54th Golden Globe Awards

The 54th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1996, were held on 19 January 1997.

Winners

Film

Best Actor – Drama

Geoffrey Rush – Shine

• Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient
• Mel Gibson – Ransom
• Woody Harrelson – The People vs. Larry Flynt
• Liam Neeson – Michael Collins

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire

• Antonio Banderas – Evita
• Kevin Costner – Tin Cup
• Nathan Lane – The Birdcage
• Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor

Best Actress – Drama

Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies

• Courtney Love – The People vs. Larry Flynt
• Meryl Streep – Marvin's Room
• Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient
• Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy

Madonna – Evita

• Glenn Close – 101 Dalmatians
• Frances McDormand – Fargo
• Debbie Reynolds – Mother
• Barbra Streisand – The Mirror Has Two Faces

Best Director

Milos Forman – The People vs. Larry Flynt

• Joel Coen – Fargo
• Scott Hicks – Shine
• Anthony Minghella – The English Patient
• Alan Parker – Evita

Best Film – Drama

The English Patient

• Breaking the Waves
• Secrets & Lies
• Shine
• The People vs. Larry Flynt

Best Film – Musical or Comedy

Evita

• Everyone Says I Love You
• Fargo
• Jerry Maguire
• The Birdcage

Best Foreign Language Film

Kolya (Kolja) • Czech Republic

• The Eighth Day (Le huitième jour) • Belgium
• Moon and the Other (Luna e l'altra) • Italy
• Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) • Russia
• Ridicule • France

Best Original Score

Gabriel Yared – The English Patient

• Elliot Goldenthal – Michael Collins
• Marvin Hamlisch – The Mirror Has Two Faces
• David Hirschfelder – Shine
• Alan Menken – The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Best Original Song

"You Must Love Me" by Madonna – Evita

• "I Finally Found Someone" by Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams – The Mirror Has Two Faces
• "For the First Time" – One Fine Day
• "That Thing You Do!" by The Wonders – That Thing You Do!
• "Because You Loved Me" by Céline Dion – Up Close And Personal

Best Screenplay

The People vs. Larry Flynt – Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski

• The English Patient – Anthony Minghella
• Fargo – Ethan and Joel Coen
• Lone Star – John Sayles
• Shine – Jan Sardi

Best Supporting Actor

Edward Norton – Primal Fear

• Cuba Gooding, Jr. – Jerry Maguire
• Samuel L. Jackson – A Time to Kill
• Paul Scofield – The Crucible
• James Woods – Ghosts of Mississippi

Best Supporting Actress

Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces

• Joan Allen – The Crucible
• Juliette Binoche – The English Patient
• Barbara Hershey – The Portrait of a Lady
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Secrets & Lies
• Marion Ross – The Evening Star

Television

Best Actor – Drama Series

David Duchovny – The X-Files

• George Clooney – ER
• Anthony Edwards – ER
• Lance Henriksen – Millennium
• Jimmy Smits – NYPD Blue

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series

John Lithgow – 3rd Rock from the Sun

• Tim Allen – Home Improvement
• Michael J. Fox – Spin City
• Kelsey Grammer – Frasier
• Paul Reiser – Mad About You

Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film

Alan Rickman – Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny

• Stephen Rea – Crime of the Century
• Armand Assante – Gotti
• Beau Bridges – Losing Chase
• James Woods – The Summer of Ben Tyler

Best Actress – Drama Series

Gillian Anderson – The X-Files

• Christine Lahti – Chicago Hope
• Jane Seymour – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
• Sherry Stringfield – ER
• Heather Locklear – Melrose Place

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

Helen Hunt – Mad About You

• Cybill Shepherd – Cybill
• Brett Butler – Grace Under Fire
• Fran Drescher – The Nanny
• Brooke Shields – Suddenly Susan
• Tracey Ullman – Tracey Takes On...

Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film

Helen Mirren – Losing Chase

• Ashley Judd – Norma Jean & Marilyn
• Demi Moore – If These Walls Could Talk
• Isabella Rossellini – Crime of the Century
• Mira Sorvino – Norma Jean & Marilyn

Best Series – Drama

The X-Files

• Chicago Hope
• ER
• NYPD Blue
• Party of Five

Best Series – Musical or Comedy

3rd Rock from the Sun

• Frasier
• Friends
• The Larry Sanders Show
• Mad About You
• Seinfeld

Best Miniseries or TV Film

Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny

• Crime of the Century
• Gotti
• Hidden in America
• If These Walls Could Talk
• Losing Chase

Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

Ian McKellen – Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny

• David Paymer – Crime of the Century
• David Hyde Pierce – Frasier
• Anthony Quinn – Gotti
• Noah Wyle – ER

Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

Kathy Bates – The Late Shift

• Christine Baranski – Cybill
• Cher – If These Walls Could Talk
• Kristen Johnston – 3rd Rock from the Sun
• Greta Scacchi – Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny

Cecil B. DeMille Award

• Dustin Hoffman

References

• http://articles.latimes.com/1997-01-20/news/mn-20413_1_golden-globe
• http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1997/01/20/1997-01-20_madonna_s_the_golden_girl__t.html
• http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E03E4D8133BF933A15752C0A961958260
• http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1997/01/20/ent_202824.shtml
• NYT All Winners