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This is a list of winners of the Academy Award of Merit for Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) [1] to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. More popularly known as the Academy Award (or the Oscar) for Best Supporting Actor, this award was initially presented at the 9th Academy Awards ceremony for 1936 and was most recently presented at the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony for 2020 and early 2021. [2] Throughout the past 85 years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, AMPAS has presented a total of 85 Best Supporting Actor awards to 76 different actors. This list is current as of the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony held on April 25, 2021. [3]
| # | Actor | Film | Date of birth | Date of award | Age upon receiving award | Date of death | Lifespan | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Brennan | Come and Get It | July 25, 1894 | March 4, 1937 | 42 years, 222 days | September 21, 1974 | 29,277 days (80 years, 58 days) | 1st of 3 Held record as oldest winner for 3 award ceremonies (from the 9th to the 12th, March 1937–February 1940) |
| 2 | Joseph Schildkraut | The Life of Emile Zola | March 22, 1896 | March 10, 1938 | 41 years, 353 days | January 21, 1964 | 24,775 days (67 years, 305 days) | Held record as youngest winner for 5 award ceremonies (from the 10th to the 15th, March 1938–March 1943) |
| 3 | Walter Brennan | Kentucky | July 25, 1894 | February 23, 1939 | 44 years, 213 days | September 21, 1974 | 29,277 days (80 years, 58 days) | 2nd of 3 |
| 4 | Thomas Mitchell | Stagecoach | July 11, 1892 | February 29, 1940 | 47 years, 233 days | December 17, 1962 | 25,725 days (70 years, 159 days) | Held record as oldest winner for 2 award ceremonies (from the 12th to the 14th, February 1940–February 1942) |
| 5 | Walter Brennan | The Westerner | July 25, 1894 | February 27, 1941 | 46 years, 217 days | September 21, 1974 | 29,277 days (80 years, 58 days) | 3rd of 3 |
| 6 | Donald Crisp | How Green Was My Valley | July 27, 1882 | February 26, 1942 | 59 years, 214 days | May 25, 1974 | 33,539 days (91 years, 302 days) | Held record as oldest winner for 2 award ceremonies (from the 14th to the 16th, February 1942–March 1944) |
| 7 | Van Heflin | Johnny Eager | December 13, 1910 | March 4, 1943 | 32 years, 81 days | July 23, 1971 | 22,137 days (60 years, 222 days) | Held record as youngest winner for 13 award ceremonies (from the 15th to the 28th, March 1943–March 1956) |
| 8 | Charles Coburn | The More the Merrier | June 19, 1877 | March 2, 1944 | 66 years, 257 days | August 30, 1961 | 30,752 days (84 years, 72 days) | Held record as oldest winner for 4 award ceremonies (from the 16th to the 20th, March 1944–March 1948) |
| 9 | Barry Fitzgerald | Going My Way | March 10, 1888 | March 15, 1945 | 57 years, 5 days | January 14, 1961 | 26,607 days (72 years, 310 days) | |
| 10 | James Dunn | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | November 2, 1901 | March 7, 1946 | 44 years, 125 days | September 3, 1967 | 24,046 days (65 years, 305 days) | |
| 11 | Harold Russell | The Best Years of Our Lives | January 14, 1914 | March 13, 1947 | 33 years, 58 days | January 29, 2002 | 32,157 days (88 years, 15 days) | |
| 12 | Edmund Gwenn | Miracle on 34th Street | September 26, 1877 | March 20, 1948 | 70 years, 176 days | September 6, 1959 | 29,929 days (81 years, 345 days) | Held record as oldest winner for 26 award ceremonies (from the 20th to the 46th, March 1948–April 1974) |
| 13 | Walter Huston | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | April 5, 1883 | March 24, 1949 | 65 years, 353 days | April 7, 1950 | 24,106 days (67 years, 2 days) [4] | |
