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15th Screen Actors Guild Awards

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name	15th Screen Actors Guild Awards
awarded_for	Outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances
date
location	Shrine Auditorium
Los Angeles, California
country	United States
presenter	Screen Actors Guild
year	1995
network	TNT and TBS
simultaneous broadcast
website
previous	[14th](14th-screen-actors-guild-awards)
main	Screen Actors Guild Awards
next	[16th](16th-screen-actors-guild-awards)

Los Angeles, California simultaneous broadcast

The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2008, were presented on January 25, 2009. The ceremony was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California for the thirteenth consecutive year. It was broadcast live simultaneously by TNT and TBS.

The nominees were announced on December 18, 2008, by Angela Bassett and Eric McCormack at Los Angeles' Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater.

Doubt received the highest number of nominations among the film categories with five, four for individual performances and one for ensemble performance. In the television categories, Boston Legal, 30 Rock, John Adams, Mad Men and The Closer had the most nominations with three each.

The biggest winner of the evening was 30 Rock, which won in all three categories in which it was nominated. The Dark Knight won the most film awards, winning in both categories in which it was nominated.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

James Earl Jones

Film

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Television

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series

In Memoriam

Susan Sarandon introduced a previously recorded "In Memoriam" segment which pay tribute to the actors who died last year:

Charlton Heston
Ivan Dixon
Kim Chan
Don S. Davis
Majel Barrett
David Groh
Stanley Kamel
Harvey Korman
Edie Adams
Paul Scofield
Mel Ferrer
Sam Bottoms
Cyd Charisse
Robert Prosky
Robert DoQui
Don LaFontaine
Patrick McGoohan
Christopher Allport
Dick Martin
Paul Benedict
Gil Stratton
Beverly Garland
Sydney Pollack
Isaac Hayes
Evelyn Keyes
Barry Morse
John Phillip Law
Ruth Cohen
Ricardo Montalbán
Augusta Dabney
George Furth
Van Johnson
Bernie Mac
Pat Hingle
Don Galloway
George Carlin
Richard Widmark
Estelle Getty
Bernie Hamilton
Roy Scheider
Eartha Kitt
Nina Foch
Paul Newman

References

(January 25, 2009). "15th Annual SAG Awards Recipients". [[Screen Actors Guild]].
(December 18, 2008). "Nominations Announced for the 15th Annual SAG Awards". [[Screen Actors Guild]].
O'Neil, Tom. (2008-12-18). "SAG Awards nominations embrace Brangelina, snub Leo". [[Los Angeles Times]].
(2008-12-18). "'Doubt' Tops SAG Pack". CBS News.

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