Award ceremony for performances of 1995
The 2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards , honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 1995, took place on February 24, 1996. The ceremony was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles , California , and was televised live by NBC . The nominees were announced on January 18, 1996. This was the first year the category of Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture was offered.[ 1] [ 2]
Winners and nominees [ edit ] Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface .
Nicolas Cage , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role winner Susan Sarandon , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role winner Ed Harris , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role winner Kate Winslet , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role winner Gary Sinise , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner Alfre Woodard , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner Anthony Edwards , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series winner Gillian Anderson , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series winner David Hyde Pierce , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series winner Christine Baranski , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series winner Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas as Ben Sanderson
Susan Sarandon – Dead Man Walking as Sister Helen Prejean
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Ed Harris – Apollo 13 as Gene Kranz
Kate Winslet – Sense and Sensibility as Marianne Dashwood
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Apollo 13 – Kevin Bacon, Tom Hanks , Ed Harris, Bill Paxton , Kathleen Quinlan , and Gary Sinise
Get Shorty – Danny DeVito , Dennis Farina , James Gandolfini , Gene Hackman , Delroy Lindo , David Paymer , Rene Russo , and John Travolta How to Make an American Quilt – Maya Angelou , Anne Bancroft , Ellen Burstyn , Samantha Mathis , Kate Nelligan , Winona Ryder , Jean Simmons , Lois Smith , and Alfre Woodard Nixon – Joan Allen, Brian Bedford , Powers Boothe , Kevin Dunn , Fyvush Finkel , Annabeth Gish , Tony Goldwyn , Larry Hagman , Ed Harris, Edward Herrmann , Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins , Madeline Kahn , E. G. Marshall , David Paymer , David Hyde Pierce , Paul Sorvino , Mary Steenburgen , J. T. Walsh , and James Woods Sense and Sensibility – Hugh Grant , Alan Rickman , Emma Thompson, and Kate Winslet
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 – Truman as Harry S. Truman
Alfre Woodard – The Piano Lesson as Berniece Charles
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
Gillian Anderson – The X-Files as Dana Scully
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series David Hyde Pierce – Frasier as Niles Crane
Christine Baranski – Cybill as Maryann Thorpe
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series ER – George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, Gloria Reuben , Eriq La Salle , Sherry Stringfield , and Noah Wyle
Chicago Hope – Adam Arkin , Peter Berg , Jayne Brook , Vondie Curtis-Hall , Héctor Elizondo , Thomas Gibson , Roxanne Hart , Christine Lahti, Peter MacNicol , Mandy Patinkin , and Jamey Sheridan Law & Order – Benjamin Bratt , Jill Hennessy , Steven Hill , S. Epatha Merkerson , Chris Noth , Jerry Orbach , and Sam Waterston NYPD Blue – Gordon Clapp , Kim Delaney , Dennis Franz, Sharon Lawrence, James McDaniel , Justine Miceli , Gail O'Grady , Jimmy Smits, and Nicholas Turturro Picket Fences – Amy Aquino , Kathy Baker , Don Cheadle , Kelly Connell, Lauren Holly , Fyvush Finkel , Costas Mandylor , Holly Marie Combs , Marlee Matlin , Justin Shenkarow , Tom Skerritt , Adam Wylie , Ray Walston Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Friends – Jennifer Aniston , Courteney Cox , Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc , Matthew Perry , and David Schwimmer
Cybill – Christine Baranski, Dedee Pfeiffer , Alan Rosenberg , Cybill Shepherd , Alicia Witt , and Tom Wopat Frasier – Dan Butler , Peri Gilpin , Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves , John Mahoney , and David Hyde Pierce Mad About You – Helen Hunt, Leila Kenzle , John Pankow , Anne Ramsay , and Paul Reiser Seinfeld – Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, and Jerry Seinfeld
Lifetime Achievement Film Television Ceremonies (years are of film release; ceremonies are the next year)