The Screen Actors Guild Award (also known as the SAG Award) is an accolade given by the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) to recognize outstanding performances in film and primetime television. The statuette given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called "The Actor". It is 16 inches (41 cm) tall, weighs over 12 pounds (5.4 kg), is cast in solid bronze, and produced by the American Fine Arts Foundry in Burbank, California.

SAG Awards have been one of the major awards events in Hollywood since 1995. Nominations for the awards come from two committees, one for film and one for television, each numbering 2100 members of the union, randomly selected anew each year, with the full membership (165,000 as of 2012) available to vote for the winners. The awards have been telecast since 1998 on TNT, and since 2007 have been simulcast on TBS.

The inaugural SAG Awards aired live on February 25, 1995 from Stage 12, Universal Studios. The second SAG awards aired live from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, while subsequent awards have been held at the Shrine Exposition Center.

Nominees & Award Winners

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

• Anthony Hopkins
• Billy Bob Thornton
• Denzel Washington
• Dustin Hoffman
• Geoffrey Rush
• Ian McKellen
• Jack Nicholson
• James Earl Jones
• Jim Carrey
• John Travolta
• Joseph Fiennes
• Kevin Spacey
• Massimo Troisi
• Matt Damon
• Morgan Freeman
• Nicholas Cage
• Nick Nolte
• Paul Newman
• Peter Fonda
• Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Ralph Fiennes
• Robert Benigni
• Robert Duvall
• Russell Crowe
• Sean Penn
• Tim Robbins
• Tom Cruise
• Tom Hanks
• Woody Harrelson

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

• Annette Bening
• Brenda Blethyn
• Cate Blanchett
• Diane Keaton
• Elisabeth Shue
• Emily Watson
• Emma Thompson
• Frances McDormand
• Gena Rowlands
• Gwyneth Paltrow
• Helen Hunt
• Helena Bonham Carter
• Hilary Swank
• Jane Horrocks
• Janet McTeer
• Jessica Lange
• Joan Allen
• Jodie Foster
• Judi Dench
• Julianne Moore
• Kate Winslet
• Kristin Scott Thomas
• Meg Ryan
• Meryl Streep
• Pam Grier
• Robin Wright Penn
• Susan Sarandon

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

• Anthony Hopkins
• Billy Bob Thornton
• Billy Connolly
• Burt Reynolds
• Chazz Palminteri
• Chris Cooper
• Cuba Gooding, Jr.
• David Kelly
• Don Cheadle
• Ed Harris
• Gary Sinise
• Geoffrey Rush
• Greg Kinnear
• Haley Joel Osment
• Hank Azaria
• Kenneth Branagh
• Kevin Bacon
• Kevin Spacey
• James Coburn
• John Turturro
• Martin Landau
• Michael Caine
• Michael Clarke Duncan
• Nathan Lane
• Noah Taylor
• Robert Duvall
• Robin Williams
• Samuel L. Jackson
• Tom Cruise
• William H. Macy

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

• Alison Elliott
• Angelina Jolie
• Anjelica Huston
• Brenda Blethyn
• Cameron Diaz
• Catherine Keener
• Chloë Sevigny
• Dianne West
• Gloria Stuart
• Gwen Verdon
• Jamie Lee Curtis
• Judi Dench
• Julianne Moore
• Kate Winslet
• Lauren Bacall
• Julianne Moore
• Juliette Binoche
• Kathy Bates
• Kim Basinger
• Lynn Redgrave
• Mare Winningham
• Marisa Tomei
• Minnie Driver
• Mira Sorvino
• Rachel Griffiths
• Renée Zellweger
• Robin Wright
• Sally Field
• Stockard Channing
• Uma Thurman

Outstanding Performance by a Cast

• Allison Janney
• Annette Bening
• Ben Affleck
• Bill Paxton
• Bruce Jones
• Chris Cooper
• Colin Firth
• Daniel Brocklebank
• Deirdre Costello
• Ed Harris
• Emily Woof
• Gary Sinise
• Geoffrey Rush
• Gwyneth Paltrow
• Hugo Spear
• Imelda Staunton
• Joseph Fiennes
• Judi Dench
• Kathleen Quinlan
• Kevin Bacon
• Kevin Spacey
• Lesley Sharp
• Mark Addy
• Mena Suvari
• Paul Barber
• Peter Gallagher
• Robert Carlyle
• Steve Huison
• Thora Birch
• Tom Hanks
• Tom Wilkinson
• Wes Bentley
• William Snape

