Best Supporting Actor

Academy Awards Winners

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2025
Kieran Culkin

Kieran Culkin

A Real Pain (2024)

2024
Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr.

Oppenheimer (2023)

2023
Ke Huy Quan

Ke Huy Quan

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

2021
Daniel Kaluuya

Daniel Kaluuya

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

2020
Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

2019
Mahershala Ali

Mahershala Ali

Green Book (2018)

2018
Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

2017
Mahershala Ali

Mahershala Ali

Moonlight (2016)

2016
Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance

Bridge of Spies (2015)

2015
J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons

Whiplash (2014)

2014
Jared Leto

Jared Leto

Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

2013
Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz

Django Unchained (2012)

2012
Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Beginners (2011)

2011
Christian Bale

Christian Bale

The Fighter (2010)

2010
Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

2009
Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger

The Dark Knight (2008)

2007
Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

2006
George Clooney

George Clooney

Syriana (2005)

2005
Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

2004
Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins

Mystic River (2003)

2003
Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper

Adaptation. (2002)

2002
Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent

Iris (2001)

2001
Benicio del Toro

Benicio del Toro

Traffic (2000)

2000
Michael Caine

Michael Caine

The Cider House Rules (1999)

1999
James Coburn

James Coburn

Affliction (1998)

1998
Robin Williams

Robin Williams

Good Will Hunting (1997)

1997
Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Jerry Maguire (1996)

1996
Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey

The Usual Suspects (1995)

1995
Martin Landau

Martin Landau

Ed Wood (1994)

1993
Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Unforgiven (1992)

1992
Jack Palance

Jack Palance

City Slickers (1991)

1991
Joe Pesci

Joe Pesci

GoodFellas (1990)

1990
Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Glory (1989)

1989
Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

1988
Sean Connery

Sean Connery

The Untouchables (1987)

1987
Michael Caine

Michael Caine

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

1986
Don Ameche

Don Ameche

Cocoon (1985)

1984
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

Terms of Endearment (1983)

1983
Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

1982
John Gielgud

John Gielgud

Arthur (1981)

1981
Timothy Hutton

Timothy Hutton

Ordinary People (1980)

1980
Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Being There (1979)

1979
Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken

The Deer Hunter (1978)

1978
Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Julia (1977)

1977
Jason Robards

Jason Robards

All the President's Men (1976)

1975
Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

The Godfather Part II (1974)

1971
John Mills

John Mills

Ryan's Daughter (1970)

1969
Jack Albertson

Jack Albertson

The Subject Was Roses (1968)

1968
George Kennedy

George Kennedy

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

1967
Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau

The Fortune Cookie (1966)

1966
Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

A Thousand Clowns (1965)

1965
Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

Topkapi (1964)

1964
Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Hud

1961
Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

Spartacus (1960)

1960
Hugh Griffith

Hugh Griffith

Ben-Hur (1959)

1959
Burl Ives

Burl Ives

The Big Country (1958)

1957
Anthony Quinn

Anthony Quinn

Lust for Life (1956)

1956
Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon

Mister Roberts (1955)

1955
Edmond O'Brien

Edmond O'Brien

The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

1954
Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

From Here to Eternity (1953)

1953
Anthony Quinn

Anthony Quinn

Viva Zapata! (1952)

1952
Karl Malden

Karl Malden

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

1951
George Sanders

George Sanders

All About Eve (1950)

1949
Walter Huston

Walter Huston

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

1948
Edmund Gwenn

Edmund Gwenn

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

1947
Harold Russell

Harold Russell

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

1945
Barry Fitzgerald

Barry Fitzgerald

Going My Way (1944)

1944
Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn

The More the Merrier (1943)

1943
Van Heflin

Van Heflin

Johnny Eager (1941)

1941
Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

The Westerner (1940)

1940
Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell

Stagecoach (1939)

1939
Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

The Lady's from Kentucky (1939)

1938
Joseph Schildkraut

Joseph Schildkraut

The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

1937
Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

Come and Get It (1936)

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