The first ceremony presented by the newly merged SAG-AFTRA. Argo won the film cast award for a company spread across three countries and two languages. Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) and Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) took lead honors; Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Hathaway won supporting. Downton Abbey and Modern Family won the TV ensembles. Dick Van Dyke received the Life Achievement Award.

HISTORICAL NOTES

• First SAG Awards under the merged SAG-AFTRA, which remains the presenting organization today.

• The merger brought film, television, radio, and recording performers into a single union of more than 150,000 members becoming the largest voting body behind any acting award. 

• Downton Abbey becoming the first British series to win the drama ensemble.

VIEW 19TH ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS NOMINEES AND WINNERS