The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) is now celebrating the 32nd Annual edition of the Actor Awards. Previously known as the SAG Awards, 2026 marks the first year under the “Actor Awards” rebrand. The name change follows soon after the actor guild’s notable partnership with Netflix, which has been the event’s exclusive streaming home for the past three years. For the 2026 Actor Awards, all eyes are on the performers from Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, which have been dominating the ongoing awards season. Because many SAG-AFTRA members form a significant part of the Academy, the Actor Awards can further solidify the outcome of the ongoing Oscars race.
The biggest awards of the night go to the main cast in a motion picture and the main ensembles in a comedy and drama series. The Actor Awards feature another unique quality: two stunt categories dedicated to stunt ensembles in film and TV. Under new SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin, this year’s awards were voted on by more than 118,000 eligible actors, singers, dancers, announcers, program hosts, puppeteers, voice-over artists, stunt performers, and more. Icon Harrison Ford will be presented with the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award, the union’s highest honor, this year.
On the side of television, the casts of HBO Max’s The Pitt and Apple TV’s The Studio are expected to maintain control of the drama and comedy categories, respectively. Tune into the 2026 Actor Awards, hosted by actress Kristen Bell, live on Sunday, March 1 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on Netflix. This will be the third year the Actor Awards are streamed live only on Netflix. You can also find the winners for the 2026 Golden Globes and BAFTA awards, as well as the 2026 Oscar nominations, right here on DiscussingFilm!
Actor Awards 2026 Winners List
Film
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners – WINNER
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet – WINNER
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 Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners – WINNER
Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Odessa A’Zion, Marty Supreme
Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good
Amy Madigan, Weapons – WINNER
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
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
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another – WINNER
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
F1
Frankenstein
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning – WINNER
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Television
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
The Diplomat
Landman
The Pitt – WINNER
Severance
The White Lotus
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
The Studio – WINNER
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
Noah Wyle, The Pitt – WINNER
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Britt Lower, Severance
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Keri Russell, The Diplomat – WINNER
Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus
Aimee Lou Wood, 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
Seth Rogen, The Studio – WINNER
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Kathryn Hahn, The Studio
Catherine O’Hara, The Studio – WINNER
Jenna Ortega, Wednesday
Jean Smart, Hacks
Kristen Wiig, Palm Royale
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Jason Bateman, Black Rabbit
Owen Cooper, Adolescence – WINNER
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
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex – WINNER
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
Andor
Landman
The Last of Us – WINNER
Squid Game
Stranger Things
