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Best Supporting Actor

1937 to 2026 · 450 nominations

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Most nominated in this category

  1. 1Walter Brennan4 noms3
  2. 2Jack Nicholson4 noms1
  3. 3Al Pacino4 noms
  4. 4Arthur Kennedy4 noms
  5. 5Claude Rains4 noms
  6. 6Jeff Bridges4 noms
  7. 7Mark Ruffalo4 noms
  8. 8Robert Duvall4 noms
  9. 9Jason Robards3 noms2
  10. 10Peter Ustinov3 noms2
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Year by year

2020s7 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 2026
    Also nominated

    Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another), Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value), Delroy Lindo (Sinners)

  2. 2025
    Also nominated

    Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown), Yura Borisov (Anora), Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)

  3. 2024
    Also nominated

    Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction), Ryan Gosling (Barbie), Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon), Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)

  4. 2023
    Also nominated

    Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway), Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin), Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin), Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans)

  5. 2022
    Also nominated

    J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos), Ciarán Hinds (Belfast), Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog), Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)

  6. 2021
    Also nominated

    Lakeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah), Leslie Odom, Jr. (One Night in Miami...), Paul Raci (Sound of Metal), Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7)

  7. 2020
    Also nominated

    Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood), Al Pacino (The Irishman), Joe Pesci (The Irishman), Anthony Hopkins (The Two Popes)

2010s10 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 2019
    Also nominated

    Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born), Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman), Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Sam Rockwell (Vice)

  2. 2018
    Also nominated

    Christopher Plummer (All the Money in the World), Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project), Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water), Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

  3. 2017
    Also nominated

    Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water), Dev Patel (Lion), Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea), Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals)

  4. 2016
    Also nominated

    Sylvester Stallone (Creed), Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight), Christian Bale (The Big Short), Tom Hardy (The Revenant)

  5. 2015
    Also nominated

    Edward Norton (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)), Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher), Robert Duvall (The Judge)

  6. 2014
    Also nominated

    Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave), Bradley Cooper (American Hustle), Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)

  7. 2013
    Also nominated

    Alan Arkin (Argo), Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln), Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook), Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)

  8. 2012
    Also nominated

    Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close), Jonah Hill (Moneyball), Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn), Nick Nolte (Warrior)

  9. 2011
    Also nominated

    Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right), Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech), Jeremy Renner (The Town), John Hawkes (Winter's Bone)

  10. 2010
    Also nominated

    Matt Damon (Invictus), Christopher Plummer (The Last Station), Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), Woody Harrelson (The Messenger)

2000s10 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 2009
    Also nominated

    Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt), Josh Brolin (Milk), Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road), Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder)

  2. 2008
    Also nominated

    Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War), Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild), Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton), Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)

  3. 2007
    Also nominated

    Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond), Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls), Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children), Mark Wahlberg (The Departed)

  4. 2006
    Also nominated

    William Hurt (A History of Violence), Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain), Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man), Matt Dillon (Crash)

  5. 2005
    Also nominated

    Clive Owen (Closer), Jamie Foxx (Collateral), Thomas Haden Church (Sideways), Alan Alda (The Aviator)

  6. 2004
    Also nominated

    Benicio Del Toro (21 Grams), Djimon Hounsou (In America), Alec Baldwin (The Cooler), Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai)

  7. 2003
    Also nominated

    Christopher Walken (Catch Me If You Can), John C. Reilly (Chicago), Paul Newman (Road to Perdition), Ed Harris (The Hours)

  8. 2002
    Also nominated

    Jon Voight (Ali), Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast), Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring), Ethan Hawke (Training Day)

  9. 2001
    Also nominated

    Albert Finney (Erin Brockovich), Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator), Willem Dafoe (Shadow of the Vampire), Jeff Bridges (The Contender)

  10. 2000
    Also nominated

    Tom Cruise (Magnolia), Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile), Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense), Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley)

1990s10 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 1999
    Also nominated

    Robert Duvall (A Civil Action), Billy Bob Thornton (A Simple Plan), Geoffrey Rush (Shakespeare in Love), Ed Harris (The Truman Show)

  2. 1998
    Also nominated

    Anthony Hopkins (Amistad), Greg Kinnear (As Good as It Gets), Burt Reynolds (Boogie Nights), Robert Forster (Jackie Brown)

  3. 1997
    Also nominated

    William H. Macy (Fargo), James Woods (Ghosts of Mississippi), Edward Norton (Primal Fear), Armin Mueller-Stahl (Shine)

  4. 1996
    Also nominated

    Brad Pitt (12 Monkeys), Ed Harris (Apollo 13), James Cromwell (Babe), Tim Roth (Rob Roy)

  5. 1995
    Also nominated

    Chazz Palminteri (Bullets Over Broadway), Gary Sinise (Forrest Gump), Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), Paul Scofield (Quiz Show)

  6. 1994
    Also nominated

    John Malkovich (In the Line of Fire), Pete Postlethwaite (In the Name of the Father), Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List), Leonardo DiCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape)

  7. 1993
    Also nominated

    Jack Nicholson (A Few Good Men), Al Pacino (Glengarry Glen Ross), David Paymer (Mr. Saturday Night), Jaye Davidson (The Crying Game)

  8. 1992
    Also nominated

    Michael Lerner (Barton Fink), Harvey Keitel (Bugsy), Ben Kingsley (Bugsy), Tommy Lee Jones (JFK)

  9. 1991
    Also nominated

    Graham Greene (Dances with Wolves), Al Pacino (Dick Tracy), Bruce Davison (Longtime Companion), Andy Garcia (The Godfather Part III)

  10. 1990
    Also nominated

    Marlon Brando (A Dry White Season), Martin Landau (Crimes and Misdemeanors), Danny Aiello (Do the Right Thing), Dan Aykroyd (Driving Miss Daisy)

1980s10 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 1989
    Also nominated

    Alec Guinness (Little Dorrit), Dean Stockwell (Married to the Mob), River Phoenix (Running on Empty), Martin Landau (Tucker: The Man and His Dream)

  2. 1988
    Also nominated

    Albert Brooks (Broadcast News), Denzel Washington (Cry Freedom), Vincent Gardenia (Moonstruck), Morgan Freeman (Street Smart)

  3. 1987
    Also nominated

    Denholm Elliott (A Room with a View), Dennis Hopper (Hoosiers), Tom Berenger (Platoon), Willem Dafoe (Platoon)

  4. 1986
    Also nominated

    Robert Loggia (Jagged Edge), Klaus Maria Brandauer (Out of Africa), William Hickey (Prizzi's Honor), Eric Roberts (Runaway Train)

  5. 1985
    Also nominated

    Adolph Caesar (A Soldier's Story), Ralph Richardson (Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes), John Malkovich (Places in the Heart), Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita (The Karate Kid)

  6. 1984
    Also nominated

    Rip Torn (Cross Creek), John Lithgow (Terms of Endearment), Sam Shepard (The Right Stuff), Charles Durning (To Be or Not to Be)

  7. 1983
    Also nominated

    Charles Durning (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), James Mason (The Verdict), John Lithgow (The World According to Garp), Robert Preston (Victor/Victoria)

  8. 1982
    Also nominated

    Ian Holm (Chariots of Fire), James Coco (Only When I Laugh), Howard E. Rollins, Jr. (Ragtime), Jack Nicholson (Reds)

  9. 1981
    Also nominated

    Jason Robards (Melvin and Howard), Judd Hirsch (Ordinary People), Joe Pesci (Raging Bull), Michael O'Keefe (The Great Santini)

  10. 1980
    Also nominated

    Robert Duvall (Apocalypse Now), Justin Henry (Kramer vs. Kramer), Mickey Rooney (The Black Stallion), Frederic Forrest (The Rose)

1970s10 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 1979
    Also nominated

    Richard Farnsworth (Comes a Horseman), Bruce Dern (Coming Home), Jack Warden (Heaven Can Wait), John Hurt (Midnight Express)

  2. 1978
    Also nominated

    Peter Firth (Equus), Maximilian Schell (Julia), Alec Guinness (Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope), Mikhail Baryshnikov (The Turning Point)

  3. 1977
    Also nominated

    Laurence Olivier (Marathon Man), Ned Beatty (Network), Burgess Meredith (Rocky), Burt Young (Rocky)

  4. 1976
    Also nominated

    Chris Sarandon (Dog Day Afternoon), Brad Dourif (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), Jack Warden (Shampoo), Burgess Meredith (The Day of the Locust)

  5. 1975
    Also nominated

    Michael V. Gazzo (The Godfather Part II), Lee Strasberg (The Godfather Part II), Fred Astaire (The Towering Inferno), Jeff Bridges (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot)

  6. 1974
    Also nominated

    Vincent Gardenia (Bang the Drum Slowly), Jack Gilford (Save the Tiger), Jason Miller (The Exorcist), Randy Quaid (The Last Detail)

  7. 1973
    Also nominated

    Al Pacino (The Godfather), Robert Duvall (The Godfather), James Caan (The Godfather), Eddie Albert (The Heartbreak Kid)

  8. 1972
    Also nominated

    Leonard Frey (Fiddler on the Roof), Richard Jaeckel (Sometimes a Great Notion), Roy Scheider (The French Connection), Jeff Bridges (The Last Picture Show)

  9. 1971
    Also nominated

    Gene Hackman (I Never Sang for My Father), Chief Dan George (Little Big Man), John Marley (Love Story), Richard Castellano (Lovers and Other Strangers)

  10. 1970
    Also nominated

    Anthony Quayle (Anne of the Thousand Days), Elliott Gould (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice), Jack Nicholson (Easy Rider), Rupert Crosse (The Reivers)

1960s10 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 1969
    Also nominated

    Seymour Cassel (Faces), Jack Wild (Oliver!), Daniel Massey (Star!), Gene Wilder (The Producers)

  2. 1968
    Also nominated

    Gene Hackman (Bonnie and Clyde), Michael J. Pollard (Bonnie and Clyde), Cecil Kellaway (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), John Cassavetes (The Dirty Dozen)

  3. 1967
    Also nominated

    Robert Shaw (A Man for All Seasons), James Mason (Georgy Girl), Mako (The Sand Pebbles), George Segal (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)

  4. 1966
    Also nominated

    Tom Courtenay (Doctor Zhivago), Frank Finlay (Othello), Michael Dunn (Ship of Fools), Ian Bannen (The Flight of the Phoenix)

  5. 1965
    Also nominated

    John Gielgud (Becket), Stanley Holloway (My Fair Lady), Edmond O'Brien (Seven Days in May), Lee Tracy (The Best Man)

  6. 1964
    Also nominated

    Bobby Darin (Captain Newman, M.D.), John Huston (The Cardinal), Hugh Griffith (Tom Jones), Nick Adams (Twilight of Honor)

  7. 1963
    Also nominated

    Terence Stamp (Billy Budd), Telly Savalas (Birdman of Alcatraz), Omar Sharif (Lawrence of Arabia), Victor Buono (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?)

  8. 1962
    Also nominated

    Montgomery Clift (Judgment at Nuremberg), Peter Falk (Pocketful of Miracles), Jackie Gleason (The Hustler), George C. Scott (The Hustler)

  9. 1961
    Also nominated

    Sal Mineo (Exodus), Peter Falk (Murder, Inc.), Chill Wills (The Alamo), Jack Kruschen (The Apartment)

  10. 1960
    Also nominated

    George C. Scott (Anatomy of a Murder), Arthur O'Connell (Anatomy of a Murder), Ed Wynn (The Diary of Anne Frank), Robert Vaughn (The Young Philadelphians)

1950s10 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 1959
    Also nominated

    Arthur Kennedy (Some Came Running), Gig Young (Teacher's Pet), Lee J. Cobb (The Brothers Karamazov), Theodore Bikel (The Defiant Ones)

  2. 1958
    Also nominated

    Vittorio De Sica (A Farewell to Arms), Arthur Kennedy (Peyton Place), Russ Tamblyn (Peyton Place), Sessue Hayakawa (The Bridge on the River Kwai)

  3. 1957
    Also nominated

    Don Murray (Bus Stop), Anthony Perkins (Friendly Persuasion), Mickey Rooney (The Bold and the Brave), Robert Stack (Written on the Wind)

  4. 1956
    Also nominated

    Joe Mantell (Marty), Arthur O'Connell (Picnic), Sal Mineo (Rebel Without a Cause), Arthur Kennedy (Trial)

  5. 1955
    Also nominated

    Karl Malden (On the Waterfront), Rod Steiger (On the Waterfront), Lee J. Cobb (On the Waterfront), Tom Tully (The Caine Mutiny)

  6. 1954
    Also nominated

    Eddie Albert (Roman Holiday), Brandon De Wilde (Shane), Jack Palance (Shane), Robert Strauss (Stalag 17)

  7. 1953
    Also nominated

    Richard Burton (My Cousin Rachel), Jack Palance (Sudden Fear), Arthur Hunnicutt (The Big Sky), Victor McLaglen (The Quiet Man)

  8. 1952
    Also nominated

    Gig Young (Come Fill the Cup), Kevin McCarthy (Death of a Salesman), Peter Ustinov (Quo Vadis), Leo Genn (Quo Vadis)

  9. 1951
    Also nominated

    Jeff Chandler (Broken Arrow), Edmund Gwenn (Mister 880), Erich von Stroheim (Sunset Boulevard), Sam Jaffe (The Asphalt Jungle)

  10. 1950
    Also nominated

    John Ireland (All the King's Men), James Whitmore (Battleground), Arthur Kennedy (Champion), Ralph Richardson (The Heiress)

1940s10 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 1949
    Also nominated

    Oscar Homolka (I Remember Mama), José Ferrer (Joan of Arc), Charles Bickford (Johnny Belinda), Cecil Kellaway (The Luck of the Irish)

  2. 1948
    Also nominated

    Robert Ryan (Crossfire), Richard Widmark (Kiss of Death), Thomas Gomez (Ride the Pink Horse), Charles Bickford (The Farmer's Daughter)

  3. 1947
    Also nominated

    Claude Rains (Notorious), Charles Coburn (The Green Years), William Demarest (The Jolson Story), Clifton Webb (The Razor's Edge)

  4. 1946
    Also nominated

    J. Carrol Naish (A Medal for Benny), Michael Chekhov (Spellbound), Robert Mitchum (Story of G.I. Joe), John Dall (The Corn Is Green)

  5. 1945
    Also nominated

    Clifton Webb (Laura), Claude Rains (Mr. Skeffington), Monty Woolley (Since You Went Away), Hume Cronyn (The Seventh Cross)

  6. 1944
    Also nominated

    Claude Rains (Casablanca), Akim Tamiroff (For Whom the Bell Tolls), J. Carrol Naish (Sahara), Charles Bickford (The Song of Bernadette)

  7. 1943
    Also nominated

    Henry Travers (Mrs. Miniver), Frank Morgan (Tortilla Flat), William Bendix (Wake Island), Walter Huston (Yankee Doodle Dandy)

  8. 1942
    Also nominated

    James Gleason (Here Comes Mr. Jordan), Walter Brennan (Sergeant York), Charles Coburn (The Devil and Miss Jones), Sydney Greenstreet (The Maltese Falcon)

  9. 1941
    Also nominated

    Albert Basserman (Foreign Correspondent), Jack Oakie (The Great Dictator), James Stephenson (The Letter), William Gargan (They Knew What They Wanted)

  10. 1940
    Also nominated

    Brian Donlevy (Beau Geste), Brian Aherne (Juarez), Claude Rains (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington), Harry Carey (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington)

1930s3 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 1939
    Also nominated

    Gene Lockhart (Algiers), John Garfield (Four Daughters), Basil Rathbone (If I Were King), Robert Morley (Marie Antoinette)

  2. 1938
    Also nominated

    H. B. Warner (Lost Horizon), Ralph Bellamy (The Awful Truth), Thomas Mitchell (The Hurricane), Roland Young (Topper)

  3. 1937
    Also nominated

    Mischa Auer (My Man Godfrey), Stuart Erwin (Pigskin Parade), Basil Rathbone (Romeo and Juliet), Akim Tamiroff (The General Died at Dawn)

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