In “Moonlight,” Mahershala Ali has been nominated as Best Supporting Actor for his role as a drug dealer who tries to help young Chiron, the film’s main character.
World War II veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Desmond Doss rides in a car past the grand stand on Market St. during an Armed Forces parade in downtown Chattanooga in 2002. Doss was awarded the Medal of Honor for his role in Okinawa as an Army medic.Two films honored at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles have Chattanooga ties.
The award for best supporting actor in a movie went to Mahershala Ali for his role in “Moonlight.”
Chattanooga native John Montague was an associate producer on the film.
You can read more about him here.
Hacksaw Ridge won the award for best stunt ensemble. The movie was about local Medal of Honor winner Desmond Doss.
Doss, who spent most of his adult life in Rising Fawn, Ga., was the only conscientious objector to ever win the Medal of Honor after he rescued 75 men during World War II’s Battle of Okinawa.
He returned home a national hero and retired to a quiet life in a small house on Lookout Mountain.
Here’s a complete list of winners at Sunday’s 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles:
MOVIES:
Actor: Denzel Washington, “Fences”
Actress: Emma Stone, “La La Land”
Supporting actor: Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
Supporting actress: Viola Davis, “Fences”
Cast: “Hidden Figures”
Stunt ensemble: “Hacksaw Ridge”
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TELEVISION:
Actor in a comedy series: William H. Macy, “Shameless”
Actress in a comedy series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”
Comedy series cast: “Orange is the New Black”
Actor in a movie or miniseries: Bryan Cranston, “All the Way”
Actress in a movie or miniseries: Sarah Paulson, “The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”
Drama series cast: “Stranger Things”
Actor in a drama series: John Lithgow, “The Crown”
Actress in a drama series: Claire Foy, “The Crown”
Stunt ensemble: “Game of Thrones”
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Life Achievement: Lily Tomlin