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

• Alan Rickman
• Alec Baldwin
• Armand Assante
• Ben Kingsley
• Beau Bridges
• Charles S. Dutton
• Christopher Reeve
• Ed Harris
• Forest Whitaker
• Gary Sinise
• George C. Scott
• Hank Azaria
• Jack Lemmon
• James Garner
• John Malkovich
• Laurence Fishburne
• Patrick Stewart
• Peter Fonda
• Raul Julia
• Ray Liotta
• Robert Duvall
• Sidney Poitier
• Stanley Tucci
• Tommy Lee Jones
• Ving Rhames

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

• Alfre Woodard
• Angelina Jolie
• Anjelica Huston
• Ann-Margaret
• Anne Bancroft
• Cicely Tyson
• Dianne Keaton
• Faye Dunaway
• Glenn Close
• Halle Berry
• Helen Mirren
• Jena Malone
• Joanne Woodward
• Judy Davis
• Katharine Hepburn
• Kathy Bates
• Mare Winningham
• Mary Steenburgen
• Olympia Dukakis
• Sally Field
• Sela Ward
• Sigourney Weaver
• Sissy Spacek
• Stockard Channing

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

• Anthony Edwards
• David Duchovny
• Dennis Franz
• George Clooney
• Hector Elizondo
• James Gandolfini
• Jimmy Smits
• Mandy Patinkin
• Martin Sheen
• Patrick Stewart
• Rick Schroder
• Sam Waterston
• Tom Skerritt

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

• Angela Lansbury
• Annie Potts
• Christine Lahti
• Cicely Tyson
• Della Reese
• Edie Falco
• Gillian Anderson
• Jane Seymour
• Julianna Margulies
• Kathy Baker
• Kim Delaney
• Lorraine Bracco
• Nancy Marchand
• Sela Ward
• Sharon Lawrence
• Swoosie Kurtz

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

• David Hyde Pierce
• Jason Alexander
• John Goodman
• John Lithgow
• Kelsey Grammer
• Michael J. Fox
• Michael Richards
• Paul Reiser
• Peter MacNicol
• Ray Romano

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

• Amy Pietz
• Calista Flockhart
• Candice Bergen
• Christine Baranski
• Ellen DeGeneres
• Helen Hunt
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus
• Kirstie Alley
• Kristen Johnston
• Lisa Kudrow
• Lucy Liu
• Roseanne
• Sarah Jessica Parker
• Tracey Ullman

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

• Alex Kingston
• Anthony Edwards
• Amy Brenneman
• David Caruso
• Dennis Franz
• Dominic Chianese
• Edie Falco
• Eriq La Salle
• Gail O'Grady
• George Clooney
• Gloria Reuben
• Gordon Clapp
• James Gandolfini
• James McDaniel
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler
• Julianna Margulies
• Kellie Martin
• Laura Innes
• Lorraine Bracco
• Maria Bello
• Michael Imperioli
• Nancy Marchand
• Nicholas Turturro
• Noah Wyle
• Robert Iler
• Sharon Lawrence
• Sherry Stringfield
• Steve Van Zandt
• Tony Sirico
• Vincent Guastaferro
• Vincent Pastore

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

• Calista Flockhart
• Courteney Cox
• Courtney Thorne-Smith
• David Hyde Pierce
• David Schwimmer
• Gil Bellows
• Greg Germann
• Jane Krakowski
• Jane Leeves
• Jason Alexander
• Jennifer Aniston
• Jerry Seinfeld
• John Mahoney
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus
• Kelsey Grammer
• Lisa Kudrow
• Lisa Nicole Carson
• Lucy Liu
• Matt LeBlanc
• Matthew Perry
• Michael Richards
• Peri Gilpin
• Peter MacNicol
• Portia de Rossi
• Vonda Shepard