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Nominations & Winners by Category:
Supporting Actor

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners in the category of Supporting Actor. TheWinner marker symbol appears next to the winner for each year. Click on the name of a film or person in the list to display more information about that film or person. Or, click on a category in the column on the right to display the nominees and winners in that category.

1936  (9th)

Mischa Auer in My Man Godfrey, Universal.
Winner markerWalter Brennan in Come and Get It, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.
Stuart Erwin in Pigskin Parade, 20th Century-Fox.
Basil Rathbone in Romeo and Juliet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Akim Tamiroff in The General Died at Dawn, Paramount.
NOTE: Supporting Actor was a new category in 1936.

1937  (10th)

Ralph Bellamy in The Awful Truth, Columbia.
Thomas Mitchell in The Hurricane, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.
Winner markerJoseph Schildkraut in The Life of Emile Zola, Warner Bros.
H. B. Warner in Lost Horizon, Columbia.
Roland Young in Topper, Hal Roach; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1938  (11th)

Winner markerWalter Brennan in Kentucky, 20th Century-Fox.
John Garfield in Four Daughters, Warner Bros.-First National.
Gene Lockhart in Algiers, Walter Wanger; United Artists.
Robert Morley in Marie Antoinette, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Basil Rathbone in If I Were King, Paramount.

1939  (12th)

Brian Aherne in Juarez, Warner Bros.
Harry Carey in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia.
Brian Donlevy in Beau Geste, Paramount.
Winner markerThomas Mitchell in Stagecoach, Walter Wanger; United Artists.
Claude Rains in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia.

1940  (13th)

Albert Basserman in Foreign Correspondent, Walter Wanger; United Artists.
Winner markerWalter Brennan in The Westerner, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.
William Gargan in They Knew What They Wanted, RKO Radio.
Jack Oakie in The Great Dictator, Charles Chaplin Productions; United Artists.
James Stephenson in The Letter, Warner Bros.

1941  (14th)

Walter Brennan in Sergeant York, Warner Bros.
Charles Coburn in The Devil and Miss Jones, Ross-Krasna; RKO Radio.
Winner markerDonald Crisp in How Green Was My Valley, 20th Century-Fox.
James Gleason in Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Columbia.
Sydney Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon, Warner Bros.

1942  (15th)

William Bendix in Wake Island, Paramount.
Winner markerVan Heflin in Johnny Eager, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Walter Huston in Yankee Doodle Dandy, Warner Bros.
Frank Morgan in Tortilla Flat, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Henry Travers in Mrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1943  (16th)

Charles Bickford in The Song of Bernadette, 20th Century-Fox.
Winner markerCharles Coburn in The More the Merrier, Columbia.
J. Carrol Naish in Sahara, Columbia.
Claude Rains in Casablanca, Warner Bros.
Akim Tamiroff in For Whom the Bell Tolls, Paramount.

1944  (17th)

Hume Cronyn in The Seventh Cross, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Winner markerBarry Fitzgerald in Going My Way, Paramount.
Claude Rains in Mr. Skeffington, Warner Bros.
Clifton Webb in Laura, 20th Century-Fox.
Monty Woolley in Since You Went Away, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists.

1945  (18th)

Michael Chekhov in Spellbound, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists.
John Dall in The Corn Is Green, Warner Bros.
Winner markerJames Dunn in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 20th Century-Fox.
Robert Mitchum in G.I. Joe, Lester Cowan; United Artists.
J. Carrol Naish in A Medal for Benny, Paramount.

1946  (19th)

Charles Coburn in The Green Years, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
William Demarest in The Jolson Story, Columbia.
Claude Rains in Notorious, RKO Radio.
Winner markerHarold Russell in The Best Years of Our Lives, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio.
Clifton Webb in The Razor’s Edge, 20th Century-Fox.

1947  (20th)

Charles Bickford in The Farmer’s Daughter, RKO Radio.
Thomas Gomez in Ride the Pink Horse, Universal-International.
Winner markerEdmund Gwenn in Miracle on 34th Street, 20th Century-Fox.
Robert Ryan in Crossfire, RKO Radio.
Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death, 20th Century-Fox.

1948  (21st)

Charles Bickford in Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros.
Jose Ferrer in Joan of Arc, Sierra Pictures; RKO Radio.
Oscar Homolka in I Remember Mama, RKO Radio.
Winner markerWalter Huston in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Warner Bros.
Cecil Kellaway in The Luck of the Irish, 20th Century-Fox.

1949  (22nd)

John Ireland in All the King’s Men, Robert Rossen Productions; Columbia.
Winner markerDean Jagger in Twelve O’Clock High, 20th Century-Fox.
Arthur Kennedy in Champion, Screen Plays Corporation; United Artists.
Ralph Richardson in The Heiress, Paramount.
James Whitmore in Battleground, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1950  (23rd)

Jeff Chandler in Broken Arrow, 20th Century-Fox.
Edmund Gwenn in Mister 880, 20th Century-Fox.
Sam Jaffe in The Asphalt Jungle, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Winner markerGeorge Sanders in All About Eve, 20th Century-Fox.
Erich Von Stroheim in Sunset Blvd., Paramount.

