LOST Cast Wins, MOUNTAIN Men Come Up Short
By Allan Smythee
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) presented its Actor® statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2005 at the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® in ceremonies attended by film and television's leading actors, held Sunday, January 29 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. The 12th 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 active Guild membership nationwide. Shirley Temple Black was presented with Screen Actors Guild's highest honor, the 42th Annual Life Achievement Award by Jamie Lee Curtis, following a filmed tribute. Also honored with individual awards were Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel Weisz and Reese Witherspoon for performances in motion pictures and Sean Hayes, Felicity Huffman, S. Epatha Merkerson, Paul Newman, Sandra Oh and Kiefer Sutherland for performances in television.
The 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 "Crash" and the Actors® for television comedy and drama ensemble performances went this year to "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost".
William Shatner introduced a cinematic salute to SAG members who perform in commercials. PEOPLE magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) hosted the Screen Actors Guild Post-Awards Gala for the tenth consecutive 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 Screen Actors Guild Awards® is a presentation of Jeff Margolis Productions in association with Screen Actors Guild. Jeff Margolis is the executive producer and Kathy Connell is the producer. Yale Summers, Karla Tamburrelli, Daryl Anderson, Shelley Fabares and Paul Napier are producers for SAG. Gloria Fujita O'Brien and Mick McCullough are supervising producers. Alan Carter is the director and Stephen Pouliot is the writer. Benn Fleishman is executive in charge of production.
12TH ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® ACTOR® RECIPIENTS
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role:
° Philip Seymour Hoffman / "CAPOTE" - Truman Capote - UA/Sony Pictures Classics
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role:
° Reese Witherspoon / "WALK THE LINE" - June Carter - 20th Century Fox
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role:
° Paul Giamatti / "CINDERELLA MAN" - Joe Gould - Universal Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role:
° Rachel Weisz / "THE CONSTANT GARDENER" - Tessa Quayle - Focus Features
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:
"CRASH" - Lionsgate
° Chris "Ludacris" Bridges - Anthony
° Sandra Bullock - Jean Cabot
° Don Cheadle - Graham
° Matt Dillon - Officer Ryan
° Jennifer Esposito - Ria
° William Fichtner - Flanagan
° Brendan Fraser - Rick Cabot
° Terrence Howard - Cameron Thayer
° Thandie Newton - Christine Thayer
° Ryan Phillippe - Thomas Hansen
° Larenz Tate - Peter
PRIMETIME TELEVISION:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries:
° Paul Newman / "EMPIRE FALLS" - Max Roby - HBO
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
° S. Epatha Merkerson / "LACKAWANNA BLUES" - Rachel "Nanny" Crosby - HBO
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
° Kiefer Sutherland / "24" - Jack Bauer - FOX
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
° Sandra Oh / "GREY'S ANATOMY" - Dr. Cristina Yang - ABC
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
° Sean Hayes / "WILL & GRACE" - Jack McFarland - NBC
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
° Felicity Huffman / "DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES" - Lynette Scavo - ABC
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
"LOST" - ABC
° Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje - Mr. Eko
° Naveen Andrews - Sayid
° Emilie De Ravin - Claire
° Matthew Fox - Jack
° Jorge Garcia - Hurley
° Maggie Grace - Shannon
° Josh Holloway - Sawyer
° Malcolm David Kelley - Walt
° Daniel Dae Kim - Jin
° Yunjin Kim - Sun
° Evangeline Lilly - Kate
° Dominic Monaghan - Charlie
° Terry O'Quinn - Locke
° Harold Perrineau - Michael
° Michelle Rodriguez - Ana Lucia
° Ian Somerhalder - Boone
° Cynthia Watros - Libby
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
"DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES" - ABC
° Roger Bart - George Williams
° Andrea Bowen - Julie Mayer
° Mehcad Brooks - Matthew Applewhite
° Ricardo Antonio Chavira - Carlos Solis
° Marcia Cross - Bree Van De Kamp
° Steven Culp - Rex Van De Kamp
° James Denton - Mike Delfino
° Teri Hatcher - Susan Mayer
° Felicity Huffman - Lynette Scavo
° Brent Kinsman - Preston Scavo
° Shane Kinsman - Porter Scavo
° Eva Longoria - Gabrielle Solis
° Mark Moses - Paul Young
° Doug Savant - Tom Scavo
° Nicollette Sheridan - Edie Britt
° Brenda Strong - Mary Alice Young
° Alfre Woodard - Betty Applewhite
Screen Actors Guild Awards 42nd Annual Life Achievement Award:
° Shirley Temple Black
