3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards

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The 3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 1996, took place on February 22, 1997. The ceremony was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California, and was televised live by NBC. The nominees were announced on January 23, 1997.{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Susan|title=SAG Award Nominations Include Surprises|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-01-24-ca-21522-story.html|access-date=25 June 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|date=24 January 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625095514/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-01-24/entertainment/ca-21522_1_outstanding-performance|archive-date=25 June 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title='Seinfeld,' 'ER' Casts Win Guild Awards|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-02-23-me-31695-story.html|access-date=25 June 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|date=23 February 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625095658/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-02-23/local/me-31695_1_actor-award|archive-date=25 June 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Ted|title=‘Birdcage’ bunch wins SAG award|url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/birdcage-bunch-wins-sag-award-1117435338/|access-date=25 June 2017|work=Variety|date=23 February 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625095833/http://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/birdcage-bunch-wins-sag-award-1117435338/|archive-date=25 June 2017|url-status=live}}

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

File:GeoffreyRushTIFFSept2011.jpg, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role winner]]

File:Frances McDormand 2015 (cropped).jpg, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role winner]]

File:Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. by Kozaryn (cropped).jpg, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role winner]]

File:Lauren Bacall 1945 press photo.jpg, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role winner]]

File:Alan Rickman cropped and retouched.jpg, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner]]

File:Kathy Bates by Gage Skidmore.jpg, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner]]

File:Dennis Franz (1994).jpg, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series winner]]

File:Gillian Anderson Berlinale 2017.jpg, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series winner]]

File:John Lithgow 8 by David Shankbone.jpg, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series winner]]

File:Julia Louis-Dreyfus VF 2012 Shankbone 3.jpg, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series winner]]

=[[Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award]]=

Angela Lansbury

=Film=

class=wikitable style="width="100%"
style="background:#FAEB86;" width="50%"\| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ! style="background:#FAEB86;" width="50%"\| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
valign="top" \| *Geoffrey Rush – Shine* as David Helfgott** Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire as Jerry Maguire Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient as László Almásy Woody Harrelson – The People vs. Larry Flynt as Larry Flynt Billy Bob Thornton – Sling Blade as Karl Childers \| valign="top" \| *Frances McDormand – Fargo* as Marge Gunderson** Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Rose Purley Diane Keaton – Marvin's Room as Bessie Wakefield Gena Rowlands – Unhook the Stars as Mildred "Millie" Hawks Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient as Katharine Clifton
style="background:#FAEB86;"\| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role ! style="background:#FAEB86;"\| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
valign="top" \| *Cuba Gooding Jr. – Jerry Maguire* as Rodney "Rod" Tidwell** Hank Azaria – The Birdcage as Agador Spartacus Nathan Lane – The Birdcage as Albert Goldman William H. Macy – Fargo as Jerry Lundegaard Noah Taylor – Shine as David Helfgott \| valign="top" \| *Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces* as Hannah Morgan** Juliette Binoche – The English Patient as Hana Marisa Tomei – Unhook the Stars as Monica Warren Gwen Verdon – Marvin's Room as Ruth Wakefield Warren Renée Zellweger – Jerry Maguire as Dorothy Boyd
colspan="2" style="background:#FAEB86;"\| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| The Birdcage – Hank Azaria, Christine Baranski, Dan Futterman, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, and Robin Williams The English Patient – Naveen Andrews, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Jürgen Prochnow, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Julian Wadham Marvin's Room – Hume Cronyn, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Dan Hedaya, Diane Keaton, Hal Scardino, Meryl Streep, and Gwen Verdon Shine – John Gielgud, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Lynn Redgrave, Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor, and Googie Withers Sling Blade – Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, Robert Duvall, James Hampton, John Ritter, Billy Bob Thornton, J. T. Walsh, and Dwight Yoakam

class=wikitable style="width="100%"

style="background:#FAEB86;" width="50%"| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

! style="background:#FAEB86;" width="50%"| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

valign="top" |

Geoffrey Rush – Shine as David Helfgott

Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire as Jerry Maguire
Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient as László Almásy
Woody Harrelson – The People vs. Larry Flynt as Larry Flynt
Billy Bob Thornton – Sling Blade as Karl Childers

| valign="top" |

Frances McDormand – Fargo as Marge Gunderson

Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Rose Purley
Diane Keaton – Marvin's Room as Bessie Wakefield
Gena Rowlands – Unhook the Stars as Mildred "Millie" Hawks
Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient as Katharine Clifton

style="background:#FAEB86;"| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

