Noah Wyle and “The Pitt” continue to rack up accolades this awards season. With his win for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series at Sunday night’s Actor Awards, presented by SAG-AFTRA, he made history by winning all five major acting awards in one season for his role as Dr. Robby on Pittsburgh-set HBO Max medical drama “The Pitt.”

He spent his acceptance speech talking about how grateful he is for his career as an actor and for the SAG-AFTRA union, even pulling out the SAG membership card that he’s carried in his wallet for 36 years.

“I love actors, working with you, paying with you, and when necessary, marching alongside of you has been the greatest joy of my life. I’m so grateful to this union, and for all the protections and privileges that it affords me. I don’t take it for granted, and I don’t forget the hard-won fights and battles by giants who fought before us and on whose shoulders I and we all stand,” he said.

The 32nd annual Actor Awards, presented by SAG-AFRTRA (formerly known as the SAG Awards) honored great performances in movies and TV released in the 2025 calendar year in 15 categories. This ceremony is one of the last stops on the road to the Oscars, which will be held March 15.

Hosted by Kristen Bell, the show kicked off at 8 p.m. at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Center in Los Angeles and streamed live on Netflix. Glamorous style from celebrities including Jenna Ortega, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Kate Hudson highlighted the show’s theme, “Reimagining Hollywood Glamour from the ’20s and ’30s.”

The awards opened with a very cute recorded skit of the actors from sitcom “Abbott Elementary” discussing the nominated movies and series in their school’s break room. To emphasize the importance of having a show “for actors, by actors,” they cut to stars in the crowd including Kristen Wiig, Teyana Taylor and Delroy Lindo talking about their love of acting. The audience erupted into applause when the camera cut to Michael J. Fox.

“I’m an actor and never forget, all you aspiring thespians, you are, too,” Lindo said.

Bell took the stage to deliver her opening monologue shortly after. This was her third time hosting. She riffed on the “facelift” that the awards got this past year with their new name, and sang a charming showtune about stage names with some pretty cringey jokes that involved inventing new stage names for established performers.

Apple TV comedy series “The Studio” was a big winner, netting three awards. Seth Rogen won the award for Outstanding Performance for a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for his role. “You were able to pay your employees enough to keep the awards show from being cancelled, take notes WGA,” Rogen said as he praised the awards show in his acceptance speech.

Catherine O’Hara won Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for “The Studio” after the beloved actor’s surprising death just weeks ago. Rogen came to the stage to accept, and the audience stood for an emotional ovation. “I was asked to assume the very sad honor of accepting this award on O’Hara’s behalf. I know she would have been honored to recieve this award from her fellow performers,” Rogen said.

He spoke with great respect of O’Hara’s generosity and brilliance. “She really showed tha tyou can be a genius and be kind and one of those things does not have to come at the expense of the other,” Rogen said.

“The Studio” won its third award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Comedy Series.

“With all that’s going on in the world today, we wanted to bring you back to a better time: the Great Depression,” Sterling K. Brown joked about the ceremony’s theme while presenting the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie.

“The Pitt” kept up their wins with the award for Outstanding Performance by an Emsemble in a Drama Series, beating out critically-acclaimed shows including “Severance.”

“I’ll be honest and say that of all the trophies that are out there, I was so desirous of this one for this cast, just so I could share this moment right now right now with them. I’ve never been more proud of a group of people in my life. … It’s been challenging and difficul and rewarding in ways that I coudln’t possibly fathom,” Wyle said, taking the stage with the rest of the cast to accept.

Bell did an uproarious skit where Wylie provided her with a monologue chock full of medical jargon and timed her reading it.

“Doctor acting is all about timing,” Wylie said, putting 20 seconds on a stopwatch. And Bell managed to pull it off.

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Harrison Ford was the recipient of the SAG-AFTRA Lifetime Achievemaent Award, which was presented in a scattered but poignant speech from Woody Harrelson. “Whatever he’s doing, we know we’re in the hands of a master,” Harrelson said. “This is a life achievement award, and he has lived a full one, as an actor and an activist.”

Ford gave a heartfelt speech highlighting the joy that he has found in his lengthy career as an actor. “I feel incredibly grateful for this kind attention. But to be clear, I also am quite humbled. I’m in a room of actors, many of whom are here becoming nominated to receive a prize for their amazing work, while I’m here to receive a prize for being alive. That’s a little weird to be getting a lifetime achievement award at the half point of my career. It’s a bit early, isn’t it?”

Actor Sean Astin, who is presiden of SAG-AFTRA, addressed current events. “On behalf of our community, I want to offer a sincere prayer for peace,” he said.

He also thanked other entertainment unions. “Our labor solidarity carried us through a very hard time,” he said.

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role was less surprising, with Jessie Buckley continuing her awards season domination with her role in “Hamnet.” On the male side, Michael B. Jordan was applauded uproariously — by both the audience and presenter Viola Davis — for his win “Sinners.”

And who took home the big prize? Samuel L. Jackson was pleased to announce that “Sinners” won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture. An emotional Delroy Lindo accepted, saying, “From the bottom of our hearts to the bottom of your hearts, thank you so much. God bless y’all.”

Here is a complete list of winners. Next stop: the Oscars!