The 32nd Actors Awards (formerly Screen Guild Awards) were announced on Sunday, March 1, 2026 at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, beating Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, which was considered to be the frontrunner after earlier wins during the pre-Oscars gala.
Along with that, in a surprising turn, the lead actor of the vampire thriller, Michael B. Jordan won the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor honour which was expected to go to Timothée Chalamet for Marty Supreme. Historically, Actor Awards winners in film categories have gone on to win Oscars for acting 75% of the time. The results of the Actor Awards could turn influential for the Academy Awards with its voting going on till Thursday.
Meanwhile, Jessie Buckley bagged Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a leading role for Hamnet and Sean Penn, Amy Madigan won supporting actor awards for One Battle After Another and Weapons respectively.
Veteran actor Harrison Ford was honoured with the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award which was presented by actor Woody Harrelson.
In television awards, the late Catherine O’Hara was posthumously honored as the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Comedy for her role as a movie producer in the Hollywood satire, The Studio.
The drama series, The Pitt bagged the award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series with actor Noah Wyle taking home Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series.
The Actor Awards are handed out by members of the SAG-AFTRA actors union. Winners of the award are closely watched because actors make up the biggest group of voters for the Academy Awards on March 15.
Here are a full list of winners from the Actor Awards 2026:
Film
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners (WINNER)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jessie Buckley for Hamnet (WINNER)
Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti for One Battle After Another
Emma Stone for Bugonia
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet for Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio for One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan for Sinners (WINNERS)
Jesse Plemons for Bugonia
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Miles Caton for Sinners
Benicio Del Toro for One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein
Paul Mescal for Hamnet
Sean Penn for One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Odessa A’Zion for Marty Supreme
Ariana Grande for Wicked: For Good
Amy Madigan for Weapons (WINNER)
Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners
Teyana Taylor for One Battle After Another
Outstanding 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)
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 Female Actor in a Drama Series
Britt Lower for Severance
Parker Posey for The White Lotus
Keri Russell for The Diplomat(WINNER)
Rhea Seehorn for Pluribus
Aimee Lou Wood for The White Lotus
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown for Paradise
Billy Crudup for The Morning Show
Walton Goggins for The White Lotus
Gary Oldman for Slow Horses
Noah Wyle for The Pitt(WINNER)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Kathryn Hahn for The Studio
Catherine O’Hara for The Studio(WINNER)
Jenna Ortega for Wednesday
Jean Smart for Hacks
Kristen Wiig for Palm Royale
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Ike Barinholtz for The Studio
Adam Brody for Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson for A Man on the Inside
Seth Rogen for The Studio(WINNER)
Martin Short for Only Murders in the Building
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Claire Danes for The Beast in Me
Erin Doherty for Adolescence
Sarah Snook for All Her Fault
Christine Tremarco for Adolescence
Michelle Williams for Dying for Sex(WINNER)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Jason Bateman for Black Rabbit
Owen Cooper for Adolescence(WINNER)
Stephen Graham for Adolescence
Charlie Hunnam for Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Matthew Rhys for The Beast in Me
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
Andor
Landman
The Last of Us(WINNER)
Squid Game
Stranger Things
Published – March 02, 2026 11:18 am IST
