3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards
The third award of the U.S. Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Screen Actors Guild each year in the fields of film (5 categories) and television awards (8 categories), was held at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on February 22, 1997. The so-called SAG Awards honor, in contrast for example to the Golden Globe, a film, television and ensemble actor and considered as an indicator for the upcoming Academy Awards. Be crowned the winners of the members of the Screen Actors Guild, which you must be a member to work in the U.S. as an actor.
- 2.1 Best Actor in a TV Movie or Mini - Series
- 2.2 Best Actress in a TV Movie or Mini - Series
- 2.3 Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama
- 2.4 Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama
- 2.5 Best Actor in a TV Series - Comedy
- 2.6 Best Actress in a TV Series - Comedy
- 2.7 Best Acting Ensemble - Drama
- 2.8 Best Acting Ensemble - Comedy
Winners and nominees in film
Best Actor
Geoffrey Rush - Shine
Best Actress
Frances McDormand - Fargo
Best Supporting Actor
Cuba Gooding, Jr. - Jerry Maguire
Best Supporting Actress
Lauren Bacall - The Mirror Has Two Faces
Best Acting Ensemble
The Birdcage - Hank Azaria, Calista Flockhart, Dan Futterman, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest and Robin Williams
- The English Patient
- Marvin 's Room
- Shine
- Sling Blade - The Razor's Edge
Winners and nominees in the television sector
Best Actor in a TV Movie or Mini - Series
Alan Rickman - Rasputin
Best Actress in a TV Movie or Mini - Series
Kathy Bates - The Late Shift
Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Dennis Franz - NYPD Blue
Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Gillian Anderson - The X-Files
Best Actor in a TV Series - Comedy
John Lithgow - Rock from the Sun
Best Actress in a TV Series - Comedy
Julia Louis -Dreyfus - Seinfeld
Best Acting Ensemble - Drama
ER - George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Laura Innes, Eriq La Salle, Julianna Margulies, Gloria Reuben, Sherry Stringfield and Noah Wyle
- Chicago Hope
- Law & Order
- NYPD Blue
- The X-Files
Best Acting Ensemble - Comedy
Seinfeld - Jason Alexander, Julia Louis -Dreyfus, Michael Richards and Jerry Seinfeld
- Rock from the Sun
- Frasier
- Mad About You
- Remember WENN
Price for lifetime achievement
- Angela Lansbury