Award ceremony for performances of 2007
The 14th ceremony of the
.
The nominees were announced on December 20, 2007 by Jeanne Tripplehorn and Terrence Howard at Los Angeles' Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater.[1]
Into the Wild received the highest number of nominations among the film categories with four, three for acting and one for ensemble performance.[1] In the television categories The Sopranos , 30 Rock and Ugly Betty had the most nominations with three each.[1]
The 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards was the first to give awards for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture and Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series.[2]
The 2007 ceremony celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Screen Actors Guild with historical background and film clips presented in segments introduced by Blair Underwood throughout the ceremony. Charles Durning was presented with an award for Lifetime Achievement following accolades by Denis Leary and Burt Reynolds .
The ceremony was held in the midst of the ongoing
Writers Guild of America strike. Because the acting community steadfastly had supported the writers during this period, the WGA granted a waiver on December 11, 2007, to SAG for the awards show, allowing members to attend without having to cross picket lines. While talk of the strike was kept to a minimum,
Julie Christie openly acknowledged it in her acceptance speech, commenting, "It's lovely to receive an award from your own union, especially at a time when we're being so forcefully reminded how important unions are." In her acceptance speech,
Tina Fey thanked the Screen Actors Guild for its support of the WGA.
After acknowledging the recent death of Heath Ledger , Daniel Day-Lewis dedicated his award to the actor.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface .[3]
Daniel Day-Lewis , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role winner
Julie Christie , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role winner
Javier Bardem , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role winner
Ruby Dee , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role winner
Kevin Kline , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner
Queen Latifah , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner
James Gandolfini , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series winner
Edie Falco , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series winner
Alec Baldwin , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Tina Fey , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
The Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award was presented to:
Film
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
No Country for Old Men – Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin , Garret Dillahunt , Tess Harper , Woody Harrelson , Tommy Lee Jones , and Kelly Macdonald
3:10 to Yuma – Christian Bale , Russell Crowe , Peter Fonda , Ben Foster , Logan Lerman , Gretchen Mol , Dallas Roberts , Vinessa Shaw , and Alan Tudyk
American Gangster – Armand Assante , Josh Brolin, Russell Crowe, Ruby Dee, Chiwetel Ejiofor , Idris Elba , Cuba Gooding Jr. , Carla Gugino , John Hawkes , Ted Levine , Joe Morton , Lymari Nadal , John Ortiz , RZA , Yul Vazquez , and Denzel Washington
Hairspray – Nikki Blonsky , Amanda Bynes , Paul Dooley , Zac Efron , Allison Janney , Elijah Kelley , James Marsden , Michelle Pfeiffer , Queen Latifah , Brittany Snow , Jerry Stiller , John Travolta , and Christopher Walken
Into the Wild – Brian H. Dierker , Marcia Gay Harden , Emile Hirsch, Hal Holbrook, William Hurt , Catherine Keener , Jena Malone , Kristen Stewart , and Vince Vaughn
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
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
The Sopranos (HBO) –
Boston Legal (ABC) – Rene Auberjonois,
Candice Bergen ,
Julie Bowen ,
Saffron Burrows ,
Christian Clemenson ,
Taraji P. Henson ,
John Larroquette ,
William Shatner , James Spader,
Tara Summers ,
Mark Valley ,
Gary Anthony Williams , and
Constance Zimmer
The Closer (TNT) –
Grey's Anatomy (ABC) – Justin Chambers , Eric Dane , Patrick Dempsey , Katherine Heigl , T. R. Knight , Chyler Leigh , Sandra Oh , James Pickens Jr. , Ellen Pompeo , Sara Ramirez , Elizabeth Reaser , Brooke Smith , Kate Walsh , Isaiah Washington , and Chandra Wilson
Mad Men (AMC) – Bryan Batt , Anne Dudek , Michael Gladis , Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks , January Jones , Vincent Kartheiser , Robert Morse , Elisabeth Moss , Maggie Siff , John Slattery , Rich Sommer , and Aaron Staton
The Office (NBC) – Leslie David Baker , Brian Baumgartner , Steve Carell, David Denman , Jenna Fischer , Kate Flannery , Melora Hardin , Mindy Kaling , Angela Kinsey , John Krasinski , Paul Lieberstein , B. J. Novak , Oscar Nunez , Phyllis Smith , and Rainn Wilson
30 Rock (NBC) – Scott Adsit , Alec Baldwin, Katrina Bowden , Kevin Brown , Grizz Chapman , Tina Fey, Judah Friedlander , Jane Krakowski , Jack McBrayer , Tracy Morgan , Maulik Pancholy , Keith Powell , and Lonny Ross
Entourage (HBO) – Rhys Coiro , Kevin Connolly , Kevin Dillon , Jerry Ferrara , Adrian Grenier , Rex Lee , Jeremy Piven, and Perrey Reeves
Ugly Betty (ABC) – Alan Dale , America Ferrera, Christopher Gorham , Mark Indelicato , Ashley Jensen , Judith Light , Eric Mabius , Becki Newton , Ana Ortiz , Tony Plana , Rebecca Romijn , Stelio Savante , Michael Urie , and Vanessa Williams
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
In Memoriam
Denis Leary introduced a previously recorded "In Memoriam" segment which honored the life and career of the great actors who died last year:
References
Lifetime Achievement Film Television Ceremonies
(years are of film release; ceremonies are the next year)