Tuesday Trivia: SAG Awards

Hi. Thanks to all of you for your patience during this difficult time. I would like to resume “normal” posting, so trivia is here.

The lesser-known cousin of the Oscars, SAG awards acting only, in both movies and television. All of the following clues will lead you to SAG winners.

1. The only posthumous SAG recipient for an individual* movie performance.
Solved by Evn (comment #3).

2. The only posthumous SAG recipient for an individual television performance.
Solved by Hazel (comment #10).

3. The first African-American to receive an individual SAG for a movie performance.
Solved by George (comment #12).

4. The first African-American to receive an individual SAG for a television performance.
Solved by George (comment #12).

5. Awarded for playing an attorney, he’s been a gangster, a lothario, a famous detective, and a cartoon character.
Solved by Melville (comment #6).

6. He’s been a pirate, a filmmaker, a monster, a novelist, and a barber.
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #1).

7. She’s been a murderer, a real-life author, the girlfriend of a real-life author, a delusional actress, and a foster mother.
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #4).

*SAG gives ensemble awards to entire casts. I didn’t look up all those people.

12 comments

  1. Tom Hilton says:

    I’m guessing #6 is Johnny Depp (Pirates O’Caribbean, Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands, Sweeney Todd).

  2. Evn says:

    Is #1 Heath Ledger?

  3. Tom Hilton says:

    Oh, and #7 is Renee Zellweger (Chicago, Miss Potter, The Whole Wide World, Nurse Betty, and I don’t know the last one).

  4. Deborah Lipp says:

    Foster mother=White Oleander. Great work.

  5. Melville says:

    Is #5 Albert Finney?

  6. George says:

    I’m guessing #5 is Robert Downey Jr.–lawyer for Ally McBeal but not sure of the rest ___, Two Girls and a Guy or The Pick-up Artist, The Singing Detective, A Scanner Darkly.

  7. Deborah Lipp says:

    The roles for Albert Finney are in Erin Brockovich, Miller’s Crossing, Tom Jones, Murder on the Orient Express, and Annie.

  8. George says:

    Well now I know why I couldn’t find Downey’s gangster role. It’s is odd he’s got the other ones down though.

  9. Hazel says:

    I think #2 is Raul Julia.

  10. Deborah Lipp says:

    George, you’re right, it is odd. And Hazel, you’re right as well.

  11. George says:

    Is #2 Jerry Orbach for Law and Order?
    Is #3 Cuba Gooding Jr. for Jerry Maguire?
    Is #4 Alfre Woodard for The Piano Lesson?

    Sorry, once I got going on IMDB….