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

Frankenstein

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)

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 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


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