| 14 | Dean Jagger | Twelve O'Clock High | November 7, 1903 | March 23, 1950 | 46 years, 136 days | February 5, 1991 | 31,867 days (87 years, 90 days) | |
| 15 | George Sanders | All About Eve | July 3, 1906 | March 29, 1951 | 44 years, 269 days | April 25, 1972 | 24,038 days (65 years, 297 days) | |
| 16 | Karl Malden | A Streetcar Named Desire | March 22, 1912 | March 30, 1952 | 40 years, 8 days | July 1, 2009 | 35,530 days (97 years, 101 days) [5] | |
| 17 | Anthony Quinn | Viva Zapata! | April 21, 1915 | March 19, 1953 | 37 years, 332 days | June 3, 2001 | 31,455 days (86 years, 43 days) | 1st of 2 |
| 18 | Frank Sinatra | From Here to Eternity | December 12, 1915 | March 25, 1954 | 38 years, 103 days | May 14, 1998 | 30,104 days (82 years, 153 days) | |
| 19 | Edmond O'Brien | The Barefoot Contessa | September 10, 1915 | March 30, 1955 | 39 years, 201 days | May 9, 1985 | 25,444 days (69 years, 241 days) | |
| 20 | Jack Lemmon | Mister Roberts | February 8, 1925 | March 21, 1956 | 31 years, 42 days | June 27, 2001 | 27,898 days (76 years, 139 days) | Held record as youngest winner for 6 award ceremonies (from the 28th to the 34th, March 1956–April 1962) |
| 21 | Anthony Quinn | Lust for Life | April 21, 1915 | March 27, 1957 | 41 years, 340 days | June 3, 2001 | 31,455 days (86 years, 43 days) | 2nd of 2 |
| 22 | Red Buttons | Sayonara | February 5, 1919 | March 26, 1958 | 39 years, 49 days | July 13, 2006 | 31,935 days (87 years, 158 days) | |
| 23 | Burl Ives | The Big Country | June 14, 1909 | April 6, 1959 | 49 years, 296 days | April 14, 1995 | 31,350 days (85 years, 304 days) | |
| 24 | Hugh Griffith | Ben-Hur | May 30, 1912 | April 4, 1960 | 47 years, 310 days | May 14, 1980 | 24,821 days (67 years, 350 days) | |
| 25 | Peter Ustinov | Spartacus | April 16, 1921 | April 17, 1961 | 40 years, 1 day | March 28, 2004 | 30,297 days (82 years, 347 days) | 1st of 2 |
| 26 | George Chakiris | West Side Story | September 16, 1934 | April 9, 1962 | 27 years, 205 days | 31,800 days (87 years, 23 days) | Held record as youngest winner for 19 award ceremonies (from the 34th to the 53rd, April 1962–March 1981) | |
| 27 | Ed Begley | Sweet Bird of Youth | March 25, 1901 | April 8, 1963 | 62 years, 14 days | April 28, 1970 | 25,236 days (69 years, 34 days) | |
| 28 | Melvyn Douglas | Hud | April 5, 1901 | April 13, 1964 | 63 years, 8 days | August 4, 1981 | 29,341 days (80 years, 121 days) | 1st of 2 |
| 29 | Peter Ustinov | Topkapi | April 16, 1921 | April 5, 1965 | 43 years, 354 days | March 28, 2004 | 30,297 days (82 years, 347 days) | 2nd of 2 |
| 30 | Martin Balsam | A Thousand Clowns | November 4, 1919 | April 18, 1966 | 46 years, 165 days | February 13, 1996 | 27,860 days (76 years, 101 days) | |
| 31 | Walter Matthau | The Fortune Cookie | October 1, 1920 | April 10, 1967 | 46 years, 191 days | July 1, 2000 | 29,128 days (79 years, 274 days) | |
| 32 | George Kennedy | Cool Hand Luke | February 18, 1925 | April 10, 1968 | 43 years, 52 days | February 28, 2016 | 33,247 days (91 years, 10 days) | |
| 33 | Jack Albertson | The Subject Was Roses | June 16, 1907 | April 14, 1969 | 61 years, 302 days | November 25, 1981 | 27,191 days (74 years, 162 days) | |
| 34 | Gig Young | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | November 4, 1913 | April 7, 1970 | 56 years, 154 days | October 19, 1978 | 23,725 days (64 years, 349 days) | |
| 35 | John Mills | Ryan's Daughter | February 22, 1908 | April 15, 1971 | 63 years, 52 days | April 23, 2005 | 35,490 days (97 years, 60 days) | |
| 36 | Ben Johnson | The Last Picture Show | June 13, 1918 | April 10, 1972 | 53 years, 302 days | April 8, 1996 | 28,424 days (77 years, 300 days) | |
