1st Screen Actors Guild Awards

Awarded for

Outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances

Date

February 25, 1995

Location

Universal Studios, Stage 12
Los Angeles, California

Country

United States

Presented by

Screen Actors Guild

First awarded

1995

Website

www.sagawards.org

Television/radio coverage

Network

NBC

Screen Actors Guild Awards

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The Inaugural Screen Actors Guild Awards aired on NBC from Stage 12 at Universal Studios Hollywood, on February 25, 1995. Unveiled during this evening for the first time was the Guild's new award statuette, The Actor, as well as the first awards for ensembles in drama series and comedy series which honor all of the actors who are the regulars in television series. From this auspicious beginning the Screen Actors Guild Awards has been embraced as one of the most prestigious in the entertainment industry.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Kathy Baker, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series winner

Helen Hunt, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series winner

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

George Burns

Film

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
*Tom Hanks – Forrest Gump* as Forrest Gump** Morgan Freeman – The Shawshank Redemption as Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding Paul Newman – Nobody's Fool as Donald "Sully" Sullivan Tim Robbins – The Shawshank Redemption as Andy Dufresne John Travolta – Pulp Fiction as Vincent Vega	*Jodie Foster – Nell* as Nell Kellty** Jessica Lange – Blue Sky as Carly Marshall Meg Ryan – When a Man Loves a Woman as Alice Green Susan Sarandon – The Client as Regina "Reggie" Love Meryl Streep – The River Wild as Gail Hartman
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
*Martin Landau – Ed Wood* as Bela Lugosi** Samuel L. Jackson – Pulp Fiction as Jules Winnfield Chazz Palminteri – Bullets over Broadway as Cheech Gary Sinise – Forrest Gump as Lieutenant Dan Taylor John Turturro – Quiz Show as Herb Stempel	*Dianne Wiest – Bullets over Broadway* as Helen Sinclair** Jamie Lee Curtis – True Lies as Helen Tasker Sally Field – Forrest Gump as Mrs. Gump Uma Thurman – Pulp Fiction as Mia Wallace Robin Wright – Forrest Gump as Jenny Curran-Gump

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
*Raúl Juliá – The Burning Season* as Francisco "Chico" Mendes** James Garner – The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. as Jim Rockford John Malkovich – Heart of Darkness as Kurtz Gary Sinise – The Stand as Stu Redman Forest Whitaker – The Enemy Within as Col. Mackenzie "Mac" Casey	*Joanne Woodward – Breathing Lessons* as Maggie Moran** Katharine Hepburn – One Christmas as Cornelia Beaumont Diane Keaton – Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight as Amelia Earhart Sissy Spacek – A Place for Annie as Susan Lansing Cicely Tyson – Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All as Castralia, Marsden Family House Slave / Maid
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
*Dennis Franz – NYPD Blue* as Andy Sipowicz** Héctor Elizondo – Chicago Hope as Philip Waters Mandy Patinkin – Chicago Hope as Jeffrey Geiger Tom Skerritt – Picket Fences as Jimmy Brock Patrick Stewart – Star Trek: The Next Generation as Jean-Luc Picard	*Kathy Baker – Picket Fences* as Jill Brock** Swoosie Kurtz – Sisters as Alexandra "Alex" Reed Halsey Barker Angela Lansbury – Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher Jane Seymour – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn Cicely Tyson – Sweet Justice as Carrie Grace Battle
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
*Jason Alexander – Seinfeld* as George Costanza** John Goodman – Roseanne as Dan Conner Kelsey Grammer – Frasier as Frasier Crane David Hyde Pierce – Frasier as Niles Crane Paul Reiser – Mad About You as Paul Buchman	*Helen Hunt – Mad About You* as Jamie Buchman** Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen as Ellen Morgan Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Seinfeld as Elaine Benes Roseanne Barr – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
NYPD Blue – Gordon Clapp, Dennis Franz, Sharon Lawrence, James McDaniel, Gail O'Grady, Jimmy Smits, and Nicholas Turturro Chicago Hope – Adam Arkin, Héctor Elizondo, Thomas Gibson, Roxanne Hart, Peter MacNicol, E. G. Marshall, and Mandy Patinkin ER – George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Eriq La Salle, Julianna Margulies, Sherry Stringfield, and Noah Wyle Law & Order – Jill Hennessy, Steven Hill, S. Epatha Merkerson, Chris Noth, Jerry Orbach, and Sam Waterston Picket Fences – Kathy Baker, Don Cheadle, Holly Marie Combs, Kelly Connell, Robert Cornthwaite, Fyvush Finkel, Lauren Holly, Costas Mandylor, Justin Shenkarow, Tom Skerritt, Leigh Taylor-Young, Ray Walston, and Adam Wylie
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Seinfeld – Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, and Jerry Seinfeld Frasier – Peri Gilpin, Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, John Mahoney, and David Hyde Pierce Mad About You – Helen Hunt, Leila Kenzle, Richard Kind, Lisa Kudrow, John Pankow, Anne Ramsay, and Paul Reiser Murphy Brown – Candice Bergen, Pat Corley, Faith Ford, Charles Kimbrough, Joe Regalbuto, and Grant Shaud Northern Exposure – Darren E. Burrows, John Corbett, Barry Corbin, John Cullum, Cynthia Geary, Elaine Miles, Rob Morrow, Peg Phillips, Teri Polo, Paul Provenza, and Janine Turner

References

External links

Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards

Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards
Lifetime Achievement	Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
Film	Cast Male Actor Female Actor Supporting Male Actor Supporting Female Actor Stunt Ensemble
Television	Cast – Drama Series Male Actor – Drama Series Female Actor – Drama Series Cast – Comedy Series Male Actor – Comedy Series Female Actor – Comedy Series Male Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Female Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Stunt Ensemble
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