6th Screen Actors Guild Awards

Date: March 12, 2000

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Film

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role 

• Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham (American Beauty)

Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman (Man on the Moon)
Russell Crowe as Jeffrey Wigand (The Insider)
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Rusty (Flawless)
Denzel Washington as Rubin Carter (The Hurricane)


Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

• Annette Bening as Carolyn Burnham (American Beauty)

Janet McTeer as Mary Jo Walker (Tumbleweeds)
Julianne Moore as Sarah Mile (The End of the Affair)
Meryl Streep as Roberta Guaspari (Music of the Heart)
Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena (Boys Don't Cry)


Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role 

• Michael Caine as Wilbur Larch (The Cider House Rules)

Chris Cooper as Frank Fitts (American Beauty)
Tom Cruise as Frank T.J. Mackey (Magnolia)
Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey (The Green Mile)
Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sear (The Sixth Sense)


Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

• Angelina Jolie as Lisa Rowe (Girl, Interrupted)

Cameron Diaz as Lotte Schwarz (Being John Malkovich)
Catherine Keener as Maxine Lund (Being John Malkovich)
Julianne Moore as Linda Partridge (Magnolia)
Chloë Sevigny as Lana Tisdel (Boys Don't Cry)


Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

• American Beauty (1999)

Being John Malkovich (1999)
The Cider House Rules (1999)
The Green Mile (1999)
Magnolia (1999)

Television

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

• Hank Azaria as Mitch Albom (Oprah Winfrey Presents: Tuesdays with Morrie)

Peter Fonda as Frank (The Passion of Ayn Rand)
Jack Lemmon as Morrie Schwartz (Oprah Winfrey Presents: Tuesdays with Morrie)
George C. Scott as Matthew Harrison Brady (Inherit the Wind)
Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge (A Christmas Carol)


Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in Television Movie or Miniseries

• Kathy Bates as Miss Agatha Hannigan (The Wonderful World of Disney Presents: Annie)

Halle Berry as Dorothy Dandridge (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge)
Judy Davis as Paula (A Cooler Climate)
Sally Field as Iris (A Cooler Climate)
Helen Mirren as Ayn Rand (The Passion of Ayn Rand)


Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

• David Duchovny as Fox Mulder (The X-Files)

Dennis Franz as Andy Sipowicz (NYPD Blue)
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano (The Sopranos)
Rick Schroder as Danny Sorenson (NYPD Blue)
Martin Sheen as Josiah "Jed" Bartlet (The West Wing)


Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

• Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully (The X-Files)

Lorraine Bracco as Jennifer Melfi (The Sopranos)
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano (The Sopranos)
Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano (The Sopranos)
Annie Potts as Mary Elizabeth "M.E." Sims (Any Day Now)


Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

• Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty (Spin City)

Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane (Frasier)
Peter MacNicol as John Cage (Ally McBeal)
David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane (Frasier)
Ray Romano as Ray Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond)


Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

• Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal (Ally McBeal)

Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay (Friends)
Lucy Liu as Ling Woo (Ally McBeal)
Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw (Sex and the City)
Tracey Ullman as various characters (Tracey Takes On...)


Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

• The Sopranos

ER
Law & Order
NYPD Blue
The Practice


Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

• Frasier

Ally McBeal
Everybody Loves Raymond
Friends
Sports Night


Screen Actors Guild Awards 36th Annual Life Achievement Award

• Sidney Poitier