The 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

Screen Actors Guild presented its coveted Actor® statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 1997 at the 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® in ceremonies attended by film and television’s leading actors, held Sunday, March 8, 1998 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. The 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® was telecast on Turner Network Television (TNT) at 8 p.m., ET/PT, 7 p.m. Central and 6 p.m. MT.

Theatrical Motion Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Boogie Nights

  • Don Cheadle — Buck Swope
  • Heather Graham — Rollergirl
  • Luis Guzman — Maurice TT Rodriguez
  • Philip Baker Hall — Floyd Gondolli
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman — Scotty J.
  • Thomas Jane — Todd Parker
  • Ricky Jay — Kurt Longjohn
  • William H. Macy — Little Bill
  • Alfred Molina — Rahad Jackson
  • Julianne Moore — Amber Waves
  • Nicole Arl Parker — Becky Barnett
  • John C. Reilly — Reed Rothchild
  • Burt Reynolds — Jack Horner
  • Robert Ridgley — The Colonel James
  • Mark Wahlberg — Eddie Adams - Dirk Diggler
  • Melora Waters — Jessie St. Vincent

The Full Monty

  • Mark Addy — David 'Dave'
  • Paul Barber — Horse
  • Robert Carlyle — Gaz
  • Deirdre Costello — Linda
  • Steve Huison — Lomper
  • Bruce Jones — Reg
  • Lesley Sharp — Jean
  • William Snape — Nathan
  • Hugo Speer — Guy
  • Tom Wilkinson — Gerald
  • Emily Woof — Mandy
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Good Will Hunting

  • Ben Affleck — Chuckie Sullivan
  • Matt Damon — Will Hunting
  • Minnie Driver — Skylar
  • Stellan Skarsgård — Prof. Gerald Lambeau
  • Robin Williams — Sean Maguire

L.A. Confidential

  • Kim Basinger — Lynn Bracken
  • James Cromwell — Dudley Smith
  • Russell Crowe — Bud White
  • Danny DeVito — Sid Hudgens
  • Guy Pearce — Ed Exley
  • Kevin Spacey — Jack Vincennes
  • David Strathairn — Pierce Patchett

Titanic

  • Suzy Amis — Lizzy Calvert
  • Kathy Bates — Molly Brown
  • Leonardo DiCaprio — Jack Dawson
  • Francis Fisher — Ruth Dewitt Bukater
  • Bernard Fox — Col. Archibald Gracie
  • Victor Garber — Thomas Andrews
  • Bernard Hill — Captain Edward James Smith
  • Jonathan Hyde — Bruce Ismay
  • Danny Nucci — Fabrizio
  • Bill Paxton — Brock Lovett
  • Gloria Stuart — Old Rose
  • David Warner — Spicer Lovejoy
  • Kate Winslet — Rose DeWitt Bukater
  • Billy Zane — Caledon 'Cal' Hockley

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Matt Damon

Good Will Hunting

Will Hunting

Robert Duvall

The Apostle

Euliss 'Sonny' Dewey - The Apostle E.F.

Peter Fonda

Ulee's Gold

Ulee Jackson

Dustin Hoffman

Wag the Dog

Stanley Motss

Jack Nicholson

As Good As It Gets

Melvin Udall

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Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Helena Bonham Carter

The Wings of the Dove

Kate Croy

Judi Dench

Mrs. Brown

Queen Victoria

Pam Grier

Jackie Brown

Jackie Brown

Helen Hunt

As Good As It Gets

Carol Connelly

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Kate Winslet

Titanic

Rose DeWitt Bukater

Robin Wright Penn

She's So Lovely

Maureen Murphy Quinn

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Billy Connolly

Mrs. Brown

John Brown

Anthony Hopkins

Amistad

John Quincy Adams

Greg Kinnear

As Good As It Gets

Simon Bishop

Burt Reynolds

Boogie Nights

Jack Horner

Robin Williams

Good Will Hunting

Sean Maguire

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Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Kim Basinger

L.A. Confidential

Lynn Bracken

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Minnie Driver

Good Will Hunting

Skylar

Alison Elliott

The Wings of the Dove

Millie Theale

Julianne Moore

Boogie Nights

Amber Waves

Gloria Stuart

Titanic

Old Rose

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Primetime Television

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Chicago Hope

  • Adam Arkin — Dr. Aaron Shutt
  • Peter Berg — Dr. Billy Kronk
  • Jayne Brook — Dr. Diane Grad
  • Rocky Carroll — Dr. Keith Wilkes
  • Vondie Curtis-Hall — Dr. Dennis Hancock
  • Stacey Edwards — Dr. Lisa Catera
  • Hector Elizondo — Dr. Phillip Watters
  • Mark Harmon — Dr. Jack McNeil
  • Christine Lahti — Dr. Kathryn Austin

