4th Screen Actors Guild Awards

4th Screen Actors Guild Awards
4th Screen Actors Guild Awards
Awarded for	Outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances
Date	March 8, 1998
Location	Shrine Auditorium; Los Angeles, California
Country	United States
Presented by	Screen Actors Guild
Website	www.sagawards.org
Television/radio coverage
Network	TNT
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The 4th Screen Actors Guild Awards, awarded by the Screen Actors Guild and honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 1997, took place on March 8, 1998. The ceremony was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California, and was televised live by TNT.

The nominees were announced on January 27, 1998, by Melissa Joan Hart and David Paymer.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Film

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
*Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets* as Melvin Udall** Matt Damon – Good Will Hunting as Will Hunting Robert Duvall – The Apostle as Euliss "Sonny" Dewey / The Apostle E.F. Peter Fonda – Ulee's Gold as Ulee Jackson Dustin Hoffman – Wag the Dog as Stanley Motss	*Helen Hunt – As Good as It Gets* as Carol Connelly** Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove as Kate Croy Judi Dench – Mrs Brown as Queen Victoria Pam Grier – Jackie Brown as Jackie Brown Kate Winslet – Titanic as Rose DeWitt Bukater Robin Wright – She's So Lovely as Maureen Murphy Quinn
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
*Robin Williams – Good Will Hunting* as Dr. Sean Maguire** Billy Connolly – Mrs Brown as John Brown Anthony Hopkins – Amistad as John Quincy Adams Greg Kinnear – As Good as It Gets as Simon Bishop Burt Reynolds – Boogie Nights as Jack Horner	*Kim Basinger – L.A. Confidential* as Lynn Bracken Gloria Stuart – Titanic as Rose Dawson Calvert** Minnie Driver – Good Will Hunting as Skylar Alison Elliott – The Wings of the Dove as Milly Theale Julianne Moore – Boogie Nights as Amber Waves
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
The Full Monty – Mark Addy, Paul Barber, Robert Carlyle, Deirdre Costello, Steve Huison, Bruce Jones, Lesley Sharp, William Snape, Hugo Speer, Tom Wilkinson, and Emily Woof Boogie Nights – Don Cheadle, Heather Graham, Luis Guzmán, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Thomas Jane, Ricky Jay, William H. Macy, Alfred Molina, Julianne Moore, Nicole Ari Parker, John C. Reilly, Burt Reynolds, Robert Ridgely, Mark Wahlberg, and Melora Walters Good Will Hunting – Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Minnie Driver, Stellan Skarsgård, and Robin Williams L.A. Confidential – Kim Basinger, James Cromwell, Russell Crowe, Danny DeVito, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, and David Strathairn Titanic – Suzy Amis, Kathy Bates, Leonardo DiCaprio, Frances Fisher, Bernard Fox, Victor Garber, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, Bill Paxton, Gloria Stuart, David Warner, Kate Winslet, and Billy Zane

Television

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
*Gary Sinise – George Wallace* as George Wallace** Jack Lemmon – 12 Angry Men as Juror #8 Sidney Poitier – Mandela and de Klerk as Nelson Mandela Ving Rhames – Don King: Only in America as Don King George C. Scott – 12 Angry Men as Juror #3	*Alfre Woodard – Miss Evers' Boys* as Eunice Rivers Laurie** Glenn Close – In the Gloaming as Janet Faye Dunaway – The Twilight of the Golds as Phyllis Gold Sigourney Weaver – Snow White: A Tale of Terror as Lady Claudia Hoffman Mare Winningham – George Wallace as Lurleen Wallace
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Anthony Edwards – ER as Mark Greene David Duchovny – The X-Files as Fox Mulder Dennis Franz – NYPD Blue as Andy Sipowicz Jimmy Smits – NYPD Blue as Bobby Simone Sam Waterston – Law & Order as Jack McCoy	Julianna Margulies – ER as Carol Hathaway Gillian Anderson – The X-Files as Dana Scully Kim Delaney – NYPD Blue as Diane Russell Christine Lahti – Chicago Hope as Kathryn Austin Della Reese – Touched by an Angel as Tess
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
*John Lithgow – 3rd Rock from the Sun* as Dick Solomon** Jason Alexander – Seinfeld as George Costanza Kelsey Grammer – Frasier as Frasier Crane David Hyde Pierce – Frasier as Niles Crane Michael Richards – Seinfeld as Cosmo Kramer	*Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Seinfeld* as Elaine Benes** Kirstie Alley – Veronica's Closet as Veronica "Ronnie" Chase Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen as Ellen Morgan Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal as Ally McBeal Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
ER – Maria Bello, George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Julianna Margulies, Gloria Reuben, and Noah Wyle Chicago Hope – Adam Arkin, Peter Berg, Jayne Brook, Rocky Carroll, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Stacy Edwards, Hector Elizondo, Mark Harmon, and Christine Lahti Law & Order – Benjamin Bratt, Steven Hill, Carey Lowell, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, and Sam Waterston NYPD Blue – Gordon Clapp, Kim Delaney, Dennis Franz, James McDaniel, Jimmy Smits, Andrea Thompson, and Nicholas Turturro The X-Files – Gillian Anderson, William B. Davis, David Duchovny, and Mitch Pileggi
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Seinfeld – Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, and Jerry Seinfeld 3rd Rock from the Sun – Jane Curtin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kristen Johnston, Simbi Khali, Wayne Knight, John Lithgow, French Stewart, and Elmarie Wendel Ally McBeal – Gil Bellows, Lisa Nicole Carson, Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Jane Krakowski, and Courtney Thorne-Smith Frasier – Dan Butler, Peri Gilpin, Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, John Mahoney, and David Hyde Pierce Mad About You – Robin Bartlett, Cynthia Harris, Helen Hunt, Leila Kenzle, John Pankow, Paul Reiser, and Louis Zorich

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

Elizabeth Taylor

Multiple nominations

Film

Nominations	Film
4	Good Will Hunting
3	As Good as It Gets
	Boogie Nights
	Titanic
2	L.A. Confidential
	Mrs Brown
	The Wings of the Dove

Television

Nominations	Program
4	NYPD Blue
4	Seinfeld
3	ER
	Frasier
	The X-Files
2	12 Angry Men
	3rd Rock from the Sun
	Ally McBeal
	Chicago Hope
	George Wallace
	Law & Order
	Mad About You

Multiple wins

Film

Wins	Film
2	As Good as It Gets

Television

Wins	Program
3	ER
2	Seinfeld

In Memoriam

Gloria Stuart presented this segment in which the guild remembered its most famous members who died last year:

References

↑ "Nominations announced for 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards to be awarded March 8 on TNT". Screen Actors Guild. Archived from the original on January 28, 1998. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
↑ Wallace, Amy (January 28, 1998). "Miramax, NBC Are Tops in Acting Award Nominees". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 31, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
↑ Welkos, Robert (March 9, 1998). "Nicholson, Hunt Win Top Film Awards From Actors Guild". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2017.

External links

The 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

[1] "Nominations announced for 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards to be awarded March 8 on TNT". Screen Actors Guild. Archived from the original on January 28, 1998. Retrieved June 24, 2017.

[2] Wallace, Amy (January 28, 1998). "Miramax, NBC Are Tops in Acting Award Nominees". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 31, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2017.

[3] Welkos, Robert (March 9, 1998). "Nicholson, Hunt Win Top Film Awards From Actors Guild". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2017.

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