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Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. Since its inception, however,...
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Heath Ledger
Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his film career. His...
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- 2008
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- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
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- The Dark Knight
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- Role: The Joker
- x Year:
- 2008
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Dark Knight
- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 2009
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Dark Knight
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- Role: Joke awarded posthumously
Javier Bardem
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born March 1, 1969) is a Spanish actor. He had garnered critical acclaim for roles in films such as Jamón, jamón, Carne tremula, Boca a boca, Los Lunes al sol and Mar adentro.
Bardem has been awarded an Academy Award, a...
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- x Year:
- 2007
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
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- No Country for Old Men
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- Role: Anton Chigurh
- x Year:
- 2007
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- No Country for Old Men
- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 2008
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- No Country for Old Men
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Anton Chigurh
Alan Arkin
Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an American actor, director, and musician. He is best-known for starring in such films as: Catch-22; The In-Laws; Edward Scissorhands; The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming; Glengarry Glen Ross;...
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- x Year:
- 2006
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
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- Little Miss Sunshine
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- Role: Grandpa
- x Year:
- 1967
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
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- x Year:
- 2006
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Little Miss Sunshine
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George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Clooney has balanced his performances in big-budget blockbusters with work as a producer and director behind commercially riskier projects, as...
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- x Year:
- 2005
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Bob Barnes
- x Year:
- 1996
- x Award Winner:
- Anthony Edwards,
- Laura Innes,
- Eriq La Salle,
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- Laura Innes,
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- x Year:
- 1995
- x Award Winner:
- Anthony Edwards,
- Laura Innes,
- Eriq La Salle
- Laura Innes,
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Morgan Freeman
Morgan Porterfield Freeman, Jr. (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, film director, and narrator. He is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice.
Freeman received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street...
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- x Year:
- 2004
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
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- Million Dollar Baby
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
- x Year:
- 2009
- x Award:
- Golden Icon
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- x Notes/Description:
- or his Life's Work as an Actor
- x Year:
- 1990
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Driving Miss Daisy
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Hoke Colburn
Tim Robbins
Timothy Francis "Tim" Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, activist and musician. He is the longtime partner of actress Susan Sarandon. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Nuke in Bull Durham,...
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- x Year:
- 2003
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
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- Mystic River
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Dave Boyle
- x Year:
- 1993
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Player
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Griffin Mill
- x Year:
- 2004
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Mystic River
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Dave Boye
Chris Cooper
Christopher Cooper may refer to:
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- x Year:
- 2002
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
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- Adaptation
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- Role: John Laroche
- x Year:
- 2003
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Adaptation
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: John Laroche
Jim Broadbent
James "Jim" Broadbent (born 24 May 1949) is an English theatre, film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in Iris, Moulin Rouge!, Topsy-Turvy, and Bridget Jones' Diary. His most recent appearance was in Harry Potter and the...
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- x Year:
- 2001
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: John Bayley
- x Year:
- 2001
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Moulin Rouge!
- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 2002
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: John Bayley
Benicio del Toro
Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19, 1967), better known as Benicio del Toro, is a Puerto Rican actor and film producer. His awards include the Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award and British Academy...
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- x Year:
- 2000
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
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- Role: Javier Rodriguez
- x Year:
- 2000
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 2001
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Javier Rodriquez
Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine, CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr.; 14 March 1933) is an English film actor. Caine has appeared in more than 100 films, and is one of only two actors to have been nominated for an Academy Award for acting (leading or...
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- x Year:
- 1999
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Cider House Rules
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Dr. Wilbur Larch
- x Year:
- 1986
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Hannah and Her Sisters
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Elliot
- x Year:
- 1984
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Educating Rita
- x Notes/Description:
- more ▼
James Coburn
James Harrison Coburn, Jr. (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American film and television actor who appeared in nearly 70 films and made over 100 television appearances in his 45-year career. Perhaps best remembered for his natural...
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- x Year:
- 1998
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Affliction
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Glen Whitehouse
Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williams (born July 21, 1951) is an American actor and comedian.
Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980....
