Owen Cooper and the cast of Adolescence are once again leading the British and Irish hopes during the 2026 awards season.
The Screen Actors Guild Awards – recently renamed The Actors Awards – announced the nominations for 2026 on Wednesday night ahead of the March 1 ceremony.
Netflix’s breakout drama Adolescence has scored four nods for British actors Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty, Owen Cooper and Christine Tremarco.
The White Lotus’ Manchester-born star Aimee Lou Wood is up for the Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Drama Series gong.
Meanwhile in the film categories Hamnet star Jessie Buckley looks set to add to her overflowing accolades as she leads the Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor in a Leading Role category, competing against: Rose Byrne, Kate Hudson, Chase Infinity and Emma Stone.
The Irish actress’ Hamnet co-star Paul Mescal has earned a nod in the Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor in a Supporting Role list among Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn, Miles Canton and Jacob Elordi.
Owen Cooper and the cast of Adolescence are once again leading the British and Irish hopes during the 2026 awards season
Hamnet star Jessie Buckley looks set to add to her overflowing accolades as she leads the Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor in a Leading Role category (pictured at the Critics Choice Awards on January 4)
Meanwhile veteran of awards shows Gary Oldman has earned another nomination for his lead in Slow Horses, competing in the Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Drama Series category.
The cast of Adolescence will go head to head in their categories, with the Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A TV Movie Or Limited Series overflowing with Brit talent.
16-year-old Owen will fight his onscreen dad Stephen for the prize, as well as Welsh actor Matthew Rhys for The Beast In Me and English star Charlie Humman for the Monster: The Ed Gein Story.
If Owen triumphs on March 1 he will break the record for the youngest-ever SAG Award winner for a major acting category, beating Timothee Chalamet who made history last year at age 29, when he won Best Actor for his role as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.
The Warrington-born teenager has already broken similar records with his Emmys win last year and last weekend’s Critics Choice Awards gong.
Meanwhile, over in the SAG Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A TV Movie Or Limited Series Adolescence’s Erin Doherty (who played clinical psychologist Briony) and Christine Tremarco (Jamie’s mother Manda Miller) will both compete.
One Battle After Another starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro landed the most nominations with a record-setting six on Wednesday.
In the 31 years of the Actor Awards, formerly known as the SAG Awards, no movie has received more than five nominations.
The Screen Actors Guild Awards- recently renamed The Actors Awards – announced the 2026 nominations on Wednesday night ahead of the March 1 ceremony (Buckley pictured in Hamnet)
The Irish actress’ Hamnet co-star Paul Mescal has earned a nod in the Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor in a Supporting Role list
The White Lotus’s Manchester-born star Aimee Lou Wood is up for the Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Drama Series gong
The nominations for that movie were for acting ensemble, stunt ensemble, actor (DiCaprio), actress (Chase Infiniti), and supporting actress (Teyana Taylor) as well as two for supporting actor (Penn and Del Toro).
Usually, to win best picture at the Oscars, a movie needs a SAG ensemble nomination.
The 32nd annual nominations were announced by Abbott Elementary star Janelle James and Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie on Netflix’s YouTube Channel after an introduction by SAG-AFTRA president Sean Astin.
The Actor Awards ceremony will take place on March 1 in Los Angeles and stream live on Netflix. The host for the 2026 Actor Awards has yet to be announced; Kristen Bell hosted last year.
Harrison Ford will receive the 2026 SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award.
Presented by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and voted on by the guild’s 160,000-plus members, the Actor Awards give an accurate window into what the largest branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — the actors — is leaning toward in award season.
The annual ceremony that honors outstanding acting in film and television announced its name change from the Screen Actors Guild Awards to the Actor Awards on November 14, 2025.
Netflix’s breakout drama Adolescence has scored four nods for British actors Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper, Christine Tremarco and Erin Doherty (pictured with Graham’s wife and the show’s executive producer Hannah Walters far left)
16-year-old Owen will fight his onscreen dad Stephen for the prize, as well as Welsh actor Matthew Rhys for The Beast In Me and Charlie Humman for the Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Everything else about the celebration remains the same, including the statuette, which has always been named The Actor.
‘We wanted to provide clearer recognition in terms of what the show is about for our domestic and global audiences,’ Jon Brockett—showrunner and executive producer of the award show—and JoBeth Williams—chair of SAG-AFTRA’s Awards Committee—shared in a joint announcement on November 14.
‘We honor actors in film and television. Laser-focusing the name on those two things became the clearest and most straightforward path for this new chapter of the show.’
The logo and statuette has always been called ‘The Actor,’ and it felt like the right time to ‘make the alignment official.’
However, there will be no change to the award show itself, which is still presented by SAG-AFTRA.
‘Only the show name is changing. The foundation remains the same, it’s actors honoring actors,’ it was shared.
Meanwhile veteran of awards shows Gary Oldman has earned another nod for his lead in Slow Horses, competing in the Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Drama Series
‘Past winners and audiences included will still refer to their award and the show as the SAG Awards, and that’s OK,’ they explained. ‘We know it’ll take time to adjust to the change.
‘Our goal is, and has always been, to bring greater clarity and global visibility to every performer the union represents,’ they added, ‘and we’re confident the new name does exactly that.’
SAG Actor Awards 2026 nominees
FILM
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)
The cast of Leonardo DiCaprio flick One Battle After Another is up for the biggest prize of the night
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 Infinity – One Battle After Another
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Jessie Buckley is up for Best Female Actor in a Leading Role for Hamnet
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
Amy Madigan was recognized for her work in Weapons
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)
The Pitt hopes to continue their successful awards season run
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 – Inside Man
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
Jean Smart was recognized for her work in Hacks once again
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)
