Screen Actors Guild Awards 2009
The 15th ceremony of the US Screen Actors Guild Awards , the Screen Actors Guild each year in the areas of film (6 categories) and television (9 categories) awards, held on 25 January 2009 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 .
The nominees were announced on December 18, 2008 at Los Angeles' Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater by actors Angela Bassett and Eric McCormack . In the United States, the ceremony was broadcast live on cable networks TNT and TBS .
The American actor James Earl Jones was honored for his life's work .
Film winners and nominees
Best Actor
- Richard Jenkins - A Summer in New York - The Visitor (The Visitor)
- Frank Langella - Frost / Nixon
- Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
- Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler - Fame, Love, Pain (The Wrestler)
Best main actress
Meryl Streep - Question of Faith (Doubt)
- Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married (Rachel Getting Married)
- Angelina Jolie - The Stranger Son (Changeling)
- Melissa Leo - Frozen River
- Kate Winslet - Times of Turmoil (Revolutionary Road)
Best supporting actor
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (posthumous)
- Josh Brolin - Milk
- Robert Downey junior - Tropic Thunder
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - Question of Faith (Doubt)
- Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire (Slumdog Millionaire)
The best supporting actress
Kate Winslet - The Reader (The Reader)
- Amy Adams - Faith Question (Doubt)
- Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Viola Davis - Question of Faith (Doubt)
- Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Best acting ensemble
Rubina Ali , Tanay Chheda , Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala , Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail , Anil Kapoor , Irrfan Khan , Ayush Mahesh Khedekar , Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar , Madhur Mittal , Dev Patel and Freida Pinto - Slumdog Millionaire (Slumdog Millionaire)
- Mahershala Ali , Cate Blanchett , Jason Flemyng , Jared Harris , Taraji P. Henson , Elias Koteas , Julia Ormond , Brad Pitt , Phyllis Somerville and Tilda Swinton - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
- Amy Adams , Viola Davis , Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep - Question of Faith (Doubt)
- Kevin Bacon , Rebecca Hall , Toby Jones , Frank Langella , Matthew Macfadyen , Oliver Platt , Sam Rockwell and Michael Sheen - Frost / Nixon
- Josh Brolin , Joseph Cross , James Franco , Victor Garber , Emile Hirsch , Diego Luna , Denis O'Hare , Sean Penn and Alison Pill - Milk
Best stunt ensemble
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Iron man
- Wanted
Television winners and nominees
Best Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries
Paul Giamatti - John Adams - Freedom for America (John Adams)
- Ralph Fiennes - Bernard and Doris
- Kevin Spacey - Recount
- Kiefer Sutherland - 24: Redemption
- Tom Wilkinson - John Adams - Freedom For America (John Adams)
Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries
Laura Linney - John Adams - Freedom For America (John Adams)
- Laura Dern - Recount
- Shirley MacLaine - Coco Chanel
- Phylicia Rashād - A Raisin in the Sun
- Susan Sarandon - Bernard and Doris
Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Hugh Laurie - Dr. House (House)
- Michael C. Hall - Dexter
- Jon Hamm - Mad Men
- William Shatner - Boston Legal
- James Spader - Boston Legal
Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters
- Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Holly Hunter - Saving Grace
- Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men
- Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
Best Actor in a Television Series - Comedy
- Steve Carell - The Office (The Office)
- David Duchovny - Californication
- Jeremy Piven - Entourage
- Tony Shalhoub - Monk
Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy
- Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?
- America Ferrera - Ugly Betty
- Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds - Small Deals Among Neighbors (Weeds)
- Tracey Ullman - Tracey Ullman's State of the Union
Best Acting Company - Drama
Bryan Batt , Alison Brie , Michael Gladis , Jon Hamm , Aaron Hart, Christina Hendricks , January Jones , Vincent Kartheiser , Robert Morse , Mark Moses , Elisabeth Moss , Kiernan Shipka , John Slattery , Rich Sommer and Aaron Staton - Mad Men
- Candice Bergen , Saffron Burrows , Christian Clemenson , Taraji P. Henson , John Larroquette , William Shatner , James Spader , Tara Summers, and Gary Anthony Williams - Boston Legal
- GW Bailey , Michael Paul Chan , Raymond Cruz , Tony Denison , Robert Gossett , Phillip P. Keene , Gina Ravera , Corey Reynolds , Kyra Sedgwick , JK Simmons and Jon Tenney - The Closer
- Preston Bailey , Julie Benz , Jennifer Carpenter , Valerie Cruz , Kristin Dattilo , Michael C. Hall , Desmond Harrington , CS Lee , Jason Manuel Olazabal , David Ramsey , James Remar , Christina Robinson , Jimmy Smits , Lauren Vélez and David Zayas - Dexter
- Lisa Edelstein , Omar Epps , Peter Jacobson , Hugh Laurie , Robert Sean Leonard , Jennifer Morrison , Kal Penn , Jesse Spencer and Olivia Wilde - Dr. House (House)
Best Acting Company - Comedy
Scott Adsit , Alec Baldwin , Katrina Bowden , Kevin Brown , Grizz Chapman , Tina Fey , Judah Friedlander , Jane Krakowski , John Lutz , Jack McBrayer , Tracy Morgan , Maulik Pancholy and Keith Powell - 30 Rock
- Kendall Applegate , Andrea Bowen , Charlie Carver , Max Carver , Ricardo Chavira , Gary Cole , Marcia Cross , Dana Delany , James Denton , Lyndsy Fonseca , Rachel G. Fox , Teri Hatcher , Zane Huett , Felicity Huffman , Kathryn Joosten , Brent and Shane Kinsman , Joy Lauren , Eva Longoria , Kyle MacLachlan , Neal McDonough , Joshua Logan Moore , Shawn Pyfrom , Doug Savant , Dougray Scott , Nicollette Sheridan and Brenda Strong - Desperate Housewives
- Kevin Connolly , Kevin Dillon , Jerry Ferrara , Adrian Grenier , Rex Lee , Jeremy Piven and Perrey Reeves - Entourage
- Leslie David Baker , Brian Baumgartner , Creed Bratton , Steve Carell , Jenna Fischer , Kate Flannery , Melora Hardin , Ed Helms , Mindy Kaling , Angela Kinsey , John Krasinski , Paul Lieberstein , BJ Novak , Oscar Núñez , Craig Robinson , Phyllis Smith and Rainn Wilson - The office (The office)
- Demián Bichir , Julie Bowen , Enrique Castillo , Guillermo Díaz , Alexander Gould , Allie Grant , Justin Kirk , Hemky Madera , Andy Milder , Kevin Nealon , Mary-Louise Parker , Hunter Parrish , Elizabeth Perkins and Jack Stehlin - Weeds - Small Deals Among Neighbors (Weeds)
Best stunt ensemble
Lifetime achievement award
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Nominations Announced for the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards . In: SAGAwards.org . December 18, 2008. Retrieved February 1, 2015.