| 37 | Joel Grey | Cabaret | April 11, 1932 | March 27, 1973 | 40 years, 350 days | 32,688 days (89 years, 181 days) | ||
| 38 | John Houseman | The Paper Chase | September 22, 1902 | April 2, 1974 | 71 years, 192 days | October 31, 1988 | 31,451 days (86 years, 39 days) | Held record as oldest winner for 2 award ceremonies (from the 46th to the 48th, April 1974–March 1976) |
| 39 | Robert De Niro | The Godfather Part II | August 17, 1943 | April 8, 1975 | 31 years, 234 days | 28,543 days (78 years, 53 days) | ||
| 40 | George Burns | The Sunshine Boys | January 20, 1896 | March 29, 1976 | 80 years, 69 days | March 9, 1996 | 36,573 days (100 years, 49 days) [6] | Held record as oldest winner for 36 award ceremonies (from the 48th to the 84th, March 1976–February 2012) |
| 41 | Jason Robards | All the President's Men | July 26, 1922 | March 28, 1977 | 54 years, 245 days | December 26, 2000 | 28,643 days (78 years, 153 days) | 1st of 2 |
| 42 | Jason Robards | Julia | July 26, 1922 | April 3, 1978 | 55 years, 251 days | December 26, 2000 | 28,643 days (78 years, 153 days) | 2nd of 2 |
| 43 | Christopher Walken | The Deer Hunter | March 31, 1943 | April 9, 1979 | 36 years, 9 days | 28,682 days (78 years, 192 days) | ||
| 44 | Melvyn Douglas | Being There | April 5, 1901 | April 14, 1980 | 79 years, 9 days | August 4, 1981 | 29,341 days (80 years, 121 days) | 2nd of 2 |
| 45 | Timothy Hutton | Ordinary People | August 16, 1960 | March 31, 1981 | 20 years, 227 days | 22,334 days (61 years, 54 days) | Has held record as youngest winner for 41 award ceremonies (from the 53rd through the 93rd, March 1981–April 2021) | |
| 46 | John Gielgud | Arthur | April 14, 1904 | March 29, 1982 | 77 years, 349 days | May 21, 2000 | 35,101 days (96 years, 37 days) | |
| 47 | Louis Gossett, Jr. | An Officer and a Gentleman | May 27, 1936 | April 11, 1983 | 46 years, 319 days | 31,181 days (85 years, 135 days) | ||
| 48 | Jack Nicholson | Terms of Endearment | April 22, 1937 | April 9, 1984 | 46 years, 353 days | 30,851 days (84 years, 170 days) | ||
| 49 | Haing S. Ngor | The Killing Fields | March 22, 1940 | March 25, 1985 | 45 years, 3 days | February 25, 1996 | 20,428 days (55 years, 340 days) | |
| 50 | Don Ameche | Cocoon | May 31, 1908 | March 24, 1986 | 77 years, 297 days | December 6, 1993 | 31,235 days (85 years, 189 days) | |
| 51 | Michael Caine | Hannah and Her Sisters | March 14, 1933 | March 30, 1987 | 54 years, 16 days | 32,351 days (88 years, 209 days) | 1st of 2 | |
| 52 | Sean Connery | The Untouchables | August 25, 1930 | April 11, 1988 | 57 years, 230 days | October 31, 2020 | 32,940 days (90 years, 67 days) | |
| 53 | Kevin Kline | A Fish Called Wanda | October 24, 1947 | March 27, 1989 | 41 years, 154 days | 27,014 days (73 years, 350 days) | ||
| 54 | Denzel Washington | Glory | December 28, 1954 | March 26, 1990 | 35 years, 88 days | 24,392 days (66 years, 285 days) | ||
| 55 | Joe Pesci | Goodfellas | February 9, 1943 | March 25, 1991 | 48 years, 44 days | 28,732 days (78 years, 242 days) | ||
| 56 | Jack Palance | City Slickers | February 18, 1919 | March 30, 1992 | 73 years, 41 days | November 10, 2006 | 32,042 days (87 years, 265 days) | |
| 57 | Gene Hackman | Unforgiven | January 30, 1930 | March 29, 1993 | 63 years, 58 days | 33,490 days (91 years, 252 days) | ||
| 58 | Tommy Lee Jones | The Fugitive | September 15, 1946 | March 21, 1994 | 47 years, 187 days | 27,418 days (75 years, 24 days) | ||
| 59 | Martin Landau | Ed Wood | June 20, 1928 | March 27, 1995 | 66 years, 280 days | July 15, 2017 | 32,532 days (89 years, 25 days) | |
| 60 | Kevin Spacey | The Usual Suspects | July 26, 1959 | March 25, 1996 | 36 years, 243 days | 22,721 days (62 years, 75 days) | ||
