Jacob Elordi Wins Best Supporting Actor—and the Night’s Best Mustache at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards


Earlier in the weekend, at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, it looked to be at its thickest yet. And last night, while accepting his Critics Choice Award, it looked similarly healthy, matching the mullet and his dense, defined, dark eyebrows. Paired with a sleek Bottega Veneta suit and those rose-tinted Wayfarer style sunglasses that he loves, it felt more Almost Famous than Victorian Gothic.

We can track Jacob Elordi’s ’stache growth back to the very beginning of the Frankenstein press tour, with hints of a shadow ’stache and stubble first appearing around the time of the BFI Film Festival in London back in October 2025—maybe, he was getting a headstart on Movember. Over the last few months, it’s slowly gotten fuller and more shapely. At one time, there was even some spectre of handlebars or a half-horseshoe style (something you’ll see on the likes of Bad Bunny or The Weeknd) on his face.

Jacob Elordi 37th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards

Jacob Elordi at the 37th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards, January 2026.

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Jacob Elordi at The IndieWire Honors Winter Film Awards 2025 at Nya West on December 04 2025 in Los Angeles California.

Jacob Elordi at The IndieWire Honors Winter Film Awards 2025 at Nya West, December 2025.

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HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA  NOVEMBER 16 Jacob Elordi attends the 16th Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom on November...

Attending the 16th Governors Awards, November 2025.

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Jacob Elordi SAGAFTRA Foundation Conversations Presents Frankenstein

Attending a SAG-AFTRA event, November 2025.

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Staying devoted to growing facial hair that thick, without any sparse spots or inconsistencies in texture, is no mean feat. While we don’t know Elordi’s current facial hair routine, you can trust that there’s been some experiments in beard oil and trimming to get it sitting in that lip-hugging, nostril-caressing silhouette.

SANTA MONICA CALIFORNIA  JANUARY 04 Jacob Elordi attends FIJI Water At The 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker...

At the 2026 Critics Choice Awards.

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