3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards

Outstanding Leading Actor

Geoffrey Rush – Shine

• Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire
• Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient
• Woody Harrelson – The People vs. Larry Flynt
• Billy Bob Thornton – Sling Blade

Outstanding Leading Actress

Frances McDormand – Fargo

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

Outstanding Supporting Actor

Cuba Gooding, Jr. – Jerry Maguire

• Hank Azaria – The Birdcage
• Nathan Lane – The Birdcage
• William H. Macy – Fargo
• Noah Taylor – Shine

Outstanding Supporting Actress

Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces

• Juliette Binoche – The English Patient
• Marisa Tomei – Unhook the Stars
• Gwen Verdon – Marvin's Room
• Renée Zellweger – Jerry Maguire

Outstanding Cast

The Birdcage

Hank Azaria

Calista Flockhart

Dan Futterman

Gene Hackman

Nathan Lane

Dianne Wiest

Robin Williams

• The English Patient
• Marvin's Room
• Shine
• Sling Blade

Outstanding Actor – Drama Series

Dennis Franz – NYPD Blue

• George Clooney, ER
• Anthony Edwards, ER
• Jimmy Smits, NYPD Blue
• David Duchovny, The X Files

Outstanding Actor – Comedy Series

John Lithgow – 3rd Rock from the Sun

• David Hyde Pierce, Frasier
• Kelsey Grammer, Frasier
• Jason Alexander, Seinfeld
• Michael Richards, Seinfeld

Outstanding Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

Alan Rickman – Rasputin

• Armand Assante, Gotti
• Beau Bridges, Hidden in America
• Robert Duvall, The Man Who Captured Eichmann
• Ed Harris, Riders of the Purple Sage

Outstanding Actress – Drama Series

Gillian Anderson – The X-Files

• Christine Lahti, Chicago Hope
• Jane Seymour, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
• Kim Delaney, NYPD Blue
• Della Reese, Touched by an Angel

Outstanding Actress – Comedy Series

Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Seinfeld

• Kristen Johnston, 3rd Rock from the Sun
• Christine Baranski, Cybill
• Ellen DeGeneres, Ellen
• Helen Hunt, Mad About You

Outstanding Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

Kathy Bates – The Late Shift

• Jena Malone, Bastard Out of Carolina
• Anne Bancroft, Homecoming
• Cicely Tyson, The Road to Galveston
• Stockard Channing, A Unexpected Family

Outstanding Cast – Drama Series

ER

George Clooney

Anthony Edwards

Laura Innes

Eriq La Salle

Julianna Margulies

Gloria Reuben

Sherry Stringfield

Noah Wyle

• Chicago Hope
• Law & Order
• NYPD Blue
• The X-Files

Outstanding Cast – Comedy Series

Seinfeld

Jason Alexander

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Michael Richards

Jerry Seinfeld

• 3rd Rock from the Sun
• Frasier
• Mad About You
• Remember WENN