Actor Awards 2026 (SAG Awards): Nominees & Winners

Updated: Mar. 2, 2026

Roll out the red carpet: The Actor Awards — formerly the Screen Actors Guild Awards, better known to most as the SAG Awards — are back for the 32nd annual ceremony on Sunday, March 1, 2026.

From high-stakes action films like One Battle After Another to heartbreaking dramas like Hamnet, plus TV series including The White Lotus and Adolescence, this year’s ceremony celebrates the best performances in film and television.

Below, find everything you need to know about the 2026 Actor Awards, including the full list of nominees and how to watch the awards show live.

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When is the 2026 Actor Awards (SAG Awards)?

The 32nd annual Actor Awards will air live on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The ceremony will once again be held at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California.

How To Watch the Actor Awards?

You can watch the Actor Awards live on Netflix. The 32nd annual ceremony will stream for all Netflix subscribers, including those on the Standard with Ads, Standard, and Premium plans.

DIRECTV customers who don’t currently subscribe to Netflix can download and purchase the Netflix app directly through their DIRECTV TV interface.

Related: Every Live Netflix Event in 2026

Who is Hosting the 2026 Actor Awards?

Kristen Bell will be the host of the 2026 Actor Awards. The actress and producer is best known for her roles in Veronica Mars, The Good Place and Netflix’s Nobody Wants This, as well as voicing Princess Anna in Disney’s Frozen franchise.

Bell’s memorable performances in films like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Bad Moms have solidified her status as a fan favorite across both television and film. This will mark her third time hosting the awards ceremony — and her second consecutive year — after previously hosting the show in 2018.

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32nd Actor Awards Nominations

Below is the full list of 2026 Actor Awards nominations for the film and TV categories. The winners of each category are denoted in bold.

Motion Picture Nominees & Winners

2025 was a great year for movies, and that was only made possible because of the outstanding performances by actors across genres. The full list of actors nominated for film categories at the Actor Awards is listed below:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

• Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme as Marty Mauser (Critics Choice Awards, Golden Globes winner)
• Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another as Bob Ferguson
• Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon as Lorenz Hart
• Michael B. Jordan – Sinners as Elijah “Smoke” Moore / Elias “Stack” Moore
• Jesse Plemons – Bugonia as Teddy Gatz

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

• Jessie Buckley – Hamnet as Agnes Shakespeare (Critics Choice Awards winner)
• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You as Linda
• Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue as Claire Sardina
• Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Anotheras Willa Ferguson
• Emma Stone – Bugonia as Michelle Fuller

Outstanding Performance By a Male Actor In a Supporting Role

• Miles Caton – Sinners as Samuel “Sammie” Moore (Critics Choice Awards winner – Best Young Actor/Actress)
• Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
• Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein as The Creature (Critics Choice Awards winner)
• Paul Mescal – Hamnet as William Shakespeare
• Sean Penn – One Battle After Another as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role

• Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme as Rachel Mizler
• Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good as Galinda “Glinda” Upland
• Amy Madigan – Weapons as Aunt Gladys (Critics Choice Awards winner)
• Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners as Annie
• Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another as Perfidia Beverly Hills

Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture

• Frankenstein – David Bradley, Christian Convery, Charles Dance, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Oscar Isaac, Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, and Christoph Waltz
• Hamnet – Joe Alwyn, Jessie Buckley, Noah Jupe, Paul Mescal, and Emily Watson
• Marty Supreme – Odessa A’zion, Sandra Bernhard, Timothée Chalamet, Emory Cohen, Fran Drescher, Abel Ferrara, Penn Jillette, Koto Kawaguchi, Luke Manley, Tyler Okonma, Kevin O’Leary, Gwyneth Paltrow, Géza Röhrig, and Larry Sloman
• One Battle After Another – Benicio del Toro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall, Chase Infiniti, Sean Penn, and Teyana Taylor
• Sinners – Miles Caton, Buddy Guy, Michael B. Jordan, Jayme Lawson, Delroy Lindo, Omar Miller, Wunmi Mosaku, Jack O’Connell, and Hailee Steinfeld

Outstanding Action Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Motion Picture

• F1
• Frankenstein
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

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Television Program Nominees & Winners

Below is the list of TV show actors nominated for an Actor Award this year.

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Television Movie Or Limited Series

• Jason Bateman – Black Rabbit (Netflix) as Vince Friedken
• Owen Cooper – Adolescence (Netflix) as Jamie Miller (Critics Choice Awards winner – Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series)
• Stephen Graham – Adolescence (Netflix) as Eddie Miller (Emmy Awards, Critics Choice Awards winner – Best Actor in a Limited Series)
• Charlie Hunnam – Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix) as Ed Gein
• Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me (Netflix) as Nile Jarvis

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Television Movie Or Limited Series

• Claire Danes – The Beast in Me (Netflix) as Agatha Wiggs
• Erin Doherty – Adolescence (Netflix) as Briony Ariston
• Sarah Snook – All Her Fault (Peacock) as Marissa Irvine (Critics Choice Awards winner)
• Christine Tremarco – Adolescence (Netflix) as Manda Miller
• Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex (FX) as Molly Kochan

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Drama Series

• Sterling K. Brown – Paradise (Hulu) as Xavier Collins
• Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple TV) as Cory Ellison
• Walton Goggins – The White Lotus (HBO) as Rick Hatchett
• Gary Oldman – Slow Horses (Apple TV) as Jackson Lamb
• Noah Wyle – The Pitt (HBO Max) as Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch (Emmy Awards, Critics Choice Awards winner)

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Drama Series

• Britt Lower – Severance (Apple TV) as Helena Eagan / Helly R. (Emmy Awards winner)
• Parker Posey – The White Lotus (HBO) as Victoria Ratliff
• Keri Russell – The Diplomat (Netflix) as Kate Wyler
• Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus (Apple TV) as Carol Sturka (Critics Choice Awards winner)
• Aimee Lou Wood – The White Lotus (HBO) as Chelsea

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Comedy Series

• Ike Barinholtz – The Studio (Apple TV) as Sal Saperstein
• Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This (Netflix) as Noah Roklov
• Ted Danson – A Man on the Inside (Netflix) as Charles Nieuwendyk
• Seth Rogen – The Studio (Apple TV) as Matt Remick (Emmy Awards, Critics Choice Awards winner)
• Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) as Oliver Putnam

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Comedy Series

• Kathryn Hahn – The Studio (Apple TV) as Maya Mason
• Catherine O’Hara – The Studio (Apple TV) as Patty Leigh (posthumous)
• Jenna Ortega – Wednesday (Netflix) as Wednesday Addams
• Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max) as Deborah Vance (Emmy Awards, Critics Choice Awards winner)
• Kristen Wiig – Palm Royale (Apple TV) as Maxine Simmons

Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series

• The Diplomat (Netflix) – Ali Ahn, Penny Downie, Rosaline Elbay, Ato Essandoh, David Gyasi, Rory Kinnear, Nana Mensah, Graham Miller, Keri Russell, and Rufus Sewell
• Landman (Paramount+) – Paulina Chávez, Mark Collie, Sam Elliott, Colm Feore, Andy Garcia, James Jordan, Ali Larter, Jacob Lofland, Caleb Martin, Demi Moore, Michelle Randolph, Mustafa Speaks, Billy Bob Thornton, and Kayla Wallace
• The Pitt (HBO Max) – Amielynn Abellera, Shabana Azeez, Patrick Ball, Isa Briones, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Taylor Dearden, Fiona Dourif, Supriya Ganesh, Joanna Going, Gerran Howell, Michael Hyatt, Tracy Ifeachor, Katherine LaNasa, Krystel V. McNeil, Brandon Mendez Homer, Alexandra Metz, Tracy Vilar, Kristin Villanueva, and Noah Wyle
• Severance (Apple TV) – Patricia Arquette, Sarah Bock, Michael Chernus, Zach Cherry, Dichen Lachman, Britt Lower, Darri Ólafsson, Adam Scott, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, John Turturro, and Christopher Walken
• The White Lotus (HBO) – Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravicius, Christian Friedel, Scott Glenn, Walton Goggins, Jon Gries, Dom Hetrakul, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Julian Kostov, Charlotte Le Bon, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Parker Posey, Sam Rockwell, Natasha Rothwell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong, and Aimee Lou Wood

Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary (ABC) – Quinta Brunson, William Stanford Davis, Janelle James, Chris Perfetti, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lisa Ann Walter, and Tyler James Williams
• The Bear (FX) – Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Ayo Edebiri, Abby Elliott, Edwin Lee Gibson, Corey Hendrix, Andrew Lopez, Matty Matheson, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Oliver Platt, Sarah Ramos, Ricky Staffieri, and Jeremy Allen White
• Hacks (HBO Max) – Rose Abdoo, Dan Bucatinsky, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Paul W. Downs, Hannah Einbinder, Mark Indelicato, Jean Smart, Megan Stalter, and Michaela Watkins
• Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) – Michael Cyril Creighton, Beanie Feldstein, Jermaine Fowler, Selena Gomez, Jackie Hoffman, Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Dianne Wiest
• The Studio (Apple TV) – Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Hahn, Catherine O’Hara (posthumous), Seth Rogen, and Chase Sui Wonders

Outstanding Action Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Television Series

• Andor (Disney+)
• Landman (Paramount+)
• The Last of Us (HBO)
• Squid Game (Netflix)
• Stranger Things (Netflix)

SAG Life Achievement Award

The 2026 SAG Life Achievement Award will be presented to legendary actor and activist Harrison Ford. The Screen Actors Guild’s highest honor recognizes Ford’s decades-long career and contributions to film, as well as his humanitarian work.

Ford is best known for creating some of the most iconic characters in movie history, including Indiana Jones and Star Wars hero Han Solo. With a career spanning more than five decades, his performances — from the pyramids of Egypt to a galaxy far, far away — have cemented his legacy as one of Hollywood’s biggest stars.

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