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The 30th Saturn Awards, presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films and honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and other genres belonging to genre fiction in film, television and home entertainment in 2003, were held on May 5, 2004 at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The nominations were announced on February 17, 2004.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The five Best Film categories were respectively won by X2 (Science Fiction), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Fantasy), 28 Days Later (Horror), Kill Bill: Volume 1 (Action/Adventure/Thriller Film), and Finding Nemo (Animated). The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King received the most wins with eight, a record until Avatar won 10 at the 36th Saturn Awards in 2010,^[4] and most nominations with thirteen (including two Best Actor nominations and three Best Supporting Actor nominations).

This ceremony marked the only time an individual received one single nomination for two different works: James Marsters won Best Supporting Actor on Television for his work on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off series Angel; he portrayed the same character, Spike, in both. Ellen DeGeneres also became the first actress to win an award for voice acting for Finding Nemo, and the third performer to do so after Scott Weinger and Robin Williams at the 19th Saturn Awards in 1993, both for Aladdin (1992).^[5]

Below is a complete list of nominees and winners. Winners are highlighted in boldface.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Science Fiction Film	Best Fantasy Film
X2 Hulk Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life The Matrix Revolutions Paycheck Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Big Fish Freaky Friday The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Peter Pan Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Best Horror Film	Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
28 Days Later Cabin Fever Final Destination 2 Freddy vs. Jason Jeepers Creepers 2 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Underworld	Kill Bill: Volume 1 Cold Mountain Identity The Italian Job The Last Samurai The Missing
Best Director	Best Writing
Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Danny Boyle – 28 Days Later Bryan Singer – X2 Quentin Tarantino – Kill Bill: Volume 1 Gore Verbinski – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Edward Zwick – The Last Samurai	Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris, and David Hayter – X2 Alex Garland – 28 Days Later Heather Hach and Leslie Dixon – Freaky Friday Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, and David Reynolds – Finding Nemo Quentin Tarantino – Kill Bill: Volume 1
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Elijah Wood – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* as Frodo Baggins** Tom Cruise – The Last Samurai as Captain Nathan Algren Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Captain Jack Sparrow Albert Finney – Big Fish as Ed Bloom (senior) Crispin Glover – Willard as Willard Stiles Viggo Mortensen – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Aragorn	*Uma Thurman – Kill Bill: Volume 1* as The Bride** Kate Beckinsale – Underworld as Selene Jessica Biel – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Erin Cate Blanchett – The Missing as Magdalena "Maggie" Gilkeson Jennifer Connelly – Hulk as Betty Ross Jamie Lee Curtis – Freaky Friday as Tess Coleman / Anna Coleman
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Sean Astin – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* as Samwise Gamgee** Sonny Chiba – Kill Bill: Volume 1 as Hattori Hanzō Ian McKellen – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Gandalf the White Geoffrey Rush – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Captain Hector Barbossa Andy Serkis – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Gollum / Sméagol Ken Watanabe – The Last Samurai as Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu	*Ellen DeGeneres – Finding Nemo* as Dory** Keira Knightley – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Elizabeth Swann Kristanna Loken – Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as T-X Lucy Liu – Kill Bill: Volume 1 as O-Ren Ishii Miranda Otto – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Éowyn Peta Wilson – The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as Mina Harker
Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Best Music
*Jeremy Sumpter – Peter Pan* as Peter Pan** Jenna Boyd – The Missing as Dot Gilkeson Rachel Hurd-Wood – Peter Pan as Wendy Darling Sosuke Ikematsu – The Last Samurai as Higen Lindsay Lohan – Freaky Friday as Anna Coleman / Tess Coleman Frankie Muniz – Agent Cody Banks as Agent Cody Banks	Howard Shore – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Klaus Badelt – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Danny Elfman – Hulk Jerry Goldsmith – Looney Tunes: Back in Action Thomas Newman – Finding Nemo John Ottman – X2
Best Costumes	Best Make-up
Penny Rose – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Kym Barrett – The Matrix Revolutions Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Louise Mingenbach – X2 Janet Patterson – Peter Pan Jacqueline West – The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	Richard Taylor and Peter King – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Rick Baker, Bill Corso, and Robin L. Neal – The Haunted Mansion Jeff Dawn and John Rosengrant – Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Ve Neill and Martin Samuel – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Trefor Proud and Balázs Novák – Underworld Gordon J. Smith – X2
Best Special Effects	Best Animated Film
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Michael L. Fink, Richard E. Hollander, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Mike Vézina – X2 John Gaeta, Kim Libreri, George Murphy, and Craig Hayes – The Matrix Revolutions Pablo Helman, Danny Gordon Taylor, Allen Hall, and John Rosengrant – Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Terry Frazee, and Charles Gibson – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Dennis Muren, Ed Hirsh, Colin Brady, and Michael Lantieri – Hulk	Finding Nemo Brother Bear Looney Tunes: Back in Action Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Television

