'One Battle After Another' leads SAG's Actor Awards with 7 nominations
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'One Battle After Another' leads SAG's Actor Awards with 7 nominations
Brian Truitt and Erin Jensen, USA TODAY January 7, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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The thespians have spoken: "One Battle After Another" scored a record seven Actor Awards nominations, cementing its status as an Oscar frontrunner.
Paul Thomas Anderson's acclaimed action dramedy led the field announced Jan. 7, while "Sinners" received five nods and "Hamnet" and "Marty Supreme" each nabbed three. The 32nd Actor Awards, formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards, stream live on Netflix March 1 (8 p.m. ET/5 PT).
"One Battle" – which won the top prize at last weekend's Critics Choice Awards – is in the running for best ensemble (SAG's equivalent of the Oscars' best picture) alongside "Sinners," "Hamnet," "Marty Supreme" and "Frankenstein."
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Leonardo DiCaprio plays a revolutionary who needs to get his explosive groove back in "One Battle After Another."
Timothée Chalamet ("Marty Supreme") will go for his second straight best actor trophy, competing in the category against Leonardo DiCaprio ("One Battle After Another"), Michael B. Jordan ("Sinners"), Ethan Hawke ("Blue Moon") and Jesse Plemons ("Bugonia"). Critics Choice winner Jessie Buckley ("Hamnet") is up for best actress with Rose Byrne ("If I Had Legs I'd Kick You"), Kate Hudson ("Song Sung Blue"), Emma Stone ("Bugonia") and Chase Infiniti ("One Battle After Another").
The supporting actor contingent includes "One Battle After Another" costars Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn, Jacob Elordi ("Frankenstein"), Paul Mescal ("Hamnet") and Miles Caton ("Sinners").
Amy Madigan, who like Elordi also won Critics Choice honors, made the cut for supporting actress, a category which includes Wunmi Mosaku ("Sinners"), Teyana Taylor ("One Battle After Another"), Odessa A'zion ("Marty Supreme") and Ariana Grande ("Wicked: For Good").
SAG's annual ceremony is an important bellwether for the upcoming Academy Awards on March 15, since actors comprise the largest voting body in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. There's often carryover between acting categories: Last year, Oscars and SAG matched four out of five nominees in best actor, best actress and supporting actor, as well as three out of five in supporting actress.
After the first movie overperformed with nominations last year, "Wicked: For Good" could only manage one Actor nod, for Grande. Other notable snubs include Dwayne Johnson and the MMA drama "The Smashing Machine," George Clooney and his Netflix film "Jay Kelly," and "Die My Love" star Jennifer Lawrence.
Among the TV categories, Apple's "The Studio" led all shows with five nominations – including best comedy ensemble – while the Netflix limited series "Adolescence" and HBO drama "The White Lotus" each scored four total.
In addition to the competitive categories, Harrison Ford will be feted with the 61st SAG-AFTRA life achievement award, following recent honorees Jane Fonda, Barbra Streisand, Sally Field, Helen Mirren and Robert De Niro.
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MOVIESBest movie ensemble
"Frankenstein"
"Hamnet"
"Marty Supreme"
"One Battle After Another"
"Sinners"
Best actor
Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
Jesse Plemons, “Bugonia”
Best actress
Jessie Buckley, winner of the best actress award for "Hamnet," speaks onstage during the 31st annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on Jan. 4, 2026, in Santa Monica, California.
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”
Best supporting actor
Miles Caton, "Sinners"
Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
Paul Mescal, “Hamnet”
Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
Best supporting actress
Rachel (Odessa A'zion) is not all that she appears to be in "Marty Supreme."
Odessa A'zion, “Marty Supreme”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked: For Good”
Amy Madigan, “Weapons”
Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners”
Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”
Best stunt ensemble
"F1"
"Frankenstein"
"Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning"
"One Battle After Another"
"Sinners"
TELEVISIONBest drama ensemble
Noah Wyle and Katherine LaNasa star in "The Pitt."
“The Diplomat”
"Landman"
“The Pitt”
“Severance”
“The White Lotus”
Best comedy ensemble
“Abbott Elementary”
“The Bear”
“Hacks”
“Only Murders in the Building”
“The Studio”
Best 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”
Best actress in a drama series
Keri Russell as Kate Wyler in Season 3 of "The Diplomat."
Britt Lower, “Severance”
Parker Posey, "The White Lotus"
Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”
Rhea Seehorn, “Pluribus”
Aimee Lou Wood, "The White Lotus"
Best 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”
Best actress in a comedy series
Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in Season 2 of "Wednesday."
Kathryn Hahn, “The Studio”
Catherine O'Hara, “The Studio”
Jenna Ortega, "Wednesday"
Jean Smart, "Hacks"
Kristen Wiig, "Palm Royale"
Best 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”
Best actress 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”
Best stunt ensemble
"Andor"
"Landman"
"The Last of Us"
"Squid Game"
"Stranger Things"
SAG-AFTRA life achievement award
Harrison Ford
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