Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

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Screen Actors Guild Award film award

The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role is a prestigious annual honor presented by SAG-AFTRA to recognize exceptional lead performances by male actors in motion pictures.

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Label	Occurrences
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role canonical	27
SAG Award for Best Actor	1
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Bill Murray)	1
Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T98447 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Context triple: [Colin Firth, awardReceived, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role]

A. Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by male actors in dramatic films.
B. Academy Award for Best Actor
The Academy Award for Best Actor is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor an outstanding leading performance by a male actor in a film.
C. Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in motion pictures.
D. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor an outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role in a film.
E. Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by actresses in motion pictures.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Target entity description: The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role is a prestigious annual honor presented by SAG-AFTRA to recognize exceptional lead performances by male actors in motion pictures.

A. Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by male actors in dramatic films.
B. Academy Award for Best Actor
The Academy Award for Best Actor is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor an outstanding leading performance by a male actor in a film.
C. Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in motion pictures.
D. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor an outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role in a film.
E. Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by actresses in motion pictures.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Screen Actors Guild Award ⓘ film award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	SAG Award for Best Actor ⓘ linked to: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
awardedFor	lead performance by a male actor in a motion picture ⓘ outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role ⓘ
belongsTo	American film awards ⓘ
broadcastOn	cable television in the United States ⓘ
ceremonyLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
firstAwarded	1995 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genderRestriction	male actors ⓘ
hasCategory	acting award ⓘ
hasEligibilityCriterion	performance must be in a motion picture released during the eligibility year ⓘ performer must be a SAG-AFTRA member ⓘ
hasSignificance	considered a key precursor to the Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
hasTrophyName	The Actor ⓘ
inception	1994 ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ
languageOfCeremony	English ⓘ
medium	motion pictures ⓘ
notableRecipient	Chadwick Boseman ⓘ Daniel Day-Lewis ⓘ Denzel Washington ⓘ Eddie Redmayne ⓘ Forest Whitaker ⓘ Gary Oldman ⓘ Jamie Foxx ⓘ Joaquin Phoenix ⓘ Leonardo DiCaprio ⓘ Matthew McConaughey ⓘ Philip Seymour Hoffman ⓘ Rami Malek ⓘ Sean Penn ⓘ Tom Hanks ⓘ
organizer	SAG-AFTRA ⓘ linked to: Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
partOf	Screen Actors Guild Awards ⓘ linked to: Screen Actors Guild Award
performanceType	leading role ⓘ
presentedBy	SAG-AFTRA ⓘ linked to: Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists ⓘ
relatedAward	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture ⓘ Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role ⓘ
selectionMethod	voting by SAG-AFTRA members ⓘ

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Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colin Firth → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Russell Crowe → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Chadwick Boseman → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Leonardo DiCaprio → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Rami Malek → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role → alsoKnownAs → SAG Award for Best Actor ⓘ

linked to: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Johnny Depp → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Colin Firth → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

subject linked to: Firth

Daniel Day-Lewis → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Forest Whitaker → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Casey Affleck → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

subject linked to: Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt

linked to: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Philip Seymour Hoffman → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Gary Oldman → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Jamie Foxx → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Joaquin Phoenix → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role → relatedAward → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Matthew McConaughey → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

St. Vincent → notableAwardNomination → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Bill Murray) ⓘ

linked to: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award → relatedAward → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Nicolas Cage → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

The Actor → isTrophyFor → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Forest Steven Whitaker → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Brendan Fraser → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Philip Seymour Hoffman → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

subject linked to: Philip

Eric Marlon Bishop → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Trumbo → awardNomination → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Nicolas Kim Coppola → awardReceived → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Austin Robert Butler → nominatedFor → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

Venus (2006 British film) → nominatedFor → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

subject linked to: Venus (2006 British romantic comedy film)

Get Low → nominatedFor → Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ

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