Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards 2009 Winners List
The 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards take place on January 25, 2009 in a live telecast on TNT and TBS at 8pm ET. See a complete list of nominees, winners, photos and video here.The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, also known as the SAG Awards, are given out for outstanding performances in 2008 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for film and television stunt ensembles.
Presenters at this year’s awards include Katie Holmes, Christina Applegate, Taye Diggs, Jon Hamm, John Krasinski, Amy Poehler, Anthony Hopkins, Susan Sarandon, Angela Bassett, Jon Hamm, John Krasinski, Eric McCormack, Kyra Sedgwick, William Shatner and Ernest Borgnine
As with the Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA) and the Producers Guild of America Awards (PGA), the SAG Awards are selected solely by peers in the profession; fellow members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Votes come from two randomly selected panels, for film and television respectively, with each panel comprised of 2,100 SAG members in the U.S. Winners of these awards are sometimes predictors of Academy Award winners and thus closely watched. 
The actress with the most nominations is Taraji P. Henson, who was nominated for three awards; Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ and the Outstanding Performance by a Cast for the movie. She also received a Outstanding Performance by a Cast for the TV series ‘Boston Legal.’ The actress is gaining much notoriety and acclaim, including a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination for ‘Benjamin Button.’
The late Heath Ledger was nominated posthumously for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for his brilliant performance as The Joker in ‘The Dark Knight.’ He was favored to win, and did win, with fellow cast member Gary Oldman accepting the award on his behalf. He is also the winner of the Golden Globe and has received an Oscar nod. 
Other notable nominees include Viola Davis for her supporting role in ‘Doubt’ (she also received the Best Supporting Oscar nod) and Meryl Streep for her leading role in the same movie. Streep went on to win the award and Davis lost to Kate Winslet (for her performance in ‘The Reader.’Legendary actor James Earl Jones received the SAG Life Achievement Award, with Forest Whitaker as the presenter. The award is given annually to recognize “outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession.” SAG’s National Honors and Tributes Committee is responsible for nomination and voting of the winner.
2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards winners are updated below.
Screen Actors Guild Awards 45th Annual Life Achievement Award
* James Earl Jones - WINNER
Theatrical Motion Picture Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
* Sean Penn, Milk - WINNER
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
* Meryl Streep, Doubt - WINNER
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
*Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight - WINNER
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Kate Winslet, The Reader - WINNER
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Doubt
Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Meryl Streep
Frost/Nixon
Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones, Frank Langella, Matthew MacFadyen, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell, Michael Sheen
Milk
Josh Brolin, Joseph Cross, James Franco, Victor Garber, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna, Denis O’Hare, Sean Penn, Alison Pill
* Slumdog Millionaire - WINNER
Rubina Ali, Tanay Hemant Chheda, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Madhur Mittal, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Cate Blanchett, Jason Flemyng, Jared Harris, Taraji P. Henson, Elias Koteas, Julia Ormond, Brad Pitt, Phyllis Somerville, Tilda Swinton
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
* The Dark Knight - WINNER
Wanted
TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Ralph Fiennes, Bernard and Doris
* Paul Giamatti, John Adams - WINNER
Kevin Spacey, Recount
Kiefer Sutherland, 24: Redemption
Tom Wilkinson, John Adams
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Laura Dern, Recount
*Laura Linney, John Adams - WINNER
Shirley MacLaine, Coco Chanel
Phylicia Rashad, A Raisin in the Sun
Susan Sarandon, Bernard and Doris
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
* Hugh Laurie, House - WINNER
William Shatner, Boston Legal
James Spader, Boston Legal
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
* Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters - WINNER
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
* Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock - WINNER
Steve Carell, The Office
David Duchovny, Californication
Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
* Tina Fey, 30 Rock - WINNER
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Tracey Ullman, Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Boston Legal
Candice Bergen, Saffron Burrows, Christian Clemenson, Taraji P. Henson, John Larroquette, William Shatner, James Spader, Tara Summers, Gary Anthony Williams
Dexter
Preston Bailey, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, Valerie Cruz, Kristin Dattilo, Michael C. Hall, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, Jason Manuel Olazabal, David Ramsay, James Remar, Christina Robinson, Jimmy Smits, Lauren Velez, David Zayas
House
Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Peter Jacobson, Hugh Laurie, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Morrison, Kal Penn, Jesse Spencer, Olivia Wilde
* Mad Men - WINNER
Bryan Batt, Alison Brie, Michael Gladis, Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Vincent Kartheiser, Mark Moses, Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery, Rich Sommer, Aaron Staton
The Closer
G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, Philip P. Keene, Gina Ravera, Corey Reynolds, Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Tenney
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
* 30 Rock - WINNER
Scott Adsit, Alec Baldwin, Katrina Bowden, Tina Fey, Judah Friedlander, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Tracy Morgan, Keith Powell
Desperate Housewives
Kendall Applegate, Andrea Bowen, Charlie Carver, Max Carver, Ricardo Antonio Chavira, Marcia Cross, Dana Delany, James Denton, Lyndsy Fonesca, Rachel Fox, Teri Hatcher, Zane Huett, Felicity Huffman, Brent Kinsman, Shane Kinsman, Joy Lauren, Eva Longoria-Parker, Kyle MacLachlan, Neal McDonough, Joshua Moore, Shawn Pyfrom, Doug Savant, Nicollette Sheridan, Brenda Strong
Entourage
Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Adrian Greiner, Rex Lee, Jeremy Piven, Perrey Reeves
The Office
Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Creed Bratton, Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, Kate Flannery, Melora Hardin, Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, John Krasinski, Paul Lieberstein, B.J. Novak, Oscar Nunez, Craig Robinson, Phyllis Smith, Rainn Wilson
Weeds
Demian Bichir, Julie Bowen. Enrique Castillo, Guillermo Diaz, Alexander Gould, Allie Grant, Justin Kirk, Hemky Madera, Andy Milder, Kevin Nealon, Mary-Louise Parker, Hunter Parrish, Elizabeth Perkins, Jack Stehlin
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
Friday Night Lights
* Heroes - WINNER
Prison Break
The Closer
The Unit
