3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations (1997)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Saturday, February 22, 1997
  • For performances seen in: 1996
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Below is the complete list of nominations for the 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.

And the nominees are:

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

  • 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

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

  • The English Patient
    Kristin Scott Thomas
  • Fargo
    Frances McDormand
  • Marvin's Room
    Diane Keaton
  • Secrets & Lies
    Brenda Blethyn
  • Unhook the Stars
    Gena Rowlands

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

  • The Birdcage
    Hank Azaria
  • The Birdcage
    Nathan Lane
  • Fargo
    William H. Macy
  • Jerry Maguire
    Cuba Gooding Jr.
  • Shine
    Noah Taylor

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

  • The English Patient
    Juliette Binoche
  • Jerry Maguire
    Renée Zellweger
  • Marvin's Room
    Gwen Verdon
  • The Mirror Has Two Faces
    Lauren Bacall
  • Unhook the Stars
    Marisa Tomei

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

  • Chicago Hope
    Adam Arkin, Peter Berg, Jayne Brook, Rocky Carroll, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Hector Elizondo, Thomas Gibson, Mark Harmon, Roxanne Hart, Christine Lahti and Jamey Sheridan
  • E.R.
    George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Laura Innes, Julianna Margulies, Gloria Reuben, Eriq LaSalle, Sherry Stringfield and Noah Wyle
  • 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, David Duchovny, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis and Steven Williams

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

  • Chicago Hope
    Christine Lahti
  • Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
    Jane Seymour
  • NYPD Blue
    Kim Delaney
  • Touched By an Angel
    Della Reese
  • The X-Files
    Gillian Anderson

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

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

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

  • 3rd Rock From The Sun
    John Lithgow
  • Frasier
    Kelsey Grammer
  • Frasier
    David Hyde Pierce
  • Seinfeld
    Jason Alexander
  • Seinfeld
    Michael Richards

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

  • 3rd Rock From The Sun
    Kristen Johnston
  • Cybill
    Christine Baranski
  • Ellen
    Ellen DeGeneres
  • Mad About You
    Helen Hunt
  • Seinfeld
    Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

  • Gotti
    Armand Assante
  • Hidden in America
    Beau Bridges
  • The Man who Captured Eichmann
    Robert Duvall
  • Rasputin
    Alan Rickman
  • Riders of the Purple Sage
    Ed Harris

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

  • Bastard Out of Carolina
    Jena Malone
  • Homecoming
    Anne Bancroft
  • The Late Shift
    Kathy Bates
  • The Road to Galveston
    Cicely Tyson
  • An Unexpected Family
    Stockard Channing
The Actor Statuette Photo Credit: Mark Hill ©2005 Screen Actors Guild.