The Screen Actors Guild Awards

The Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations were announced in January, 1999 by Salma Hayek and David Hyde Pierce. Nominees were selected by a nominating committee of 4,200 randomly selected active Guild members. The awards were given on Sunday, March 7th, at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center, and were televised live nationally on TNT.

And the nominees are...


All nominees are shown. Winners are in red.

Outstanding Performance by a
Male Actor in a Drama Series
  • David Duchovny
    "The X-Files" (Fox)
  • Anthony Edwards
    "ER" (NBC)
  • Dennis Franz
    "NYPD Blue" (ABC)
  • Jimmy Smits
    "NYPD Blue" (ABC)
  • Sam Waterston
    "Law & Order" (NBC)
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Drama Series
  • Gillian Anderson
    "The X-Files" (Fox)
  • Kim Delaney
    "NYPD Blue" (Fox)
  • Christine Lahti
    "Chicago Hope" (CBS)
  • Julianna Margulies
    "ER" (NBC)
  • Annie Potts
    "Any Day Now" (Lifetime)
Outstanding Performance by a
Male Actor in a Comedy Series
  • Jason Alexander
    "Seinfeld" (NBC)
  • Michael J. Fox
    "Spin City" (ABC)
  • Kelsey Grammer
    "Frasier" (NBC)
  • Peter MacNicol
    "Ally McBeal" (Fox)
  • David Hyde Pierce
    "Frasier" (NBC)
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Comedy Series
  • Calista Flockhart
    "Ally McBeal" (Fox)
  • Lisa Kudrow
    "Friends" (NBC)
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus
    "Seinfeld" (NBC)
  • Amy Pietz
    "Caroline in the City" (NBC)
  • Tracey Ullman
    "Tracey Takes On ..." (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  • "ER": George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Laura Innes, Eriq La Salle, Julianna Margulies, Kellie Martin, Gloria Reuben, Noah Wyle
  • "Law & Order": Benjamin Bratt, Angie Harmon, Steven Hill, Carey Lowell, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Sam Waterston
  • "NYPD Blue": Gordon Clapp, Kim Delaney, Dennis Franz, Sharon Lawrence, James McDaniel, Jimmy Smits, Andrea Thompson, Nicholas Turturro
  • "The Practice": Michael Badalucco, Lara Flynn Boyle, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Steve Harris, Camryn Manheim, Dylan McDermott, Marla Sokoloff, Kelli Williams
  • "The X-Files": Gillian Anderson, William B. Davis, David Duchovny, Chris Owens, James Pickens, Jr., Mitch Pileggi
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
  • "3rd Rock From the Sun": Jane Curtin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kristen Johnston, Simbi Khali, Wayne Knight, John Lithgow, French Stewart, Elmarie Wendel
  • "Ally McBeal": Gil Bellows, Lisa Nicole Carson, Portia DeRossi, Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Jane Krakowski, Lucy Liu, Peter MacNicol, Vonda Shepard, Courtney Thorne-Smith
  • "Everybody Loves Raymond": Peter Boyle, Brad Garrett, Patricia Heaton, Doris Roberts, Ray Romano, Madylin Sweeten
  • "Frasier": Peri Gilpin, Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, John Mahoney, David Hyde Pierce
  • "Friends": Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer
Outstanding Performance by a
Male Actor in a TV movie or miniseries
  • Charles S. Dutton
    "Blind Faith" (Showtime)
  • James Garner
    "Legalese" (TNT)
  • Ben Kingsley
    "The Tale of Sweeney Todd" (Showtime)
  • Christopher Reeve
    "Rear Window" (ABC)
  • Stanley Tucci
    "Winchell" (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a TV movie or miniseries
  • Ann-Margret
    "Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story" (Lifetime)
  • Stockard Channing
    "The Baby Dance" (Showtime)
  • Olympia Dukakis
    "Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City" (Showtime)
  • Angelina Jolie
    "Gia"
  • Mary Steenburgen
    "About Sarah" (CBS)
Outstanding Performance by a
Male Actor in a Leading Role
  • Roberto Benigni
    "Life is Beautiful" (Miramax)
  • Joseph Fiennes
    "Shakespeare in Love" (Miramax)
  • Tom Hanks
    "Saving Private Ryan" (DreamWorks/Paramount)
  • Ian McKellan
    "Gods and Monsters" (Lions Gate Films)
  • Nick Nolte
    "Affliction" (Lions Gate Films)
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Leading Role
  • Cate Blanchett
    "Elizabeth" (Gramercy Pictures)
  • Jane Horrocks
    "Little Voice" (Miramax)
  • Gwyneth Paltrow
    "Shakespeare in Love" (Miramax)
  • Meryl Streep
    "One True Thing" (Universal Pictures)
  • Emily Watson
    "Hilary and Jackie" (October Flims)
Outstanding Performance by a
Male Actor in a Supporting Role
  • James Coburn
    "Affliction" (Lions Gate Films)
  • Robert Duvall
    "A Civil Action" (Buena Vista)
  • David Kelly
    "Waking Ned Devine" (Fox Searchlight)
  • Geoffrey Rush
    "Shakespeare in Love" (Miramax)
  • Billy Bob Thornton
    "A Simple Plan" (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a
Female Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Kathy Bates
    "Primary Colors" (Universal Pictures)
  • Brenda Blethyn
    "Little Voice" (Miramax)
  • Judi Dench
    "Shakespeare in Love" (Miramax)
  • Rachel Griffiths
    "Hilary and Jackie" (October Films)
  • Lynn Redgrave
    "Gods and Monsters" (Lions Gate Films)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture:
  • "Life Is Beautiful": Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Horst Bucholz, Sergio Bustric, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Amerigo Fontani, Giuliana Lojodice, Marisa Paredes
  • "Little Voice": Annette Badland, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Michael Caine, Jane Horrocks, Philip Jackson, Ewan McGregor
  • "Saving Private Ryan": Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Jeremy Davies, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, Tom Hanks, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Tom Sizemore
  • "Shakespeare in Love": Ben Affleck, Simon Callow, Jim Carter, Martin Clunes, Judi Dench, Joseph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Antony Sher, Imelda Staunton, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Williams
  • "Waking Ned Devine": Ian Bannen, Fionnula Flanagan, David Kelly, Susan Lynch, James Nesbitt
Kirk Douglas received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award