1951  (24th)

Leo Genn in Quo Vadis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Kevin McCarthy in Death of a Salesman, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia.
Winner markerKarl Malden in A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros.
Peter Ustinov in Quo Vadis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Gig Young in Come Fill the Cup, Warner Bros.

1952  (25th)

Richard Burton in My Cousin Rachel, 20th Century-Fox.
Arthur Hunnicutt in The Big Sky, Winchester Pictures Corporation; RKO Radio.
Victor McLaglen in The Quiet Man, Argosy Pictures; Republic.
Jack Palance in Sudden Fear, Joseph Kaufman Productions, Inc.; RKO Radio.
Winner markerAnthony Quinn in Viva Zapata!, 20th Century-Fox.

1953  (26th)

Eddie Albert in Roman Holiday, Paramount.
Brandon De Wilde in Shane, Paramount.
Jack Palance in Shane, Paramount.
Winner markerFrank Sinatra in From Here to Eternity, Columbia.
Robert Strauss in Stalag 17, Paramount.

1954  (27th)

Lee J. Cobb in On the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia.
Karl Malden in On the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia.
Winner markerEdmond O’Brien in The Barefoot Contessa, Figaro, Inc.; United Artists. (Italy, USA)
Rod Steiger in On the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia.
Tom Tully in The Caine Mutiny, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia.

1955  (28th)

Arthur Kennedy in Trial, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Winner markerJack Lemmon in Mister Roberts, Orange Production; Warner Bros.
Joe Mantell in Marty, Hecht and Lancaster’s Steven Productions; United Artists.
Sal Mineo in Rebel Without a Cause, Warner Bros.
Arthur O’Connell in Picnic, Columbia.

1956  (29th)

Don Murray in Bus Stop, 20th Century-Fox.
Anthony Perkins in Friendly Persuasion, Allied Artists.
Winner markerAnthony Quinn in Lust for Life, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Mickey Rooney in The Bold and the Brave, Filmakers Releasing Organization; RKO Radio.
Robert Stack in Written on the Wind, Universal-International.

1957  (30th)

Winner markerRed Buttons in Sayonara, William Goetz Production; Warner Bros.
Vittorio De Sica in A Farewell to Arms, The Selznick Company, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox.
Sessue Hayakawa in The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Horizon Pictures Production; Columbia. (UK, USA)
Arthur Kennedy in Peyton Place, Jerry Wald Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox.
Russ Tamblyn in Peyton Place, Jerry Wald Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox.

1958  (31st)

Theodore Bikel in The Defiant Ones, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists.
Lee J. Cobb in The Brothers Karamazov, Avon Productions, Inc.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Winner markerBurl Ives in The Big Country, Anthony-Worldwide Productions; United Artists.
Arthur Kennedy in Some Came Running, Sol C. Siegel Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Gig Young in Teacher’s Pet, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Paramount.

1959  (32nd)

Winner markerHugh Griffith in Ben-Hur, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Arthur O’Connell in Anatomy of a Murder, Otto Preminger Productions; Columbia.
George C. Scott in Anatomy of a Murder, Otto Preminger Productions; Columbia.
Robert Vaughn in The Young Philadelphians, Warner Bros.
Ed Wynn in The Diary of Anne Frank, 20th Century-Fox.

1960  (33rd)

Peter Falk in Murder, Inc., 20th Century-Fox.
Jack Kruschen in The Apartment, The Mirisch Company, Inc.; United Artists.
Sal Mineo in Exodus, Carlyle-Alpina S.A. Production; United Artists.
Winner markerPeter Ustinov in Spartacus, Bryna Productions, Inc.; Universal-International.
Chill Wills in The Alamo, Batjac Production; United Artists.

1961  (34th)

Winner markerGeorge Chakiris in West Side Story, Mirisch Pictures, Inc. and B and P Enterprises, Inc.; United Artists.
Montgomery Clift in Judgment at Nuremberg, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists.
Peter Falk in Pocketful of Miracles, Franton Production; United Artists.
Jackie Gleason in The Hustler, Robert Rossen Productions; 20th Century-Fox.
George C. Scott in The Hustler, Robert Rossen Productions; 20th Century-Fox.

1962  (35th)

Winner markerEd Begley in Sweet Bird of Youth, Roxbury Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Victor Buono in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Seven Arts-Associates & Aldrich Company Production; Warner Bros.
Telly Savalas in Birdman of Alcatraz, Harold Hecht Productions; United Artists.
Omar Sharif in Lawrence of Arabia, Horizon Pictures (G.B.), Ltd.-Sam Spiegel-David Lean Production; Columbia. (UK)
Terence Stamp in Billy Budd, Harvest Productions; Allied Artists. (UK)

1963  (36th)

Nick Adams in Twilight of Honor, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Bobby Darin in Captain Newman, M.D., Universal-Brentwood-Reynard Production; Universal.
Winner markerMelvyn Douglas in Hud, Salem-Dover Production; Paramount.
Hugh Griffith in Tom Jones, Woodfall Production; United Artists-Lopert Pictures. (UK)
John Huston in The Cardinal, Gamma Production; Columbia.

