RICHARD JENKINS / Walter
Vale - "THE VISITOR"
FRANK LANGELLA / Richard Nixon - "FROST/NIXON"
SEAN
PENN / Harvey Milk - "MILK"
winner
BRAD PITT / Benjamin Button - "THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN
BUTTON"
MICKEY ROURKE / Randy - "THE WRESTLER"
Outstanding Performance by a Female
Actor in a Leading Role:
ANNE HATHAWAY / Kym - "RACHEL
GETTING MARRIED"
ANGELINA JOLIE / Christine Collins - "CHANGELING"
MELISSA LEO / Ray Eddy - "FROZEN RIVER"
MERYL
STREEP / Sister Aloysius Beauvier - "DOUBT"
winner
KATE WINSLET / April Wheeler - "REVOLUTIONARY ROAD"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor
in a Supporting Role:
JOSH BROLIN / Dan White -
"MILK"
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. / Kirk Lazarus - "TROPIC THUNDER"
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN / Father Brendan Flynn - "DOUBT"
HEATH
LEDGER / Joker - "THE
DARK KNIGHT" winner
DEV PATEL / Older Jamal - "SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor
in a Supporting Role:
AMY ADAMS / Sister James
- "DOUBT"
PENÉLOPE CRUZ / Maria Elena - "VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA"
VIOLA DAVIS / Mrs. Miller - "DOUBT"
TARAJI P. HENSON / Queenie - "THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON"
KATE
WINSLET / Hanna Schmitz - "THE
READER" winner
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion
Picture
DOUBT (Miramax)
FROST/NIXON (Universal Pictures)
MILK (Focus Features)
SLUMDOG
MILLIONAIRE (Fox Searchlight Pictures) winner
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor
in a Television Movie or Miniseries:
RALPH FIENNES / Bernard Lafferty
- "BERNARD AND DORIS" (HBO)
PAUL
GIAMATTI / John Adams - "JOHN
ADAMS" (HBO) winner
KEVIN SPACEY / Ron Klain - "RECOUNT" (HBO)
KIEFER SUTHERLAND / Jack Bauer - "24: REDEMPTION" (FOX)
TOM WILKINSON / Benjamin Franklin - "JOHN ADAMS" (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by a Female
Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries:
LAURA DERN / Katherine Harris
- "RECOUNT" (HBO)
LAURA
LINNEY / Abigail Adams - "JOHN
ADAMS" (HBO) winner
SHIRLEY MacLAINE / Coco Chanel - "COCO CHANEL" (Lifetime)
PHYLICIA RASHAD / Lena Younger - "A RAISIN IN THE SUN" (Lifetime)
SUSAN SARANDON / Doris Duke - "BERNARD AND DORIS" (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor
in a Drama Series:
MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter
Morgan - "DEXTER" (Showtime)
JON HAMM / Don Draper - "MAD MEN" (AMC)
HUGH
LAURIE / Gregory House - "HOUSE"
(FOX) winner
WILLIAM SHATNER / Denny Crane - "BOSTON LEGAL" (ABC)
JAMES SPADER / Alan Shore - "BOSTON LEGAL" (ABC)
Outstanding Performance by a Female
Actor in a Drama Series:
SALLY
FIELD / Nora Walker - "BROTHERS
& SISTERS" (ABC) winner
MARISKA HARGITAY / Det. Olivia Benson - "LAW & ORDER:
SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT" (NBC)
HOLLY HUNTER / Grace Hanadarko - "SAVING GRACE" (TNT)
ELISABETH MOSS / Peggy Olson - "MAD MEN" (AMC)
KYRA SEDGWICK / Dep. Chief Brenda Johnson - "THE CLOSER" (TNT)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor
in a Comedy Series:
ALEC
BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy - "30
ROCK" (NBC) winner
STEVE CARELL / Michael Scott - "THE OFFICE" (NBC)
DAVID DUCHOVNY / Hank Moody - "CALIFORNICATION" (Showtime)
JEREMY PIVEN / Ari Gold - "ENTOURAGE" (HBO)
TONY SHALHOUB / Adrian Monk - "MONK" (USA)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor
in a Comedy Series:
CHRISTINA APPLEGATE / Samantha
Newly - "SAMANTHA WHO?" (ABC)
AMERICA FERRERA / Betty Suarez - "UGLY BETTY" (ABC)
TINA
FEY / Liz Lemon - "30
ROCK" (NBC) winner
MARY-LOUISE PARKER / Nancy Botwin - "WEEDS" (Showtime)
TRACEY ULLMAN / Various Characters - "TRACEY ULLMAN’S STATE OF THE
UNION" (Showtime)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble
in a Drama Series:
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble
in a Comedy Series: