Screen Actors Guild Honors Ledger, Downey
Following the Golden Globe nominations, Heath Ledger has received another posthumous nod for his role as the Joker, this time from his peers in the Screen Actor’s Guild. He’s nomination once more alongside Robert Downey, Jr. who is recognized for his hilarious turn in Tropic Thunder. On the television side, William Shatner is once more honored for his work in the final season of Boston Legal.
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Nominations for the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2008 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center’s Silver Screen Theater in West Hollywood.
Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg introduced Angela Bassett (ER) and Actor recipient Eric McCormack (Will & Grace), who announced the nominees for this year’s Actors. SAG Awards Committee member JoBeth Williams and Committee Vice Chair Daryl Anderson announced the stunt ensemble nominees.
The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT, and 6 p.m. MT from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. Recipients of the stunt ensemble honors will be announced from the SAG Awards red carpet during the TNT.TV and TBS.COM live pre-show webcasts.
Of the top industry accolades presented to performers, only the Screen Actors Guild Awards are selected solely by actors’ peers. Two randomly selected panels–one for television and one for film–each comprised of 2,100 Guild members from across the United States, chose this year’s Actor and stunt honors nominees. Integrity Voting Systems, the Awards’ official teller mailed the nominations secret ballots were mailed on November 26. Voting was completed by noon Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008.
Awards ballots will be mailed on Friday, Dec. 26, 2008. The entire active membership of the Guild across the country will vote on all categories. Votes must be received by Integrity Voting Systems by noon Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 where results will be tallied and sealed until they are opened by the presenters at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremonies on Jan. 25.
The Screen Actors Guild Post-Awards Gala, benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, will be hosted for the 13th consecutive year by People Magazine and by the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF).
The complete list of nominations for the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards follows.
15th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® NOMINATIONS
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
RICHARD JENKINS / Walter Vale – "THE VISITOR" (Overture Films)
FRANK LANGELLA / Richard Nixon – "FROST/NIXON" (Universal Pictures)
SEAN PENN / Harvey Milk – "MILK" (Focus Features)
BRAD PITT / Benjamin Button – "THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON" (Paramount Pictures)
MICKEY ROURKE / Randy – "THE WRESTLER" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
ANNE HATHAWAY / Kym – "RACHEL GETTING MARRIED" (Sony Pictures Classics)
ANGELINA JOLIE / Christine Collins – "CHANGELING" (Universal Pictures)
MELISSA LEO / Ray Eddy – "FROZEN RIVER" (Sony Pictures Classics)
MERYL STREEP / Sister Aloysius Beauvier – "DOUBT" (Miramax Films)
KATE WINSLET / April Wheeler – "REVOLUTIONARY ROAD" (Paramount Vantage)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
JOSH BROLIN / Dan White – "MILK" (Focus Features)
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. / Kirk Lazarus – "TROPIC THUNDER" (Paramount Pictures)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN / Father Brendan Flynn – "DOUBT" (Miramax Films)
HEATH LEDGER / Joker – "THE DARK KNIGHT" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
DEV PATEL / Older Jamal – "SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
AMY ADAMS / Sister James – "DOUBT" (Miramax Flms)
PENÉLOPE CRUZ / Maria Elena – "VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA" (The Weinstein Company)
VIOLA DAVIS / Mrs. Miller – "DOUBT" (Miramax Films)
TARAJI P. HENSON / Queenie – "THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON" (Paramount Pictures)
KATE WINSLET / Hanna Schmitz – "THE READER" (The Weinstein Company)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
DOUBT (Miramax)
FROST/NIXON (Universal Pictures)
MILK (Focus Features)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Paramount Pictures)
PRIMETIME TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
RALPH FIENNES / Bernard Lafferty – "BERNARD AND DORIS" (HBO)