1964  (37th)

John Gielgud in Becket, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. (UK, USA)
Stanley Holloway in My Fair Lady, Warner Bros.
Edmond O’Brien in Seven Days in May, Joel Productions; Paramount.
Lee Tracy in The Best Man, Millar-Turman Production; United Artists.
Winner markerPeter Ustinov in Topkapi, Filmways Production; United Artists.

1965  (38th)

Winner markerMartin Balsam in A Thousand Clowns, Harrell Production; United Artists.
Ian Bannen in The Flight of the Phoenix, Associates & Aldrich Company Production; 20th Century-Fox.
Tom Courtenay in Doctor Zhivago, Sostar S.A.-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Ltd. Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Italy, UK, Liechtenstein)
Michael Dunn in Ship of Fools, Columbia.
Frank Finlay in Othello, B.H.E. Production; Warner Bros. (UK)

1966  (39th)

Mako in The Sand Pebbles, Argyle-Solar Production; 20th Century-Fox.
James Mason in Georgy Girl, Everglades Productions, Ltd.; Columbia. (UK)
Winner markerWalter Matthau in The Fortune Cookie, Phalanx-Jalem-Mirisch Corporation of Delaware Production; United Artists.
George Segal in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Chenault Productions; Warner Bros.
Robert Shaw in A Man for All Seasons, Highland Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK)

1967  (40th)

John Cassavetes in The Dirty Dozen, MKH Productions, Ltd.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA)
Gene Hackman in Bonnie and Clyde, Tatira-Hiller Production; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
Cecil Kellaway in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Columbia.
Winner markerGeorge Kennedy in Cool Hand Luke, Jalem Production; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
Michael J. Pollard in Bonnie and Clyde, Tatira-Hiller Production; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.

1968  (41st)

Winner markerJack Albertson in The Subject Was Roses, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Seymour Cassel in Faces, John Cassavetes Production; Walter Reade-Continental Distributing.
Daniel Massey in Star!, Robert Wise Production; 20th Century-Fox.
Jack Wild in Oliver!, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK)
Gene Wilder in The Producers, Sidney Glazier Production; Avco Embassy.

1969  (42nd)

Rupert Crosse in The Reivers, Irving Ravetch-Arthur Kramer-Solar Productions; Cinema Center Films Presentation; National General Pictures.
Elliott Gould in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Frankovich Productions; Columbia.
Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider, Pando-Raybert Productions; Columbia.
Anthony Quayle in Anne of the Thousand Days, Hal B. Wallis-Universal Pictures, Ltd. Production; Universal. (UK)
Winner markerGig Young in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Chartoff-Winkler-Pollack Production; ABC Pictures Presentation; Cinerama.

1970  (43rd)

Richard Castellano in Lovers and Other Strangers, ABC Pictures Production; Cinerama.
Chief Dan George in Little Big Man, Hiller Productions, Ltd.-Stockbridge Productions; Cinema Center Films Presentation; National General Pictures.
Gene Hackman in I Never Sang for My Father, Jamel Productions; Columbia.
John Marley in Love Story, The Love Story Company Production; Paramount.
Winner markerJohn Mills in Ryan’s Daughter, Faraway Productions, A.G.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK)

1971  (44th)

Jeff Bridges in The Last Picture Show, BBS Productions; Columbia.
Leonard Frey in Fiddler on the Roof, Mirisch-Cartier Productions; United Artists.
Richard Jaeckel in Sometimes a Great Notion, Universal-Newman-Foreman Company Production; Universal.
Winner markerBen Johnson in The Last Picture Show, BBS Productions; Columbia.
Roy Scheider in The French Connection, Philip D’Antoni Production in association with Schine-Moore Productions; 20th Century-Fox.

1972  (45th)

Eddie Albert in The Heartbreak Kid, Palomar Pictures International Production; 20th Century-Fox.
James Caan in The Godfather, Albert S. Ruddy Production; Paramount.
Robert Duvall in The Godfather, Albert S. Ruddy Production; Paramount.
Winner markerJoel Grey in Cabaret, ABC Pictures Production; Allied Artists.
Al Pacino in The Godfather, Albert S. Ruddy Production; Paramount.

1973  (46th)

Vincent Gardenia in Bang the Drum Slowly, Rosenfield Production; Paramount.
Jack Gilford in Save the Tiger, Filmways-Jalem-Cirandinha Productions; Paramount.
Winner markerJohn Houseman in The Paper Chase, Thompson-Paul Productions; 20th Century-Fox.
Jason Miller in The Exorcist, Hoya Productions; Warner Bros.
Randy Quaid in The Last Detail, Acrobat Films Production; Columbia.

1974  (47th)

Fred Astaire in The Towering Inferno, Irwin Allen Production; 20th Century-Fox/Warner Bros.
Jeff Bridges in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Malpaso Company Film Production; United Artists.
Winner markerRobert De Niro in The Godfather Part II, Coppola Company Production; Paramount.
Michael V. Gazzo in The Godfather Part II, Coppola Company Production; Paramount.
Lee Strasberg in The Godfather Part II, Coppola Company Production; Paramount.

1975  (48th)

Winner markerGeorge Burns in The Sunshine Boys, Ray Stark Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Brad Dourif in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fantasy Films Production; United Artists.
Burgess Meredith in The Day of the Locust, Jerome Hellman Production; Paramount.
Chris Sarandon in Dog Day Afternoon, Warner Bros.
Jack Warden in Shampoo, Rubeeker Productions; Columbia.

1976  (49th)

Ned Beatty in Network, Howard Gottfried-Paddy Chayefsky Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists.
Burgess Meredith in Rocky, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; United Artists.
Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man, Robert Evans-Sidney Beckerman Production; Paramount.
Winner markerJason Robards in All the President’s Men, Wildwood Enterprises Inc. Production; Warner Bros.
Burt Young in Rocky, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; United Artists.

1977  (50th)

Mikhail Baryshnikov in The Turning Point, Hera Productions; 20th Century-Fox.
Peter Firth in Equus, Winkast Company, Ltd./P.B., Ltd. Production; United Artists. (UK, USA)
Alec Guinness in Star Wars, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; 20th Century-Fox.
Winner markerJason Robards in Julia, 20th Century-Fox Production; 20th Century-Fox.
Maximilian Schell in Julia, 20th Century-Fox Production; 20th Century-Fox.

1978  (51st)

Bruce Dern in Coming Home, Jerome Hellman Enterprises Production; United Artists.
Richard Farnsworth in Comes a Horseman, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; United Artists.
John Hurt in Midnight Express, Casablanca Filmworks Production; Columbia. (UK, USA)
Winner markerChristopher Walken in The Deer Hunter, EMI Films/Michael Cimino Film Production; Universal.
Jack Warden in Heaven Can Wait, Dogwood Productions; Paramount.

1979  (52nd)

Winner markerMelvyn Douglas in Being There, Lorimar Film-und Fernsehproduktion GmbH Production; United Artists. (USA, West Germany)
Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now, Omni Zoetrope Production; United Artists.
Frederic Forrest in The Rose, 20th Century-Fox Production; 20th Century-Fox.
Justin Henry in Kramer vs. Kramer, Stanley Jaffe Productions; Columbia.
Mickey Rooney in The Black Stallion, Omni Zoetrope Production; United Artists.

1980  (53rd)

Judd Hirsch in Ordinary People, Wildwood Enterprises Inc. Production; Paramount.
Winner markerTimothy Hutton in Ordinary People, Wildwood Enterprises Inc. Production; Paramount.
Michael O’Keefe in The Great Santini, Orion Pictures-Bing Crosby Production; Orion Pictures Company.
Joe Pesci in Raging Bull, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; United Artists.
Jason Robards in Melvin and Howard, Linson/Phillips/Demme-Universal Pictures Production; Universal.

1981  (54th)

James Coco in Only When I Laugh, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia.
Winner markerJohn Gielgud in Arthur, Rollins, Joffe, Morra and Brezner Production; Orion.
Ian Holm in Chariots of Fire, Enigma Productions Limited; The Ladd Company/Warner Bros. (UK)
Jack Nicholson in Reds, J.R.S. Production; Paramount.
Howard E. Rollins, Jr. in Ragtime, Ragtime Production; Paramount.

1982  (55th)

Charles Durning in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Universal and RKO Pictures Presentation of a Miller-Milkis-Boyett Production; Universal.
Winner markerLouis Gossett, Jr. in An Officer and a Gentleman, Lorimar Production in association with Martin Elfand; Paramount.
John Lithgow in The World According to Garp, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.
James Mason in The Verdict, Fox-Zanuck/Brown Production; 20th Century-Fox.
Robert Preston in Victor/Victoria, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production; MGM/UA. (UK, USA)

1983  (56th)

Charles Durning in To Be or Not to Be, Brooksfilms Production; 20th Century-Fox.
John Lithgow in Terms of Endearment, James L. Brooks Production; Paramount.
Winner markerJack Nicholson in Terms of Endearment, James L. Brooks Production; Paramount.
Sam Shepard in The Right Stuff, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; The Ladd Company through Warner Bros.
Rip Torn in Cross Creek, Robert B. Radnitz/Martin Ritt/Thorn EMI Films Production; Universal.

1984  (57th)

Adolph Caesar in A Soldier’s Story, Caldix Films Production; Columbia.
John Malkovich in Places in the Heart, Tri-Star Pictures Production; Tri-Star.
Noriyuki “Pat” Morita in The Karate Kid, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia.
Winner markerHaing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields, Enigma Productions Limited; Warner Bros. (UK)
Ralph Richardson in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA)

1985  (58th)

Winner markerDon Ameche in Cocoon, Fox-Zanuck/Brown Production; 20th Century Fox.
Klaus Maria Brandauer in Out of Africa, Universal Pictures Limited Production; Universal. (USA, UK)
William Hickey in Prizzi’s Honor, ABC Motion Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox.
Robert Loggia in Jagged Edge, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia.
Eric Roberts in Runaway Train, Cannon Films Production; Cannon Releasing.

1986  (59th)

Tom Berenger in Platoon, Hemdale Film Production; Orion. (USA, UK)
Winner markerMichael Caine in Hannah and Her Sisters, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion.
Willem Dafoe in Platoon, Hemdale Film Production; Orion. (USA, UK)
Denholm Elliott in A Room with a View, Merchant Ivory Production for Goldcrest and Cinecom; Cinecom Pictures. (UK)
Dennis Hopper in Hoosiers, Carter De Haven Production; Orion. (UK, USA)

1987  (60th)

Albert Brooks in Broadcast News, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox.
Winner markerSean Connery in The Untouchables, Art Linson Production; Paramount.
Morgan Freeman in Street Smart, Cannon Films Production; Cannon Releasing. (USA, Canada)
Vincent Gardenia in Moonstruck, Patrick Palmer & Norman Jewison Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Denzel Washington in Cry Freedom, Marble Arch Production; Universal. (UK)

1988  (61st)

Alec Guinness in Little Dorrit, Sands Films Production; Cannon Releasing. (UK)
Winner markerKevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda, Michael Shamberg-Prominent Features Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA)
Martin Landau in Tucker the Man and His Dream, Lucasfilm Production; Paramount.
River Phoenix in Running on Empty, Lorimar Production; Warner Bros.
Dean Stockwell in Married to the Mob, Mysterious Arts-Demme Production; Orion.

1989  (62nd)

Danny Aiello in Do the Right Thing, Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks Production; Universal.
Dan Aykroyd in Driving Miss Daisy, Zanuck Company Production; Warner Bros.
Marlon Brando in A Dry White Season, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Presentation of a Paula Weinstein Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Martin Landau in Crimes and Misdemeanors, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion.
Winner markerDenzel Washington in Glory, Tri-Star Pictures Production; Tri-Star.

1990  (63rd)

Bruce Davison in Longtime Companion, American Playhouse Production; Samuel Goldwyn Company.
Andy Garcia in The Godfather, Part III, Zoetrope Studios Production; Paramount.
Graham Greene in Dances with Wolves, Tig Production; Orion. (USA, UK)
Al Pacino in Dick Tracy, Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista.
Winner markerJoe Pesci in Good Fellas, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.

1991  (64th)

Tommy Lee Jones in JFK, Camelot Production; Warner Bros. (France, USA)
Harvey Keitel in Bugsy, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar.
Ben Kingsley in Bugsy, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar.
Michael Lerner in Barton Fink, Barton Circle Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, UK)
Winner markerJack Palance in City Slickers, Castle Rock Entertainment Production; Columbia.

1992  (65th)

Jaye Davidson in The Crying Game, Palace Pictures Production; Miramax Films. (UK, Japan, USA)
Winner markerGene Hackman in Unforgiven, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.
Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men, Castle Rock Entertainment Production; Columbia.
Al Pacino in Glengarry Glen Ross, Stephanie Lynn Production; New Line.
David Paymer in Mr. Saturday Night, Castle Rock Entertainment Production; Columbia.

1993  (66th)

Leonardo DiCaprio in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Matalon Teper Ohlsson Production; Paramount.
Ralph Fiennes in Schindler’s List, Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal.
Winner markerTommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.
John Malkovich in In the Line of Fire, Castle Rock Entertainment and Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia.
Pete Postlethwaite in In the Name of the Father, Hell’s Kitchen/Gabriel Byrne Production; Universal. (Ireland, UK)

1994  (67th)

Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction, A Band Apart/Jersey Films Production; Miramax Films.
Winner markerMartin Landau in Ed Wood, Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista.
Chazz Palminteri in Bullets over Broadway, Jean Doumanian Production; Miramax Films.
Paul Scofield in Quiz Show, Hollywood Pictures Presentation of a Wildwood Enterprises/Baltimore Pictures Production; Buena Vista.
Gary Sinise in Forrest Gump, Steve Tisch/Wendy Finerman Production; Paramount.

1995  (68th)

James Cromwell in Babe, Kennedy Miller Pictures Production; Universal. (Australia, USA)
Ed Harris in Apollo 13, Imagine Entertainment and Universal Pictures Production; Universal.
Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys, Atlas/Classico Productions; Universal.
Tim Roth in Rob Roy, United Artists Corporation Limited Production; MGM/UA. (UK)
Winner markerKevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects, Blue Parrot Production; Gramercy Pictures. (USA, Germany)

1996  (69th)

Winner markerCuba Gooding, Jr. in Jerry Maguire, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar.
William H. Macy in Fargo, Working Title Production; Gramercy Pictures. (USA, UK)
Armin Mueller-Stahl in Shine, Momentum Films Production; Fine Line Features. (Australia)
Edward Norton in Primal Fear, Gary Lucchesi Production; Paramount in association with Rysher Entertainment.
James Woods in Ghosts of Mississippi, Castle Rock Entertainment Production; Columbia.

