Sinners star Michael B. Jordan has won Best Actor at the Oscars 2026, one of four wins for the movie.
Jordan played the dual roles of twin brothers Smoke and Stack in the vampire horror movie, two '30s gangsters who return to their hometown after a stint in organized crime in Chicago.
The actor thanked Ryan Coogler profusely, as well as his co-stars – including a shoutout for Wunmi Mosaku, who played Smoke's estranged wife Annie.
"I stand here because of people that came before me," Jordan said in his acceptance speech, citing previous Black Oscar winners including Denzel Washington, Will Smith, and Sidney Poitier.
"Thank you for keeping betting on me," he concluded.
The other Best Actor nominees were Timothée Chalamet for Marty Supreme, Leonardo DiCaprio for One Battle After Another, Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon, and Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent.
Sinners broke records when it was nominated for a whopping 16 Academy Awards this year. It's won three other awards so far tonight: Best Score, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. For the latter, it made history, as cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first ever woman to win the award.
Jordan and Sinners director Ryan Coogler have a long working relationship, as Jordan has also starred in Black Panther and the Creed trilogy. This is his first Oscar nomination – and his first win.
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