ER

  • Maria Bello — Dr. Anna Del Amico
  • George Clooney — Dr. Doug Ross
  • Anthony Edwards — Dr. Mark Greene
  • Laura Innes — Dr. Kerry Weaver
  • Alex Kingston — Dr. Elizabeth Corday
  • Eriq LaSalle — Dr. Peter Benton
  • Julianna Margulies — Nurse Carol Hathaway
  • Gloria Reuben — Jeanie Boulet
  • Noah Wyle — Dr. John Carter
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Law & Order

  • Benjamin Bratt — Detective Rey Curtis
  • Steven Hill — D.A. Adam Schiff
  • Carey Lowell — A.D.A. Jamie Ross
  • S. Epatha Merkerson — Lt. Anita Van Buren
  • Jerry Orbach — Detective Lennie Briscoe
  • Sam Waterston — Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy

NYPD Blue

  • Gordon Clapp — Det. Greg Medavoy
  • Kim Delaney — Det. Diane Russell
  • Dennis Franz — Det. Andy Sipowicz
  • James McDaniel — Lt. Arthur Fancy
  • Jimmy Smits — Det. Bobby Simone
  • Andrea Thompson — Det. Jill Kirkendall
  • Nicholas Turturro — Det. James Martinez

The X-Files

  • Gillian Anderson — Dana Scully
  • William B. Davis — Cigarette Smoking Man
  • David Duchovny — Fox Mulder
  • Mitch Pileggi — Walter Skinner

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

3rd Rock From The Sun

  • Jane Curtin — Dr. Mary Albright
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt — Tommy Solomon
  • Kristen Johnston — Sally Solomon
  • Simbi Khali — Nina Campbell
  • Wayne Knight — Officer Don Orville
  • John Lithgow — Dr. Dick Solomon
  • French Stewart — Harry Solomon
  • Elmarie Wendel — Mrs. Mamie Dubcek

Ally McBeal

  • Gil Bellows — Billy Thomas
  • Lisa Nicole Carson — Renee Raddick
  • Calista Flockhart — Ally McBeal
  • Greg Germann — Richard Fish
  • Jane Krakowski — Elaine Vassal
  • Courtney Thorne-Smith — Georgia Thomas

Frasier

  • Dan Butler — Bob 'Bulldog' Briscoe
  • Peri Gilpin — Roz Doyle
  • Kelsey Grammer — Dr. Frasier Crane
  • Jane Leeves — Daphne Moon
  • John Mahoney — Martin Crane
  • David Hyde Pierce — Dr. Niles Crane

Mad About You

  • Robin Bartlett — Debbie Buchman
  • Cynthia Harris — Sylvia Buchman
  • Helen Hunt — Jamie Stemple Buchman
  • Leila Kenzle — Fran Devanow
  • John Pankow — Ira Buchman
  • Paul Reiser — Paul Buchman
  • Louis Zorich — Burt Buchman

Seinfeld

  • Jason Alexander — George Costanza
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus — Elaine Benes
  • Michael Richards — Cosmo Kramer
  • Jerry Seinfeld — Jerry Seinfeld
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Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

David Duchovny

The X-Files

Fox Mulder

Anthony Edwards

ER

Dr. Mark Greene

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Dennis Franz

NYPD Blue

Det. Andy Sipowicz

Jimmy Smits

NYPD Blue

Det. Bobby Simone

Sam Waterston

Law & Order

Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Gillian Anderson

The X-Files

Dana Scully

Kim Delaney

NYPD Blue

Det. Diane Russell

Christine Lahti

Chicago Hope

Dr. Kathryn Austin

Julianna Margulies

ER

Nurse Carol Hathaway

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Della Reese

Touched By An Angel

Tess

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Jason Alexander

Seinfeld

George Costanza

Kelsey Grammer

Frasier

Dr. Frasier Crane

John Lithgow

3rd Rock From The Sun

Dr. Dick Solomon

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David Hyde Pierce

Frasier

Dr. Niles Crane

Michael Richards

Seinfeld

Cosmo Kramer

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Kirstie Alley

Veronica's Closet

Veronica Chase

Ellen Degeneres

Ellen

Ellen Morgan

Calista Flockhart

Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal

Helen Hunt

Mad About You

Jamie Stemple Buchman

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Seinfeld

Elaine Benes

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

Jack Lemmon

12 Angry Men

Juror #8

Sidney Poitier

Mandela and DeKlerk

Nelson Mandela

Ving Rhames

Don King: Only in America

Don King

George C. Scott

12 Angry Men

Juror #3

Gary Sinise

George Wallace

George C. Wallace

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

Glenn Close

In The Gloaming

Janet

Faye Dunaway

The Twilight of the Golds

Phyllis Gold

Sigourney Weaver

Snow White: A Tale of Terror

Lady Claudia Hoffman

Mare Winningham

George Wallace

Lurleen Wallace

Alfre Woodard

Miss Evers' Boys

Eunice Evers, R.N.

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