PAUL GIAMATTI / John Adams – "JOHN ADAMS" (HBO)
KEVIN SPACEY / Ron Klain – "RECOUNT" (HBO)
KIEFER SUTHERLAND / Jack Bauer – "24: REDEMPTION" (FOX)
TOM WILKINSON / Benjamin Franklin – "JOHN ADAMS" (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
LAURA DERN / Katherine Harris – "RECOUNT" (HBO)
LAURA LINNEY / Abigail Adams – "JOHN ADAMS" (HBO)
SHIRLEY MacLAINE / Coco Chanel – "COCO CHANEL" (Lifetime)
PHYLICIA RASHAD / Lena Younger – "A RAISIN IN THE SUN" (Lifetime)
SUSAN SARANDON / Doris Duke – "BERNARD AND DORIS" (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan – "DEXTER" (Showtime)
JON HAMM / Don Draper – "MAD MEN" (AMC)
HUGH LAURIE / Gregory House – "HOUSE" (FOX)
WILLIAM SHATNER / Denny Crane – "BOSTON LEGAL" (ABC)
JAMES SPADER / Alan Shore – "BOSTON LEGAL" (ABC)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
SALLY FIELD / Nora Walker – "BROTHERS & SISTERS" (ABC)
MARISKA HARGITAY / Det. Olivia Benson – "LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT" (NBC)
HOLLY HUNTER / Grace Hanadarko – "SAVING GRACE" (TNT)
ELISABETH MOSS / Peggy Olson – "MAD MEN" (AMC)
KYRA SEDGWICK / Dep. Chief Brenda Johnson – "THE CLOSER" (TNT)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy – "30 ROCK" (NBC)
STEVE CARELL / Michael Scott – "THE OFFICE" (NBC)
DAVID DUCHOVNY / Hank Moody – "CALIFORNICATION" (Showtime)
JEREMY PIVEN / Ari Gold – "ENTOURAGE" (HBO)
TONY SHALHOUB / Adrian Monk – "MONK" (USA)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
CHRISTINA APPLEGATE / Samantha Newly – "SAMANTHA WHO?" (ABC)
AMERICA FERRERA / Betty Suarez – "UGLY BETTY" (ABC)
TINA FEY / Liz Lemon – "30 ROCK" (NBC)
MARY-LOUISE PARKER / Nancy Botwin – "WEEDS" (Showtime)
TRACEY ULLMAN / Various Characters – "TRACEY ULLMAN’S STATE OF THE UNION" (Showtime)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
BOSTON LEGAL (ABC)
DEXTER (Showtime)
HOUSE (Fox)
MAD MEN (AMC)
THE CLOSER (TNT)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 ROCK (NBC)
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)
ENTOURAGE (HBO)
THE OFFICE (NBC)
WEEDS (Showtime)
SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
THE DARK KNIGHT (Warner Bros. Pictures)
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY (Universal Pictures)
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (Paramount Pictures)
IRON MAN (Paramount Pictures)
WANTED (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (NBC)
HEROES (NBC)
PRISON BREAK (FOX)
THE UNIT (CBS)
THE CLOSER (TNT)
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD’S 45th LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
James Earl JonesThe complete list of nominations for the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards follows.
15th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® NOMINATIONS
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
RICHARD JENKINS / Walter Vale – "THE VISITOR" (Overture Films)
FRANK LANGELLA / Richard Nixon – "FROST/NIXON" (Universal Pictures)
SEAN PENN / Harvey Milk – "MILK" (Focus Features)
BRAD PITT / Benjamin Button – "THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON" (Paramount Pictures)
MICKEY ROURKE / Randy – "THE WRESTLER" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
ANNE HATHAWAY / Kym – "RACHEL GETTING MARRIED" (Sony Pictures Classics)
ANGELINA JOLIE / Christine Collins – "CHANGELING" (Universal Pictures)
MELISSA LEO / Ray Eddy – "FROZEN RIVER" (Sony Pictures Classics)
MERYL STREEP / Sister Aloysius Beauvier – "DOUBT" (Miramax Films)
KATE WINSLET / April Wheeler – "REVOLUTIONARY ROAD" (Paramount Vantage)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
JOSH BROLIN / Dan White – "MILK" (Focus Features)
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. / Kirk Lazarus – "TROPIC THUNDER" (Paramount Pictures)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN / Father Brendan Flynn – "DOUBT" (Miramax Films)
HEATH LEDGER / Joker – "THE DARK KNIGHT" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
DEV PATEL / Older Jamal – "SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
AMY ADAMS / Sister James – "DOUBT" (Miramax Flms)
PENÉLOPE CRUZ / Maria Elena – "VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA" (The Weinstein Company)
VIOLA DAVIS / Mrs. Miller – "DOUBT" (Miramax Films)
TARAJI P. HENSON / Queenie – "THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON" (Paramount Pictures)
KATE WINSLET / Hanna Schmitz – "THE READER" (The Weinstein Company)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
DOUBT (Miramax)
