Here's Everything You Missed At The 2026 Actor Awards

The cast of Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” won the biggest award of the night at the SAG Actor Awards on Sunday. It marks the second time Coogler has directed a film to win SAG’s coveted cast award following “Black Panther,” which earned the honor in 2019.

He’s reportedly the first filmmaker in history to achieve this.

Michael B. Jordan won the Actor Award for Outstanding Male Actor in a] Leading Role for his remarkable performance(s) as Smoke and Stack in “Sinners.” And Viola Davis’ full-body reaction was exactly what we needed to see on screen.

Just look at her! Incredible.

Read more about Michael B. Jordan's big win below.

Delroy Lindo accepted the award on behalf of the cast.

“This project is anointed, and from that standpoint, we are all anointed to be a part of this incredible journey,” Lindo said. “Created by the genius Ryan Coogler.”

“To be recognized by you all, thank you does not come anywhere near encompassing what we feel – the gratitude. They’re telling me to wrap up, I’m not gonna wrap up,” Lindo says as he stares directly into the camera. “From the bottom of our hearts, to the bottom of your hearts, thank you so much. Thank you so much for everything. God bless y’all.”

We rounded up the best looks at the ceremony.

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Amy Madigan took home the Actor Award for Outstanding Female Actor In A Supporting Role for her part in “Weapons,” and it’s only right that she imitated the film’s stiff-armed run as she went up on stage.

Sometimes celebrities aren’t afraid to use their platform to voice their thoughts.

Seth Rogen is the latest celebrity to call out a big entity, as “The Studio” star used his acceptance speech to call out the Writers Guild of America after winning the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series.

During the speech, the actor thanks SAG-AFTRA, a labor union for thousands of performers, for putting on the ceremony, but takes a jab at WGA for not paying their employees to put one on.

“You were able to pay your own employees enough to keep the awards show from being canceled. Take notes, WGA,” the seasoned actor said.

The Writers Guild of America West’s staff went on strike last month, Deadline reported.

The Writers Guild Staff Union has claimed that employers “surveilled workers for union activity” in addition to engaging in bad faith surface bargaining and terminating union supporters.

HuffPost's unionized employees are represented by the Writers Guild of America, East.

Read more at Deadline.

No matter how much praise Delroy Lindo receives for his latest onscreen work, the “Sinners” star always finds a way to stay gracious and humble.

During the opening “I Am An Actor” segment at the SAG Actor Awards, Lindo pointed out the irony of his current “period of wide acknowledgment,” which has caused him to reflect on his decades-long career journey, particularly the times “when things weren’t going so well.”

“Being able to look back from a place of this current success, on times that were more challenging for me, is a testament, yes, to my own self-belief and my ability to hang in. But, hopefully, it’s also an encouraging example to all actors out there who may currently be facing their own challenges,” he added.

While it would’ve been great to see “Only Murders In The Building” star Martin Short attend this year’s Actor Awards, an unfortunate circumstance prevented the veteran from making an appearance. The actor was nominated for Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Comedy Series.

Entertainment Weekly has confirmed he won’t attend the award ceremony due to the death of his daughter, Katherine. The licensed clinical social worker died by suicide, the outlet reports.

He also postponed dates of his comedy tour.

"Due to unforeseen circumstances, Steve Martin & Martin Short's shows on February 27th in Milwaukee and February 28th in Minneapolis have been postponed," a representative for Short’s camp previously told EW, sharing how tickets will be “honored for a future rescheduled date.”

When the news was confirmed, a representative shared a statement with the outlet, saying the family was “devastated by this loss” and asking for privacy.

Read more at Entertainment Weekly.

Jenna Ortega tried to kick off the Actor Awards with a harmless joke but got a mixed reaction from the crowd full of millennials and Gen X actors.

While presenting the award for Outstanding Male Actor in a Comedy Series, the “Wednesday” star called the nominees “generational talents” who have appeared in classic shows like “Cheers,” “Mad TV,” “Freaks and Geeks” and “The O.C.”

“Even though they’ve been making audiences laugh since way back in the 1900s,” she joked, earning a few scattered laughs from the audience.

Guess it’s a tough crowd tonight.

Of course, Sheryl Lee Ralph, who stars as Barbara on “Abbott Elementary,” thought Michael B. Jordan and his brother starred in the horror flick "Sinners." (Jordan famously plays twins!)

This is a long-running bit on "Abbott Elementary," with Barbara confusing celebrities — she thought Michelle Williams (a member of Destiny’s Child) was the same person as Michelle Williams who stars in “Dawson’s Creek.”

The bit was pitch perfect.