Michael B. Jordan won the Oscar for Best Actor, making AFC Bournemouth the first Premier League club to have an owner who holds an Oscar award.
On 16 March 2026, a historic night connected Hollywood and Premier League football when 39-year-old actor and businessman Michael B. Jordan received the prestigious Oscar for Best Actor.
Jordan won the award for his role as twins Smoke and Stack in the retro horror film Sinners, which tells the story of a fight against vampires in a 1930s Black community. This victory made him the sixth Black actor in history to win the Best Actor Oscar, competing against top contenders like Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet in his first nomination.
Immediately after the award announcement, AFC Bournemouth posted congratulations to one of their owners on social media, calling it a “day of pride for the Cherries family.”
This Oscar win made Bournemouth the first Premier League club in history with an owner who has won an Oscar. Jordan joined as a minority shareholder in December 2022 as part of a strategy to expand the club’s brand into the American market.
Jordan currently has a net worth exceeding $50 million and extends beyond acting, building a sports business empire through Outlier Society Ventures.
Alpine F1 Team, in partnership with Ryan Reynolds,
Brooklyn Aces, a professional Pickleball team,
and AFC Bournemouth, a football club he sees great potential and growth in.
After the ceremony, Jordan, dressed sharply in a tuxedo and holding the gleaming golden Oscar statue, headed to an In-N-Out Burger restaurant, surprising late-night staff and customers. The scene strikingly contrasted the world’s most prestigious award with one of America’s most humble meals.