The cast of "Ted Lasso," the leads of "Squid Game" and Troy Kotsur of "CODA" have won at the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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The ceremony, held at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, and broadcast on both TNT and TBS, saw history made in a number of categories. Kotsur, best supporting actor in a film, is the first deaf actor to ever win an individual SAG award. And for the first time, actors in a non-English language series – the Korean phenomenon "Squid Game" – took home awards. Lee Jung-jae won best male actor in a drama series and Jung Ho-yeon won best female actor in a drama series.
The "Squid Game" wins for Lee and Jung came over big names like "Succession" stars Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong, and Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston of "The Morning Show."
"I have sat many a times watching you on the big screen dreaming of one day becoming an actor," Jung told the crowd, fighting back tears.
The SAG Awards are considered one of the most reliable predictors of the Academy Awards – actors make up the largest percentage of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Kotsur's win suggested he may have emerged as the Oscar favorite over the competition, notably Kodi Smit-McPhee of "The Power of the Dog."