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- x Year:
- 1997
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
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- Good Will Hunting
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Sean McGuire
- x Year:
- 2005
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 1988
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- ABC Presents a Royal Gala
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- more ▼
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Cuba M. Gooding, Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning portrayal as Rod Tidwell in Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire (1996) and his critically acclaimed performance as Tré Styles in John...
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- x Year:
- 1996
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Jerry Maguire
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Rod Tidwell
Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and crooner. He grew up in California, and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television. He...
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- x Year:
- 1999
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- American Beauty
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Lester Burnham
- x Year:
- 1995
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Usual Suspects
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Roger 'Verbal' Kint
- x Year:
- 1999
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- American Beauty
- x Notes/Description:
Martin Landau
Martin Landau (born June 20, 1928 ) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (1966–1969) and Space: 1999 (1975–1977). He received a Golden Globe Award in 1969 for...
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- x Year:
- 1994
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Bela Lugosi
- x Year:
- 1989
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Tucker
- x Year:
- 1995
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Bea Lugosi
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Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and director.
His film roles include federal marshal Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals, the villain "Two-Face" in Batman Forever, the mysterious Agent K in the Men in Black...
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- x Year:
- 1993
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Fugitive
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Samuel Gerard
- x Year:
- 1983
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Executioner's Song
- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 1994
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Fugitive
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Samuel Gerard
Gene Hackman
Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is an American actor and currently a novelist.
Hackman has made 80 films. He came to fame in 1967 when his performance as Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde earned him his first Oscar nomination. His...
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- x Year:
- 1971
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The French Connection
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle
- x Year:
- 1973
- x Award:
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The French Connection
- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 1992
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Unforgiven
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Little Bill Daggett
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Jack Palance
Jack Palance (February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was a Ukrainian American film actor. With his rugged facial features, Palance was best known to modern movie audiences as both the characters of Curly and Duke in the two City Slickers movies, the...
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- x Year:
- 1991
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- City Slickers
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Curly
- x Year:
- 1957
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Requiem for a Heavyweight
- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 1992
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- City Slickers
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Cury Washburn
Joe Pesci
Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci (born February 9, 1943) is an American actor, comedian, singer and musician. Usually known for playing violent Mafia gangsters or grouchy but lovable funnymen, Pesci has starred in a number of high-profile films such as...
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- x Year:
- 1990
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Goodfellas
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Tommy DeVito
Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, director and film producer. He has garnered much critical acclaim for his work in film since the 1990s, including for his portrayals of real-life figures, such...
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- x Year:
- 1996
- x Award:
- Harvard Foundation
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- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 2001
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Training Day
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Alonzo
- x Year:
- 1989
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Trip
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Kevin Kline
Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) is an American theatre and film actor. He has won one Academy Award, two Tony Awards and was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2009.
Kline was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Peggy and Robert Kline....
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- x Year:
- 1988
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- A Fish Called Wanda
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Otto
Sean Connery
Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25, 1930), best known as Sean Connery, is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA Award winning Scottish actor and producer.
He is best known for portraying the character James Bond in cinema, starring in seven...
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- x Year:
- 1987
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Untouchables
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Jim Malone
- x Year:
- 1996
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 1987
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Name of the Rose
- x Notes/Description:
- more ▼
Don Ameche
Don Ameche (May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor.
Ameche was born Dominic Felix Amici in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the son of Barbara, who was of Irish and German descent, and Felix Ameche, an immigrant from Italy whose original surname...
Haing S. Ngor
Dr. Haing S. Ngor (Traditional Chinese: 吳漢, March 22, 1940 – February 25, 1996) was a Cambodian American physician, actor and author who is best known for winning the 1985 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the movie The...
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- x Year:
- 1984
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Killing Fields
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Dith Pran
- x Year:
- 1984
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Killing Fields
- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 1985
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Killing Fields
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Dith Pran
Jack Nicholson
John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor, film director and producer. He is renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters.
Nicholson has been nominated for Academy Awards twelve times. He won the...
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- x Year:
- 1975
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Randle Patrick McMurphy
- x Year:
- 1997
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- As Good as It Gets
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Melvin Udall
- x Year:
- 1975
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
- more ▼
Louis Gossett, Jr.
Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr. (born May 27, 1936) is an American actor.
Gossett, Jr. was born in Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York to Hellen Rebecca (née Wray), a nurse, and Louis Gossett, Sr., a porter. His stage debut came at age 16 in...
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- x Year:
- 1982
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- An Officer and a Gentleman
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Sgt. Emil Foley
- x Year:
- 1977
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 1983
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- An Officer and a Gentleman
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Emil Foley
John Gielgud
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor/director/producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, he achieved early international acclaim for his youthful, emotionally expressive Hamlet which...
Timothy Hutton
Timothy Tarquin Hutton (born August 16, 1960) is an American actor. He is the youngest actor to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he won at the age of 20 for his performance as Conrad Jarrett in Ordinary People (1980).
Hutton...
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- x Year:
- 1980
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Ordinary People
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Conrad Jarrett
- x Year:
- 1981
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Ordinary People
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Contrad Jarett
Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken (born March 31, 1943) is an American Academy Award-winning actor of stage and screen. He has appeared in more than 100 movies and television shows, including Annie Hall, The Deer Hunter, Brainstorm, The Dead Zone, A View to a Kill...
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- x Year:
- 1978
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Deer Hunter
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Nick
- x Year:
- 2002
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Catch Me If You Can
- x Notes/Description:
Jason Robards
Jason Nelson Robards, Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor on stage and in film and television and a winner of the Tony Award (theatre), the Academy Award (film) and the Emmy Award (television). He was also a United States...
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- x Year:
- 1976
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- All the President's Men
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Ben Bradlee
- x Year:
- 1977
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Dashiell Hammett
- x Year:
- 1988
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Inherit the Wind
- x Notes/Description:
George Burns
George Burns (January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996), born Nathan Birnbaum, was an American comedian, actor, and writer.
His career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television, with and without his wife, Gracie Allen. His arched eyebrow and cigar...
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- x Year:
- 1975
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Sunshine Boys
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Al Lewis
Robert De Niro
Robert Mario De Niro, Jr. (born August 17, 1943) is an American actor, director, and producer.
De Niro is well-known for what some people call method acting and portrayals of conflicted, troubled characters and for his enduring collaboration with...
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- x Year:
- 1980
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Raging Bull
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Jake LaMotta
- x Year:
- 1974
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Godfather Part II
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Vito Corleone
- x Year:
- 1981
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Raging Bull
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Jake LaMotta
John Houseman
John Houseman (September 22, 1902 - October 31, 1988) was an English actor and film producer who became known for his highly publicized collaboration with director Orson Welles from their days in the Federal Theatre Project through to the production...
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- x Year:
- 1973
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Paper Chase
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Professor Kingsfield
- x Year:
- 1974
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Paper Chase
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr.
Joel Grey
Joel Grey (born April 11, 1932) is an American stage and screen actor, singer, and dancer, best known for his role as the Master of Ceremonies in both the stage and film adaptation of the Kander & Ebb musical Cabaret. He has won the Academy Award,...
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- x Year:
- 1972
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: The Master of Ceremonies
- x Year:
- 1973
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Masater of Ceremonies
Ben Johnson
Ben "Son" Johnson, Jr. (June 13, 1918 – April 8, 1996) was an American motion picture actor who was mainly cast in Westerns. He was also a rodeo cowboy, stuntman, and rancher.
Johnson was born in Foraker, Oklahoma, on the Osage Indian Reservation,...
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- x Year:
- 1971
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Last Picture Show
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Sam the Lion
- x Year:
- 1972
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Last Picture Show
- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 1972
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Last Picture Show
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Sam the Lion
John Mills
Sir John Mills, CBE (22 February 1908 – 23 April 2005) was an Academy Award winning English actor, who made more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades.
Lewis Ernest Watts Mills was born at the Watts Naval School in North Elmham, Norfolk,...
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- x Year:
- 1970
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Ryan's Daughter
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Michael
- x Year:
- 1971
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Ryan's Daughter
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Michael
Gig Young
Gig Young (November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American film, stage, and television actor.
Born Byron Elsworth Barr in St. Cloud, Minnesota, his parents John and Emma Barr raised him and his older siblings in Washington D.C. He developed a...
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- x Year:
- 1969
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Rocky
- x Year:
- 1970
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Rocky
Jack Albertson
Jack Albertson (June 16, 1907 – November 25, 1981) was an American character actor dating to vaudeville. A comedian, dancer, singer, and musician, Albertson is perhaps best known for his roles as Manny Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure and Grandpa Joe...
- Awards Won
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- x Year:
- 1968
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Subject Was Roses
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: John Cleary
- x Year:
- 1976
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Chico and the Man
- x Notes/Description:
George Kennedy
George Harris Kennedy, Jr. (born February 18, 1925) is an American actor who has appeared in over 200 film and television productions. He is perhaps most familiar as the convict Dragline in Cool Hand Luke (for which he won an Academy Award), airline...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1967
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Cool Hand Luke
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Dragline
Walter Matthau
Walter John Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon, as well as his role as Coach Buttermaker in the...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1966
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Fortune Cookie
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Willie Gingrich
- x Year:
- 1976
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Sunshine Boys
- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 1973
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Charley Varrick,
- Pete 'n' Tillie
- x Notes/Description:
Martin Balsam
Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American actor.
Balsam was born in The Bronx to Jewish parents Lillian (née Weinstein) and Albert Balsam, who was a manufacturer of ladies sportswear. He attended DeWitt Clinton High...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1965
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- A Thousand Clowns
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Arnold Burns
Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg (April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981), better known as Melvyn Douglas, was an American actor.
Douglas was born in Macon, Georgia, the son of Lena Priscilla (née Shackelford), a Protestant Tennessee-born Mayflower descendant, and...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1963
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Homer Bannon
- x Year:
- 1979
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Being There
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Benjamin Rand
- x Year:
- 1968
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
- x Notes/Description:
- more ▼
Ed Begley
Edward James Begley, Sr. (March 25, 1901 – April 28, 1970) was an American actor.
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Begley began his career as radio actor while in his teens. He later acted in roles as Sgt. O'Hara in the radio show The Fat Man. Begley...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1962
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Sweet Bird of Youth
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Tom 'Boss' Finley
George Chakiris
George Chakiris (born September 16, 1934) is an American dancer and film actor.
Chakiris was born in Norwood, Ohio to Steven and Zoe (née Anastasiadou) Chakiris, immigrants from Greece. Chakiris studied at the American School of Dance.
Chakiris made...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1961
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- West Side Story
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Bernardo
- x Year:
- 1962
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- West Side Story
- x Notes/Description:
Peter Ustinov
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE (pronounced /ˈjuːstɪnɒf/ or /ˈuːstɪnɒf/; 16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004), was a British actor, writer and dramatist.
He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, director, stage designer,...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1960
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Batiatus
- x Year:
- 1964
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Arthur Simpson
- x Year:
- 1970
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- A Storm in Summer
- x Notes/Description:
- more ▼
Hugh Griffith
Hugh Emrys Griffith (30 May 1912 – 14 May 1980) was a Welsh film, stage and television actor.
Griffith was born in Marianglas, Anglesey, Wales and educated at local schools. He attempted to gain entrance to university, but failed the English...
Burl Ives
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (14 June 1909 – 14 April 1995) was an American actor, writer and folk music singer.
As an actor, Ives' work included comedies, dramas and voice work in theater, television and motion pictures. Referring to Ives' singing, the...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1958
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Big Country
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Rufus Hannassey
- x Year:
- 1959
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Big Country
- x Notes/Description:
Red Buttons
Red Buttons (February 5, 1919 – July 13, 2006) was an American comedian and actor.
