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Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series

The SAG-AFTRA honor for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series, added in 2007 and presented on the Actor Awards red carpet, recognizes a series' stunt performers and coordinators; Game of Thrones won it eight straight years (2013-2020).

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, also called the drama ensemble Actor Award, honors a TV drama cast; voted by SAG-AFTRA members; winners include The Crown, Succession, Shōgun, and The Pitt.

Screen Actors Guild Awards

The Screen Actors Guild Awards, renamed the Actor Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA for 2026, are peer acting awards voted on by over 118,000 eligible SAG-AFTRA members, featuring ensemble prizes and held two weeks before the Oscars since 1995.

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

The Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award is SAG-AFTRA's highest tribute, given since 1962 (first recipient Eddie Cantor) for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment; recent honorees include Barbra Streisand, Jane Fonda, Harrison Ford, and Al Pacino.

Spanish-language and ethnic performer advocacy groups in American screen media

Advocacy groups for Latino and Hispanic performers in US screen media: Nosotros (1970), HOLA (1975), NALIP, NHMC/NLMC, Imagen Foundation, Latinas Acting Up, and SAG-AFTRA and DGA Latino committees, fighting underrepresentation and stereotyping.

United Talent Agency

United Talent Agency (UTA) is a Beverly Hills-based global talent and entertainment agency founded in 1991, representing actors, musicians, athletes, creators, and brands, and known for acquisitions including The Agency Group, MediaLink, and Curtis Brown Group.

William Morris Agency

The William Morris Agency (WMA) was an American talent agency founded in New York in 1898 as a vaudeville booking service, merging with Endeavor in 2009 to form WME.

Writers Guild of America

Writers Guild of America (WGA), joint name of the Writers Guild of America West (founded 1933 as Screen Writers' Guild) and East (1954), the unions representing US screen and television writers; they negotiate the Minimum Basic Agreement with the AMPTP and struck for 148 days in 2023 over streaming residuals and AI.