The 2026 Actor Awards are here. The ceremony, presented by SAG-AFTRA, kicks off Sunday night, with this year’s biggest stars gathering to celebrate each other and their accomplishments in film and television.
This is the first year the annual award show has gone by the Actor Awards instead of the Screen Actors Guild Awards. “We wanted to provide clearer recognition in terms of what the show is about for our domestic and global audiences: We honor actors in film and television,” its official website explained of the name change. “Laser-focusing the name on those two things became the clearest and most straightforward path for this new chapter of the show.”
Hosted by Kristen Bell for the second consecutive year, tonight’s ceremony, held at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles, will award prizes across 15 categories. Since the actors are the largest voting body for the Academy Awards, the Actor Awards could give major insights into what to expect from the 98th Oscars ceremony later this month.
See the winners below (in bold) as they’re announced.
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
Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
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
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
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Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Jason Bateman, Black Rabbit
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
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex
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
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Britt Lower, Severance
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
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
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
Jenna Ortega, Wednesday
Jean Smart, Hacks
Kristen Wiig, Palm Royale
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
The Diplomat
Landman
The Pitt
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
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
F1
Frankenstein
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
Andor
Landman
The Last of Us
Squid Game
Stranger Things
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