| 61 | Cuba Gooding, Jr. | Jerry Maguire | January 2, 1968 | March 24, 1997 | 29 years, 81 days | 19,639 days (53 years, 280 days) | ||
| 62 | Robin Williams | Good Will Hunting | July 21, 1951 | March 23, 1998 | 46 years, 245 days | August 11, 2014 | 23,032 days (63 years, 21 days) | |
| 63 | James Coburn | Affliction | August 31, 1928 | March 21, 1999 | 70 years, 202 days | November 18, 2002 | 27,107 days (74 years, 79 days) | |
| 64 | Michael Caine | The Cider House Rules | March 14, 1933 | March 26, 2000 | 67 years, 12 days | 32,351 days (88 years, 209 days) | 2nd of 2 | |
| 65 | Benicio del Toro | Traffic | February 19, 1967 | March 25, 2001 | 34 years, 34 days | 19,956 days (54 years, 232 days) | ||
| 66 | Jim Broadbent | Iris | May 24, 1949 | March 24, 2002 | 52 years, 304 days | 26,436 days (72 years, 138 days) | ||
| 67 | Chris Cooper | Adaptation | July 9, 1951 | March 23, 2003 | 51 years, 257 days | 25,660 days (70 years, 92 days) | ||
| 68 | Tim Robbins | Mystic River | October 16, 1958 | February 29, 2004 | 45 years, 136 days | 23,004 days (62 years, 358 days) | ||
| 69 | Morgan Freeman | Million Dollar Baby | June 1, 1937 | February 27, 2005 | 67 years, 271 days | 30,811 days (84 years, 130 days) | ||
| 70 | George Clooney | Syriana | May 6, 1961 | March 5, 2006 | 44 years, 303 days | 22,071 days (60 years, 156 days) | ||
| 71 | Alan Arkin | Little Miss Sunshine | March 26, 1934 | February 25, 2007 | 72 years, 336 days | 31,974 days (87 years, 197 days) | ||
| 72 | Javier Bardem | No Country for Old Men | March 1, 1969 | February 24, 2008 | 38 years, 360 days | 19,215 days (52 years, 222 days) | ||
| 73 | Heath Ledger | The Dark Knight | April 4, 1979 | February 22, 2009 | N/A | January 22, 2008 | 10,520 days (28 years, 293 days) [7] | Posthumous (Ledger died one year, 31 days before the ceremony) |
| 74 | Christoph Waltz | Inglourious Basterds | October 4, 1956 | March 7, 2010 | 53 years, 154 days | 23,746 days (65 years, 5 days) | 1st of 2 | |
| 75 | Christian Bale | The Fighter | January 30, 1974 | February 27, 2011 | 37 years, 28 days | 17,419 days (47 years, 252 days) | ||
| 76 | Christopher Plummer | Beginners | December 13, 1929 | February 26, 2012 | 82 years, 75 days | February 5, 2021 | 33,292 days (91 years, 54 days) | Has held record as oldest winner for 10 award ceremonies (from the 84th through the 93rd, February 2012–April 2021) |
| 77 | Christoph Waltz | Django Unchained | October 4, 1956 | February 24, 2013 | 56 years, 143 days | 23,746 days (65 years, 5 days) | 2nd of 2 | |
| 78 | Jared Leto | Dallas Buyers Club | December 26, 1971 | March 2, 2014 | 42 years, 66 days | 18,185 days (49 years, 287 days) | ||
| 79 | J. K. Simmons | Whiplash | January 9, 1955 | February 22, 2015 | 60 years, 44 days | 24,380 days (66 years, 273 days) | ||
| 80 | Mark Rylance | Bridge of Spies | January 18, 1960 | February 28, 2016 | 56 years, 41 days | 22,545 days (61 years, 264 days) | ||
| 81 | Mahershala Ali | Moonlight | February 16, 1974 | February 26, 2017 | 43 years, 10 days | 17,402 days (47 years, 235 days) | 1st of 2 | |
| 82 | Sam Rockwell | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | November 5, 1968 | March 4, 2018 | 49 years, 119 days | 19,331 days (52 years, 338 days) | ||
| 83 | Mahershala Ali | Green Book | February 16, 1974 | February 24, 2019 | 45 years, 8 days | 17,402 days (47 years, 235 days) | 2nd of 2 | |
| 84 | Brad Pitt | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | December 18, 1963 | February 9, 2020 | 56 years, 53 days | 21,115 days (57 years, 295 days) | ||
| 85 | Daniel Kaluuya | Judas and the Black Messiah | February 24, 1989 | April 25, 2021 | 32 years, 60 days | 11,915 days (32 years, 227 days) | ||
