( CNN ) -- The 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards offered few surprises but lots of congeniality on Sunday night . Winners took a moment to thank losers , and the ceremony could n't have been kinder as the peer group gathered to celebrate the best performances of the past year . Visit here for a full list of the night 's winners . Here were just a few of the highlights of the evening : . 1 . Everyone was so nice ! From Julianne Moore reading the names of every single actor in her `` Game Change '' cast ( including the baby ! ) to Jesse Tyler Ferguson sending the `` 30 Rock '' cast a shout out when his `` Modern Family '' cast beat them out for best comedy ensemble , the evening was filled with collegiality and grace . Winners paid tribute to losers and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Dick Van Dyke declared the room filled with `` the greatest generation of actors in the history of acting . '' 2 . Speaking of Dick Van Dyke ... He definitely came off as one of the sweetest men in show business . From his loving story before the ceremony of how he met his wife at the SAG Awards to the positively thrilled look he had on his face when he received a standing ovation during the presentation of his Lifetime Achievement Award , it was as if he was channeling one of his most beloved characters , Rob Petrie , from `` The Dick Van Dyke '' show . Loved it . 3 . There were plenty of firsts . Anne Hathaway scored her first SAG win with the outstanding female actor in a supporting role for her turn as Fantine in `` Les Miserables '' as did Julianne Moore for outstanding female actor in a TV movie / miniseries for `` Game Change . '' The cast of `` Downton Abbey '' won outstanding ensemble cast in a drama series , which was their first nomination and win . `` I 'm just so thrilled I have dental , '' Hathaway joked . 4 . Learning that 14 seems to be a magic number . `` I got my SAG card when I was 14 , '' Hathaway shared . `` It felt like the beginning of the world . I have loved every single minute of my life as an actor . '' Turns out Jennifer Lawrence , who won for outstanding female actor in a leading role for `` Silver Linings Playbook , '' also snagged her card when she was 14 -- for a role in an MTV promo for `` My Super Sweet 16 . '' Hope springs eternal for child actors it seems . 5 . The sassy quips . Oh how we loved Bryan Cranston , best male actor in a drama series winner , dropping a line about being endowed with the statue followed by `` for tonight , at least , I 'm well-endowed . Thank you . '' And Phyllis Logan , speaking for the cast of `` Downton Abbey '' when they won outstanding ensemble cast in a drama series , crowed , `` Shut the front windows ! '' We did n't quite get it , but we loved it . The flu epidemic did n't spare Hollywood as actor Tommy Lee Jones reportedly missed out of picking up his statue for outstanding male actor in a supporting role for `` Lincoln '' because he was sick . The cast of `` Argo '' won for best cast in a motion picture , and Daniel Day-Lewis scored outstanding performance by a male actor for his role in `` Lincoln . '' The SAG Awards , which are decided exclusively by actors , are distinguished from the Globes , which are chosen by a group of about 80 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association . The five film SAG awards traditionally set the stage for the Oscars , voted by about 8,000 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , to be handed out four weeks later . The SAG ceremony at the Shrine Auditorim & Exposition Center in Los Angeles also includes eight primetime television categories , a followup to the Globes and last fall 's Emmys . The live telecast aired on TNT and TBS .
NEW : The cast of ` ` Argo '' wins for best cast in a motion picture . NEW : Daniel Day - Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence win lead actress categories . Sunday night marked the 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards .