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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 Auditorium|Shrine Exposition Center]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], and was televised live by [[NBC]]. The nominees were announced on January 23, 1997.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Winners and nominees==
Winners are listed first and highlighted in '''boldface'''.

[[File:GeoffreyRushTIFFSept2011.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Geoffrey Rush]], Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role winner]]
[[File:Frances McDormand 2015 (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Frances McDormand]], Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role winner]]
[[File:Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. by Kozaryn (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Cuba Gooding Jr.]], Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role winner]]
[[File:Lauren Bacall 1945 press photo.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Lauren Bacall]], Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role winner]]
[[File:Alan Rickman cropped and retouched.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Alan Rickman]], Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner]]
[[File:Kathy Bates by Gage Skidmore.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Kathy Bates]], Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie winner]]
[[File:Dennis Franz (1994).jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Dennis Franz]], Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series winner]]
[[File:Gillian Anderson Berlinale 2017.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Gillian Anderson]], Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series winner]]
[[File:John Lithgow 8 by David Shankbone.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[John Lithgow]], Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series winner]]
[[File:Julia Louis-Dreyfus VF 2012 Shankbone 3.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]], 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%"
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! style="background:#FAEB86;" width="50%"| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role]]
! style="background:#FAEB86;" width="50%"| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role]]
|-
| valign="top" |
'''[[Geoffrey Rush]] – ''[[Shine (film)|Shine]]'' as [[David Helfgott]]'''
* [[Tom Cruise]] – ''[[Jerry Maguire]]'' as Jerry Maguire
* [[Ralph Fiennes]] – ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]'' as [[László Almásy]]
* [[Woody Harrelson]] – ''[[The People vs. Larry Flynt]]'' as [[Larry Flynt]]
* [[Billy Bob Thornton]] – ''[[Sling Blade (film)|Sling Blade]]'' as Karl Childers
| valign="top" |
'''[[Frances McDormand]] – ''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]'' as [[Marge Gunderson]]'''
* [[Brenda Blethyn]] – ''[[Secrets & Lies (film)|Secrets & Lies]]'' as Cynthia Rose Purley
* [[Diane Keaton]] – ''[[Marvin's Room (film)|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;"| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role]]
! style="background:#FAEB86;"| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role|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
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! colspan="2" style="background:#FAEB86;"| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
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| 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 (actor)|James Hampton]], [[John Ritter]], Billy Bob Thornton, [[J. T. Walsh]], and [[Dwight Yoakam]]
|}

===Television===
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! style="background:#FAEB86;" width="50%"| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie]]
! style="background:#FAEB86;" width="50%"| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie]]
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'''[[Alan Rickman]] – ''[[Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny]]'' as [[Grigori Rasputin]]'''
* [[Armand Assante]] – ''[[Gotti (1996 film)|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 (1996 film)|Riders of the Purple Sage]]'' as Jim Lassiter
| valign="top" |
'''[[Kathy Bates]] – ''[[The Late Shift (film)|The Late Shift]]'' as [[Helen Kushnick]]'''
* [[Anne Bancroft]] – ''[[Homecoming (1996 film)|Homecoming]]'' as Abigail Tillerman
* [[Stockard Channing]] – ''An Unexpected Family'' as Barbara Whitney
* [[Jena Malone]] – ''[[Bastard out of Carolina (film)|Bastard out of Carolina]]'' as Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright
* [[Cicely Tyson]] – ''The Road to Galveston'' as Jordan Roosevelt
|-
! style="background:#FAEB86;"| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series]]
! style="background:#FAEB86;"| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series]]
|-
| valign="top" |
'''[[Dennis Franz]] – ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' as [[Andy Sipowicz]]'''
* [[George Clooney]] – ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' as [[Doug Ross]]
* [[David Duchovny]] – ''[[The X-Files]]'' as [[Fox Mulder]]
* [[Anthony Edwards (actor)|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 (NYPD Blue)|Diane Russell]]
* [[Christine Lahti]] – ''[[Chicago Hope]]'' as Kathryn Austin
* [[Della Reese]] – ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'' as Tess
* [[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]] – ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]'' as Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn
|-
! style="background:#FAEB86;"| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series]]
! style="background:#FAEB86;"| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series|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 (TV series)|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;" | [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series|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;"| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|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 (actor)|George Hall]], Margaret Hall, [[John Bedford Lloyd]], [[Melinda Mullins]], [[Christopher Murney]], Amanda Naughton, Hugh O'Gorman, [[Kevin O'Rourke (actor)|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:

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* [[Dorothy Lamour]]
* [[Whit Bissell]]
* [[Ben Johnson (actor)|Ben Johnson]]
* [[Jack Weston]]
* [[Dana Hill]]
* [[Ray Combs]]
* [[Bibi Besch]]
* [[Brigitte Helm]]
* [[Jeremy Sinden]]
* [[Natividad Vacío]]
* [[Jon Pertwee]]
* [[Marcello Mastroianni]]
* [[Virginia Christine]]
* [[Vince Edwards]]
* [[Vito Scotti]]
* [[Joanne Dru]]
* [[Claudette Colbert]]
* [[Greer Garson]]
* [[Robert Ridgely]]
* [[Greg Morris]]
* [[Morey Amsterdam]]
* [[Joe Seneca]]
* [[Lew Ayres]]
* [[Michael Fox (American actor)|Michael Fox]]
* [[Gene Nelson]]
* [[Sheldon Leonard]]
* [[Larry Gates]]
* [[Jason Bernard]]
* [[Gene Kelly]]
* [[George Burns]]

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==References==
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==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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