“Squid Game” Where Actor Anupam Tripathi Starred Scores Nominations for SAG Awards in Four Categories

The original Netflix series “Squid Game,” in which Anupam Tripathi, a current School of Drama student, starred earned nominations for the SAG awards for the first time for a non-English-speaking TV drama series. The nominations went to Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Outstanding Performance by Male Actor, Outstanding Performance by Female Actor, and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. 

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble among them honors the finest ensemble acting achievements. Anupam Tripathi made his presence in the series acting as “Ali Abdul,” a foreign worker from Pakistan.

The SAG Awards has significance in that the awards come from the recognition by the committees composed of actor and actress members, the colleagues of the same field. In 2020, Lee Sun-kyun, Park So-dam, and Jang Hye-jin, an actor and actress of School of Drama, won the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble with Parasite (2019).