( CNN ) -- The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations were announced Wednesday morning , and as one of the leading awards show salvos in what is expected to be a competitive season , what did n't get nominated was as notable as what did . Robert Redford was left out . So was anybody from `` Inside Llewyn Davis . '' `` Captain Phillips '' missed out on a best ensemble nomination , and `` The Wolf of Wall Street '' came up completely empty . A number of films did get good news . Awards Season 2014 . `` 12 Years a Slave '' was nominated for four awards -- best ensemble , best male actor ( Chewitel Ejiofor ) , best supporting male actor ( Michael Fassbender ) and best supporting female actor ( Lupita Nyong ' o ) . Though `` 12 Years '' has narrowly missed topping year-end best-of lists so far -- and has even been left out entirely on some -- it 's been considered an Academy Award shoo-in since its release in October , and the SAGs do nothing to stall its momentum . On the other hand , `` August : Osage County , '' the sprawling comedy-drama based on the Tracy Letts play , has been generally ignored on critics ' best-of lists . ( `` Good but not great '' is the consensus so far . ) But it also did well at the SAG nominations , earning three nods , for ensemble , lead female actor Meryl Streep and supporting female actor Julia Roberts . `` Dallas Buyers Club '' also did well , earning nominations for ensemble , lead actor Matthew McConaughey and supporting actor Jared Leto . `` Lee Daniels ' The Butler '' and `` American Hustle '' complete the list of nominees for best ensemble , the SAG Awards ' closest equivalent to best picture . `` The Butler '' also earned nods for stars Forest Whitaker ( best actor ) and Oprah Winfrey ( female supporting actor ) . Jennifer Lawrence added to `` Hustle 's '' haul with a female supporting actor nomination . And `` Captain Phillips , '' though snubbed in the ensemble category , picked up nominations for star Tom Hanks and a surprise nod for supporting actor Barkhad Abdi . `` Phillips '' is the film debut for Abdi , a Somali immigrant who plays a ship hijacker . But there are a number of Oscar favorites that could n't get into the ring . `` Her , '' the Spike Jonze work about a man who develops a relationship with a computer operating system , was completely shut out . So was `` The Wolf of Wall Street , '' the new Martin Scorsese film , despite excellent early buzz . Keep up to date on who has won what with our Awards tracker . Redford , whose one-man show in `` All Is Lost '' has made him a favorite for best actor , was left off SAG 's list . So were Oscar Isaac ( from the Coen brothers ' latest , `` Inside Llewyn Davis , '' which came up completely empty ) , Michael B. Jordan ( `` Fruitvale Station '' ) and `` American Hustle 's '' Amy Adams and Christian Bale . The most unlikely nominees were focused in the supporting actor category . Besides Abdi , Daniel Bruhl picked up a nomination for Ron Howard 's mostly overlooked `` Rush , '' and the late James Gandolfini was honored for his work in the comedy `` Enough Said . '' Though the actors ' wing represents the biggest bloc of Oscar voters , the SAG Awards are n't always a great bellwether of best picture success at the Academy Awards . Though `` Argo , '' last year 's best picture , also won the SAG Awards ' ensemble honor , the 18th annual SAGs went with `` The Help '' over `` The Artist '' and the 16th annual awards tapped `` Inglorious Basterds '' over `` The Hurt Locker . '' The picks for actor and actress , on the other hand , are much closer to the academy 's selections . Last year 's SAGs went to Daniel Day-Lewis and Lawrence ; the year before honored Jean Dujardin ( though Viola Davis lost the Oscar to Streep ) ; and 2010 SAGs went to Colin Firth and Natalie Portman . Does it mean anything ? Thursday may muddy the waters further , when the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announces the Golden Globe nominations . TNT and TBS will air the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 18 .
SAG Award nominations leave out Robert Redford for best actor . `` 12 Years a Slave '' earns four nods ; `` August : Osage County '' gets three . Actors are large bloc of Oscar voters so SAGs are examined for Academy Award forecasts .