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2 5 TH SAG AWA R DS S P E C I A L 51 SAG A F T R A .O R G 2 0 1 9 presenting The Actor® to Martin Landau for his supporting performance in Ed Wood. "Now I know a lot more about what we think of as the actors' party in the actors' house, and I'm more proud than ever of the team that makes it possible," says Connell, who continues be advised by the SAG Awards Committee, which now consists of chair JoBeth Williams, who is also president of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Board; original committee member Daryl Anderson, who now serves as vice chair; Jason George; Elizabeth McLaughlin; and Woody Schultz. Throughout the show's history, the committee has never strayed from its original governing mission that the presentation pay for itself without relying on any union members' dues. Also, it continues to benefit the 2004 Charlize Theron wins for Monster at the 10th SAG Awards 2007 Eddie Murphy wins for Dreamgirls at the 13th SAG Awards 2012 Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis (The Help) and Brad Pitt at the 18th SAG Awards J EFFRE Y MAYER / WIREIMAG E RON WOLFSON/ WIREIMAG E ANG EL A WEISS It takes 10 American Fine Arts Foundation craftspeople three to four weeks to create the statuettes. More than 350 floral arrangements adorned the venue for the 2018 celebration. Dinner at the 2018 event, catered by notable chef Wolfgang Puck, included 500 pears, 300 pounds of salmon and 350 pounds of chicken. Each solid bronze Actor measures 16 inches and weighs 12 pounds. 17,100 square feet of red carpet graced the arrivals area in 2018. P U T T I N G I T T O G E T H E R