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The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry. They are regarded as the most prestigious and significant awards in the entertainment industry worldwide. Given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are an international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette as a trophy, officially called the "Academy Award of Merit", although more commonly referred to by its nickname, the "Oscar". The statuette depicts a knight rendered in the Art Deco style.
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to honor an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the film industry. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Supporting Actor winner.
The Academy Juvenile Award, also known informally as the Juvenile Oscar, was a Special Honorary Academy Award bestowed at the discretion of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to specifically recognize juvenile performers under the age of eighteen for their "outstanding contribution[s] to screen entertainment".
The Academy Honorary Award – instituted in 1950 for the 23rd Academy Awards – is given annually by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The award celebrates motion picture achievements that are not covered by existing Academy Awards, although prior winners of competitive Academy Awards are not excluded from receiving the Honorary Award.
The 71st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best of 1998 in film and took place on March 21, 1999, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the third time. She first hosted the 66th ceremony held in 1994 and had last hosted the 68th ceremony in 1996. Nearly a month earlier in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on February 27, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Anne Heche.
The 1st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1927 and 1928 and took place on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California. AMPAS president Douglas Fairbanks hosted the show. Tickets cost $5, 270 people attended the event and the presentation ceremony lasted 15 minutes. Awards were created by Louis B. Mayer, founder of Louis B. Mayer Pictures Corporation. It is the only Academy Awards ceremony not to be broadcast either on radio or television. The radio broadcast was introduced during the 2nd Academy Awards.
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The 51st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1978 and took place on April 9, 1979, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 7:00 p.m. PST / 10:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards in 22 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Jack Haley Jr. and directed by Marty Pasetta. Comedian and talk show host Johnny Carson hosted the show for the first time. Three days earlier in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by hosts Gregory Peck and Christopher Reeve.
The 81st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2008 and took place on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and was produced by Bill Condon and Laurence Mark and directed by Roger Goodman. Actor Hugh Jackman hosted the show for the first time. Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on February 7, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jessica Biel.
The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actress winner.
The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actor winner.
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the film industry. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Supporting Actress winner.
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honor only the screenplay.
