2006 Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations

By Rich Drees

     January 5, 2006- The Screen Actors Guild has announced the nominees for their outstanding achievement awards in five motion picture categories. The Screen Actors Guild awards will be announced at the Guild's awards ceremony in Los Angeles on January 29, 2006.

     The Nominees are-

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

• Russell Crowe – Cinderella Man

• Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote

• Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain

• Joaquin Phoenix – Walk The Line

• David Strathairn – Good Night, And Good Luck

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

• Judi Dench – Mrs. Henderson Presents

• Felicity Huffman – Transamerica

• Charlize Theron – North Country

• Reese Witherspoon – Walk The Line

• Ziyi Zhang – Memoirs Of A Geisha

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

• Don Cheadle – Crash

• George Clooney – Syriana

• Matt Dillon – Crash

• Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man

• Jake Gyllenhaal ­– Brokeback Mountain

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

• Amy Adams – Junebug

• Catherine Keener – Capote

• Frances McDormand – North Country

• Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardner

• Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Linda Cardellini – Cassi

Anna Faris – Lashawn Malone

Jake Gyllenhaal – Jack Twist

Anne Hathaway – Lureen Phillips

Heath Ledger – Ennis Del Mar

Randy Quaid – Joe Aguirre

Michelle Williams – Alma

CAPOTE
Bob Balaban – William Shawn
Clifton Collins, Jr. – Perry Smith
Chris Cooper – Alvin Dewey
Bruce Greenwood – Jack Dunphy
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Truman Capote
Catherine Keener – Nelle Harper Lee
Mark Pellegrino – Dick Hickock

CRASH
Chris “Ludacris” Bridges – Anthony
Sandra Bullock – Jean Cabot
Don Cheadle – Graham
Matt Dillon – Officer Ryan
Jennifer Esposito – Ria
Brendan Fraser – Rick Cabot
Terrence Howard – Cameron Thayer
Thandie Newton – Christine Thayer
Ryan Phillippe – Thomas Hansen
Larenz Tate – Peter

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
Rose Abdoo – Millie Lerner
Alex Borstein – Natalie
Robert John Burke – Charlie Mack
Patricia Clarkson – Shirley Wershba
George Clooney – Fred Friendly
Jeff Daniels – Sig Mickelson
Reed Diamond – John Aaron
Tate Donovan – Jesse Zousmer
Robert Downey, Jr. – Joe Wershba
Grant Heslov – Don Hewitt
Peter Jacobson – Jimmy
Frank Langella – William Paley
Tom McCarthy – Palmer Williams
Diane Reeves – Jazz Singer
Matt Ross – Eddie Scott
David Strathairn – Edward R. Murrow
Ray Wise – Don Hollenbeck

HUSTLE & FLOW
Anthony Anderson – Key
Chris “Ludacris” Bridges – Skinny Black
Isaac Hayes – Arnel
Taraji P. Henson – Shug
Terrence Howard –DJay
Taryn Manning – Nola
Elise Neal – Yevette
Paula Jai Parker – Lexus
D.J. Qualls – Shelby