Screen Actors Guild Awards 1999
The 5th US Screen Actors Guild Awards , which the Screen Actors Guild presents each year in the areas of film (5 categories) and television (8 categories), took place on March 7, 1999 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center . In contrast to the Golden Globe Award , for example, the so-called SAG Awards only honor film, television and ensemble actors and are a yardstick for the upcoming Oscar awards. The winners are chosen by the members of the Screen Actors Guild, which one must belong to to work as an actor in the United States . In the United States, the award ceremony was shown live on cable broadcaster TNT .
The American actor Kirk Douglas was honored for his life's work .
Film winners and nominees
Best Actor
Roberto Benigni - Life is beautiful (La vita è bella)
- Joseph Fiennes - Shakespeare in Love
- Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)
- Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters
- Nick Nolte - Der Haunted (The Affliction)
Best main actress
Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love
- Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth
- Jane Horrocks - Little Voice
- Meryl Streep - Family thing (One True Thing)
- Emily Watson - Hilary & Jackie (Hilary and Jackie)
Best supporting actor
Robert Duvall - Civil Procedure (A Civil Action)
- James Coburn - Affliction (The Affliction)
- David Kelly - Long Live Ned Devine! (Waking Ned Devine)
- Geoffrey Rush - Shakespeare in Love
- Billy Bob Thornton - A Simple Plan (A Simple Plan)
The best supporting actress
Kathy Bates - With All Might (Primary Colors)
- Brenda Blethyn - Little Voice
- Judi Dench - Shakespeare in Love
- Rachel Griffiths - Hilary & Jackie (Hilary and Jackie)
- Lynn Redgrave - Gods and Monsters
Best acting ensemble
Ben Affleck , Judi Dench , Joseph Fiennes , Colin Firth , Gwyneth Paltrow , Geoffrey Rush , Imelda Staunton and Tom Wilkinson - Shakespeare in Love
- Roberto Benigni , Nicoletta Braschi , Horst Buchholz , Sergio Bustric , Giorgio Cantarini , Amerigo Fontani , Giuliana Lojodice and Marisa Paredes - Life is beautiful (La vita è bella)
- Annette Badland , Brenda Blethyn , Jim Broadbent , Michael Caine , Jane Horrocks , Philip Jackson and Ewan McGregor - Little Voice
- Edward Burns , Matt Damon , Jeremy Davies , Vin Diesel , Adam Goldberg , Tom Hanks , Barry Pepper , Giovanni Ribisi and Tom Sizemore - Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)
- Ian Bannen , Fionnula Flanagan , David Kelly , Susan Lynch and James Nesbitt - Long live Ned Devine! (Waking Ned Devine)
Television winners and nominees
Best Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries
Christopher Reeve - Rear Window (Rear Window)
- Charles S. Dutton - Blind Faith (Blind Faith)
- James Garner - Legalese
- Ben Kingsley - The Tale of Sweeney Todd
- Ray Liotta - Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack (The Rat Pack)
- Stanley Tucci - Winchell
Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries
Angelina Jolie - Gia - Price of Beauty (Gia)
- Ann-Margret - The Soul of the Party - Die Pamela Harriman Story (Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story)
- Stockard Channing - Baby Blues (The Baby Dance)
- Olympia Dukakis - More Tales of the City (More Tales of the City)
- Mary Steenburgen - Taking care of Sarah (About Sarah)
Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama
- David Duchovny - The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases (The X-Files)
- Anthony Edwards - Emergency Room - The Emergency Room (ER)
- Dennis Franz - New York Cops - NYPD Blue (NYPD Blue)
- Jimmy Smits - New York Cops - NYPD Blue (NYPD Blue)
Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Julianna Margulies - Emergency Room - The Emergency Room (ER)
- Gillian Anderson - The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases (The X-Files)
- Kim Delaney - New York Cops - NYPD Blue (NYPD Blue)
- Christine Lahti - Chicago Hope - End Station Hope (Chicago Hope)
- Annie Potts - Alabama Dreams (Any Day Now)
Best Actor in a Television Series - Comedy
Michael J. Fox - Chaos City (Spin City)
- Jason Alexander - Seinfeld
- Kelsey Grammer - Frasier
- Peter MacNicol - Ally McBeal
- David Hyde Pierce - Frasier
Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy
Tracey Ullman - Tracey Takes On ...
- Lisa Kudrow - Friends
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Seinfeld
- Calista Flockhart - Ally McBeal
- Amy Pietz - Caroline in the City
Best Acting Company - Drama
George Clooney , Anthony Edwards , Laura Innes , Alex Kingston , Eriq La Salle , Julianna Margulies , Kellie Martin , Paul McCrane , Gloria Reuben and Noah Wyle - Emergency Room - The Emergency Room (ER)
- Benjamin Bratt , Angie Harmon , Steven Hill , Jesse L. Martin , Carey Lowell , Jerry Orbach, and Sam Waterston - Law & Order
- Gordon Clapp , Kim Delaney , Dennis Franz , Sharon Lawrence , James McDaniel , Jimmy Smits , Andrea Thompson and Nicholas Turturro - New York Cops - NYPD Blue (NYPD Blue)
- Michael Badalucco , Lara Flynn Boyle , Lisa Gay Hamilton , Steve Harris , Camryn Manheim , Dylan McDermott , Marla Sokoloff and Kelli Williams - Practice - Die Anwälte (The Practice)
- Gillian Anderson , William Bruce Davis , David Duchovny Chris Owens , James Pickens Junior and Mitch Pileggi - The X-Files - The FBI's Scary Cases (The X-Files)
Best Acting Company - Comedy
Gil Bellows , Lisa Nicole Carson , Portia de Rossi , Calista Flockhart , Greg Germann , Jane Krakowski , Lucy Liu , Peter MacNicol , Vonda Shepard and Courtney Thorne-Smith - Ally McBeal
- Jane Curtin , Joseph Gordon-Levitt , Kristen Johnston , Simbi Khali , Wayne Knight , John Lithgow , French Stewart and Elmarie Wendel - Hinterm Mond just left (3rd Rock from the Sun)
- Peter Boyle , Brad Garrett , Patricia Heaton , Doris Roberts , Ray Romano and Madylin Sweeten - Everybody Loves Raymond (Everybody Loves Raymond)
- Peri Gilpin , Kelsey Grammer , Jane Leeves , John Mahoney and David Hyde Pierce - Frasier
- Jennifer Aniston , Courteney Cox , Lisa Kudrow , Matt LeBlanc , Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer - Friends