Emmy Predictions 2026 - Who Will Likely Be Nominated for Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie?

From June 11 to 22, 2026, voting is taking place for The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards. As such, it's fun to look at which actors and shows have the best chances of actually being nominated this year. So, these are my predictions for which performers will be nominated for Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.

Performers most likely to be nominated:

1. Charles Melton for Netflix's Beef
2. Richard Gadd for HBO's Half Man
3. Jason Bateman for HBO's DTF St. Louis
4. David Harbour for HBO's DTF St. Louis
5. Alessandro Nivola for FX's Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette
6. Jonathan Banks for Netflix's The Beast in Me

Serious threats that could break through:

1. Nick Offerman, Bradley Whitford and Shea Whigham for Netflix's Death by Lightning
2. Tom Hollander, Charlie Hall, Tyler Jacob Moore and Joey Pollari for Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story
3. Jake Lacy, Michael Peña, Jay Ellis and Daniel Monks for Peacock's All Her Fault
4. Troy Kotsur, Morgan Spector and Forrest Weber for Netflix's Black Rabbit
5. Song Kang-ho, William Fichtner and Matthew Kim for Netflix's Beef
6. Richard Jenkins for HBO's DTF St. Louis
7. Stuart Campbell for HBO's Half Man
8. Ben Shenkman and Noah Fearnley for FX's Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette

Some considerable long-shots:

1. Chris Sullivan, Gabriel Luna, Michael Angarano and James Badge Dale for Peacock's Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
2. David McKenna, Lox Pratt and Ike Talbut for Netflix's Lord of the Flies
3. Joel Kinnaman, Corey Stoll and Leslie Odom Jr. for Apple TV's Imperfect Women
4. Pablo Schreiber and Chris Bauer for Netflix's His & Hers
5. Laurie Davidson and Waleed Zuaiter for Prime Video's The Girlfriend
6. Sterling K. Brown for Hulu's Washington Black
7. John Slattery for Netflix's Vladimir
8. Mark Ruffalo for Mubi's Hal & Harper

Colorful oddities that still have an outside chance:

1. Adam DiMarco and Jeff Wilbusch for Netflix's Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen
2. Johnny Berchtold and Will Harrison for Hulu's Murdaugh: Death in the Family
3. Guz Khan for Prime Video's Bait
4. Temuera Morrison for Apple TV's Chief of War
5. John Hoogenakker for Hulu's The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox
6. Michael Kelly and Wendell Pierce for Prime Video's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
7. Stephen Root and Jimmy Tatro for Hulu's Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
8. Dorian Missick for Prime Video's 56 Days

The nominations for The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, July 8. The winners will be awarded in a ceremony broadcast on NBC on Monday, September 14.