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Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009
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Screen Actors Guild Honors Outstanding Film And Television Performances
at the 15TH Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®
LOS ANGELES (Jan. 25, 2009) - Screen Actors Guild presented its coveted Actor® statuette for the
outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2008 at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild
Awards® in ceremonies attended by film and television’s leading actors, held Sunday, Jan. 25, at the Los Angeles
Shrine Exposition Center. The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® was simulcast by TNT and TBS at 8 p.m.,
ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT and 6 p.m. MT
The honorees were selected by the approximately 100,000 active members of the Screen Actors Guild
nationwide.
Forest Whitaker presented James Earl Jones with Screen Actors Guild’s highest honor, the 45th Annual Life
Achievement Award, following a filmed tribute.
Honored with individual awards were Sean Penn, Meryl Streep, Heath Ledger and Kate Winslet for
performances in motion pictures and Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Hugh Laurie, Sally Field, Alec Baldwin and Tina
Fey for performances in television. Screen Actors Guild originated awards for the outstanding performances by a
motion picture cast and by television comedy and drama ensembles. The Actor® for a motion picture cast
performance went this year to “Slumdog Millionaire”, while the Actors® for television comedy and drama ensemble
performances went this year to “30 Rock” and “Mad Men”. Screen Actors Guild’s honors for outstanding performances
by a stunt ensemble in film and television were awarded to “The Dark Knight” and “Heroes”.
Evan Rachel Wood introduced a filmed salute to performances that were ‘Trailblazers’ either in their casting
or subject matter.
PEOPLE magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) hosted the Screen Actors Guild Post-
Awards Gala for 13th year. This exclusive event honors the philanthropic causes and good works of the members of
the Screen Actors Guild. The gala, benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, immediately followed the SAG
Awards on the back lot of the Shrine Exposition Center.
The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards is a presentation of Jeff Margolis Productions in association with
Screen Actors Guild Awards®, LLC. Jeff Margolis is the executive producer and director. Kathy Connell is the
producer. JoBeth Williams, Daryl Anderson, Shelley Fabares, Paul Napier and Yale Summers are producers for SAG.
Gloria Fujita O’Brien and Mick McCullough are supervising producers. Stephen Pouliot is the writer. Benn Fleishman
is executive in charge of production.
The complete list of recipients of the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® follows.
Next year’s 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010 on TNT and
TBS from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center
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Jeff Margolis Productions in association with Screen Actors Guild Awards®, LLC
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SCREEN ACTORS GUILD HONORS OUTSTANDING FILM AND TELEVISION PERFORMANCES
AT THE 15th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS - 2
NOTE TO MEDIA: A downloadable version of this announcement is available to you online at www. sagawards.org.
15th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® RECIPIENTS
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
SEAN PENN Harvey Milk “MILK” Focus Features
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
MERYL STREEP Sister Aloysius Beauvier “DOUBT”
Miramax Films
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
HEATH LEDGER Joker “THE DARK KNIGHT” Warner Bros.
Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
KATE WINSLET Hanna Schmitz “THE READER”
The Weinstein Company
Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Motion Picture
“SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE” Fox Searchlight Pictures
RUBINA ALI Youngest Latika
TANAY HEMANT CHHEDA Middle Jamal
ASHUTOSH LOBO GAJIWALA Middle Salim
AZHARUDDIN MOHAMMED ISMAIL Youngest Salim
ANIL KAPOOR Prem
IRRFAN KHAN Police Inspector
AYUSH MAHESH KHEDEKAR Youngest Jamal
TANVI GANESH LONKAR Middle Latika
MADHUR MITTAL Oldest Salim
DEV PATEL Older Jamal
FREIDA PINTO Older Latika
PRIMETIME TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
PAUL GIAMATTI John Adams “JOHN ADAMS” HBO
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
LAURA LINNEY Abigail Adams “JOHN ADAMS” HBO
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD HONORS OUTSTANDING FILM AND TELEVISION PERFORMANCES
AT THE 15th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS - 3
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
HUGH LAURIE Gregory House “HOUSE” FOX
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
SALLY FIELD Nora Walker “BROTHERS & SISTERS” ABC
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN Jack Donaghy “30 ROCK” NBC
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
TINA FEY Liz Lemon “30 ROCK” NBC
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
”MAD MEN” AMC
BRYAN BATT Salvatore Romano
ALISON BRIE Trudy Campbell
MICHAEL GLADIS Paul Kinsey
JON HAMM Don Draper
CHRISTINA HENDRICKS Joan Holloway
JANUARY JONES Betty Draper
VINCENT KARTHEISER Pete Campbell
MARK MOSES Herman “Duck” Phillips
ELISABETH MOSS Peggy Olson
JOHN SLATTERY Roger Sterling
RICH SOMMER Harry Crane
AARON STATON Ken Cosgrove
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“30 ROCK” NBC
SCOTT ADSIT Pete Hornberger
ALEC BALDWIN Jack Donaghy
KATRINA BOWDEN Cerie
TINA FEY Liz Lemon
JUDAH FRIEDLANDER Frank Rossitano
JANE KRAKOWSKI Jenna Maroney
JACK McBRAYER Kenneth Parcell
TRACY MORGAN Tracy Jordan
MAULIK PANCHOLY Jonathan
KEITH POWELL Toofer
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD HONORS OUTSTANDING FILM AND TELEVISION PERFORMANCES
AT THE 15th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS - 4
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SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
“THE DARK KNIGHT” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
WADE ALLEN TERRY JACKSON CHRIS NOLTE
RICK AVERY PAUL JENNINGS ANDY NORMAN
DEAN BAILEY LUKE KEARNEY CARL PAOLI
RICHARD BURDEN MATT LeFEVOUR LINDA PERLIN
FRANK CALZAVARA RICK LeFEVOUR BRIAN PETERS
MARK CHADWICK TOM LOWELL SCOTT PHILYAW
BRIAN CHRISTENSEN TONY LUCKEN BUSTER REEVES
GEORGE COTTLE DANIEL MALDONADO KEN REMER
TOBIASZ DASKIEWICZ JON MALDONADO RICHARD RYAN
JUSTO DIEGUEZ JAMES MAMMOSER JEFF SHANNON
MARIE FINK KEVIN MATHEWS KEVIN SORENSEN
JEAN-PIERRE GOY TOM McCOMAS JODI STARNES
MARK HARPER TIM McHENRY TOM STRUTHERS
ADAM HART NATALIE M. MEYER TODD ROGERS TERRY
JAMES HEISNER RICK MILLER JIM WILKEY
SY HOLLANDS MARK MOTTRAM RICH WILKIE
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
“HEROES” (NBC)
ROBERT ALONZO CHRIS HOWELL PAT ROMANO
HEATHER ARTHUR HORACE KNIGHT SPIKE SILVER
ALLISON CAETANO WILL LEONG LEE SMITH
CHRIS CARNEL JIM LEWIS ERIK STABENAU
DANE FARWELL RICK MARCUS NANCY THURSTON
TIM GILBERT AUSTIN PRIESTER XUYEN “SAMMY” VALDIVIA
TROY GILBERT SIMON RHEE MARK WAGNER
RYAN JAMES HAPPY MARK RICCARDI MARCUS YOUNG
NOTE TO MEDIA:
Credits for the Stunt Ensembles are not final. All names are subject to verification.
Screen Actors Guild Awards 45th Annual Life Achievement Award
James Earl Jones
