Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 9th Academy Awards to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Supporting Actress winner. In lieu of the traditional Oscar statuette , supporting acting recipients were given plaques up until the 16th Academy Awards ,[ 1] when statuettes were awarded to each category instead.[ 2]
The Best Supporting Actor award has been presented a total of 88 times, to 79 actors. The first winner was Walter Brennan for his role in Come and Get It . The most recent winner is Robert Downey Jr. for Oppenheimer .[ 3] The record for most 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 the most nominations in the category (with four altogether) along with Jeff Bridges , Robert Duvall , Arthur Kennedy , Jack Nicholson , Al Pacino , Claude Rains , and Mark Ruffalo .
Nominations process [ edit ]
Nominees are currently determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible 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 in Los 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 three 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 of On the Waterfront (1954); The Godfather (1972); and The Godfather Part II (1974), which each obtained three.
Winners are in bold .
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 both lead 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 both LaKeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya received nominations in the supporting category, despite the former being campaigned for the lead race. This occurrence is likely a direct effect of the AMPAS enacted after Fitzgerald's brouhaha. Stanfield and Kaluuya received votes in both categories, but each of them had more nominations in supporting, and thus each made the top five nominees in this category.[ 94]
^ Judas and the Black Messiah was not released in theaters until 2021, due to the COVID-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.[ 100]
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