The Actor Awards, formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards, announced its nominees across film and television with hosts Janelle James and Connor Storie on Wednesday. With more than 122,000 SAG-AFTRA performers eligible to vote on the winners, it remains the largest voting body of any major awards show.
This year’s eligibility period covers performances released between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2025.
The ceremony is considered a key bellwether for the Oscars, often providing actors and films with crucial momentum as they push for Academy Award nominations — and, ultimately, wins.
Since the ensemble category was introduced in 1995, only four films — “Braveheart” (1995), “The Shape of Water” (2017), “Green Book” (2018) and “Nomadland” (2020) — have gone on to win best picture at the Academy Awards without earning a SAG ensemble nomination. Since the Academy expanded the best picture field in 2009, 61 of the 80 films nominated for SAG ensemble — a 76% success rate — have also gone on to receive best picture nominations, underscoring the category’s value as a reliable Oscar indicator.
SAG’s predictive strength extends to the film acting races as well. Since 2009, SAG’s film acting nominees have overlapped with the Academy Awards an average of 16 out of 20 slots, an 80% match rate. The strongest alignment came in 2009, the year of “The Hurt Locker,” when 19 of 20 SAG nominees went on to earn Oscar nominations. The weakest crossover occurred in 2021, the year of “CODA,” when the overlap dropped to 12 of 20.
Final voting to determine the winners will take place from Jan. 14 through Feb. 27 at noon PT. The 32nd annual Actor Awards, presented by SAG-AFTRA, will air live on Netflix on March 1.
The list of nominees is below.
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Film Categories
Cast Ensemble in a Motion Picture
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
Male Actor in a Leading Role
- Timothee Chalamet, Marty Supreme
- Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
- Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
- Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
- Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
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
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
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
Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
- F1
- Frankenstein
- Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
TV Categories
Cast Ensemble in a Drama Series
- The Diplomat
- Landman
- The Pitt
- Severance
- The White Lotus
Cast Ensemble in a Comedy Series
- Abbott Elementary
- The Bear
- Hacks
- Only Murders in the Building
- The Studio
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
Female Actor in a Drama Series
- Britt Lower, Severance
- Parker Posey, The White Lotus
- Keri Russell, The Diplomat
- Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus
- Aimee Lou Wood, White Lotus
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
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
Male Actor in a TV 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
Female Actor in a TV 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
Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
- Andor
- Landman
- The Last of Us
- Squid Game
- Stranger Things
From Variety US