14th Screen Actors Guild Awards

The 14th ceremony of the Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best in film and television acting achievement for the year 2007, took place on January 27, 2008 and, for the 12th consecutive time was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California. It was broadcast live simultaneously by TNT and TBS.

The nominees were announced on December 20, 2007 by Jeanne Tripplehorn and Terrence Howard at Los Angeles' Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater.

Into the Wild received the highest number of nominations among the film categories with four, three for acting and one for ensemble performance. In the television categories The Sopranos, 30 Rock and Ugly Betty had the most nominations with three each.

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.

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.



Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
The Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award was presented to:
 * Charles Durning

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:


 * Merv Griffin
 * Charles Nelson Reilly
 * Barbara McNair
 * Brad Renfro
 * Janet Blair
 * Allan Melvin
 * Lois Nettleton
 * Tige Andrews
 * Miyoshi Umeki
 * George Grizzard
 * Percy Rodriguez
 * Ron Carey
 * Charles Lane
 * Joey Bishop
 * Roscoe Lee Browne
 * Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
 * Johnny Grant
 * Alice Ghostley
 * Kitty Carlisle
 * James T. Callahan
 * Robert Goulet
 * Laraine Day
 * Michael Kidd
 * Marcel Marceau
 * Alice Backes
 * Lee Bergere
 * Gretchen Wyler
 * Ian Richardson
 * Dick Wilson
 * Barry Nelson
 * Beverly Sills
 * Dabbs Greer
 * Suzanne Pleshette
 * Tom Poston
 * Jack Williams
 * Luciano Pavarotti
 * Jane Wyman
 * Betty Hutton
 * Deborah Kerr
 * Heath Ledger