SAG Awards Predictions

*Revisions made on account of recent developments as reported by Kris Tapley and Tom O'Neil.

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) will be announcing its nominees for film and television on 4 January. Here are my predictions for the film side of things:

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond)
Peter O'Toole (Venus)
Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness)
Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Penelope Cruz (Volver)
Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal)
Helen Mirren (The Queen)
Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada)
Kate Winslet (Little Children)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed)
Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls)
Jack Nicholson (The Departed)
Brad Pitt (Babel)
Michael Sheen (The Queen)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal)
Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine)
Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
Rinko Kikuchi (Babel)
Catherine O'Hara (For Your Consideration)

OUTSTANDING PEFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE

Babel
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Letters from Iwo Jima
Notes on a Scandal