At the 2026 Actor Awards, what character did Owen Cooper play in Adolescence?

At the 2026 Actor Awards, Owen Cooper played Jamie Miller in Adolescence.

Cooper won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series for portraying Jamie Miller. Adolescence is a Netflix limited series, and Cooper’s performance was one of the production’s central acting achievements.

The name Jamie Miller can be confused with Eddie Miller, another character from Adolescence played by Stephen Graham. The two actors were both nominated from the same production, but Cooper won the award for Jamie, while Graham’s character was Eddie.

Cooper’s win placed him among the television acting winners at the first ceremony branded as the Actor Awards rather than the SAG Awards. The category also included Jason Bateman, Charlie Hunnam, and Matthew Rhys.