Actor Awards 2026 winners announced: See the full list as Sinners ascends, The Studio pulls off big wins

Kristen Bell hosted Netflix’s ceremony, where Michael B. Jordan shockingly upset Timothée Chalamet and “Sinners” took home the top prize.

The SAG Awards might have a new name, but the awards season prestige was all the same as the 32nd annual Actor Awards winners were announced Sunday night.

Hosted by Kristen Bell, the 2026 ceremony unfolded at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles, where major stars (including Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone, and Ariana Grande) duked it out for top honors from the SAG-AFTRA union — the largest industry collective in Hollywood, with around 160,000 members.

On the film side, director Ryan Coogler‘s Sinners handily won in two Actor Awards categories, including for its ensemble and a solo trophy for lead actor Michael B. Jordan, who pulled off a shocking upset over Chalamet with a victory that tightened the Oscars race.

Upon accepting the award on behalf of the entire Sinners crew, Delroy Lindo expressed extreme gratitude for the achievement, which also made Coogler the first director to have helmed two Actor-winning casts in the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture category (the first of his being Black Panther).

“This project is anointed. From that standpoint, we’re all anointed to be part of this incredible journey created by the genius Ryan Coogler,” Lindo said on stage. “My extraordinary [cast], I love y’all, man, every last one of this cast, this company, the company in front of the camera, behind the camera.”

He continued, “Every single day, we brought ourselves, we brought our hearts, we brought our souls, we brought our spirits to this endeavor. To be recognized by you all, thank you does not come anywhere near to encompassing what we feel.”

Other film winners included One Battle After Another‘s Sean Penn, who seems poised to win the Oscar after triumphing at last week’s BAFTA Awards in the same category, and Jessie Buckley, whom has steamrolled the Best Actress race in recent months.

This year’s Actor Awards winners ran the gamut from major commercial movie stars in blockbuster titles (such as Sinners and Weapons‘ supporting actress, Amy Madigan) to TV icons on the small screen, including The Pitt‘s Noah Wyle, The Diplomat‘s Keri Russell, and the late Studio star Catherine O’Hara, who won a posthumous Actor Award for her role in the Apple TV+ comedy.

O’Hara’s costar, Seth Rogen, became visibly emotional while accepting O’Hara’s award on her behalf.

“She really showed that you can be a genius and be kind, and one of those things does not have to come at the expense of the other in any way shape or form,” he said. “If you have people in your lives who don’t know her work — if you have kids in your lives or people that are out of touch or stupid or something — just show them O’Hara dancing to Harry Belafonte in Beetlejuice. Show them O’Hara hurting her knee in Best in Show and doing that amazing thing where she hobbles around. And tell the people as they’re laughing that that’s Catherine O’Hara, and we’re lucky that we got to live in a world were she so genuinely got to share her talents with us.”

As previously announced, Harrison Ford received this year’s Life Achievement Award for his multiple decades as a Hollywood icon.

The annual accolade is bestowed upon actors who’ve made a legendary impact on the industry, and upheld aspirational ideals in their life and careers. In the past, it has gone to staples like Jane Fonda, Sidney Poitier, Barbra Streisand, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno, Mary Tyler Moore, and Dick Van Dyke, to name a few.

Considered a major precursor awards body ahead of the Oscars (which air this year on March 15), the SAG-AFTRA union’s voting committee and subsequent group-wide voting base are among the largest in Hollywood. The group shares heavy crossover into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ voting branches — which means Actor Awards winners typically cross over into Academy Awards territory.

Last year, both of the SAG Awards’ supporting category winners (Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin) went on to win at the Oscars, though lead performers Demi Moore (The Substance) and Chalamet (A Complete Unknown) lost their Oscar categories to Mikey Madison (Anora) and Adrien Brody (The Brutalist).

SAG’s highest competitive film awards, however, for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, went to Conclave, though Anora ultimately won Best Picture.

See the full list of 2026 Actor Award winners below.

2026 Actor Awards — Film categories:

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
WINNER: Sinners

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
WINNER: Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Jesse Plemons, Bugonia

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Emma Stone, Bugonia

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Miles Caton, Sinners
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
WINNER: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good
WINNER: Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

F1
Frankenstein
WINNER: Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners

2026 Actor Awards — TV categories:

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
WINNER: The Studio

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

The Diplomat
Landman
WINNER: The Pitt
Severance
The White Lotus

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Ike Barinholtz, The Studio
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside
WINNER: Seth Rogen, The Studio
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Kathryn Hahn, The Studio
WINNER: Catherine O’Hara, The Studio
Jenna Ortega, Wednesday
Jean Smart, Hacks
Kristen Wiig, Palm Royale

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Sterling K. Brown, Paradise
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Walton Goggins, The White Lotus
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
WINNER: Noah Wyle, The Pitt

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Britt Lower, Severance
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
WINNER: Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus
Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

Jason Bateman, Black Rabbit
WINNER: Owen Cooper, Adolescence
Stephen Graham, Adolescence
Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Matthew Rhys, The Beast in Me

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

Claire Danes, The Beast in Me
Erin Doherty, Adolescence
Sarah Snook, All Her Fault
Christine Tremarco, Adolescence
WINNER: Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series

Andor
Landman
WINNER: The Last of Us
Squid Game
Stranger Things

SAG Life Achievement Award

WINNER: Harrison Ford