Congratulations to BD Wong, Aziz Ansari, Randall Park, Constance Wu and Oscar Isaac on their 2016 Critics’ Choice Award nominations in the Television category.
The Critics’ Choice Awards are the newly combined honors from the Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association. The winners of the 21st annual Critics’ Choice Awards will be announced at the Sunday, January 17th awards gala, hosted by T.J. Miller at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. It will broadcast live on A&E (8/7c), Lifetime and LMN.
Wong’s turn as White Rose in the USA Network’s Mr. Robot has garnered him a Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series nod. Over the summer, he reprised his role as Dr. Wu in the blockbuster Jurassic World, which has been nominated for Best Action Movie, Best Sci-Fi Horror Movie, Best Visual Effects, Best Actor in an Action Movie (Chris Pratt) and Best Actress in an Action Movie (Bryce Dallas Howard) in the Film category. Wong was recently cast in the FOX Bat-prequel Gotham as iconic Bat-foe Hugo Strange, a brilliant professor and psychiatrist tapped to head up Gotham City’s notorious Arkham Asylum.
Fresh Off the Boat‘s Randall Park will go head to head in the Best Actor in a Comedy Series with Master of None‘s Aziz Ansari, who also received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series-Musical or Comedy Park’s Fresh Off the Boat co-star Constance Wu has been nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.
Oscar Isaac was riveting as Nick Wasicsko in HBO’s Show Me A Hero and has received a Critics’ Choice Award nomination for Best Actor in a Movie made for Television or Limited Series and a Golden Globe nomination in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture made for Television.
The Guatemalan-American actor and singer received his first Golden Globe nomination for his starring role in Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), and is know for his lead roles in A Most Violent Year (2014) and Ex Machina (2015). He stars as X-wing pilot Poe Dameron in the seventh Star Wars film – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), and in 2016, can be seen in the ninth X-Men film, X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), as the titular supervillain Apocalypse.
Other nominations of note include Peter Sohn’s The Good Dinosaur (Best Animated Feature), The Assassins (Best Foreign Language Film), and Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto (Best Score) for The Revenant.
Congratulations to all of the nominees.
TELEVISION
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Empire
Mr. Robot
Penny Dreadful
Rectify
The Knick
The Leftovers
UnREAL
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Hugh Dancy – Hannibal
Rami Malek – Mr. Robot
Clive Owen – The Knick
Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan
Justin Theroux – The Leftovers
Aden Young – Rectify
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Shiri Appleby – UnREAL
Carrie Coon – The Leftovers
Viola Davis – How to Get Away With Murder
Eva Green – Penny Dreadful
Taraji P. Henson – Empire
Krysten Ritter – Jessica Jones
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Clayne Crawford – Rectify
Christopher Eccleston – The Leftovers
Andre Holland – The Knick
Jonathan Jackson – Nashville
Rufus Sewell – The Man in the High Castle
Christian Slater – Mr. Robot
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Ann Dowd – The Leftovers
Regina King – The Leftovers
Helen McCrory – Penny Dreadful
Hayden Panettiere – Nashville
Maura Tierney – The Affair
Constance Zimmer – UnREAL
BEST GUEST ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Richard Armitage – Hannibal
Justin Kirk – Manhattan
Patti LuPone – Penny Dreadful
Margo Martindale – The Good Wife
Marisa Tomei – Empire
BD Wong – Mr. Robot
BEST COMEDY SERIES
black-ish
Catastrophe
Jane the Virgin
Master of None
The Last Man on Earth
Transparent
You’re the Worst
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Anderson – black-ish
Aziz Ansari – Master of None
Will Forte – The Last Man on Earth
Randall Park – Fresh Off the Boat
Fred Savage – The Grinder
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Rachel Bloom — Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Aya Cash — You’re the Worst
Wendi McLendon-Covey — The Goldbergs
Gina Rodriguez — Jane the Virgin
Tracee Ellis Ross — black-ish
Constance Wu — Fresh Off the Boat
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Jaime Camil – Jane the Virgin
Jay Duplass – Transparent
Neil Flynn – The Middle
Keegan-Michael Key – Playing House
Mel Rodriguez – Getting On
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Mayim Bialik – The Big Bang Theory
Kether Donohue – You’re the Worst
Allison Janney – Mom
Judith Light – Transparent
Niecy Nash – Getting On
Eden Sher – The Middle
BEST GUEST ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ellen Burstyn – Mom
Anjelica Huston – Transparent
Cherry Jones – Transparent
Jenifer Lewis – black-ish
Timothy Olyphant — The Grinder
John Slattery – Wet Hot American Summer
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Hotel
Kirsten Dunst – Fargo
Sarah Hay – Flesh and Bone
Alyvia Alyn Lind – Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors
Rachel McAdams – True Detective
Shanice Williams – The Wiz Live!
BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
Childhood’s End
Fargo
Luther
Saints & Strangers
Show Me a Hero
The Wiz Live!
BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
Wes Bentley — American Crime Story: Hotel
Martin Clunes —Arthur & George
Idris Elba — Luther
Oscar Isaac —Show Me a Hero
Vincent Kartheiser — Saints & Strangers
Patrick Wilson — Fargo
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
David Alan Grier – The Wiz Live!
