The 2026 Actor Awards, the ceremony formerly known as the SAG Awards, is underway Saturday at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, with Kristen Bell returning to host and Netflix streaming live.
At stake tonight are 15 competitive categories across film and TV, paced by SAG-AFTRA‘s marquee Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture trophy.
This year, all five nominees in that category this year — Frankenstein (Netflix), Hamnet (Focus Features) Marty Supreme (A24), One Battle After Another (Warner Bros) and Sinners (Warner Bros) — are all also up for the Best Picture Oscar. That was the case in 2025 too, when Conclave took SAG-AFTRA’s Ensemble prize but lost at the Oscars to Anora. That snapped a streak of three consecutive SAG winners (Oppenheimer, Everything Everywhere All at Once and CODA) who had gone on to claim Oscar’s Best Picture.
The Actor Awards have been even better at jibing with Oscar in the acting categories — the Actors Branch at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the largest of all the branches, after all. This year’s frontrunners are in the mix including Hamnet‘s Jessie Buckley, Bugonia‘s Emma Stone, One Battle‘s Leonardo DiCaprio and Marty Supreme‘s Timothée Chalamet, who won the best actor prize last year for A Complete Unknown.
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In the TV categories tonight, there will be a new Drama Ensemble champ after FX’s Shōgun won last year. Will there be a repeat for HBO’s The White Lotus, which won in 2021 for its Sicily season and is up for it this year for Thailand? Speaking of repeats, last year’s Comedy Ensemble winner Only Murders in the Building from Hulu is back to defend this year, as is 2023 winner FX/Hulu’s The Bear.
All will have will face off against current Emmy champs, HBO Max’s The Pitt in Drama and Apple TV’s The Studio in Comedy, both for their first seasons.
Other categories to watch include the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series race, which this year includes a nom for The Studio‘s Catherine O’Hara, who died January 30.
Tonight’s ceremony will also see Harrison Ford receive SAG-AFTRA’s Life Achievement Award, and the always brisk show will feature presenters including this year’s nominees Sterling K. Brown, Chase Infiniti, Chalamet and Wunmi Mosaku as well as Lisa Kudrow.
Below is this year’s nominees list. Check back as it becomes a winners list.
Motion Pictures
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hamnet (Focus Features)
Marty Supreme (A24)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros)
Sinners (Warner Bros)
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 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 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
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 STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
F1 (Apple Original Films)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros)
Sinners (Warner Bros)
Television
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES
The Diplomat (Netflix)
Landman (Paramount+)
The Pitt (HBO Max)
Severance (Apple TV)
The White Lotus (HBO)
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 AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
The Bear (FX/Hulu)
Hacks (HBO Max)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
The Studio (Apple TV)
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 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 STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A TELEVISION SERIES
Andor (Disney+)
Landman (Paramount+)
The Last of Us (HBO)
Squid Game (Netflix)
Stranger Things (Netflix)