The actor won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for "Only Murders in the Building." Who could have predicted that Lorne Michaels assembling a rag-tag group of comedians for a little sketch comedy program in 1975 would eventually result in Martin Short being unable to accept his first SAG award?

Beloved comedian actor Martin Short has finally won his first SAG Award. Short received the award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series for playing Oliver Putnam, the sometime Broadway director and murder-solving podcast co-host on the Hulu comedy “Only Murders in the Building.

While the actor picked up a statue for 'Only Murders in the Building,' he was not in the building to accept it.

While stars including Selena Gomez and Timothée Chalamet gathered for the 2025 SAG Awards in Los Angeles, several actors such as Martin Short and Jonathan Bailey were unable to attend.

On Sunday, Feb. 23, Martin Short won the award for his performance as Oliver Putnam in Only Murders in the Building at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. This year marked Short's third individual SAG Award nod for Only Murders, and first win.

The 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards was full of Hollywood A-listers, but some were noticeably absent. When Joey King and Jack Quaid called out Martin Short ’s name when announcing the winner of Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series, the duo began looking for the Only Murders in the Building star in the crowd.

Selena Gomez was overcome with emotion when she and the cast of Only Murders In The Building won a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award. The singer and actress, 32, won outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series with comedians Steve Martin and Martin Short at the 31st ceremony on Sunday in Los Angeles.

Martin Short has won his first SAG Award at 74 years old for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series.

The Hulu series, which debuted in 2021, follows three unlikely friends — played by Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Short, 74 — who form a friendship over their love of true crime. The group ends up solving various murder mysteries connected to their New York City apartment building, the Arconia, which has led to many celebrity cameos over the years.

Selena Gomez humorously roasts Martin Short and Steve Martin while accepting a SAG Award for Only Murders in the Building.