Michael B. Jordan has won big at the 32nd annual Actor Awards for his stellar performance in the horror action thriller, Sinners.
The 39-year-old actor-filmmaker won an Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a main Role for his main parts as Smoke and Stack Moore in Ryan Coogler's vampire horror smash at the March 1 ceremony, previously known as the SAG Awards.
Emotional Michael took the stage to accept the award from presenter Viola Davis and thanked everyone for their support, especially his mother.
In his acceptance speech, the actor said, “I don’t even know where to begin. I wasn’t expecting this at all.”
The actor also gave a shout-out to his fellow nominees in SAG-AFTRA’s lead actor category, Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke and Jesse Plemons.
He said, “I’m so honored and privileged to be nominated in categories with people and actors and humans that I love. This ride has been unbelievable. So thank you for welcoming me in and making me feel seen. And y’all know how I feel about y’all.”
Michael continued his speech by recalling his early acting days and getting his SAG-AFTRA card “that kid from Newark Jersey is standing here right now.”
The actor then thanked his mother Donna for driving him “back and forth to New York” for auditions, adding, “We didn’t have enough money to go through the Holland Tunnel, we were looking for gas money, parking spaces.”
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He then thanked his longtime collaborator Ryan Coogler for “giving me the opportunity to show what I can do and to be fearless and to create a safe space for us to find the truth.”
He praised Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Delroy Lindo, Wunmi Mosaku, and other cast members of Sinners, who together went on to win the evening's last Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
He concluded his speech by saying, “Man, just being in this room right now with all these people who see me grow up in front of the camera and in these rooms, I feel the love and support that you’ve always given me and encouraged me to go on and do my best,” Jordan concluded. “So I just want to say thank you.”
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Michael B. Jordan received nods for the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards, and the forthcoming Academy Awards for his performance in Sinners.
He received two nominations at the NAACP Image Awards on February 28 for Sinners and took home the Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture award.
SAG Actors Awards 2026 aired live on Sunday, March 1 on Netflix.
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