1997  (70th)

Robert Forster in Jackie Brown, Mighty, Mighty Afrodite Production; Miramax Films.
Anthony Hopkins in Amistad, DreamWorks Film Production; DreamWorks.
Greg Kinnear in As Good as It Gets, Gracie Films Production; TriStar.
Burt Reynolds in Boogie Nights, New Line Cinema Production; New Line.
Winner markerRobin Williams in Good Will Hunting, Be Gentlemen Production; Miramax Films.

1998  (71st)

Winner markerJames Coburn in Affliction, Tormenta Production; Lions Gate Films. (USA, Canada, Japan)
Robert Duvall in A Civil Action, Touchstone Pictures and Paramount Pictures Production; Buena Vista.
Ed Harris in The Truman Show, Scott Rudin Production; Paramount.
Geoffrey Rush in Shakespeare in Love, Miramax Films, Universal Pictures, Bedford Falls Company Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK)
Billy Bob Thornton in A Simple Plan, Mutual Film Company Production; Paramount and Mutual Film Company in association with Savoy Pictures. (UK, Germany, France, USA, Japan)

1999  (72nd)

Winner markerMichael Caine in The Cider House Rules, FilmColony Production; Miramax Films.
Tom Cruise in Magnolia, JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production; New Line.
Michael Clarke Duncan in The Green Mile, Castle Rock Production; Warner Bros.
Jude Law in The Talented Mr. Ripley, Mirage Enterprises/Timnick Films Production; Paramount & Miramax.
Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense, Kennedy/Marshall/Barry Mendel Production; Buena Vista.

2000  (73rd)

Jeff Bridges in The Contender, Battleground in association with the SE8 Group Production; DreamWorks and Cinerenta/Cinecontender. (USA, Germany, UK)
Willem Dafoe in Shadow of the Vampire, Saturn Films Production; Lions Gate Films. (UK, USA, Luxembourg)
Winner markerBenicio Del Toro in Traffic, Bedford Falls/Laura Bickford Production; USA Films. (USA, Mexico, Germany)
Albert Finney in Erin Brockovich, Jersey Films Production; Universal and Columbia.
Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator, Douglas Wick in association with Scott Free Production; DreamWorks and Universal. (USA, UK, Malta, Morocco)

2001  (74th)

Winner markerJim Broadbent in Iris, Mirage Enterprises, Robert Fox/Scott Rudin Production; Miramax Films. (UK, USA)
Ethan Hawke in Training Day, Training Day Production; Warner Bros.
Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast, Sexy RPC Limited and Kanzaman S.A. Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, Spain)
Ian McKellen in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA)
Jon Voight in Ali, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing.

2002  (75th)

Winner markerChris Cooper in Adaptation, Columbia Pictures/Intermedia Films Production; Sony Pictures Releasing.
Ed Harris in The Hours, Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production; Paramount & Miramax. (USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany)
Paul Newman in Road to Perdition, Zanuck Company Production; DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox.
John C. Reilly in Chicago, Producer Circle Co., Zadan/Meron Production; Miramax. (USA, Germany, Canada)
Christopher Walken in Catch Me If You Can, Kemp Company and Splendid Pictures Production, a Parkes/MacDonald Production; DreamWorks. (USA, Canada)

2003  (76th)

Alec Baldwin in The Cooler, Cooler LLC Production; Lions Gate Films.
Benicio Del Toro in 21 Grams, This is That, Y Productions Production; Focus Features.
Djimon Hounsou in In America, Hell’s Kitchen Production; Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox. (Ireland, UK, USA)
Winner markerTim Robbins in Mystic River, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (USA, Australia)
Ken Watanabe in The Last Samurai, Samurai Pictures, LLC Production; Warner Bros. (USA, New Zealand, Japan)

2004  (77th)

Alan Alda in The Aviator, Forward Pass/Appian Way/IMF Production; Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros. (Germany, USA)
Thomas Haden Church in Sideways, Sideways Productions, Inc. Production; Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox. (USA, Hungary)
Jamie Foxx in Collateral, Parkes/MacDonald/Darabont/Fried/Russell Production; DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures.
Winner markerMorgan Freeman in Million Dollar Baby, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros.
Clive Owen in Closer, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, UK)

2005  (78th)

Winner markerGeorge Clooney in Syriana, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (USA, United Arab Emirates)
Matt Dillon in Crash, Bob Yari/DEJ/BlackFriar’s Bridge/Harris Company/ApolloProscreen GmbH & Co./Bull’s Eye Entertainment Production; Lions Gate Films. (USA, Germany)
Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment Production; Universal and Miramax.
Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain, River Road Entertainment Production; Focus Features. (USA, Canada)
William Hurt in A History of Violence, Benderspink Production; New Line. (USA, Germany, Canada)

2006  (79th)

Winner markerAlan Arkin in Little Miss Sunshine, Big Beach/Bona Fide Production; Fox Searchlight.
Jackie Earle Haley in Little Children, Bona Fide/Standard Film Company Production; New Line.
Djimon Hounsou in Blood Diamond, Liberty Pictures, Inc. Production; Warner Bros. (USA, Germany)
Eddie Murphy in Dreamgirls, Laurence Mark Production; DreamWorks and Paramount.
Mark Wahlberg in The Departed, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros.

