Screen Actors Guild Awards 1998
The fourth award of the US Screen Actors Guild Awards , the Screen Actors Guild each year in the areas of film (5 categories) and television (8 categories) awards, held on 8 March 1998 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center instead. 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-British actress Elizabeth Taylor was honored for her life's work .
Film winners and nominees
Best Actor
Jack Nicholson - Good As It Gets (As Good as It Gets)
- Matt Damon - Good Will Hunting
- Robert Duvall - Apostle! (The Apostle)
- Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold
- Dustin Hoffman - Wag the Dog - When the tail wags the dog (Wag the Dog)
Best main actress
Helen Hunt - Good As It Gets (As Good as It Gets)
- Helena Bonham Carter - Wings of the Dove (The Wings of the Dove)
- Judi Dench - Her Majesty Mrs. Brown (Mrs. Brown)
- Pam Grier - Jackie Brown
- Robin Wright - Alles aus Liebe (She's So Lovely)
- Kate Winslet - Titanic
Best supporting actor
Robin Williams - Good Will Hunting
- Billy Connolly - Her Majesty Mrs. Brown (Mrs. Brown)
- Anthony Hopkins - Amistad
- Greg Kinnear - Good As It Gets (As Good as It Gets)
- Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights
The best supporting actress
Kim Basinger - LA Confidential
Gloria Stuart - Titanic
- Minnie Driver - Good Will Hunting
- Alison Elliott - Wings of the Dove (The Wings of the Dove)
- Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
Best acting ensemble
Mark Addy , Paul Barber , Robert Carlyle , Deirdre Costello , Steve Huison , Bruce Jones , Lesley Sharp , William Snape , Hugo Speer , Tom Wilkinson and Emily Woof - All Or Not (The Full Monty)
- Don Cheadle , Heather Graham , Luis Guzmán , Philip Baker Hall , Philip Seymour Hoffman , Thomas Jane , Ricky Jay , William H. Macy , Alfred Molina , Julianne Moore , Nicole Ari Parker , John C. Reilly , Burt Reynolds , Robert Ridgely , Mark Wahlberg and Melora Walters - Boogie Nights
- Ben Affleck , Matt Damon , Minnie Driver , Stellan Skarsgård and Robin Williams - Good Will Hunting
- Kim Basinger , James Cromwell , Russell Crowe , Danny DeVito , Guy Pearce , Kevin Spacey and David Strathairn - LA Confidential
- Suzy Amis , Kathy Bates , Leonardo DiCaprio , Frances Fisher , Bernard Fox , Victor Garber , Bernard Hill , Jonathan Hyde , Danny Nucci , Bill Paxton , Gloria Stuart , David Warner , Kate Winslet and Billy Zane - Titanic
Television winners and nominees
Best Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries
Gary Sinise - Wallace (George Wallace)
- Jack Lemmon - The 12 Jurors (12 Angry Men)
- Sidney Poitier - Mandela and de Clerk - A turning point (Mandela and De Klerk)
- Ving Rhames - Don King - Only In America (Don King: Only In America)
- George C. Scott - The 12 Jurors (12 Angry Men)
Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries
Alfre Woodard - Miss Evers' Boys
- Glenn Close - At dusk (In the Gloaming)
- Faye Dunaway - The Twilight of the Gods
- Sigourney Weaver - Snow White (Snow White: A Tale of Terror)
- Mare Winningham - Wallace (George Wallace)
Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Anthony Edwards - Emergency Room - The Emergency Room (ER)
- David Duchovny - The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases (The X-Files)
- Dennis Franz - New York Cops - NYPD Blue (NYPD Blue)
- Jimmy Smits - New York Cops - NYPD Blue (NYPD Blue)
- Sam Waterston - Law & Order
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)
- Della Reese - Touched by an Angel (Touched By An Angel)
Best Actor in a Television Series - Comedy
John Lithgow - Behind the moon just left (3rd Rock from the Sun)
- Jason Alexander - Seinfeld
- Kelsey Grammer - Frasier
- David Hyde Pierce - Frasier
- Michael Richards - Seinfeld
Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Seinfeld
- Kirstie Alley - Veronica (Veronica's Closet)
- Ellen DeGeneres - Ellen
- Calista Flockhart - Ally McBeal
- Helen Hunt - Mad About You (Mad About You)
Best Acting Company - Drama
Maria Bello , George Clooney , Anthony Edwards , Laura Innes , Alex Kingston , Eriq La Salle , Julianna Margulies , Gloria Reuben and Noah Wyle - Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme (ER)
- Adam Arkin , Peter Berg , Jayne Brook , Rocky Carroll , Vondie Curtis-Hall , Stacy Edwards , Hector Elizondo , Mark Harmon and Christine Lahti - Chicago Hope - Endstation Hoffnung (Chicago Hope)
- Benjamin Bratt , Steven Hill , Carey Lowell , S. Epatha Merkerson , Jerry Orbach and Sam Waterston - Law & Order
- Gordon Clapp , Kim Delaney , Dennis Franz , James McDaniel , Jimmy Smits , Andrea Thompson and Nicholas Turturro - New York Cops - NYPD Blue (NYPD Blue)
- Gillian Anderson , William Bruce Davis , David Duchovny and Mitch Pileggi - The X-Files - The FBI's Scary Cases (The X-Files)
Best Acting Company - Comedy
Jason Alexander , Julia Louis-Dreyfus , Michael Richards and Jerry Seinfeld - Seinfeld
- 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)
- Gil Bellows , Lisa Nicole Carson , Calista Flockhart , Greg Germann , Jane Krakowski and Courtney Thorne-Smith - Ally McBeal
- Dan Butler , Peri Gilpin , Kelsey Grammer , Jane Leeves , John Mahoney and David Hyde Pierce - Frasier
- Robin Bartlett , Cynthia Harris , Helen Hunt , Leila Kenzle , John Pankow , Paul Reiser and Louis Zorich - Mad About You (Mad About You)