Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winners & Nomination History
The AwardWentTo archive contains 450 Academy Award records for Best Supporting Actor, including 90 wins, across 90 film years (1936–2025).
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Archive film years: 1927–2025. Leave either field blank to include the earliest or latest available year.
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Winner history
90 winning records in the selected film-year range. Follow a year to see its other category results.
| Film year | Film | Credited nominee / recipient |
|---|---|---|
| Film year2025 | FilmOne Battle after Another IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientSean Penn |
| Film year2024 | FilmA Real Pain IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientKieran CulkinBenji Kaplan |
| Film year2023 | FilmOppenheimer IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientRobert Downey Jr.Lewis Strauss |
| Film year2022 | FilmEverything Everywhere All at Once IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientKe Huy QuanWaymond Wang |
| Film year2021 | FilmCODA IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientTroy KotsurFrank Rossi |
| Film year2020 | FilmJudas and the Black Messiah IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientDaniel KaluuyaFred Hampton |
| Film year2019 | FilmOnce upon a Time...in Hollywood IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientBrad PittCliff Booth |
| Film year2018 | FilmGreen Book IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientMahershala AliDr. Donald Shirley |
| Film year2017 | FilmThree Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientSam RockwellDixon |
| Film year2016 | FilmMoonlight IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientMahershala AliJuan |
| Film year2015 | FilmBridge of Spies IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientMark RylanceRudolf Abel |
| Film year2014 | FilmWhiplash IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJ.K. SimmonsFletcher |
| Film year2013 | FilmDallas Buyers Club IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJared LetoRayon |
| Film year2012 | FilmDjango Unchained IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientChristoph WaltzDr. King Schultz |
| Film year2011 | FilmBeginners IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientChristopher PlummerHal |
| Film year2010 | FilmThe Fighter IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientChristian BaleDicky Eklund |
| Film year2009 | FilmInglourious Basterds IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientChristoph WaltzCol. Hans Landa |
| Film year2008 | FilmThe Dark Knight IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientHeath LedgerJoker |
| Film year2007 | FilmNo Country for Old Men IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJavier BardemAnton Chigurh |
| Film year2006 | FilmLittle Miss Sunshine IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientAlan ArkinGrandpa |
| Film year2005 | FilmSyriana IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientGeorge ClooneyBob Barnes |
| Film year2004 | FilmMillion Dollar Baby IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientMorgan FreemanEddie Scrap-Iron Dupris |
| Film year2003 | FilmMystic River IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientTim RobbinsDave Boyle |
| Film year2002 | FilmAdaptation IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientChris CooperJohn Laroche |
| Film year2001 | FilmIris IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJim BroadbentJohn Bayley |
| Film year2000 | FilmTraffic IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientBenicio Del ToroJavier Rodriguez |
| Film year1999 | FilmThe Cider House Rules IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientMichael CaineDr. Wilbur Larch |
| Film year1998 | FilmAffliction IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJames CoburnGlen Whitehouse |
| Film year1997 | FilmGood Will Hunting IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientRobin WilliamsSean McGuire |
| Film year1996 | FilmJerry Maguire IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientCuba Gooding, Jr.Rod Tidwell |
| Film year1995 | FilmThe Usual Suspects IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientKevin SpaceyRoger 'Verbal' Kint |
| Film year1994 | FilmEd Wood IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientMartin LandauBela Lugosi |
| Film year1993 | FilmThe Fugitive IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientTommy Lee JonesSamuel Gerard |
| Film year1992 | FilmUnforgiven IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientGene HackmanLittle Bill Daggett |
| Film year1991 | FilmCity Slickers IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJack PalanceCurly |
| Film year1990 | FilmGood Fellas IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJoe PesciTommy DeVito |
| Film year1989 | FilmGlory IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientDenzel WashingtonTrip |
| Film year1988 | FilmA Fish Called Wanda IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientKevin KlineOtto |
| Film year1987 | FilmThe Untouchables IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientSean ConneryJim Malone |
| Film year1986 | FilmHannah and Her Sisters IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientMichael CaineElliot |
| Film year1985 | FilmCocoon IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientDon AmecheArt Selwyn |
| Film year1984 | FilmThe Killing Fields IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientHaing S. NgorDith Pran |
| Film year1983 | FilmTerms of Endearment IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJack NicholsonGarrett Breedlove |
| Film year1982 | FilmAn Officer and a Gentleman IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientLouis Gossett, Jr.Sgt. Emil Foley |
| Film year1981 | FilmArthur IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJohn GielgudHobson |
| Film year1980 | FilmOrdinary People IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientTimothy HuttonConrad Jarrett |
| Film year1979 | FilmBeing There IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientMelvyn DouglasBenjamin Rand |
| Film year1978 | FilmThe Deer Hunter IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientChristopher WalkenNick |
| Film year1977 | FilmJulia IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJason RobardsDashiell Hammett |
| Film year1976 | FilmAll the President's Men IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJason RobardsBen Bradlee |
| Film year1975 | FilmThe Sunshine Boys IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientGeorge BurnsAl Lewis |
| Film year1974 | FilmThe Godfather Part II IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientRobert De NiroVito Corleone |
| Film year1973 | FilmThe Paper Chase IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJohn HousemanProfessor Kingsfield |
| Film year1972 | FilmCabaret IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJoel GreyThe Master of Ceremonies |
| Film year1971 | FilmThe Last Picture Show IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientBen JohnsonSam the Lion |
| Film year1970 | FilmRyan's Daughter IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJohn MillsMichael |
| Film year1969 | FilmThey Shoot Horses, Don't They? IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientGig YoungRocky |
| Film year1968 | FilmThe Subject Was Roses IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJack AlbertsonJohn Cleary |
| Film year1967 | FilmCool Hand Luke IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientGeorge KennedyDragline |
| Film year1966 | FilmThe Fortune Cookie IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientWalter MatthauWillie Gingrich |
| Film year1965 | FilmA Thousand Clowns IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientMartin BalsamArnold Burns |
| Film year1964 | FilmTopkapi IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientPeter UstinovArthur Simpson |
| Film year1963 | FilmHud IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientMelvyn DouglasHomer Bannon |
| Film year1962 | FilmSweet Bird of Youth IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientEd BegleyTom 'Boss' Finley |
| Film year1961 | FilmWest Side Story IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientGeorge ChakirisBernardo |
| Film year1960 | FilmSpartacus IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientPeter UstinovBatiatus |
| Film year1959 | FilmBen-Hur IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientHugh GriffithSheik Ilderim |
| Film year1958 | FilmThe Big Country IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientBurl IvesRufus Hannassey |
| Film year1957 | FilmSayonara IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientRed ButtonsJoe Kelly |
| Film year1956 | FilmLust for Life IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientAnthony QuinnPaul Gauguin |
| Film year1955 | FilmMister Roberts IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJack LemmonEnsign Pulver |
| Film year1954 | FilmThe Barefoot Contessa IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientEdmond O'BrienOscar Muldoon |
| Film year1953 | FilmFrom Here to Eternity IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientFrank SinatraAngelo Maggio |
| Film year1952 | FilmViva Zapata! IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientAnthony QuinnEufemio Zapata |
| Film year1951 | FilmA Streetcar Named Desire IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientKarl MaldenMitch |
| Film year1950 | FilmAll about Eve IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientGeorge SandersAddison De Witt |
| Film year1949 | FilmTwelve O'Clock High IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientDean JaggerMajor Stovall |
| Film year1948 | FilmThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientWalter HustonHoward |
| Film year1947 | FilmMiracle on 34th Street IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientEdmund GwennKris Kringle |
| Film year1946 | FilmThe Best Years of Our Lives IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientHarold RussellHomer Parrish |
| Film year1945 | FilmA Tree Grows in Brooklyn IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJames DunnJohnny Nolan |
| Film year1944 | FilmGoing My Way IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientBarry FitzgeraldFather Fitzgibbon |
| Film year1943 | FilmThe More the Merrier IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientCharles CoburnBenjamin Dingle |
| Film year1942 | FilmJohnny Eager IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientVan HeflinJeff Hartnett |
| Film year1941 | FilmHow Green Was My Valley IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientDonald CrispMr. Morgan |
| Film year1940 | FilmThe Westerner IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientWalter BrennanJudge Roy Bean |
| Film year1939 | FilmStagecoach IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientThomas MitchellDr. Josiah Boone |
| Film year1938 | FilmKentucky IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientWalter BrennanPeter Goodwin |
| Film year1937 | FilmThe Life of Emile Zola IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientJoseph SchildkrautCaptain Alfred Dreyfus |
| Film year1936 | FilmCome and Get It IMDb | Credited nominee / recipientWalter BrennanSwan Bostrom |
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This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.
Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.
Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.
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