5th Screen Actors Guild Awards
The 5th Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 1998, took place on March 7, 1999.
The ceremony was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California, and was televised live by TNT.
The nominees were announced on January 26, 1999 by Salma Hayek and David Hyde Pierce.
Roberto Benigni – Life Is Beautiful as Guido Orefice Gwyneth Paltrow – Shakespeare in Love as Viola de Lesseps Robert Duvall – A Civil Action as Jerome Facher Kathy Bates – Primary Colors as Libby Holden Shakespeare in Love – Ben Affleck, Simon Callow, Jim Carter, Martin Clunes, Judi Dench, Joseph Fiennes, Daniel Brocklebank, Colin Firth, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Antony Sher, and Imelda Staunton Christopher Reeve – Rear Window as Jason Kemp Angelina Jolie – Gia as Gia Carangi Sam Waterston – Law & Order as Jack McCoy Julianna Margulies – ER as Carol Hathaway Michael J.
Fox – Spin City as Mike Flaherty Tracey Ullman – Tracey Takes On... as Chic ER – George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Julianna Margulies, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Gloria Reuben, and Noah Wyle Ally McBeal – Gil Bellows, Lisa Nicole Carson, Portia de Rossi, Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Jane Krakowski, Lucy Liu, Peter MacNicol, Vonda Shepard, and Courtney Thorne-Smith Michael Douglas presented the film clip to the members of the guild who died in the last year:
