2025 Actor Award Nomination Predictions: Our Final Forecast

The SAG-AFTRA Actor Awards will announce their nominations for 2025 on Wednesday, January 7th. This prestigious event is closely watched as it often hints at potential nominees for the Oscars. The Actor Awards serve as an essential barometer for actors, who form the largest voting group in the Academy. Here are the final predictions from the Next Best Picture team concerning this year’s awards.

2025 Actor Award Nomination Predictions

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Marty Supreme
• Sentimental Value
• Wicked: For Good
• Hamnet
• Frankenstein
• Jay Kelly

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

• Jessie Buckley — Hamnet
• Rose Byrne — If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Reinate Reinsve — Sentimental Value
• Cynthia Erivo — Wicked: For Good
• Emma Stone — Bugonia
• Kate Hudson — Song Sung Blue
• Chase Infiniti — One Battle After Another
• Jennifer Lawrence — Die, My Love
• Amanda Seyfried — The Testament of Ann Lee

Outstanding 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
• Dwayne Johnson — The Smashing Machine
• Wagner Moura — The Secret Agent
• George Clooney — Jay Kelly
• Joel Edgerton — Train Dreams

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Ariana Grande — Wicked: For Good
• Teyana Taylor — One Battle After Another
• Amy Madigan — Weapons
• Elle Fanning — Sentimental Value
• Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners
• Emily Blunt — The Smashing Machine
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value
• Regina Hall — One Battle After Another

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Benicio del Toro — One Battle After Another
• Sean Penn — One Battle After Another
• Stellan Skarsgaard — Sentimental Value
• Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein
• Adam Sandler — Jay Kelly
• Paul Mescal — Hamnet
• Delroy Lindo — Sinners

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

• Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
• F1: The Movie
• Sinners
• One Battle After Another
• Superman
• Wicked: For Good
• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Ballerina
• Frankenstein

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

• Stephen Graham — Adolescence
• Owen Cooper — Adolescence
• Jason Bateman — Black Rabbit
• Charlie Hunnam — Monster: The Ed Gein Story
• Brian Tyree Henry — Dope Thief
• Matthew Rhys — The Beast in Me
• Wagner Moura — Dope Thief
• Michael Shannon — Death by Lightning
• Ashley Walters — Adolescence

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Television Movie or Limited Series

• Michelle Williams — Dying for Sex
• Erin Doherty — Adolescence
• Sarah Snook — All Her Fault
• Claire Danes — The Beast in Me
• Meghann Fahy — Sirens
• Patricia Arquette — Murdaugh: Death in the Family
• Jenny Slate — Dying for Sex
• Christine Tremarco — Adolescence
• Jessica Biel — The Better Sister
• Laurie Metcalf — Monster: The Ed Gein Story
• Robin Wright — The Girlfriend
• Renee Zellweger — Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary
• Hacks
• Only Murders in the Building
• The Studio
• The Bear
• Nobody Wants This

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

• Seth Rogen — The Studio
• Ike Barinholtz — The Studio
• Martin Short — Only Murders in the Building
• Jeremy Allen White — The Bear
• Adam Brody — Nobody Wants This
• Ted Danson — A Man on the Inside
• Steve Martin — Only Murders in the Building
• Paul W. Downs — Hacks
• Danny McBride — The Righteous Gemstones

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

• Jean Smart — Hacks
• Catherine O’Hara — The Studio
• Quinta Brunson — Abbott Elementary School
• Hannah Einbinder — Hacks
• Kristen Bell — Nobody Wants This
• Ayo Edebiri — The Bear
• Natasha Lyonne — Poker Face
• Jenna Ortega — Wednesday
• Edi Patterson — The Righteous Gemstones
• Carrie Preston — Elsbeth

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

• The Pitt
• Severance
• The White Lotus
• Stranger Things
• Andor
• The Gilded Age
• The Diplomat
• The Morning Show
• Pluribus
• Paradise

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

• Noah Wyle — The Pitt
• Adam Scott — Severance
• Sterling K. Brown — Paradise
• Tramell Tillman — Severance
• Walton Goggins — The White Lotus
• Billy Crudup — The Morning Show
• Mark Ruffalo — Task
• Diego Luna — Andor
• Billy Bob Thornton — Landman

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

• Britt Lower — Severance
• Rhea Seehorn — Pluribus
• Kathy Bates — Matlock
• Carrie Coon — The White Lotus
• Katherine LaNasa — The Pitt
• Jennifer Aniston — The Morning Show
• Keri Russell — The Diplomat
• Parker Posey — The White Lotus
• Brittany Snow — The Hunting Wives

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Drama or Comedy

• The Last of Us
• Andor
• Stranger Things
• Squid Game
• Alien: Earth
• Cobra Kai
• Gen V
• Dope Thief
• Fallout
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
• Peacemaker
• The Studio

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