What sets the Actor Awards, formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards, apart from the other awards show is that winners for outstanding performances are selected by their fellow actors. And they have picked their top contenders for this season, which covers movies and series that aired or premiered within the 2025 calendar year.
Nominations for the 32nd Annual Actor Awards, presented by SAG-AFTRA, were recently announced via a livestream on Netflix's YouTube channel. Opening the event was SAG-AFTRA president Sean Astin, who spoke of the union's history of hard work and professionalism of its membership as crucial to the union's future, saying "This level of engagement continues to exemplify the solidarity and strength of our union.”
Nominations for the individual, cast and ensemble performances for the past year were announced by Abbot Elementary's Janelle James and Heated Rivalry's Connor Storie. They were followed by Actor Awards Committee members Jason George and Elizabeth McLaughlin, who shared the nominees for outstanding action performances for film, and TV stunt ensembles.
As expected on the film front, One Battle After Another got the most noms with seven, with Ryan Coogler's Sinners following close with five. On the small screen, streaming reigned anew, with AppleTV's The Studio led with five nods, and HBO Max's The White Lotus, and Netflix's Adolescence with four apiece.
The 32nd Annual Actor Awards, presented by SAG-AFTRA, will stream live globally on Sunday, 1 March, 8PM (EST) or Monday, 2 March, 9AM Manila time, on Netflix.
Here is the full list of nominees for the 32nd Actor Actor Awards:
Performance by a cast in a motion picture
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
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 Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Emma Stone, Bugonia
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
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
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
Performance by an ensemble in a comedy series
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
The Studio
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
Performance by a male 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
Performance by an ensemble in a drama series
The Diplomat
Landman
The Pitt
Severance
The White Lotus
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
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
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
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
Action performance by a stunt ensemble in a motion picture
F1
Frankenstein
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Action performance by a stunt ensemble in a television series
Andor
Landman
The Last of Us
Squid Game
Stranger Things