Baranski, Chris Noth, Graham Phillips and Alan Cumming

* Mad Men
Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Jared Harris, Aaron Staton, Rich Sommer, Kiernan Shipka, with Robert Morse and John Slattery

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Modern Family
Ed O'Neill, Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Sarah Hyland, Rico Rodriguez, Ariel Winter and Nolan Gould

* 30 Rock
Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander and Alec Baldwin

* Glee
Max Adler, Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Jane Lynch, Jayma Mays, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison, Mike O'Malley, Chord Overstreet, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Harry Shum, Jr., Iqbal Theba, and Jenna Ushkowitz

* Hot in Cleveland
Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White

* The Office
Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Creed Bratton, Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, Kate Flannery, Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling, Ellie Kemper, Angela Kinsey, John Krasinski, Paul Lieberstein, B.J. Novak, Oscar Nuñez, Craig Robinson, Phyllis Smith, Rainn Wilson and Zach Woods

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series (not televised)

True Blood

* Burn Notice
* CSI: NY
* Dexter
* Southland

Screen Actors Guild 47th Annual Life Achievement Award

Ernest Borgnine

SOURCES:

17^th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, TNT

Screen Actors Guild Awards, SAG Awards.org

Screen Actors Guild, Wikipedia