! style="background:#FAEB86;"| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

valign="top" |

Cuba Gooding Jr. – Jerry Maguire as Rodney "Rod" Tidwell

Hank Azaria – The Birdcage as Agador Spartacus
Nathan Lane – The Birdcage as Albert Goldman
William H. Macy – Fargo as Jerry Lundegaard
Noah Taylor – Shine as David Helfgott

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Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces as Hannah Morgan

Juliette Binoche – The English Patient as Hana
Marisa Tomei – Unhook the Stars as Monica Warren
Gwen Verdon – Marvin's Room as Ruth Wakefield Warren
Renée Zellweger – Jerry Maguire as Dorothy Boyd

colspan="2" style="background:#FAEB86;"| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

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The Birdcage – Hank Azaria, Christine Baranski, Dan Futterman, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, and Robin Williams

The English Patient – Naveen Andrews, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Jürgen Prochnow, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Julian Wadham
Marvin's Room – Hume Cronyn, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Dan Hedaya, Diane Keaton, Hal Scardino, Meryl Streep, and Gwen Verdon
Shine – John Gielgud, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Lynn Redgrave, Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor, and Googie Withers
Sling Blade – Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, Robert Duvall, James Hampton, John Ritter, Billy Bob Thornton, J. T. Walsh, and Dwight Yoakam

=Television=

class=wikitable style="width="100%"
style="background:#FAEB86;" width="50%"\| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie ! style="background:#FAEB86;" width="50%"\| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
valign="top" \| *Alan Rickman – Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny* as Grigori Rasputin** Armand Assante – Gotti as John Gotti Beau Bridges – Hidden in America as Bill Januson Robert Duvall – The Man Who Captured Eichmann as Adolf Eichmann Ed Harris – Riders of the Purple Sage as Jim Lassiter \| valign="top" \| *Kathy Bates – The Late Shift* as Helen Kushnick** Anne Bancroft – Homecoming as Abigail Tillerman Stockard Channing – An Unexpected Family as Barbara Whitney Jena Malone – Bastard out of Carolina as Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright Cicely Tyson – The Road to Galveston as Jordan Roosevelt
style="background:#FAEB86;"\| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series ! style="background:#FAEB86;"\| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
valign="top" \| *Dennis Franz – NYPD Blue* as Andy Sipowicz** George Clooney – ER as Doug Ross David Duchovny – The X-Files as Fox Mulder Anthony Edwards – ER as Mark Greene Jimmy Smits – NYPD Blue as Bobby Simone \| valign="top" \| *Gillian Anderson – The X-Files* as Dana Scully** Kim Delaney – NYPD Blue as Diane Russell Christine Lahti – Chicago Hope as Kathryn Austin Della Reese – Touched by an Angel as Tess Jane Seymour – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn
style="background:#FAEB86;"\| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series ! style="background:#FAEB86;"\| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
valign="top" \| *John Lithgow – 3rd Rock from the Sun* as Dick Solomon** Jason Alexander – Seinfeld as George Costanza Kelsey Grammer – Frasier as Frasier Crane David Hyde Pierce – Frasier as Niles Crane Michael Richards – Seinfeld as Cosmo Kramer \| valign="top" \| *Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Seinfeld* as Elaine Benes** Christine Baranski – Cybill as Maryann Thorpe Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen as Ellen Morgan Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman Kristen Johnston – 3rd Rock from the Sun as Sally Solomon
colspan="2" style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| ER – George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Laura Innes, Julianna Margulies, Gloria Reuben, Eriq La Salle, Sherry Stringfield, and Noah Wyle Chicago Hope – Adam Arkin, Peter Berg, Jayne Brook, Rocky Carroll, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Héctor Elizondo, Thomas Gibson, Mark Harmon, Roxanne Hart, Christine Lahti, and Jamey Sheridan Law & Order – Benjamin Bratt, Jill Hennessy, Steven Hill, Carey Lowell, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, and Sam Waterston NYPD Blue – Gordon Clapp, Kim Delaney, Dennis Franz, Sharon Lawrence, James McDaniel, Justine Miceli, Gail O'Grady, Jimmy Smits, and Nicholas Turturro The X-Files – Gillian Anderson, William B. Davis, David Duchovny, Mitch Pileggi, and Steven Williams
colspan="2" style="background:#FAEB86;"\| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"\| Seinfeld – Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, and Jerry Seinfeld 3rd Rock from the Sun – Jane Curtin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kristen Johnston, John Lithgow, and French Stewart Frasier – Dan Butler, Peri Gilpin, Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, John Mahoney, and David Hyde Pierce Mad About You – Helen Hunt, Leila Kenzle, John Pankow, Anne Ramsay, and Paul Reiser Remember WENN – Tom Beckett, Carolee Carmello, George Hall, Margaret Hall, John Bedford Lloyd, Melinda Mullins, Christopher Murney, Amanda Naughton, Hugh O'Gorman, Kevin O'Rourke, Dina Spybey, and Mary Stout

class=wikitable style="width="100%"

style="background:#FAEB86;" width="50%"| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

! style="background:#FAEB86;" width="50%"| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

valign="top" |

Alan Rickman – Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny as Grigori Rasputin

Armand Assante – Gotti as John Gotti
Beau Bridges – Hidden in America as Bill Januson
Robert Duvall – The Man Who Captured Eichmann as Adolf Eichmann
Ed Harris – Riders of the Purple Sage as Jim Lassiter

| valign="top" |

Kathy Bates – The Late Shift as Helen Kushnick

Anne Bancroft – Homecoming as Abigail Tillerman
Stockard Channing – An Unexpected Family as Barbara Whitney
Jena Malone – Bastard out of Carolina as Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright
Cicely Tyson – The Road to Galveston as Jordan Roosevelt

style="background:#FAEB86;"| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

! style="background:#FAEB86;"| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

valign="top" |

Dennis Franz – NYPD Blue as Andy Sipowicz

George Clooney – ER as Doug Ross
David Duchovny – The X-Files as Fox Mulder
Anthony Edwards – ER as Mark Greene
Jimmy Smits – NYPD Blue as Bobby Simone

| valign="top" |

Gillian Anderson – The X-Files as Dana Scully

Kim Delaney – NYPD Blue as Diane Russell
Christine Lahti – Chicago Hope as Kathryn Austin
Della Reese – Touched by an Angel as Tess
Jane Seymour – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn

style="background:#FAEB86;"| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

! style="background:#FAEB86;"| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

valign="top" |

John Lithgow – 3rd Rock from the Sun as Dick Solomon

Jason Alexander – Seinfeld as George Costanza
Kelsey Grammer – Frasier as Frasier Crane
David Hyde Pierce – Frasier as Niles Crane
Michael Richards – Seinfeld as Cosmo Kramer

| valign="top" |

Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Seinfeld as Elaine Benes

Christine Baranski – Cybill as Maryann Thorpe
Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen as Ellen Morgan
Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
Kristen Johnston – 3rd Rock from the Sun as Sally Solomon

colspan="2" style="background:#FAEB86;" | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|

ER – George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Laura Innes, Julianna Margulies, Gloria Reuben, Eriq La Salle, Sherry Stringfield, and Noah Wyle

Chicago Hope – Adam Arkin, Peter Berg, Jayne Brook, Rocky Carroll, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Héctor Elizondo, Thomas Gibson, Mark Harmon, Roxanne Hart, Christine Lahti, and Jamey Sheridan
Law & Order – Benjamin Bratt, Jill Hennessy, Steven Hill, Carey Lowell, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, and Sam Waterston
NYPD Blue – Gordon Clapp, Kim Delaney, Dennis Franz, Sharon Lawrence, James McDaniel, Justine Miceli, Gail O'Grady, Jimmy Smits, and Nicholas Turturro
The X-Files – Gillian Anderson, William B. Davis, David Duchovny, Mitch Pileggi, and Steven Williams

colspan="2" style="background:#FAEB86;"| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|

Seinfeld – Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, and Jerry Seinfeld

3rd Rock from the Sun – Jane Curtin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kristen Johnston, John Lithgow, and French Stewart
Frasier – Dan Butler, Peri Gilpin, Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, John Mahoney, and David Hyde Pierce
Mad About You – Helen Hunt, Leila Kenzle, John Pankow, Anne Ramsay, and Paul Reiser
Remember WENN – Tom Beckett, Carolee Carmello, George Hall, Margaret Hall, John Bedford Lloyd, Melinda Mullins, Christopher Murney, Amanda Naughton, Hugh O'Gorman, Kevin O'Rourke, Dina Spybey, and Mary Stout

In Memoriam

It was presented a memorial to the SAG's members who died during last year:

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120504102445/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/3rd-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards The 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards]

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