HOLLYWOOD—The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Award nominees were announced on Wednesday, December 11, and leading the pack of all nominees was the film “12 Years a Slave” with four nominations including Cast in a Motion Picture. Followed closely behind with three nominations a piece were the films “Dallas Buyers Club,” “August: Osage County” and “Lee Daniel’s The Butler.”  On the television side of things, “Breaking Bad” and “30 Rock” top the list for nominations in the drama and comedy arenas.

There were quite a few surprises with the nominations. No love for Martin Scorsese and his “The Wolf of Wall Street,” where are the nominations for “Fruitvale Station” which was a Sundance favorite earlier this year.  Amy Adams and Christian Bale overlooked for their work as Lead Actress and Lead Actor for “American Hustle.” Also missing from this year’s nominees is Robert Redford who is earning rave reviews for his performance in “All is Lost.” Definitely happy to see Kerry Washington earn a nod for her sensational work on “Scandal,” but why not a nomination for “ Nashville” star Connie Britton or Vera Farmiga “Bates Motel.”

The SAG nominations have definitely set the bar in what is sure to be a unexpected awards race, which is a treat in my opinion. Just looking at the nominees for Lead Actress and Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture will be a tough one to predict. A full list of nominees are listed below:

Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture

-“12 Years a Slave”

-“ Dallas Buyers Club”

-“August: Osage County”

-“Lee Daniels’ The Butler”

-“American Hustle”

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Leading Role

-Bruce Dern “ Nebraska”

-Chiwetel Ejiofor “12 Years a Slave”

-Matthew McConaughey “ Dallas Buyers Club”

-Tom Hanks “Captain Phillips”

-Forest Whitaker “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role

-Cate Blanchett “Blue Jasmine”

-Sandra Bullock “Gravity”

-Meryl Streep “August: Osage County”

-Judi Dench “Philomena”

-Emma Thompson “Saving Mr. Banks”

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role

-Barkhad Abhi “Captain Philips”

-Jared Leto “ Dallas Buyers Club”

-Michael Fassbender “12 Years a Slave”

-James Gandolfini “Enough Said”

-Daniel Bruhl “Rush”Out

Oustanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role

-Jennifer Lawrence “American Hustle”

-Lupita Nyong’o “12 Years a Slave”

-June Squibb “ Nebraska”

-Oprah Winfrey “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”

-Julia Roberts “August: Osage County”

Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series

-“Boardwalk Empire”

-“Breaking Bad”

-“Downton Abbey”

-“Game of Thrones”

-“Homeland”

Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Comedy Series

-“30 Rock”

-“Arrested Development”

-“The Big Bang Theory”

-“Veep”

-“Modern Family”

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Drama Series

-Steve Buscemi “Boardwalk Empire”

-Bryan Cranston “Breaking Bad”

-Jeff Daniels “The Newsroom”

-Peter Dinklage “Game of Thrones”

-Kevin Spacey “House of Cards”

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Drama Series

-Claire Danes “Homeland”

-Anna Gunn “Breaking Bad”

-Jessica Lange “American Horror Story: Coven”

-Maggie Smith “Downton Abbey”

-Kerry Washington “Scandal”

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Comedy Series

-Alec Baldwin “30 Rock”

-Jason Bateman “Arrested Development”

-Ty Burrell “Modern Family”

-Don Cheadle “House of Lies”

-Jim Parsons “The Big Bang Theory”

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Comedy Series

-Mayim Bialik “The Big Bang Theory”

-Julie Bowen “Modern Family”

-Edie Falco “Nurse Jackie”

-Tina Fey “30 Rock”

-Julia Louis-Dreyfuss “Veep”

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Television Movie or Miniseries

-Matt Damon “Behind the Candelabra”

-Michael Douglass “Behind the Candelabra”

-Jeremy Irons “The Hollow Crown”

-Rob Lowe “Killing Kennedy”

-Al Pacino “Phil Spector”

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Television Movie or Miniseries

-Angela Bassett “Betty & Coretta”

-Helena Bonham Carter “ Burton & Taylor”

-Holly Hunter “Top of the Lake”

-Helen Mirren “Phil Spector”

-Elisabeth Moss “Top of the Lake”

The nominees were announced by Sasha Alexander from TNT’s “Rizzoli & Isles” and ABC’s “Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” Clark Gregg. The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be held on Saturday, January 18, 2014, broadcast live on TNT and TBS at 8 p.m. (EST).