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Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role:

Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor”
Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”
Sean Penn, “Milk” (Winner)
Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role:

Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”
Angelina Jolie, “Changeling”
Melissa Leo, “Frozen River”
Meryl Streep, “Doubt” (Winner)
Kate Winslet, “Revolutionary Road”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role:

Josh Brolin, “Milk”
Robert Downey Jr., “Tropic Thunder”
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight” (Winner)
Dev Patel, “Slumdog Millionaire”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role:

Amy Adams, “Doubt”
Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Viola Davis, “Doubt”
Taraji P. Henson, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Kate Winslet, “The Reader” (Winner)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:

“Doubt”
“Milk”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Winner)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture:

“The Dark Knight” (Winner)
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”
“Iron Man”
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
“Wanted”

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Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series:

Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Hugh Laurie, “House M.D.” (Winner)
William Shatner, “Boston Legal”
James Spader, “Boston Legal”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series:

Sally Field, “Brothers & Sisters” (Winner)
Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: SVU”
Holly Hunter, “Saving Grace”
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer”
Elisabeth Moss, “Mad Men”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series:

Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock” (Winner)
Steve Carell, “The Office”
David Duchovny, “Californication”
Jeremy Piven, “Entourage”
Tony Shalhoub, “Monk”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series:

Christina Applegate, “Samantha Who?”
America Ferrera, “Ugly Betty”
Tina Fey, “30 Rock” (Winner)
Mary-Louise Parker, “Weeds”
Tracy Ullman, “Tracy Ullman’s State of the Union”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series:

“Boston Legal”
“The Closer”
“Mad Men” (Winner)
“House”
“Dexter”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:

“30 Rock” (Winner)
“Desperate Housewives”
“Entourage”
“The Office”
“Weeds”

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

Tom Wilkinson, “John Adams”
Ralph Fiennes, “Bernard and Doris”
Paul Giamatti, “John Adams” (Winner)
Kiefer Sutherland, “24: Redemption”
Kevin Spacey, “Recount”

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

Laura Dern, “Recount”
Laura Linney, “John Adams” (Winner)
Shirley MacLaine, “Coco Chanel”
Phylicia Rashad, “A Raisin in the Sun”
Susan Sarandon, “Bernard and Doris”

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series:

“Heroes” (Winner)
“Friday Night Lights”
“Prison Break”
“The Unit”
“The Closer”

For a complete list of winners, be sure to check out the SAG Awards site.

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