Award ceremony for performances of 1994
The Inaugural Screen Actors Guild Awards aired on NBC from Stage 12 at Universal Studios Hollywood , on February 25, 1995. Unveiled during this evening for the first time was the Guild's new award statuette, The Actor , as well as the first awards for ensembles in drama series and comedy series which honor all of the actors who are the regulars in television series. From this auspicious beginning the Screen Actors Guild Awards has been embraced as one of the most prestigious in the entertainment industry.[ 1]
Winners and nominees [ edit ] Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface .
Tom Hanks , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role winner Jodie Foster , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role winner Martin Landau , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role winner Dianne Wiest , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role winner Raúl Juliá , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner Joanne Woodward , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner Dennis Franz , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series winner Kathy Baker , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series winner Jason Alexander , Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series winner Helen Hunt , Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series winner Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Raúl Juliá – The Burning Season as Francisco "Chico" Mendes
Joanne Woodward – Breathing Lessons as Maggie Moran
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Dennis Franz – NYPD Blue as Andy Sipowicz
Kathy Baker – Picket Fences as Jill Brock
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Jason Alexander – Seinfeld as George Costanza
Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series NYPD Blue – Gordon Clapp , Dennis Franz, Sharon Lawrence , James McDaniel , Gail O'Grady , Jimmy Smits , and Nicholas Turturro
Chicago Hope – Adam Arkin , Héctor Elizondo, Thomas Gibson , Roxanne Hart , Peter MacNicol , E. G. Marshall , and Mandy Patinkin ER – George Clooney , Anthony Edwards , Eriq La Salle , Julianna Margulies , Sherry Stringfield , and Noah Wyle Law & Order – Jill Hennessy , Steven Hill , S. Epatha Merkerson , Chris Noth , Jerry Orbach , and Sam Waterston Picket Fences – Kathy Baker, Don Cheadle , Holly Marie Combs , Kelly Connell, Robert Cornthwaite , Fyvush Finkel , Lauren Holly , Costas Mandylor , Justin Shenkarow , Tom Skerritt, Leigh Taylor-Young , Ray Walston , and Adam Wylie Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Seinfeld – Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards , and Jerry Seinfeld
Frasier – Peri Gilpin , Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves , John Mahoney , and David Hyde Pierce Mad About You – Helen Hunt, Leila Kenzle , Richard Kind , Lisa Kudrow , John Pankow , Anne Ramsay , and Paul Reiser Murphy Brown – Candice Bergen, Pat Corley , Faith Ford , Charles Kimbrough , Joe Regalbuto , and Grant Shaud Northern Exposure – Darren E. Burrows , John Corbett , Barry Corbin , John Cullum , Cynthia Geary , Elaine Miles , Rob Morrow , Peg Phillips , Teri Polo , Paul Provenza , and Janine Turner
Lifetime Achievement Film Television Ceremonies (years are of film release; ceremonies are the next year)