SAG’s 2026 Actor Awards could have a brand new identify, however the annual present has the identical mission to have fun actors.
On Sunday, March 1, Kristen Bell served as host for the dwell telecast held on the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
“I’m so thrilled to be right here with all of you tonight,” Bell informed the gang. “I feel the world can use some levity proper now, so we’re going to maintain issues enjoyable tonight.”
The Actor Awards are voted on by members of the Display Actors Guild, which positioned Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After One other movie forward of the pack with seven nominations complete.
Hollywood’s largest stars stepped out in full pressure for SAG-AFTRA’s thirty second Actor Awards. Celebrities delivered a masterclass in trendy glamour and timeless tailoring as movie and tv’s most interesting gathered to have fun standout performances on the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 1. Thank You! You have got efficiently subscribed. Subscribe to newsletters Please enter (…)
As for TV, Apple TV’s The Studio has probably the most recognition with 5 nominations.
For those who missed the present or wish to relive the perfect and worst moments, Us Weekly is breaking down all of the highlights popular culture followers shall be speaking about beneath:
Finest Tribute to Catherine O’Hara: Seth Rogen
Seth Rogen
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty PhotographsWhen presenter Lisa Kudrow introduced Catherine O’Hara gained the award for Excellent Efficiency by a Feminine Actor in a Comedy Collection for The Studio, Seth Rogen accepted the award on her behalf.
“I do know she would have been honored to obtain this award from her fellow performers, who I do know she revered a lot. She was such an enormous fan of all of yours,” Rogen stated whereas honoring O’Hara, who died on January 30 on the age of 71. “We had been fortunate to dwell in a world the place she shared her skills with us.”
Finest Shock ‘I Am an Actor’ Second: Michael J. Fox
Following custom, SAG’s 2026 Actor Awards featured numerous actors collaborating within the famed “I Am an Actor” phase.
In the course of the opening sequence, the gang erupted in applause when Michael J. Fox appeared on digital camera to share his story.
“After I left faculty and moved from Canada to L.A. to begin making it as an actor, a instructor of mine informed me, ‘Fox, you’re not going to be cute ceaselessly,’” Fox stated. “So I stated, ‘Perhaps simply lengthy sufficient, sir.’ After a number of years of dumpster diving in L.A., I ended up on Household Tiesthe place I obtained the largest reward of my profession: I met my spouse, actor Tracy Pollanwho performed Ellen, my girlfriend. I’m Michael J. Fox. I’m a dad, and I’m an actor.”
Fox, who funded an eponymous nonprofit supporting Parkinson’s analysis, retired from appearing in 2020 amid his battle. He was in a position to attend this yr’s present along with his son, Sam Fox.
Finest TV Reunion: ‘The Workplace’ Forged
Angela Kinsey, Jenna Fischer, Mindy Kaling and Ellie Kemper
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty PhotographsEarlier than The Studio gained Excellent Efficiency by an Ensemble in a Comedy Collection, a number of actresses from NBC’s The Workplace reunited on stage to current the trophy.
Jenna Fischer, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey and Ellie Kemper got here collectively to reminisce on how TV comedies used to work.
“We’re ladies who survived 22-episode seasons,” Kaling and her former costars joked. “Comedy is tough in any quantity, which is why we’re genuinely in awe of anybody who could make individuals snort persistently.”
Finest Acceptance Speech: Harrison Ford
Gratitude was the theme of Harrison Ford’s speech when he accepted the 2026 SAG-AFTRA Lifetime Achievement Award.
“I struggled for about 15 years going from appearing job to carpentry again to appearing ‘til I lastly received an element in a wildly profitable movie,” Ford shared throughout his uncommon date night time with spouse Calista Flockhart. “None of this occurred by myself. Thanks, George Lucas. Thanks, Steven Spielberg.”
The Indiana Jones actor continued, “Typically we make leisure, generally we make artwork, generally we’re fortunate we make ’em each on the identical time. And if we’re actually lucky, we get to make a dwelling doing it. I’m certainly a fortunate man. Fortunate to have discovered my individuals. Fortunate to have work that challenges me. Fortunate to nonetheless be doing it. And I don’t take that with no consideration.”
Finest Shock Win: Michael B. Jordan
Michael B. Jordan
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty PhotographsIt’s no secret that Marty Supreme’s Timothée Chalamet has been the favourite at awards exhibits this yr within the well-known Finest Actor class. Throughout SAG’s 2026 Actor Awards, nevertheless, the voters shocked some viewers once they awarded Michael B. Jordan with the trophy for Excellent Efficiency by a Male Actor in a Main Position due to his function in Sinners.
Jordan obtained a standing ovation earlier than he expressed gratitude to his friends for giving him the respect.
“I wasn’t anticipating this in any respect. I’m so honored and privileged,” he shared. “This journey has been unbelievable, so thanks for welcoming me in and making me really feel seen.”
Worst Phase: Desk Tennis With the Stars
Kristen Bell
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty PhotographsThroughout a number of factors within the present, host Kristen Bell determined to get slightly sporty by inviting actors to play a recreation of desk tennis backstage.
“You recognize the Actor Awards are so pure. It’s not like different awards exhibits the place the celebration of artwork is lowered right down to competitors and campaigning,” Bell defined. “That is about actors supporting actors, and I’m right here to alter that as a result of this yr I’m escalating the competitors with a table-tennis event.”
Completely different pairings — resembling Ted Danson vs. Jackie Tohn — performed all through the night time to win a particular prize. Whereas lots of Us cherished the Olympics, Tremendous Bowl and extra sporting occasions in 2026, desk tennis didn’t really feel mandatory at a glamorous awards present.
Worst Manufacturing Second: Netflix Gave Us Adverts
Airing an awards present on Netflix has its perks. In any case, it’s not each celebration the place the host can cuss on dwell TV and t.A.T.u.’s “All of the Issues She Stated” performs loud and proud.
Whereas many customers have a paid subscription the place they count on advertisements, it might have been particular to have a dwell telecast be ad-free and have your complete viewers watch each second on the identical time.
The Display Actors Guild’s 2026 Actor Awards had been a star-studded affair, however a number of of Hollywood’s largest names had been lacking in motion. The Actor Awards had been held Sunday, March 1, at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium and Expo Corridor, and hosted by Kristen Bell. “There’s one thing that feels so particular and divine about … (having) the chance (…)
Worst TV Physician Omission: Eric Dane
Lower than one month in the past, information broke that Gray’s Anatomy actor Eric Dane had died on the age of 53 following an ALS analysis.
Throughout SAG’s 2026 Actor Awards, a phase aired that acknowledged medical dialogue on a number of TV exhibits. As scenes from The Pitt, Scrubs, IS and Gray’s Anatomy aired, a few of Us puzzled why producers didn’t embrace a scene involving Dane.
After Dane performed plastic surgeon Dr. Mark “McSteamy” Sloan from 2006 to 2012, it appeared like a pleasant time to honor the actor. Happily, he was included within the conventional (and shifting) In Memoriam phase in a while within the present.