“As you know, this year the show got a little bit of a facelift. Like many people in this room can understand, we nipped the ‘sag,’ and now it’s just the Actor Awards,” host Kristen Bell quipped at the 2026 SAG Actor Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
From that cheeky start unfolded a ceremony full of sweet, off-the-cuff moments between attendees at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall, both on stage and off. It was a big night for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, for one thing, with Michael B. Jordan taking home the award for best actor and the entire cast winning the coveted best ensemble award. In his moving acceptance speech, Jordan recalled getting his SAG-AFTRA union membership card, echoing The Pitt star Noah Wyle, who took his card out of his wallet earlier in the show. “I love being an actor, I love actors,” he declared to the audience, adding: “I’m so grateful to this union.”
Elsewhere, in the crowd and on the carpet, there were lots of group hugs, intimate chats, and more. Below, see all the best candid snapshots from the 2026 SAG Actor Awards.
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Timothée Chalamet and his mother, Nicole Flender.
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Teyana Taylor and her daughter, Rue Rose Shumpert
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Rue Rose Shumpert
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Chase Infiniti and her sister Dolce
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Jessie Buckley
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Connor Storrie
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Emma Stone, Demi Moore, Michelle Williams, Jesse Plemons, and Kirsten Dunst
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Odessa A’zion
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Tyler, the Creator and Damson Idris
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Odessa A’zion and Gwyneth Paltrow
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Emma Stone
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Kristen Wiig and Rose Byrne have a Bridesmaids reunion!
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Jacob Elordi
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Gwyneth Paltrow and Timothée Chalamet
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Paul Mescal and Sam Elliott
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Hannah Einbinder
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Michael B. Jordan
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Sarah Pidgeon
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Sarah Paulson and Teyana Taylor
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Ethan Hawke and Jeremy Allen White
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Meg Stalter
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Jasmin Savoy Brown and Tyler, the Creator
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Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys
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Mindy Kaling
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Chase Sui Wonders and Britt Lower
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Kate Hudson
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Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst
