5th Screen Actors Guild Awards

5th SAG Awards

March 7, 1999

----Best Cast - Motion Picture:
Shakespeare in Love ----Best Cast - Drama Series:
ER ----Best Cast - Comedy Series:
Ally McBeal

The 5th Screen Actors Guild Awards, given on 7 March, 1999, honoured the best screen actors of 1998.

Nominees and Recipients

Film

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

*"' Roberto Benigni - "La vita è bella (Life Is Beautiful)"
*Joseph Fiennes - "Shakespeare In Love"
*Tom Hanks - "Saving Private Ryan"
*Ian McKellen - "Gods and Monsters"
*Nick Nolte - "Affliction"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

*Cate Blanchett - "Elizabeth"
*Jane Horrocks - "Little Voice"
*"' Gwyneth Paltrow - "Shakespeare in Love"
*Meryl Streep - "One True Thing"
*Emily Watson - "Hilary and Jackie"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

*James Coburn - "Affliction"
*"' Robert Duvall - "A Civil Action"
*David Kelly - "Waking Ned Devine"
*Geoffrey Rush - "Shakespeare In Love"
*Billy Bob Thornton - "A Simple Plan"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

*"' Kathy Bates - "Primary Colors"
*Brenda Blethyn - "Little Voice"
*Judi Dench - "Shakespeare In Love"
*Rachel Griffiths - "Hilary and Jackie"
*Lynn Redgrave - "Gods and Monsters"

Outstanding Performance by a Cast

*"Life Is Beautiful"
*"Little Voice"
*"Saving Private Ryan"
*"Shakespeare in Love"
**Ben Affleck
**Judi Dench
**Joseph Fiennes
**Colin Firth
**Gwyneth Paltrow
**Geoffrey Rush
**Imelda Staunton
**Tom Wilkinson
*"Waking Ned Devine"

Television

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

*Charles S. Dutton - "Blind Faith"
*James Garner - "Legalese"
*Ben Kingsley - "The Tale of Sweeney Todd"
*Ray Liotta - "The Rat Pack"
*"' Christopher Reeve - "Rear Window"
*Stanley Tucci - "Winchell"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in Television Movie or Miniseries

*Ann-Margret - ""
*Stockard Channing - "The Baby Dance"
*Olympia Dukakis - "Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City"
*"' Angelina Jolie - "Gia"
*Mary Steenburgen - "About Sarah"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

*David Duchovny - "The X-Files"
*Anthony Edwards - "ER"
*Dennis Franz - "NYPD Blue"
*Jimmy Smits - "NYPD Blue"
*"' Sam Waterston - "Law & Order"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

*Gillian Anderson - "The X-Files"
*Kim Delaney - "NYPD Blue"
*Christine Lahti - "Chicago Hope"
*"' Julianna Margulies - "ER"
*Annie Potts - "Any Day Now"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

*Jason Alexander - "Seinfeld"
*"' Michael J. Fox - "Spin City"
*Kelsey Grammer - "Frasier"
*Peter MacNicol - "Ally McBeal"
*David Hyde Pierce - "Frasier"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

*Lisa Kudrow - "Friends"
*Julia Louis-Dreyfus - "Seinfeld"
*Calista Flockhart - "Ally McBeal"
*Amy Pietz - "Caroline in the City"
*"' Tracey Ullman - "Tracey Takes On..."

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

*"' "ER"
**George Clooney
**Anthony Edwards
**Laura Innes
**Alex Kingston
**Eriq La Salle
**Julianna Margulies
**Kellie Martin
**Gloria Reuben
**Noah Wyle
*"Law & Order"
*"NYPD Blue"
*"The Practice"
*"The X-Files"

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

*"3rd Rock From The Sun"
*"Ally McBeal"
*"' "Frasier"
**Peri Gilpin
**Kelsey Grammer
**Jane Leeves
**John Mahoney
**David Hyde Pierce
*"Friends"

Life Achievement Award

*Screen Actors Guild Awards 35th Annual Life Achievement Award:
**Kirk Douglas