SAG Award Nominees Include Melissa McCarthy, Jonah Hill, Armie Hammer, And More Surprises

The Screen Actors Guild has become the first industry group to announce their yearly awards nominations, announcing their nominations this morning for five film prizes and eight TV prizes. Instead of awarding a Best Picture the Guild chooses Best Ensemble and made room for a number of surprises, including a nod for Woody Allen's springtime comedy Midnight in Paris and, most surprisingly, the raunchy hit Bridesmaids. That film's Melissa McCarthy also managed to score a nomination to match a handful of wins from various critic's groups, which makes her dark horse shot at a Best Supporting Actress nomination just that much more likely to actually happen.

Other surprises included a Best Actor nomination for Demian Bichir of the little-seen A Better Life, Best Supporting Actor nods for Moneyball's Jonah Hill and J. Edgar's Armie Hammer, and a nod for Glenn Close as Best Actress for Albert Nobbs, a performance that seemed to be losing heat as group after groups of critics ignored it. Check out the full list of nominees below, and let us know in the comments which are your favorite nominees.

FILM NOMINEES

Ensemble

The Artist

Bridesmaids

The Descendants

The Help

Midnight in Paris

Actor

Demian Bichir, A Better Life

George Clooney, The Descendants

Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar

Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Brad Pitt, Moneyball

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

Supporting Actor

Kenneth Branagh, My Week WIth Marilyn

Armie Hammer, J. Edgar

Jonah Hill, Moneyball

Nick Nolte, Warrior

Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Supporting Actress

Berenice Bejo The Artist

Jessica Chastain, The Help

Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids

Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs

Octavia Spencer, The Help

Visit our TV section for the full list of nominees in the television categories.

The SAG Awards will be aired on TNT on January 29, nearly a month before the February 26 Oscars ceremony-- so if you need to get your glitzy awards show fix early, you know where to be.

Katey Rich

Staff Writer at CinemaBlend