SAG Awards Dates Announced Ahead of the Oscars

SAG-AFTRA has announced the dates for the 33rd and 34th annual Actor Awards, formerly known as the SAG Awards. The announcement follows the Academy’s reveal of the schedules for the 99th and 100th Oscars ceremonies.

The 33rd Annual Actor Awards will stream live on Netflix on Sunday, February 28, 2027, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. This date falls exactly two weeks before the 99th annual Academy Awards, which are scheduled to air on March 14, 2027.

The organization also confirmed that the 34th Annual Actor Awards will take place on Sunday, February 20, 2028. The 100th Oscars ceremony will follow two weeks later on March 5, 2028.

These upcoming ceremonies mark the fourth and fifth years of the ongoing partnership between SAG-AFTRA and Netflix, aimed at maintaining global accessibility for the event.

Industry Influence and Voting Process

The Actor Awards are regarded as a primary bellwether for the Academy Awards acting and Best Picture races. This influence was evident during the most recent awards cycle, where all four individual winners repeated their success at the Oscars.

The winners are chosen by eligible performers within SAG-AFTRA’s membership, which consists of more than 160,000 members. This represents the largest voting body in the awards landscape, offering a reflection of industry sentiment across 15 different film and television categories.

Review of the 32nd Annual Actor Awards

The 32nd Annual Actor Awards were held on March 1, 2026, at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California. Kristen Bell served as the host for the third consecutive year.

The film Sinners was named the top film ensemble, and Michael B. Jordan won for Male Actor in a Leading Role for his work in the same film.

Other individual winners from the March 1, 2026 ceremony included:

• Jessie Buckley for Hamnet
• Sean Penn for One Battle After Another
• Amy Madigan for Weapons

In the television categories, the best TV ensembles were won by The Studio and The Pitt.

Historical Context of the Ceremony

The first ceremony took place in 1995, prior to the merger of the Screen Actors Guild, and AFTRA. The inaugural event honored Tom Hanks for Forrest Gump, Jodie Foster for Nell, Martin Landau for Ed Wood, and Dianne Wiest for Bullets Over Broadway.

George Burns was the recipient of the life achievement award at the 1995 ceremony. While the first show featured TV ensemble winners such as Seinfeld and NYPD Blue, the movie ensemble award was not introduced until the second ceremony in 1996.