Screen Actors Guild Award for Male Actor in a Leading Role
Screen Actors Guild Awards · 162 nominations across 32 ceremonies · 32 wins
32nd SAG Awards · 2026
- Winner Michael B. Jordan · Sinners
- Nominee Ethan Hawke · Blue Moon
- Nominee Timothée Chalamet · Marty Supreme
- Nominee Jesse Plemons · Bugonia
- Nominee Leonardo DiCaprio · One Battle After Another
31st SAG Awards · 2025
- Winner Timothée Chalamet · A Complete Unknown
- Nominee Ralph Fiennes · Conclave
- Nominee Adrien Brody · The Brutalist
- Nominee Colman Domingo · Sing Sing
- Nominee Daniel Craig · Queer
30th SAG Awards · 2024
- Winner Cillian Murphy · Oppenheimer
- Nominee Jeffrey Wright · American Fiction
- Nominee Colman Domingo · Rustin
- Nominee Bradley Cooper · Maestro
- Nominee Paul Giamatti · The Holdovers
29th SAG Awards · 2023
- Winner Brendan Fraser · The Whale
- Nominee Colin Farrell · The Banshees of Inisherin
- Nominee Bill Nighy · Living
- Nominee Adam Sandler · Hustle
- Nominee Austin Butler · Elvis
28th SAG Awards · 2022
- Winner Will Smith · King Richard
- Nominee Javier Bardem · Being the Ricardos
- Nominee Benedict Cumberbatch · The Power of the Dog
- Nominee Andrew Garfield · Tick, Tick... Boom!
- Nominee Denzel Washington · The Tragedy of Macbeth
27th SAG Awards · 2021
- Winner Chadwick Boseman · Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
- Nominee Anthony Hopkins · The Father
- Nominee Riz Ahmed · Sound of Metal
- Nominee Gary Oldman · Mank
- Nominee Steven Yeun · Minari
26th SAG Awards · 2020
- Winner Joaquin Phoenix · Joker
- Nominee Christian Bale · Ford v Ferrari
- Nominee Taron Egerton · Rocketman
- Nominee Leonardo DiCaprio · Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Nominee Adam Driver · Marriage Story
25th SAG Awards · 2019
- Winner Rami Malek · Bohemian Rhapsody
- Nominee Christian Bale · Vice
- Nominee Viggo Mortensen · Green Book
- Nominee John David Washington · BlacKkKlansman
- Nominee Bradley Cooper · A Star Is Born
24th SAG Awards · 2018
- Winner Gary Oldman · Darkest Hour
- Nominee Daniel Kaluuya · Get Out
- Nominee Denzel Washington · Roman J. Israel, Esq.
- Nominee Timothée Chalamet · Call Me by Your Name
- Nominee James Franco · The Disaster Artist
23rd SAG Awards · 2017
- Winner Denzel Washington · Fences
- Nominee Andrew Garfield · Hacksaw Ridge
- Nominee Viggo Mortensen · Captain Fantastic
- Nominee Casey Affleck · Manchester by the Sea
- Nominee Ryan Gosling · La La Land
22nd SAG Awards · 2016
- Winner Leonardo DiCaprio · The Revenant
- Nominee Bryan Cranston · Trumbo
- Nominee Eddie Redmayne · The Danish Girl
- Nominee Johnny Depp · Black Mass
- Nominee Michael Fassbender · Steve Jobs
21st SAG Awards · 2015
- Winner Eddie Redmayne · The Theory of Everything
- Nominee Jake Gyllenhaal · Nightcrawler
- Nominee Michael Keaton · Birdman
- Nominee Benedict Cumberbatch · The Imitation Game
- Nominee Steve Carell · Foxcatcher
20th SAG Awards · 2014
- Winner Matthew McConaughey · Dallas Buyers Club
- Nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor · 12 Years a Slave
- Nominee Bruce Dern · Nebraska
- Nominee Tom Hanks · Captain Phillips
- Nominee Forest Whitaker · The Butler
19th SAG Awards · 2013
- Winner Daniel Day-Lewis · Lincoln
- Nominee Bradley Cooper · Silver Linings Playbook
- Nominee Denzel Washington · Flight
- Nominee Hugh Jackman · Les Misérables
- Nominee John Hawkes · The Sessions
18th SAG Awards · 2012
- Winner Jean Dujardin · The Artist
- Nominee Leonardo DiCaprio · J. Edgar
- Nominee Demián Bichir · A Better Life
- Nominee Brad Pitt · Moneyball
- Nominee George Clooney · The Descendants
17th SAG Awards · 2011
- Winner Colin Firth · The King's Speech
- Nominee Jeff Bridges · True Grit
- Nominee Jesse Eisenberg · The Social Network
- Nominee Robert Duvall · Get Low
- Nominee James Franco · 127 Hours
16th SAG Awards · 2010
- Winner Jeff Bridges · Crazy Heart
- Nominee George Clooney · Up in the Air
- Nominee Jeremy Renner · The Hurt Locker
- Nominee Morgan Freeman · Invictus
- Nominee Colin Firth · A Single Man
15th SAG Awards · 2009
- Winner Sean Penn · Milk
- Nominee Brad Pitt · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Nominee Angelina Jolie · Changeling
- Nominee Mickey Rourke · The Wrestler
- Nominee Richard Jenkins · The Visitor
- Nominee Frank Langella · Frost/Nixon
14th SAG Awards · 2008
- Winner Daniel Day-Lewis · There Will Be Blood
- Nominee Angelina Jolie · A Mighty Heart
- Nominee Viggo Mortensen · Eastern Promises
- Nominee George Clooney · Michael Clayton
- Nominee Ryan Gosling · Lars and the Real Girl
- Nominee Emile Hirsch · Into the Wild
13th SAG Awards · 2007
- Winner Forest Whitaker · The Last King of Scotland
- Nominee Ryan Gosling · Half Nelson
- Nominee Will Smith · The Pursuit of Happyness
- Nominee Leonardo DiCaprio · Blood Diamond
- Nominee Peter O'Toole · Venus
12th SAG Awards · 2006
- Winner Philip Seymour Hoffman · Capote
- Nominee David Strathairn · Good Night, and Good Luck.