FROST/NIXON (Universal Pictures)
MILK (Focus Features)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Paramount Pictures)
PRIMETIME TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
RALPH FIENNES / Bernard Lafferty – "BERNARD AND DORIS" (HBO)
PAUL GIAMATTI / John Adams – "JOHN ADAMS" (HBO)
KEVIN SPACEY / Ron Klain – "RECOUNT" (HBO)
KIEFER SUTHERLAND / Jack Bauer – "24: REDEMPTION" (FOX)
TOM WILKINSON / Benjamin Franklin – "JOHN ADAMS" (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
LAURA DERN / Katherine Harris – "RECOUNT" (HBO)
LAURA LINNEY / Abigail Adams – "JOHN ADAMS" (HBO)
SHIRLEY MacLAINE / Coco Chanel – "COCO CHANEL" (Lifetime)
PHYLICIA RASHAD / Lena Younger – "A RAISIN IN THE SUN" (Lifetime)
SUSAN SARANDON / Doris Duke – "BERNARD AND DORIS" (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan – "DEXTER" (Showtime)
JON HAMM / Don Draper – "MAD MEN" (AMC)
HUGH LAURIE / Gregory House – "HOUSE" (FOX)
WILLIAM SHATNER / Denny Crane – "BOSTON LEGAL" (ABC)
JAMES SPADER / Alan Shore – "BOSTON LEGAL" (ABC)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
SALLY FIELD / Nora Walker – "BROTHERS & SISTERS" (ABC)
MARISKA HARGITAY / Det. Olivia Benson – "LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT" (NBC)
HOLLY HUNTER / Grace Hanadarko – "SAVING GRACE" (TNT)
ELISABETH MOSS / Peggy Olson – "MAD MEN" (AMC)
KYRA SEDGWICK / Dep. Chief Brenda Johnson – "THE CLOSER" (TNT)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy – "30 ROCK" (NBC)
STEVE CARELL / Michael Scott – "THE OFFICE" (NBC)
DAVID DUCHOVNY / Hank Moody – "CALIFORNICATION" (Showtime)
JEREMY PIVEN / Ari Gold – "ENTOURAGE" (HBO)
TONY SHALHOUB / Adrian Monk – "MONK" (USA)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
CHRISTINA APPLEGATE / Samantha Newly – "SAMANTHA WHO?" (ABC)
AMERICA FERRERA / Betty Suarez – "UGLY BETTY" (ABC)
TINA FEY / Liz Lemon – "30 ROCK" (NBC)
MARY-LOUISE PARKER / Nancy Botwin – "WEEDS" (Showtime)
TRACEY ULLMAN / Various Characters – "TRACEY ULLMAN’S STATE OF THE UNION" (Showtime)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
BOSTON LEGAL (ABC)
DEXTER (Showtime)
HOUSE (Fox)
MAD MEN (AMC)
THE CLOSER (TNT)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 ROCK (NBC)
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)
ENTOURAGE (HBO)
THE OFFICE (NBC)
WEEDS (Showtime)
SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
THE DARK KNIGHT (Warner Bros. Pictures)
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY (Universal Pictures)
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (Paramount Pictures)
IRON MAN (Paramount Pictures)
WANTED (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (NBC)
HEROES (NBC)
PRISON BREAK (FOX)
THE UNIT (CBS)
THE CLOSER (TNT)
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD’S 45th LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
James Earl Jones
Honestly, if Downey can do that great of a job as a african american in "Tropic Thunder", he can literlly do anything & play any part for any movie!!! I think he deserved an award for every award possible for his performance in "Tropic Thunder"!!!!!!! I can't get over his character. I loved it so f***ing much. Ben Stiller may have directed the movie, but Downey made the movie!!!! He pulled it off & made it the best ever!!!!!! His character is what brought all the humor to the film!!!!!!!! LOVED IT!!!! Can't explain how much I loved it. That would be a great Holloween costume too, so would Iron Man. Downey makes a great black dude!!!!! Hell ya he's entertaining!!! Robert Downey Jr. & Gerard Butler are the 2 most entertaining people on the planet!!!! Their my favorite actors ever too. Their talent & looks speaks for itself. No words needed, just their looks, movies, & humor. I would do anything to meet them in person. I'm an artist & I hope to become an actress when I'm older. My top goal is to meet these 2 guys & have them help me become an actress. I wouldn't mind meeting Downey's son Indio either. He's got quite the looks like his dad. I'm turning 18 on 2/14, but I don't care too much about age.As long as the family doesn't have a problem. Approval is always needed. He looks like a really sweet boy with humour like his dad & that's great!!!!! I find humor to be the most important thing in a person. Well, I also want to know if Robert Downey Jr. gives piano lessons? I've taught myself how to play since I was in 1st grade & I still suck. I want to play like Downey does. He rocks!!! I love his music(The Futurist)!!! My dad is a guitar player. He is amazing!!! He's made a couple CD's. I