Award ceremony for performances of 1996
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.
Winners and nominees.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
In Memoriam.
It was presented a memorial to the SAG's members who died during last year:
 ;templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/ ;
References.
 ;templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" / ;