Jan 25, 2009
The 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony was held January 25, 2009 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.
The television show "30 Rock" won three comedy awards. The HBO miniseries "John Adams" won two SAG awards.
The film "Doubt" went into the evening with the most nominations with five, and Meryl Streep won for Best Actress. Kate Winslet was nominated for Best Actress and won for Best Supporting Actress ("The Reader").
| Outstanding Lead Movie Actor | |
| Sean Penn (Milk) | |
| Other Nominees: Richard Jenkins (The Visitor); Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon); Brad Pitt (The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button); Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) | |
| Outstanding Lead Movie Actress | |
| Meryl Streep (Doubt) | |
| Other Nominees: Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married); Angelina Jolie (Changeling); Melissa Leo (Frozen River); Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road) | |
| Outstanding Movie Cast | |
| Slumdog Millionaire | |
| Dev Patel; Freida Pinto; Madhur Mittal; Irrfan Khan; Anil Kapoor | |
| Other Nominees: Doubt; Frost/Nixon; Milk; The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button | |
| Outstanding Supporting Movie Actor | |
| Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) | |
| Other Nominees: Josh Brolin (Milk); Robert Downey Jr (Tropic Thunder); Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt); Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) | |
| Outstanding Supporting Movie Actress | |
| Kate Winslet (The Reader) | |
| Other Nominees: Amy Adams (Doubt); Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona); Viola Davis (Doubt); Taraji P Henson (The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button) | |
| Outstanding Actor in a TV Drama | |
| Hugh Laurie (House) | |
| Other Nominees: Gabriel Byrne (In Treatment); Michael C Hall (Dexter); Jon Hamm (Mad Men); Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors) | |
| Outstanding Actress in a TV Drama | |
| Sally Field (Brothers & Sisters) | |
| Other Nominees: Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU); January Jones (Mad Men); Anna Paquin (True Blood); Krya Sedgwick (The Closer) | |
| Outstanding TV Drama Cast | |
| Mad Men | |
| Jon Hamm; Robert Morse; Aaron Hart; Bryat Batt; Alison Brie; Michael Gladis | |
| Other Nominees: Boston Legal; Dexter; House; The Closer | |
| Outstanding Actor in a TV Comedy | |
| Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) | |
| Other Nominees: Steve Carell (The Office); David Duchovny (Californication); Jeremy Piven (Entourage); Tony Shalhoub (Monk) | |
| Outstanding Actress in a TV Comedy | |
| Tina Fey (30 Rock) | |
| Other Nominees: Christina Applegate (Samantha Who?); America Ferrera (Ugly Betty); Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds); Tracey Ullman (Tracey Ullman's State Of The Union) | |
| Outstanding TV Comedy Cast | |
| 30 Rock | |
| Alec Baldwin; Tina Fey; Tracy Morgan; Jane Krakowski; Maulik Pancholy; Keith Powell | |
| Other Nominees: Desperate Housewives; Entourage; The Office; Weeds | |
| Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries | |
| Paul Giamatti (John Adams) | |
| Other Nominees: Ralph Fiennes (Bernard and Doris); Kevin Spacey (Recount); Keifer Sutherland (24: Redemption); Tom Wilkinson (John Adams) | |
| Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries | |
| Laura Linney (John Adams) | |
| Other Nominees: Laura Dern (Recount); Shirley MacLaine (Coco Chanel); Phylicia Rashad (A Raisin In The Sun); Susan Sarandon (Bernard and Doris) | |
| Life Achievement Award | |
| James Earl Jones | |
| Outstanding Movie Stunt Ensemble | |
| The Dark Knight | |
| Other Nominees: Hellboy II: The Golden Army; Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull; Iron Man; Wanted | |
| Outstanding TV Stunt Ensemble | |
| Heroes | |
| Other Nominees: Friday Night Lights; Prison Break; The Unit; The Closer | |