Jacob Elordi Is So Dapper in a Three-Piece Suit at the 2026 Oscars
jacob elordi stood on the 2026 Academy Awards red carpet tonight (ET) celebrating his first Oscar nomination for his role as the Creature in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. He arrived in a black three-piece suit, white dress shirt and black bow tie, finishing the look with glossy black lace-up shoes, diamond stud earrings and a mustache that critics have called unexpectedly flattering. The appearance caps an awards season that has already yielded major wins and a dramatic transformation performance.
Jacob Elordi at the 2026 Oscars
Tonight (ET) the attention was split between red-carpet fashion and a career milestone: the actor is up for his first Oscar nomination for Frankenstein. The nomination recognizes a role that required extensive prosthetics and a radical departure from Elordi’s previous screen persona. Guillermo del Toro directed the film and shaped the Creature as both monstrous and deeply sympathetic.
Elordi’s red-carpet look read as classical and romantic rather than frightening, a visual counterpoint to the creature he inhabits on screen. The contrast underlines the shift in industry perception: a performer known for romantic leads is now a contender in a major Academy category for a heavily physical, character-driven turn.
Transformation, awards momentum and reactions
The Frankenstein role relied on exhaustive practical makeup work. Makeup artist Mike Hill spent 10 hours daily applying 42 separate prosthetic appliances to the actor’s face and body, leaving only the tip of the nose, upper lip and chin of Elordi visible beneath rubber and sculpted features. “The only parts that are Jacob are the tip of the nose, the upper lip and his chin. The rest is all rubber prosthetics and a new sculpted brow, ” said Mike Hill, makeup artist on the film.
Industry recognition has followed. Elordi won Best Supporting Actor at the 31st Critics Choice Awards in January 2026 and won Best Supporting Actor in Film at the AACTA International Awards. Frankenstein was named a top-ten film of 2025 by the American Film Institute and by the National Board of Review. The film also attracted nominations for Elordi from the BAFTAs, the Golden Globes, the Actor Awards, the Satellite Awards and the Saturn Awards, signaling broad awards-season momentum.
The actor’s work in the miniseries The Narrow Road to the Deep North has also been acknowledged, and his recent press tour for the period film Wuthering Heights with co-star Margot Robbie drew attention to his evolving screen profile. Wuthering Heights was released last month and will enter the next awards season, adding another chapter to Elordi’s rapidly changing résumé.
On the red carpet tonight (ET), the mood mixed celebration and nervous anticipation. The prosthetic-heavy Creature performance and the string of prizes and nominations have reframed how peers and voters view his choices: from rom-com lead to a dramatic actor willing to submit to demanding, non-glamorous transformations.
What happens next will be watched closely: the Academy vote concludes tonight (ET) and will determine whether this first nomination becomes a win, while Wuthering Heights begins its own campaign in the coming months. For now, jacob elordi’s three-piece suit is both a fashion moment and a reminder of a career pivot that awards committees and critics have already recognized.
