VIDEO: Brian d'Arcy James Makes us All Proud at the SAG AWARDS

By: Jan. 31, 2016
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Current SOMETHING ROTTEN! star Brian d'Arcy James represented Broadway well when he took home a blue statue at last night's SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in SPOTLIGHT, alongside Broadway vets Billy Crudup, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, and John Slattery, as well as Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, and Stanley Tucci. Below, watch the cast accept the honor!

Spotlight is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by Tom McCarthy and written by McCarthy and Josh Singer. The film follows The Boston Globe's "Spotlight" team, the oldest continuously operating newspaper investigative unit in the United States and its investigation into cases of widespread and systemic child sex abuse in the Boston area by numerous Roman Catholic Priests. It is based on a series of stories by the real Spotlight Team that earned The Globe the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. The film stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Brian d'Arcy James, Liev Schreiber, and Billy Crudup.

Spotlight was shown in the Out of Competition section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. It was shown as well as at the Telluride Film Festival and the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released on November 6, 2015, by Open Road Films. It won numerous guilds and critics' association awards, and was named one of the finest films of 2015 by various publications.

Brian's Broadway credits include Macbeth, Next to Normal, Time Stands Still, Shrek The Musical (Tony nom., Drama Desk Award), Apple Tree, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Sweet Smell of Success (Tony nom.), Titanic, Carousel, Blood Brothers. Select Off-Broadway: Originating King George III in Public Theater's Hamilton, Giant, The Good Thief (Obie), Port Authority, The Wild Party. He also appeared in Sisters with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as well as starring on NBC's "Smash," HBO's "Game Change," Friends with Kids, Admission, and Ghost Town.



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