- Nominee Russell Crowe · Cinderella Man
- Nominee Heath Ledger · Brokeback Mountain
- Nominee Joaquin Phoenix · Walk the Line
11th SAG Awards · 2005
- Winner Jamie Foxx · Ray
- Nominee Johnny Depp · Finding Neverland
- Nominee Don Cheadle · Hotel Rwanda
- Nominee Leonardo DiCaprio · The Aviator
- Nominee Paul Giamatti · Sideways
10th SAG Awards · 2004
- Winner Johnny Depp · Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Nominee Sean Penn · Mystic River
- Nominee Ben Kingsley · House of Sand and Fog
- Nominee Bill Murray · Lost in Translation
- Nominee Peter Dinklage · The Station Agent
9th SAG Awards · 2003
- Winner Daniel Day-Lewis · Gangs of New York
- Nominee Nicolas Cage · Adaptation.
- Nominee Richard Gere · Chicago
- Nominee Jack Nicholson · About Schmidt
- Nominee Adrien Brody · The Pianist
8th SAG Awards · 2002
- Winner Russell Crowe · A Beautiful Mind
- Nominee Kevin Kline · Life as a House
- Nominee Sean Penn · I Am Sam
- Nominee Denzel Washington · Training Day
- Nominee Tom Wilkinson · In the Bedroom
7th SAG Awards · 2001
- Winner Benicio del Toro · Traffic
- Nominee Tom Hanks · Cast Away
- Nominee Jamie Bell · Billy Elliot
- Nominee Russell Crowe · Gladiator
- Nominee Geoffrey Rush · Quills
6th SAG Awards · 2000
- Winner Kevin Spacey · American Beauty
- Nominee Russell Crowe · The Insider
- Nominee Philip Seymour Hoffman · Flawless
- Nominee Jim Carrey · Man on the Moon
- Nominee Denzel Washington · The Hurricane
5th SAG Awards · 1999
- Winner Roberto Benigni · Life Is Beautiful
- Nominee Joseph Fiennes · Shakespeare in Love
- Nominee Tom Hanks · Saving Private Ryan
- Nominee Nick Nolte · Affliction
- Nominee Ian McKellen · Gods and Monsters
4th SAG Awards · 1998
- Winner Jack Nicholson · As Good as It Gets
- Nominee Matt Damon · Good Will Hunting
- Nominee Dustin Hoffman · Wag the Dog
- Nominee Robert Duvall · The Apostle
- Nominee Peter Fonda · Ulee's Gold
3rd SAG Awards · 1997
- Winner Geoffrey Rush · Shine
- Nominee Woody Harrelson · The People vs. Larry Flynt
- Nominee Ralph Fiennes · The English Patient
- Nominee Billy Bob Thornton · Sling Blade
- Nominee Tom Cruise · Jerry Maguire
2nd SAG Awards · 1996
- Winner Nicolas Cage · Leaving Las Vegas
- Nominee James Earl Jones · Cry, the Beloved Country
- Nominee Sean Penn · Dead Man Walking
- Nominee Anthony Hopkins · Nixon
- Nominee Massimo Troisi · Il Postino: The Postman
1st SAG Awards · 1995
- Winner Tom Hanks · Forrest Gump
- Nominee Morgan Freeman · The Shawshank Redemption
- Nominee Tim Robbins · The Shawshank Redemption
- Nominee Paul Newman · Nobody's Fool
- Nominee John Travolta · Pulp Fiction