Programs

Best Network Television Series	Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series
Angel (The WB) (TIE) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS) (TIE) Alias (ABC) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (UPN) Smallville (The WB) Star Trek: Enterprise (UPN)	Stargate SG-1 (Sci Fi) Andromeda (Syndicated) Carnivàle (HBO) Dead Like Me (Showtime) The Dead Zone (USA Network) Farscape (Sci Fi)
Best Television Presentation
Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi) The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (ABC) Dreamkeeper (ABC) Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (Sci Fi) Riverworld (Sci Fi) Star Wars: Clone Wars (Cartoon Network)

Acting

Best Actor on Television	Best Actress on Television
*David Boreanaz – Angel* (The WB) as Angel** Richard Dean Anderson – Stargate SG-1 (Sci Fi) as Jack O'Neill Scott Bakula – Star Trek: Enterprise (UPN) as Jonathan Archer Michael Shanks – Stargate SG-1 (Sci Fi) as Daniel Jackson Michael Vartan – Alias (ABC) as Michael Vaughn Tom Welling – Smallville (The WB) as Clark Kent	*Amber Tamblyn – Joan of Arcadia* (CBS) as Joan Girardi** Eliza Dushku – Tru Calling (Fox) as Tru Davies Jennifer Garner – Alias (ABC) as Sydney Bristow Sarah Michelle Gellar – Buffy the Vampire Slayer (UPN) as Buffy Summers Kristin Kreuk – Smallville (The WB) as Lana Lang Ellen Muth – Dead Like Me (Showtime) as Georgia Lass
Best Supporting Actor on Television	Best Supporting Actress on Television
*James Marsters – Angel* (The WB) / Buffy the Vampire Slayer (UPN) as Spike** Alexis Denisof – Angel (The WB) as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce Victor Garber – Alias (ABC) as Jack Bristow John Glover – Smallville (The WB) as Lionel Luthor Michael Rosenbaum – Smallville (The WB) as Lex Luthor Nick Stahl – Carnivàle (HBO) as Ben Hawkins	*Amy Acker – Angel* (The WB) as Winifred Burkle** Jolene Blalock – Star Trek: Enterprise (UPN) as T'Pol Charisma Carpenter – Angel (The WB) as Cordelia Chase Victoria Pratt – Mutant X (Syndicated) as Shalimar Fox Katee Sackhoff – Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi) as Kara Thrace Amanda Tapping – Stargate SG-1 (Sci Fi) as Samantha Carter

Home Entertainment

Best DVD Release	Best DVD Special Edition Release
Bionicle: Mask of Light Anatomy 2 The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting Interstate 60 May Sennen joyû	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Special Extended DVD Edition Black Hawk Down: 3-Disc Deluxe Edition Finding Nemo: 2-Disc Collector's Edition Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Identity: Special Edition Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: 2-Disc Collector's Edition
Best DVD Classic Film Release	Best DVD Movie Collection
The Adventures of Robin Hood 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea C'era una volta il West Dead of Night The Lion King Roadgames	The Adventures of Indiana Jones: The Complete DVD Movie Collection Alien Quadrilogy The Jack Ryan Special Edition DVD Collection Lon Chaney Collection (TCM Archives) The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection: Vol. 2–4 X-Men Collection (4-Disc Set includes X-Men and X2: X-Men United)
Best DVD Television Release
Firefly: The Complete Firefly Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Epic Series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: Seasons 1 & 2 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Seasons 1–7 Taken Wiseguy: Season 1 – Parts 1 & 2

Special Achievement Awards

Visionary Award: Paul Allen
Life Career Award: Blake Edwards
Filmmaker's Showcase Award: Eli Roth
George Pal Memorial Award: Ridley Scott
Dr. Donald A. Reed Award: Gale Anne Hurd
Lifetime Achievement Award: John Williams

Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Awards

Male	Female
Scott Speedman – Underworld James Badge Dale – 24 Christopher Gorham – Jake 2.0 Jason Ritter – Freddy vs. Jason Clayton Watson – The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions Shane West – The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	Melissa George – Alias Reiko Aylesworth – 24 Keira Knightley – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Chiaki Kuriyama – Kill Bill: Volume 1 Gabrielle Union – Bad Boys II and Cradle 2 the Grave Cerina Vincent – Cabin Fever

References

^ Morfoot, Addie (February 17, 2004). "Saturns' rings around 'King' with 13 noms". Variety. Retrieved February 17, 2004.
^ DeMott, Rick (May 6, 2004). "'Return of the King' Cleans up at Saturn Awards". Animation World Network. Retrieved May 6, 2004.
^ ""The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" leads the nominations for the 30th Annual Saturn Awards". Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. Archived from the original on October 17, 2004. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
^ Goldberg, Matt (June 25, 2010). "'Avatar' Dominates at the Saturn Awards". Collider. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
^ Klady, Leonard (June 9, 1993). "'Dracula' wins big at Saturn Awards". Variety. Retrieved May 6, 2004.