Chiwetel Ejiofor in Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave.

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) gave their nominations for the best performances of 2013 with cast members of NYFF premiere 12 Years A Slave receiving nods in a number of categories including Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Suppporting Role (Michael Fassbender) and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Lupita Nyong'o). The film was also nominated in the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture category.

Male Lead contenders also include Bruce Dern (Nebraska) and Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) which also screened at NYFF. They were joined by Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) and Forest Whitaker (Lee Daniels' The Butler). NYFF51 Honoree Cate Blanchett was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for her work on Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine. Also contending in the category are Sandra Bullock (Gravity), Judi Dench (Philomena), Meryl Streep (August: Osage County) and Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks).

The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014 at 8 p.m. (ET)/5 p.m. (PT) from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Bruce Dern, Nebraska (Paramount Pictures)

Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips (Columbia Pictures)

Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)

Forest Whitaker, Lee Daniels’ The Butler (The Weinstein Company)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)

Sandra Bullock, Gravity (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Judi Dench, Philomena (The Weinstein Company)

Meryl Streep, August: Osage County (The Weinstein Company)

Emma Thompson, Saving Mr Banks (Walt Disney Pictures)


Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips (Columbia Pictures)

Daniel Brül, Rush (Universal Pictures)

James Gandolfini, Enough Said (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Michael Fassbender, 12 Years A Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Jered Leto, Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle (Columbia Pictures)

Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years A Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Julia Roberts, August: Osage County (The Weinstein Company)
J
une Squibb, Nebraska (Paramount Pictures)

Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels’ The Butler (The Weinstein Company)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

12 Years A Slave – Benedict  Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti, Scoot McNairy, Lupita Nyong'o, Adepero Oduye, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Michael Kenneth Williams, Alfre Woodard (Fox Searchlight)


American Hustle – Amy Adams, Chirstian Bale, Louis C.K., Bradely Cooper, Paul Herman, Jack Huston, Jennifer Lawrence, Alessandro Nivola, Michael Pena, Jeremy Renner, Elisabeth Rohm, Shea Whigham (Columbia Pictures)


August: Osage County – Abigail Breslin, Chris Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliette Lewis, Margo Martindale, Ewan McGregor, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, Julia Roberts, Sam Shepard, Meryl Streep, Misty Upham (The Weinstein Company)


Dallas Buyers Club – Jennifer Garner, Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Denis O'Hare, Dallas Roberts, Steve Zahn (Focus Features)


Lee Daniels’ The Butler – Mariah Carey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, David Oyelowo, Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams, Oprah Winfrey (The Weinstein Company)

[Actor nominations in television and stunt categories can be found on the SAG website.]