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Michael B. Jordan is going from sinner to winner at the 2026 Oscars.
The Sinners star earned his first-ever Academy Award for his dual portrayals of twin brothers Smoke and Stack in the horror blockbuster, earning a thunderous response as he accepted his Best Actor statuette at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles March 15.
“Thank you, everybody in this room and everybody at home, for supporting me over my career. I feel it,” he said during the ceremony hosted by Conan O’Brien. “I know you guys want me to do well, and I want to do that because you guys bet on me, so thank you for keep betting on me. I'm gonna keep stepping up, and I'm gonna keep being the best version of myself I can be."
And Michael—who was also nominated alongside Marty Supreme’s Timothée Chalamet, One Battle After Another’s Leonardo DiCaprio, Blue Moon’s Ethan Hawke and The Secret Agent’s Wagner Moura—offered a special shoutout to his parents, including his father, who traveled overseas to witness his son's career achievement.
"Y'all know how I feel about my mother, and my father's here," he continued. "My dad came in from Ghana to be here."
The 39-year-old’s triumph also makes him the sixth Black performer to win Best Actor, joining the ranks of Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, Forest Whitaker and Will Smith before him. He recognized his predecessors as well as Halle Berry—the first Black woman to win Best Actress—describing the trailblazing group as "giants."
Heading into Oscars night, Michael, 39, had strong momentum in the Best Actor race. After all, the All My Children alum was honored at the 2026 Actor Awards just two weeks earlier, shouting out his fellow nominees after ascending to the stage.
“I'm so honored and privileged to be nominated in categories with people and actors and humans that I love,” he said at the time. “I love their work and what you contribute to our craft. This ride has been unbelievable.”
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During award season, Michael also praised the cast and crew he worked with on the Ryan Coogler film, highlighting the collaborative energy on set.
“I think it’s one of those things where you all get on set and everybody is collectively doing the work together and everybody’s vibing off one another,” he told E! News in January. “It’s a family environment.”
And the movie’s success has only enriched his fondness for the project, as Michael noted, “We’re really grateful and happy that everybody still loves the work that we’ve done.”
To see all the winners at the 2026 Academy Awards, read on…
Best Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
WINNER: One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Actress in a Leading Role
WINNER: Jessie Buckley - Hamnet
Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value
Emma Stone - Bugonia
Actor in a Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon
WINNER: Michael B. Jordan - Sinners
Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent
Actress in a Supporting Role
Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
WINNER: Amy Madigan - Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku- Sinners
Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another
Actor in a Supporting Role
Benecio Del Toro - One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo - Sinners
WINNER: Sean Penn - One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value
Director
Chloé Zhao - Hamnet
Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler - Sinners
Original Screenplay
Blue Moon
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
WINNER: Sinners
Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Original Song
"Dear Me" from Diane Warren: Relentless
WINNER: "Golden" from KPop Deamon Hunters
"I Lied to You" from Sinners
"Sweet Dreams of Joy" from Viva Verdii
"Train Dreams" from Train Dreams
International Feature Film
The Secret Agent
It Was Just an Accident
WINNER: Sentimental Value
Sirat
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Live Action Short Film
Butcher's Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen's Period Drama
WINNER (Tie): The Singers
WINNER (Tie): Two People Exchanging Saliva
Documentary Short Film
WINNER: All the Empty Rooms
Armed Only With A Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Children No More: "Were and Are Gone"
The Devil Is Busy
Perfectly a Strangeness
Original Score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
WINNER: Sinners
Visual Effects
WINNER: Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners
Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
WINNER: Sinners
Train Dreams
Film Editing
F1
Marty Supreme
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Production Design
WINNER: Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Train Dreams
Documentary Feature Film
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
WINNER: Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor
Casting
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
WINNER: One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sinners
Animated Short Film
Butterfly
Forevergreen
WINNER: The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters
Makeup & Hairstyling
WINNER: Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister
Animated Feature Film
Arco
Elio
WINNER: Kpop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Sound
WINNER: F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirat
Watch the Oscars 2026 Sunday, March 15, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC and streaming on Hulu.
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