Red Buttons was born Aaron Chwatt on February 5, 1919 in New York City to Jewish immigrants. At sixteen years old, Buttons got a job as an entertaining bellhop at...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1957
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Joe Kelly
- x Year:
- 1958
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Notes/Description:
Jack Lemmon
John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor. He starred in more than 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts, Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple,...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1973
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Save the Tiger
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Harry Stoner
- x Year:
- 1955
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Mister Roberts
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Ensign Pulver
- x Year:
- 1991
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- x Notes/Description:
- more ▼
Edmond O'Brien
Edmond O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an American film actor who is perhaps best remembered for his role in D.O.A. (1950). He also co-starred with Richard Rust in the NBC legal drama Sam Benedict, which aired during the 1962-1963...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1954
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Barefoot Contessa
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Oscar Muldoon
- x Year:
- 1955
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Barefoot Contessa
- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 1965
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Seven Days in May
- x Notes/Description:
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor.
Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s,...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1959
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Come Dance With Me!
- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 1965
- x Award Winner:
- Sonny Burke
- x Winning work:
- September of My Years
- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 1966
- x Award Winner:
- Sonny Burke
- x Winning work:
- A Man and His Music
- x Notes/Description:
- more ▼
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001) was a Irish-Mexican-American actor, as well as a painter and writer. He starred in numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia, and...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1952
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Viva Zapata!
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Eufemio Zapata
- x Year:
- 1956
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Lust for Life
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Paul Gauguin
- x Year:
- 1987
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- x Notes/Description:
Karl Malden
Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich, Serbian Cyrillic: Младен Ђорђе Секуловић; March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) was an American actor. In a career that spanned more than seven decades, he featured in classic Marlon Brando films such as A...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1951
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Mitch
- x Year:
- 1985
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Fatal Vision
- x Notes/Description:
George Sanders
George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was an Academy Award-winning English film and television actor. He was known for his height of six-feet, four inches and his deep voice.
Sanders was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia at number 6...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1950
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- All About Eve
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Addison De Witt
Dean Jagger
Dean Jagger (November 7, 1903 – February 5, 1991) was an American film actor.
Born Ira Dean Jagger in Columbus Grove, Ohio, Jagger made his film debut in The Woman from Hell (1929) with Mary Astor. He became a successful character actor, without...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1949
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Twelve O'Clock High
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Major Stovall
Walter Huston
Walter Huston (pronounced /ˈwɔːltər ˈhjuːstən/; April 6, 1884 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian-born American actor. He was the father of director John Huston and the grandfather of actress Anjelica Huston and actor Danny Huston.
Born Walter Houghston...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1948
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Howard
- x Year:
- 1949
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- x Notes/Description:
Edmund Gwenn
Edmund Gwenn (September 26, 1877 – September 6, 1959) was an Academy Award-winning English theatre and film actor.
Born Edmund Kellaway in Wandsworth, London, (though some references suggest he was born in the Vale of Glamorgan), and educated at St....
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1947
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Miracle on 34th Street
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Kris Kringle
- x Year:
- 1948
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Miracle on 34th Street
- x Notes/Description:
- x Year:
- 1951
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Mister 880
- x Notes/Description:
Harold Russell
Harold John Russell (January 14, 1914 - January 29, 2002) was a Canadian-American World War II veteran who became one of only two non-professional actors to win an Academy Award for acting (the other being Haing S. Ngor). Russell also holds the...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1946
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- The Best Years of Our Lives
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Homer Parrish
James Dunn
James Howard Dunn (November 2, 1901 - September 3, 1967) was an American Academy Award-winning film actor.
Born in New York, New York, of Irish descent, Dunn was the son of a Wall Street stockbroker who, according to Dunn, "either had a million or...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1945
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Johnny Nolan
Barry Fitzgerald
Barry Fitzgerald (10 March 1888 – 14 January 1961) was an Irish stage, film and television actor.
He was born William Joseph Shields in Walworth Road, Portobello, Dublin, Ireland. He is the older brother of Irish actor Arthur Shields. He went to...
- Awards Won
-
- x Year:
- 1944
- x Award:
- Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Going My Way
- x Notes/Description:
- Role: Father Fitzgibbon
- x Year:
- 1945
- x Award:
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- x Award Winner:
- x Winning work:
- Going My Way
- x Notes/Description:
