5th Screen Actors Guild Awards

The fifth award of the U.S. Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Screen Actors Guild each year in the fields of film (5 categories) and television awards (8 categories), was held at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on March 7, 1999. The so-called SAG Awards honor, in contrast for example to the Golden Globe, a film, television and ensemble actor and considered as an indicator for the upcoming Academy Awards. Be crowned the winners of the members of the Screen Actors Guild, which you must be a member to work in the U.S. as an actor.

• 2.1 Best Actor in a TV Movie or Mini - Series
• 2.2 Best Actress in a TV Movie or Mini - Series
• 2.3 Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama
• 2.4 Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama
• 2.5 Best Actor in a TV Series - Comedy
• 2.6 Best Actress in a TV Series - Comedy
• 2.7 Best Acting Ensemble - Drama
• 2.8 Best Acting Ensemble - Comedy

Winners and nominees in film

Best Actor

Roberto Benigni - Life is Beautiful

Best Actress

Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love

Best Supporting Actor

Robert Duvall - Civil Procedure

Best Supporting Actress

Kathy Bates - Primary Colors

Best Acting Ensemble

Shakespeare in Love - Ben Affleck, Judi Dench, Joseph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Imelda Staunton and Tom Wilkinson

• Life is beautiful
• Little Voice
• Saving Private Ryan
• Waking Ned Devine!

Winners and nominees in the television sector

Best Actor in a TV Movie or Mini - Series

Christopher Reeve - Rear Window

Best Actress in a TV Movie or Mini - Series

Angelina Jolie - Gia

Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama

Sam Waterston - Law & Order

Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama

Julianna Margulies - ER

Best Actor in a TV Series - Comedy

Michael J. Fox - Spin City

Best Actress in a TV Series - Comedy

Tracey Ullman - Tracey Takes On ...

Best Acting Ensemble - Drama

ER - George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Julianna Margulies, Kellie Martin, Gloria Reuben and Noah Wyle

• Law & Order
• NYPD Blue
• Practice
• The X-Files

Best Acting Ensemble - Comedy

Frasier - Peri Gilpin, Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, John Mahoney and David Hyde Pierce

• Rock from the Sun
• Ally McBeal
• Friends

Price for lifetime achievement

• Kirk Douglas