think it would be sooo sweet if my dad & Robert Downey Jr. actually played some music together. Good God would that be a dream come true!!!! Well, I'm really into the arts of movies,music, & drawing. I make all my $$$ by selling my art. I also give massages every now & then. People say I should become a masseuse cause of my strong hands. ????not sure???? I mainly do portraits of people/animals & cartoons, but I'll try anything. I love a good challenge, but hopefully one day I make my $$$ off of acting. I keep my hobbies simple yet still unique. I love all sports especially swimming,dirt biking,foot ball,soccer, volley ball, hockey, & tennis. I still dirt bike,swim,play volley ball & love to walk/run. I used to play soft ball & I won 1st place in tennis one year. I kick ass in foot ball, but now I keep my options open to everything. I collect movies & action figures based off movies/TV. I have to admit it, I love school. I'm an honors student & I'm graduating early. I was supposed to graduate last year in 11Th, but my friends were able to persuade me to stay for another year & take extra classes. I hope to go to college to study drama, but it's difficult. I'm having trouble finding a college near by that has drama. I have to stay near home cause I have a seizure disorder, I've had it since I was 9yrs old. it SUCKS!!!!!!!!!! I wish Robert Downey Jr. & Gerard Butler could teach me acting. I would love to be in a movie with them!!!! I would love to be as talented & successful as them. Their different than the others…in a good way. They have something extra, something special that no one else has. It's like Downey & Butler were made to be the BEST!!!! It's just that they have that ability to be themselves & act natural & still have the gift of natural talent, beauty, humor & style. I think it's great that they have that unique history. If it weren't for that history, they wouldn't be who they are today. The past is what got them here. I love a interesting background with a combination of the goods & bads. It says that their different, creative, normal yet also abnormal at the same time, & just happy with who they are. It makes them just the way God wanted them to be. I still would do anything to meet them in person!!!!! Now that would be my dream come true. I tell you, if it weren't for those 2 men, I wouldn't have the self confidence I do today. I wouldn't be reaching for my highest goals & future success I see in my future. I don't even know them in person & I still feel like I have more support from them than my own family & really…that's good enough for me!!!!! Well, all I know is that according to Downey/Butler's past, anything is possible if you set your mind to it & that's exactly what I'm going to do. I'm going to find that acting talent I know i have & make a living out of it & hopefully one day meet my 2 role models who helped me get there. Thanks
Hey, if Robert Downey Jr. reads this…I want to meet you & your son!!!! I'm only 17, but I turn 18 on Valentines day 2/14. Look me up on Facebook for pics/info.You both look like such great people with great humor. Your son has quite the looks too, like you!!!!!!!! I swear, I'm your biggest fan!!!!! I love all your movies & music!!!! I also have all your action figures too. Well, hope to one day meet you. Hey, I really do want piano lessons from you too.
Robert Downey Jr. & Gerard butler kick ass!!!!!!!! Their the Best!!!!!! No one is as great as they are!!!!!!! They have it all plus extra. They were born to be the best!!!!!! Past happens for a reason. If it weren't for their past, they wouldn't be where they are today. Their past is part of what makes them so unique. I LOVE IT!!!!!!! Their so different than the rest!!!! Their natural beauty, talent, humor & all is so fantastic!!!!! Their the closest thing to perfect that anyone will ever get. Their pictures are under the definition BEAUTY,SEXY,TALENT,HUMOR,GORGIOUS,UNIQUE,CHARMING & so on, you get it. They were made to be #1RDJ & #1GJB. You have to love them both so much & if you don't then….you…SUCK!!!!!!!, have no good taste & your missing out on real talent/beauty!!!!! Downey & Butler are the real deal!!!!!!! Keep it up!!!!!!!!
I would do anything in the world to meet Robert Downey Jr. & Gerard Butler in person!!!! I hope to one day move to either NYC or LA & become an actress & hopefully get into a movie with both of them. Good God,… is our planet blessed or what!!!!! I'm proud to say I live on the same planet as them. Now that's what makes earth the greaest planet!!!!!!!!LOL:);)