Ne-Yo – The Wiz Live!
Nick Offerman – Fargo
Jesse Plemons – Fargo
Raoul Trujillo – Saints & Strangers
Bokeem Woodbine – Fargo
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
Mary J. Blige – The Wiz Live!
Laura Haddock – Luther
Cristin Milioti – Fargo
Sarah Paulson – American Horror Story: Hotel
Winona Ryder – Show Me a Hero
Jean Smart – Fargo
BEST ANIMATION SERIES
Bob’s Burgers
BoJack Horseman
South Park
Star Wars Rebels
The Simpsons
BEST TALK SHOW
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Graham Norton Show
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
BEST REALITY SHOW – COMPETITION
Chopped
Face Off
MasterChef Junior
Survivor
The Amazing Race
The Voice
BEST REALITY SHOW HOST
Ted Allen – Chopped
Phil Keoghan – The Amazing Race
James Lipton – Inside the Actors Studio
Jane Lynch – Hollywood Game Night
Jeff Probst – Survivor
Gordon Ramsay – Hell’s Kitchen
BEST STRUCTURED REALITY SHOW
Antiques Roadshow
Inside The Actors Studio
MythBusters
Project Greenlight
Shark Tank
Undercover Boss
BEST UNSTRUCTURED REALITY SHOW
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Cops
Deadliest Catch
Intervention
Naked and Afraid
Pawn Stars
FILM
BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Sicario
Spotlight
BEST ACTOR
Bryan Cranston
Trumbo
Matt Damon
The Martian
Johnny Depp
Black Mass
Leonardo DiCaprio
The Revenant
Michael Fassbender
Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne
The Danish Girl
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett
Carol
Brie Larson
Room
Jennifer Lawrence
Joy
Charlotte Rampling
45 Years
Saoirse Ronan
Brooklyn
Charlize Theron
Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Dano
Love & Mercy
Tom Hardy
The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo
Spotlight
Mark Rylance
Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon
99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone
Creed
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh
The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara
Carol
Rachel McAdams
Spotlight
Helen Mirren
Trumbo
Alicia Vikander
The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet
Steve Jobs
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Abraham Attah
Beasts of No Nation
RJ Cyler
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Shameik Moore
Dope
Milo Parker
Mr. Holmes
Jacob Tremblay
Room
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Big Short
The Hateful Eight
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Trumbo
BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes
Carol
Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Revenant
Tom McCarthy
Spotlight
George Miller
Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott
The Martian
Steven Spielberg
Bridge of Spies
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Bridge of Spies
Alex Garland
Ex Machina
Quentin Tarantino
The Hateful Eight
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley
Inside Out
Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy
Spotlight
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
The Big Short
Nick Hornby
Brooklyn
Drew Goddard
The Martian
Emma Donoghue
Room
Aaron Sorkin
Steve Jobs
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol
Ed Lachman
The Hateful Eight
Robert Richardson
Mad Max: Fury Road
John Seale
The Martian
Dariusz Wolski
The Revenant
Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario
Roger Deakins
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo
Brooklyn
François Séguin, Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay
Carol
Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
The Danish Girl
Eve Stewart, Michael Standish
Mad Max: Fury Road
Colin Gibson
The Martian
Arthur Max, Celia Bobak
BEST EDITING
The Big Short
Hank Corwin
Mad Max: Fury Road
Margaret Sixel
The Martian
Pietro Scalia
The Revenant
Stephen Mirrione
Spotlight
Tom McArdle
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Brooklyn
Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Carol
Sandy Powell
Cinderella
Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl
Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road
Jenny Beavan
BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Black Mass
Carol
The Danish Girl
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
The Walk
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Furious 7
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Sicario
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Daniel Craig
Spectre
Tom Cruise
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Tom Hardy
Mad Max: Fury Road
Chris Pratt
Jurassic World
Paul Rudd
Ant-Man
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Emily Blunt
Sicario
Rebecca Ferguson
Mission:Impossible – Rogue Nation
Bryce Dallas Howard
Jurassic World
Jennifer Lawrence
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
Charlize Theron
Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST COMEDY
The Big Short
Inside Out
Joy
Sisters
Spy
Trainwreck
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Christian Bale
The Big Short
Steve Carell
The Big Short
Robert De Niro
The Intern
Bill Hader
Trainwreck
Jason Statham
Spy
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Tina Fey
Sisters
Jennifer Lawrence
Joy
Melissa McCarthy
Spy
Amy Schumer
Trainwreck
Lily Tomlin
Grandma
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
Ex Machina
It Follows
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Assassin
Goodnight Mommy
Mustang
The Second Mother
Son of Saul
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Amy
Cartel Land
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
He Named Me Malala
The Look of Silence
Where to Invade Next
BEST SONG
Fifty Shades of Grey
“Love Me Like You Do”
Furious 7
“See You Again”
The Hunting Ground
“Til It Happens To You”
Love & Mercy
“One Kind of Love”
Spectre
“Writing’s on the Wall”
Youth
“Simple Song #3”
BEST SCORE
Carol
Carter Burwell
The Hateful Eight
Ennio Morricone
The Revenant
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto
Sicario
Johann Johannsson
Spotlight
Howard Shore
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