Michael B. Jordan battles his way to Oscar for 'Sinners' Estelle.Bronkhorst Mon, 03/16/2026 - 06:00 LOS ANGELES - Michael B. Jordan won the best actor Oscar for playing twins confronted with pure evil in vampire race fable "Sinners" -- tortured fighters typical of the roles director Ryan Coogler has repeatedly created for him. Jordan made good on the momentum he gained by winning the SAG Actor Award two weeks ago to bring home an Academy Award in his first try. He bested "Marty Supreme" star Timothee Chalamet, who had been the frontrunner for most of Hollywood's awards season, along with Leonardo DiCaprio of "One Battle After Another," Wagner Moura ("The Secret Agent") and Ethan Hawke ("Blue Moon"). "I stand here because of the people who came before me," an emotional Jordan told the audience. "Sinners," a supernatural tale of racial segregation in 1930s Mississippi, was a box office success in large part due to Jordan's compelling performances as Smoke and Stack, World War I veterans who return home after working in organised crime in Chicago. The brothers want to open an off-the-books juke joint, smack in the middle of the Prohibition era. Of course, they want to make some money,
