Stellan Skarsgard and Megan Everett-Skarsgard attend the 2026 Golden Globes. Skarsgard took the prize for best supporting actor in a film. Matt Winkelmeyer/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Experience reigned as the Golden Globes kicked off Sunday night, with a slew of veteran actors including Noah Wyle, Jean Smart and Stellan Skarsgård all taking prizes at the 83rd annual show. "I of course was not prepared for this because I thought that I was too old," quipped Skarsgård, who won best supporting actor in a film for his role as a complicated father in Norwegian film Sentimental Value. The 74-year-old has been acting for some 55 years but has never been nominated for an Oscar; he previously won a Globe on the TV side, for Chernobyl in 2020. Smart, winning her third supporting actress in a television show prize for her role of Deborah Vance in Hacks, began with, "What can I say, I'm a greedy bitch?" And Wyle, who won lead actor in a TV drama for his empathetic portrayal as a doctor leading an ER in HBO Max's The Pitt, described his attempt to thank everyone over 54 years of living on this planet. Newer names also had their moment, as Owen Cooper won for best supporting actor in a TV role for his turn as a troubled teen in Adolescence and hyphenate Teyana Taylor continued her acting tear as she took the prize for her role in awards powerhouse One Battle After Another. She spent part of her speech saluting fellow women of color. "Our light does not need permission to shine," she said. Host Nikki Glaser, making a return engagement after last year's well-reviewed turn, began the night on a political note when she offered a pun about the "A-list" int he room as people on a "a list" of the Justice Department. She then took aim at the network that feeds. "The award for most editing goes to CBS News. 'CBS news, America's newest place to see BS news,'" she deadpanned, referencing a 60 Minutes editing controversy. She also made a reference to Warner Bros.' sale, possibly to David Ellison or possibly to Netflix, as being saved by Sinners...for "a month." But mostly Glaser stuck to safe Hollywood jokes about Timothee Chalamet's weight, Kevin Hart's height and Sean Penn's face (though her Heated Rivalry quip that the gay drama shows that "American audiences are ready for more shows about hockey" was its own needed political provocation). Smart also got political, if obliquely, when she urged viewers to "do the right thing" without elaborating on what that meant. And Skarsgard made a charged point within Hollywood when, seemingly taking aim at Netflix and the streaming ethos, said of his film, "Hopefully you'll see it in a cinema because they're an extinguished species now." One of the more amusing moments at the awards came from The Studio's Seth Rogen, who upon winning for best actor in a TV comedy for his show satirizing Hollywood (and featuring an episode said at the Globes) said, "We just pretended to do this, and now it's happening." More to come THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Teyana Taylor Teyana Taylor Sends Message to Black Women as She Accepts First Golden Globe: "We Belong in Every Room We Walk Into" red carpet Watch the 2026 Golden Globes Red Carpet Livestream Jay Kelly Adam Sandler Promises to Make "50 More Movies Before I Am Dead - and at Least 25 of Them Will Be Good" The Pitt George Clooney Says "When I Grow Up, I Want to Be Noah Wyle" as Two Stars Unite 30 Years After 'ER' The Pitt Movies for Grownups Awards With AARP: 'Hamnet' Takes Home Best Picture The Way Back T.K. Carter, 'The Thing,' 'The Way Back' and 'Space Jam' Actor, Dies at 69 Teyana Taylor Teyana Taylor Sends Message to Black Women as She Accepts First Golden Globe: "We Belong in Every Room We Walk Into" red carpet Watch the 2026 Golden Globes Red Carpet Livestream Jay Kelly Adam Sandler Promises to Make "50 More Movies Before I Am Dead - and at Least 25 of Them Will Be Good" The Pitt George Clooney Says "When I Grow Up, I Want to Be Noah Wyle" as Two Stars Unite 30 Years After 'ER' The Pitt Movies for Grownups Awards With AARP: 'Hamnet' Takes Home Best Picture The Way Back T.K. Carter, 'The Thing,' 'The Way Back' and 'Space Jam' Actor, Dies at 69