2007  (80th)

Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, J J Pictures, Inc. Production; Warner Bros. (USA, Canada, UK)
Winner markerJavier Bardem in No Country for Old Men, Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production; Miramax and Paramount Vantage.
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson’s War, Universal Pictures Production; Universal. (USA, Germany)
Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild, Square One C.I.H./Linson Film Production; Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment.
Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton, Clayton Productions, LLC Production; Warner Bros.

2008  (81st)

Josh Brolin in Milk, Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production; Focus Features.
Robert Downey, Jr. in Tropic Thunder, Red Hour Production; DreamWorks, distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount. (USA, UK, Germany)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt, Scott Rudin Production; Miramax Films.
Winner markerHeath Ledger in The Dark Knight, Cape Road Limited Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK)
Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road, Evamere Entertainment, BBC Films and Neal Street Production; DreamWorks, distributed by Paramount Vantage. (USA, UK)

2009  (82nd)

Matt Damon in Invictus, Liberty Pictures Production; Warner Bros.
Woody Harrelson in The Messenger, All the King’s Horses Production; Oscilloscope Laboratories.
Christopher Plummer in The Last Station, Egoli Tossell Film/Zephyr Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, Germany, Russia)
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones, Wingnut Films Production; DreamWorks in association with Film4, distributed by Paramount. (USA, UK, New Zealand)
Winner markerChristoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds, Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production; The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures. (Germany, USA)

2010  (83rd)

Winner markerChristian Bale in The Fighter, Relativity Media Production; Paramount.
John Hawkes in Winter’s Bone, Anonymous Content and Winter’s Bone Production; Roadside Attractions.
Jeremy Renner in The Town, Charlestown Production; Warner Bros.
Mark Ruffalo in The Kids Are All Right, Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production; Focus Features.
Geoffrey Rush in The King’s Speech, See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA, Australia)

2011  (84th)

Kenneth Branagh in My Week with Marilyn, Weinstein Company Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA)
Jonah Hill in Moneyball, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing.
Nick Nolte in Warrior, Solaris Entertainment and Filmtribe/Lionsgate/Mimram Schur Pictures Production; Lionsgate.
Winner markerChristopher Plummer in Beginners, Olympus Pictures in association with Parts & Labor Production; Focus Features.
Max von Sydow in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros.

2012  (85th)

Alan Arkin in Argo, Stage 16 Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK)
Robert De Niro in Silver Linings Playbook, Weinstein Company Production; The Weinstein Company.
Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Master, Ghoulardi Film Company/Annapurna Pictures Production; The Weinstein Company.
Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures/20th Century Fox Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (USA, India)
Winner markerChristoph Waltz in Django Unchained, Weinstein Company and Columbia Pictures Production; The Weinstein Company.

2013  (86th)

Barkhad Abdi in Captain Phillips, A Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing.
Bradley Cooper in American Hustle, A Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing.
Michael Fassbender in 12 Years a Slave, A River Road, Plan B, New Regency Production; Fox Searchlight. (USA, UK)
Jonah Hill in The Wolf of Wall Street, A Red Granite Production, Paramount.
Winner markerJared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club, A Voltage Pictures, R2 Films, Evolution Independent Production; Focus Features.

2014  (87th)

Robert Duvall in The Judge, a Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros.
Ethan Hawke in Boyhood, an IFC Productions/Detour Filmproduction Production.
Edward Norton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), a New Regency/M Productions/LeGrisbi Production; Fox Searchlight.
Mark Ruffalo in Foxcatcher, an Annapurna Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Classics.
Winner markerJ. K. Simmons in Whiplash, a Blumhouse Productions/Right of Way Films/Bold Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics.

2015  (88th)

Christian Bale in The Big Short, a Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount.
Tom Hardy in The Revenant, a Regency Enterprises Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan)
Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight, an Anonymous Content/Participant Media/Rocklin/Faust/First Look Media Production; Open Road Films.
Winner markerMark Rylance in Bridge of Spies, a DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures/Participant Media Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (Germany, India, USA)
Sylvester Stallone in Creed, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and New Line Production; Warner Bros.

2016  (89th)

Winner markerMahershala Ali in Moonlight, An A24/Plan B Entertainment/Pastel Productions production; A24.
Jeff Bridges in Hell or High Water, A Sidney Kimmel Entertainment/OddLot Entertainment/Film 44/LBI Entertainment production; CBS Films/Lionsgate.
Lucas Hedges in Manchester by the Sea, A K Period Media/B Story/CMP/Pearl Street Films production; Roadside Attractions/Amazon Studios.
Dev Patel in Lion, A See-Saw Films/Aquarius Films/Screen Australia/Sunstar Entertainment/Narrative Capital/The Weinstein Company production; The Weinstein Company/Transmission Films/Entertainment Film Distributors. (UK, Australia, USA)
Michael Shannon in Nocturnal Animals, A Fade to Black production; Focus Features.

2017  (90th)

Willem Dafoe in The Florida Project, A June Pictures Production; A24.
Woody Harrelson in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, A Blueprint Pictures Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, USA)
Richard Jenkins in The Shape of Water, A Double Dare You Production; Fox Searchlight.
Christopher Plummer in All the Money in the World, A TriStar Pictures and Imperative Entertainment Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, Italy, UK)
Winner markerSam Rockwell in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, A Blueprint Pictures Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, USA)

2018  (91st)

Winner markerMahershala Ali in Green Book, A Charles B. Wessler/Innisfree Pictures/Participant Media/DreamWorks Pictures Production; Universal.
Adam Driver in BlacKkKlansman, A QC Entertainment/Blumhouse Productions/Monkeypaw Productions/40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Production; Focus Feature.
Sam Elliott in A Star Is Born, A Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros.
Richard E. Grant in Can You Ever Forgive Me?, An Archer Gray Production; Fox Searchligh.
Sam Rockwell in Vice, An Annapurna Pictures/Gary Sanchez Productions/Plan B Entertainment Production; Annapurna Pictures.

2019  (92nd)

Tom Hanks in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, A TriStar Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (China, USA)
Anthony Hopkins in The Two Popes, A Netflix in assoc. with Rideback Production; Netflix. (UK, Italy)
Al Pacino in The Irishman, A Netflix/Tribeca Productions/Sikelia Productions/Winkler Films Production; Netflix.
Joe Pesci in The Irishman, A Netflix/Tribeca Productions/Sikelia Productions/Winkler Films Production; Netflix.
Winner markerBrad Pitt in Once upon a Time . . . in Hollywood, A Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, UK, China)

2020  (93rd)

Sacha Baron Cohen in The Trial of the Chicago 7, A Netflix in assoc. with Cross Creek Pictures/Marc Platt/DreamWorks Pictures in assoc. with ShivHans Pictures Production; Netflix. (USA, UK, India)
Winner markerDaniel Kaluuya in Judas and the Black Messiah, A Macros Media/Proximity Media Production; Warner Bros.
Leslie Odom, Jr. in One Night in Miami . . ., An Abkco Films/Snoot Entertainment Production; Amazon Studios.
Paul Raci in Sound of Metal, A Caviar/Flat 7 Production; Amazon Studios.
Lakeith Stanfield in Judas and the Black Messiah, A Macros Media/Proximity Media Production; Warner Bros.

2021  (94th)

Ciarán Hinds in Belfast, A TKBC Production; Focus Features. (UK)
Winner markerTroy Kotsur in CODA, A Vendôme Pictures/Pathé in assoc. with Apple Original Films Production; Apple Original Films. (France, Canada, USA)
Jesse Plemons in The Power of the Dog, A See-Saw Films/Bad Girl Creek/Max Films in assoc. with Brightstar/The New Zealand Film Commission/Cross City Films/BBC Film Production; Netflix. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA)
J. K. Simmons in Being the Ricardos, Amazon Studios.
Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Power of the Dog, A See-Saw Films/Bad Girl Creek/Max Films in assoc. with Brightstar/The New Zealand Film Commission/Cross City Films/BBC Film Production; Netflix. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA)

2022  (95th)

Brendan Gleeson in The Banshees of Inisherin, Blueprint Pictures/Film4/TSG Entertainment Prod.; Searchlight. (UK, USA, Ireland)
Brian Tyree Henry in Causeway, Apple Original Film in assoc. with A24/IAC Films/Excellent Cadaver Prod.; Apple.
Judd Hirsch in The Fabelmans, Amblin Partners Prod.; Universal/Amblin Partners. (USA, India)
Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin, Blueprint Pictures/Film4/TSG Entertainment Prod.; Searchlight. (UK, USA, Ireland)
Winner markerKe Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once, Hot Dog Hands Prod.; A24.

2023  (96th)

Sterling K. Brown in American Fiction, T-Street/Almost Infinite/3 Arts Entertainment Production; Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios.
Robert De Niro in Killers of the Flower Moon, Apple Original Films Production; Apple Original Films.
Winner markerRobert Downey, Jr. in Oppenheimer, Universal Pictures/Syncopy/Atlas Entertainment Production; Universal. (USA, UK)
Ryan Gosling in Barbie, Heyday Films/LuckyChap Entertainment/NB/GG Pictures/Mattel Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK)
Mark Ruffalo in Poor Things, Element Pictures Production; Searchlight. (Ireland, UK, USA)