Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
TheAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the9th Academy Awards to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in asupporting role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year'sBest Supporting Actress winner. However, in recent years, it has shifted towards being presented by previous years' Best Supporting Actor winners instead. In lieu of the traditionalOscar statuette , supporting acting recipients were given plaques up until the16th Academy Awards ,[ 1] when statuettes were awarded to each category instead.[ 2]
The Best Supporting Actor award has been presented a total of 89 times, to 80 actors. The first winner wasWalter Brennan for his role inCome and Get It (1936). The most recent winner isKieran Culkin forA Real Pain (2024).[ 3] The record formost wins is three, held by Brennan–who won every other year within a succession of the first five years. Seven other actors have won twice. Brennan is also tied for receiving themost nominations in the category (with four altogether) along withJeff Bridges ,Robert Duvall ,Arthur Kennedy ,Jack Nicholson ,Al Pacino ,Claude Rains , andMark Ruffalo . For his performance inThe Dark Knight (2008),Heath Ledger became the first actor towin posthumously in this category —and second overall.Christopher Plummer is the oldest actor toreceive a nomination in any category at age 88, forAll the Money in the World (2017).
Nominations process [ edit ] Nominees are currently determined bysingle transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by aplurality vote from the entireeligible voting members of the Academy.[ 4]
Winners and nominees [ edit ] In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release inLos Angeles County ; the ceremonies are always held the following year.[ 5] For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months, from August 1 to July 31.[ 6] For the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933.[ 6] Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.[ 6]
Multiple wins and nominations [ edit ] The following individuals received two or more Best Supporting Actor awards:
The following individuals received two or more Best Supporting Actor nominations:
Films with multiple Supporting Actor nominations [ edit ] There have been 22 instances in which films have produced more than one nominee within this category. All resulted in two nominations, with the exceptions ofOn the Waterfront (1954),The Godfather (1972), andThe Godfather Part II (1974), which each obtained three.
Winners are inbold .
Multiple character nominations [ edit ] Thus far, this is the only instance of the same character producing two nominated performances within this particular same category.
^ Due to category confusion,Barry Fitzgerald received nominations in bothlead actor and supporting for this same role, winning the latter award. To prevent this from occurring in the future, the Academy revised its rules so that if ever a single actor/actress was submitted in both categories for the same performance, they would only get nominated for whichever one had the higher overall percentage within that respective category.[ 15] ^ George C. Scott refused his nomination.[ 34] ^a b An anomaly occurred when bothLaKeith Stanfield andDaniel Kaluuya received nominations in the supporting category, despite the former being campaigned for the lead race. This occurrence is likely a direct effect of theAMPAS rule enacted after Fitzgerald's nominations at the 17th ceremony. Stanfield and Kaluuya received votes in both categories, but each of them had more nominations in supporting, thus each making the top five nominees in this category.[ 94] ^ Judas and the Black Messiah was not released in theaters until 2021, due to theCOVID-19 pandemic disrupting theatrical releases. However, Academy guidelines were adjusted for 2020, thus allowing this and several other films to be submitted for the 2020 calendar year of nominees/winners.[ 101] ^ Kinn & Piazza 2014 , pp. 39–67^ Dirks, Tim."1943 Academy Awards Winners and History" .Filmsite .Rainbow Media .Archived from the original on July 16, 2016. RetrievedAugust 30, 2023 . ^ "Rule One: Award Definitions" (PDF) .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). p. 1. Archived fromthe original (PDF) on October 21, 2014. RetrievedAugust 30, 2013 .^ "Rule Six: Special Rules for the Acting Awards" (PDF) . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). p. 8-7. 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