There’s a specific kind of whiplash that comes from watching the Screen Actors Guild—sorry, “The Actor Awards“—try to predict the Oscars while simultaneously forgetting that movies exist outside of the United States. The nominations for the 32nd annual ceremony dropped today, and the result is chaos. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners roared in with five nominations. Sentimental Value was treated like it didn’t exist. Stellan Skarsgård—a man some predicted could WIN the Oscar—got nothing.
- Complete Film Nominations
- Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
- Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble
- What This List Actually Tells Us
- Television Nominees (Selected Categories)
- Male Actor — Limited Series
- Female Actor — Limited Series
- Drama Series — Ensemble
- Comedy Series — Ensemble
- The Bottom Line
- FAQ: SAG Nominees 2026 Oscar Implications
The ceremony streams live on Netflix from the Shrine Auditorium on March 1, 2026. And coincidentally, Netflix’s own films cleaned up. Funny how that works.
Complete Film Nominations
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
| Film | Studio |
|---|---|
| Frankenstein | Netflix |
| Hamnet | — |
| Marty Supreme | — |
| One Battle After Another | Netflix |
| Sinners | Warner Bros. |
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
| Actor | Character | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Leonardo DiCaprio | Bob | One Battle After Another |
| Timothée Chalamet | Marty Mauser | Marty Supreme |
| Ethan Hawke | Lorenz Hart | Blue Moon |
| Michael B. Jordan | Smoke/Stack | Sinners |
| Jesse Plemons | Teddy | Bugonia |
Snubbed: Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value), Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine), George Clooney (Jay Kelly), Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
| Actor | Character | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Jessie Buckley | Agnes | Hamnet |
| Rose Byrne | Linda | If I Had Legs I’d Kick You |
| Kate Hudson | Claire | Song Sung Blue |
| Chase Infiniti | Willa | One Battle After Another |
| Emma Stone | Michelle | Bugonia |
Snubbed: Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value), Amanda Seyfried (Testament of Ann Lee)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
| Actor | Character | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Miles Caton | Sammie Moore | Sinners |
| Benicio del Toro | Sensei Sergio St. Carlos | One Battle After Another |
| Jacob Elordi | The Creature | Frankenstein |
| Paul Mescal | Will | Hamnet |
| Sean Penn | Col. Steven J. Lockjaw | One Battle After Another |
Surprise: Miles Caton was NOT in top-tier contention before today.
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
| Actor | Character | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Odessa A’Zion | Rachel Mizler | Marty Supreme |
| Ariana Grande | Glinda | Wicked: For Good |
| Amy Madigan | Gladys | Weapons |
| Wunmi Mosaku | Annie | Sinners |
| Teyana Taylor | Perfidia | One Battle After Another |
Snubbed: Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good), Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value), Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine)
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble
- F1
- Frankenstein
- Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
What This List Actually Tells Us
The International Blackout
If your movie required subtitles, you might as well have stayed in bed. Sentimental Value got ZERO nominations—not even Skarsgård. The Secret Agent, Sirat, No Other Choice—all invisible. For the “world’s largest actors’ union,” this list is embarrassingly parochial.
The Academy’s international branch will likely correct this. But right now? Bad look.
The Netflix Factor
The platform hosting the ceremony also fields the most nominees. One Battle After Another leading with seven nominations. Frankenstein grabbing three. Coincidence? Sure. Let’s call it that.
Genre Gets Respect
Sinners is a historical-horror-musical. The fact that it landed five nominations—including Miles Caton’s surprise Supporting Actor nod—signals that the actors’ branch is finally respecting performance over prestige bait. I’ve seen this before. It feels like when Black Panther broke the dam.
The Kate Hudson Question
Kate Hudson over Amanda Seyfried? It reminds me of Jennifer Aniston in Cake—the “glam-down” role that catches voters off guard. Nice narrative. Questionable merit.
Television Nominees (Selected Categories)
Male Actor — Limited Series
| Actor | Character | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Jason Bateman | Vince Friedkin | Black Rabbit |
| Owen Cooper | Jamie Miller | Adolescence |
| Stephen Graham | Eddie Miller | Adolescence |
| Charlie Hunnam | Ed Gein | Monster: The Ed Gein Story |
| Matthew Rhys | Nile Jarvis | The Beast in Me |
Female Actor — Limited Series
| Actor | Character | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Claire Danes | Agatha Wiggs | The Beast in Me |
| Erin Doherty | Briony Ariston | Adolescence |
| Sarah Snook | Marissa Irvine | All Her Fault |
| Christine Tremarco | Manda Miller | Adolescence |
| Michelle Williams | Molly | Dying for Sex |
Drama Series — Ensemble
- The Diplomat
- Landman
- The Pitt
- Severance
- The White Lotus
Comedy Series — Ensemble
- Abbott Elementary
- The Bear
- Hacks
- Only Murders in the Building
- The Studio
The Bottom Line
One Battle After Another leads with 7 nominations. Sinners follows with 5. Marty Supreme, Hamnet, and Frankenstein tied at 3 each.
The voters want stars, genre hits, and apparently zero subtitles. If you’re Stellan Skarsgård, today was a bad day. If you’re Ryan Coogler, you just proved that horror-musicals can play in the awards space.
March 1 on Netflix. The stat for SAG/Oscar winner overlap sits at 80%. These nominations matter.
FAQ: SAG Nominees 2026 Oscar Implications
Does the Skarsgård snub mean he’ll miss the Oscar too?
Unlikely. SAG’s general membership skews American; the Academy has a much larger international contingent. Skarsgård remains a strong Oscar contender, but his odds took a hit today. He’ll need strong guild support elsewhere—DGA, BAFTA—to recover momentum.
Why did SAG completely ignore international films this year?
Visibility and screener access. Unlike the Academy, SAG-AFTRA members aren’t required to watch international submissions. If the distributors didn’t aggressively campaign to the voting body, the films simply weren’t seen. It’s not bias—it’s laziness enabled by the system.
Is the Miles Caton nomination a fluke or real Oscar momentum?
Real momentum. SAG nominations are the single best predictor for Oscar recognition. A supporting actor slot here forces Academy voters to reconsider what they might have dismissed as “genre performance.” Caton just became a legitimate contender.
