# 4th Screen Actors Guild Awards

The 4th Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 1997, took place on March 8, 1998. 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 27, 1998, by Melissa Joan Hart and David Paymer.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

### Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

* Elizabeth Taylor

### Film

| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role |
| Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets as Melvin Udall Matt Damon – Good Will Hunting as Will Hunting Robert Duvall – The Apostle as Euliss "Sonny" Dewey / The Apostle E.F. Peter Fonda – Ulee's Gold as Ulee Jackson Dustin Hoffman – Wag the Dog as Stanley Motss | Helen Hunt – As Good as It Gets as Carol Connelly Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove as Kate Croy Judi Dench – Mrs Brown as Queen Victoria Pam Grier – Jackie Brown as Jackie Brown Kate Winslet – Titanic as Rose DeWitt Bukater Robin Wright – She's So Lovely as Maureen Murphy Quinn |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role |
| Robin Williams – Good Will Hunting as Dr. Sean Maguire Billy Connolly – Mrs Brown as John Brown Anthony Hopkins – Amistad as John Quincy Adams Greg Kinnear – As Good as It Gets as Simon Bishop Burt Reynolds – Boogie Nights as Jack Horner | Kim Basinger – L.A. Confidential as Lynn Bracken (TIE) Gloria Stuart – Titanic as Old Rose (TIE) Minnie Driver – Good Will Hunting as Skylar Alison Elliott – The Wings of the Dove as Milly Theale Julianne Moore – Boogie Nights as Amber Waves |
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture ||
| The Full Monty – Mark Addy, Paul Barber, Robert Carlyle, Deirdre Costello, Steve Huison, Bruce Jones, Lesley Sharp, William Snape, Hugo Speer, Tom Wilkinson, and Emily Woof Boogie Nights – Don Cheadle, Heather Graham, Luis Guzman, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Thomas Jane, Ricky Jay, William H. Macy, Alfred Molina, Julianne Moore, Nicole Ari Parker, John C. Reilly, Burt Reynolds, Robert Ridgely, Mark Wahlberg, and Melora Walters Good Will Hunting – Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Minnie Driver, Stellan Skarsgård, and Robin Williams L.A. Confidential – Kim Basinger, James Cromwell, Russell Crowe, Danny DeVito, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, and David Strathairn Titanic – Suzy Amis, Kathy Bates, Leonardo DiCaprio, Frances Fisher, Bernard Fox, Victor Garber, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, Bill Paxton, Gloria Stuart, David Warner, Kate Winslet, and Billy Zane ||

### 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 |
| Gary Sinise – George Wallace as George Wallace Jack Lemmon – 12 Angry Men as Juror #8 Sidney Poitier – Mandela and de Klerk as Nelson Mandela Ving Rhames – Don King: Only in America as Don King George C. Scott – 12 Angry Men as Juror #3 | Alfre Woodard – Miss Evers' Boys as Eunice Rivers Laurie Glenn Close – In the Gloaming as Janet Faye Dunaway – The Twilight of the Golds as Phyllis Gold Sigourney Weaver – Snow White: A Tale of Terror as Lady Claudia Hoffman Mare Winningham – George Wallace as Lurleen Wallace |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series |
| Anthony Edwards – ER as Mark Greene David Duchovny – The X-Files as Fox Mulder Dennis Franz – NYPD Blue as Andy Sipowicz Jimmy Smits – NYPD Blue as Bobby Simone Sam Waterston – Law & Order as Jack McCoy | Julianna Margulies – ER as Carol Hathaway Gillian Anderson – The X-Files as Dana Scully Kim Delaney – NYPD Blue as Diane Russell Christine Lahti – Chicago Hope as Kathryn Austin Della Reese – Touched by an Angel as Tess |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series |
| John Lithgow – 3rd Rock from the Sun as Dick Solomon Jason Alexander – Seinfeld as George Costanza Kelsey Grammer – Frasier as Frasier Crane David Hyde Pierce – Frasier as Niles Crane Michael Richards – Seinfeld as Cosmo Kramer | Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Seinfeld as Elaine Benes Kirstie Alley – Veronica's Closet as Veronica "Ronnie" Chase Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen as Ellen Morgan Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal as Ally McBeal Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series ||
| ER – Maria Bello, George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Julianna Margulies, Gloria Reuben, and Noah Wyle Chicago Hope – Adam Arkin, Peter Berg, Jayne Brook, Rocky Carroll, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Stacy Edwards, Hector Elizondo, Mark Harmon, and Christine Lahti Law & Order – Benjamin Bratt, Steven Hill, Carey Lowell, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, and Sam Waterston NYPD Blue – Gordon Clapp, Kim Delaney, Dennis Franz, James McDaniel, Jimmy Smits, Andrea Thompson, and Nicholas Turturro The X-Files – Gillian Anderson, William B. Davis, David Duchovny, and Mitch Pileggi ||
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series ||
| Seinfeld – Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, and Jerry Seinfeld 3rd Rock from the Sun – Jane Curtin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kristen Johnston, Simbi Khali, Wayne Knight, John Lithgow, French Stewart, and Elmarie Wendel Ally McBeal – Gil Bellows, Lisa Nicole Carson, Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Jane Krakowski, and Courtney Thorne-Smith Frasier – Dan Butler, Peri Gilpin, Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, John Mahoney, and David Hyde Pierce Mad About You – Robin Bartlett, Cynthia Harris, Helen Hunt, Leila Kenzle, John Pankow, Paul Reiser, and Louis Zorich ||

## In Memoriam

Gloria Stuart presented this segment in which the guild remembered its most famous members who died last year:
* Richard Jaeckel
* Brian Keith
* Jack Lord
* Jack Purvis
* William Hickey
* Audra Lindley
* Ferdy Mayne
* Denver Pyle
* Philip Abbott
* Ted Bessell
* Red Skelton
* Pat Paulsen
* Stubby Kaye
* Chris Farley
* Sonny Bono
* Henny Youngman
* Burgess Meredith
* Paul Lambert
* Charles Hallahan
* Reid Shelton
* Edward Mulhare
* John Denver
* J. T. Walsh
* Toshiro Mifune
* Jacques Cousteau
* Robert Mitchum
* James Stewart