Colin Farrell delivered a moving tribute to his sons and fellow nominees as he picked up the award for Best Male Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie for The Penguin during the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Sunday.
The SAG Awards are voted on by Hollywood actors, who represent the biggest branch of the membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which votes for the Oscars.
The prizes are therefore closely watched as indicators of who is likely to win Academy Awards.
Accepting the award, which was presented to him by award-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis, Farrell thanked his fellow nominees.
"It is weird. So many of you, I grew up watching on television and in film and so many I've worked with over the years and shared in the spirit of collaborative curiosity and all the stuff that we fail at doing and we succeed at doing, and none of it is ever quantifiable," he said.
He added: "And that's the beautiful thing, and the annoying thing, about what we do, it’s just unquantifiable. It’s play time. You don’t get to fully grow up. You get to kind of keep the dream of a child alive, to try to figure out what it is to be human and it’s so much fun.
"I want to thank my fellow nominees, Richard [Gaad], Andrew [Scott], Kevin [Kline] and Javier [Bardem]. My deepest respect and admiration for you. And this is, look, it sounds really cheesy, but we’re all supporting actors. You know, I get it. The big parts called the lead, smaller parts, day-players, extras, and all that s**t, but we all support each other."
Farrell continued tothank his family, saying: "My mom, Marita, my dad, Eamon, and the two people in my life who have made my life so much more special and so much more meaningful, so much more joyful than I ever truly thought possible. My son James and my son, Henry. I love you both, and we're going back to watch Shogun tonight and finish it up."
Vatican thriller Conclave won the top prize at an unpredictable Screen Actors Guild Awards gala on Sunday, throwing a potential late curveball into the Oscars race just a week before the Academy Awards.
The movie about the mysterious, behind-closed-doors selection process for choosing a new pope won the prize for Best Cast in a Motion Picture. Its stellar ensemble cast includes Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rossellini.
Collecting the award, Fiennes said the win was a celebration of "community," and "the supreme importance of it in our work and in the world."
Rossellini earlier wished "a quick recovery" to Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for 10 days with respiratory issues and remains in critical condition.
Having also won big at Britain's recent BAFTA awards, Conclave now appears a strong, late-breaking contender for the Best Picture Oscar, alongside critical darlings such as Anora.
Timothée Chalamet won the SAG Award for Best Male Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of a youthful Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.
"I know we're in a subjective business but the truth is, I'm really in pursuit of greatness," Chalamet said.
"I know people don't usually talk like that, but I want to be one of the greats," he added, citing inspirations including multiple Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis and Marlon Brando, and sporting titans Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps.
"I want to be up there," said the 29-year-old.
More closely following pundit predictions on Sunday, Demi Moore won Best female Actor in a Leading Role for her role in gory body horror The Substance.
Moore's role as an aging celebrity who injects a serum to temporarily reclaim her younger body has marked a stunning career renaissance for the 1990s megastar.
Acting "changed my life because it gave me meaning, it gave me purpose and it gave me direction, because I was a kid on my own, who had no blueprint for life," she said.
Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldana won the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress awards for A Real Pain and Emilia Perez, respectively, at the gala which aired on Netflix.
Culkin plays an emotional and charismatic tourist retracing his ancestral roots in Poland with his mismatched, neurotic cousin (Jesse Eisenberg).
Saldana portrays a lawyer hired to help a Mexican cartel boss undergo gender reassignment surgery in the scandal-hit Netflix film Emilia Perez.
Both have won nearly every prize in their categories at multiple shows this year, and appear to be shoo-ins for the Oscars next Sunday.
Jane Fonda received the union's Life Achievement Award, using much of her speech to urge Hollywood to "fight back" against the current state of US politics.
"A whole lot of people are going to be really hurt by what is happening, what is coming our way," warned Fonda.
While not directly mentioning President Donald Trump, Fonda notably name-checked Sebastian Stan's performance as Trump in the movie The Apprentice.
Comparing the present situation to the intolerance of the McCarthyism of the 1950s, Fonda said "today, it's helpful to remember... that Hollywood resisted." Her comments, greeted with a standing ovation from the audience.
In the television awards, Japanese period drama Shogun won Best Ensemble and Best Stunt Ensemble, while its stars Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada won individual awards.
In comedy, Martin Short won for Best Actor for Only Murders in the Building, which also won the Best Ensemble prize, while Jean Smart won for Hacks.
SAG Awards 2025: The complete winners list
FILM
Best Cast in a Motion Picture: Conclave
Best Male Actor in a Leading Role: Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Best Female Actor in a Leading Role: Demi Moore, The Substance
Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez
Best Stunt Ensemble: The Fall Guy
TELEVISION
Best Ensemble in a Drama Series: Shogun
Best Male Actor in a Drama Series: Hiroyuki Sanada, Shogun
Best Female Actor in a Drama Series: Anna Sawai, Shogun
Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series: Only Murders in the Building
Best Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Best Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Jean Smart, Hacks
Best Male Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie: Colin Farrell, The Penguin
Source: AFP
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