Winners Only by Category:
Supporting Actor

Listed below are the Academy Award winners in the category of Supporting Actor (non-winning nominations have been omitted from this list). 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 winners in that category.

1936  (9th)

Walter Brennan in Come and Get It, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.

1937  (10th)

Joseph Schildkraut in The Life of Emile Zola, Warner Bros.

1938  (11th)

Walter Brennan in Kentucky, 20th Century-Fox.

1939  (12th)

Thomas Mitchell in Stagecoach, Walter Wanger; United Artists.

1940  (13th)

Walter Brennan in The Westerner, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists.

1941  (14th)

Donald Crisp in How Green Was My Valley, 20th Century-Fox.

1942  (15th)

Van Heflin in Johnny Eager, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1943  (16th)

Charles Coburn in The More the Merrier, Columbia.

1944  (17th)

Barry Fitzgerald in Going My Way, Paramount.

1945  (18th)

James Dunn in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 20th Century-Fox.

1946  (19th)

Harold Russell in The Best Years of Our Lives, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio.

1947  (20th)

Edmund Gwenn in Miracle on 34th Street, 20th Century-Fox.

1948  (21st)

Walter Huston in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Warner Bros.

1949  (22nd)

Dean Jagger in Twelve O’Clock High, 20th Century-Fox.

1950  (23rd)

George Sanders in All About Eve, 20th Century-Fox.

1951  (24th)

Karl Malden in A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros.

1952  (25th)

Anthony Quinn in Viva Zapata!, 20th Century-Fox.

1953  (26th)

Frank Sinatra in From Here to Eternity, Columbia.

1954  (27th)

Edmond O’Brien in The Barefoot Contessa, Figaro, Inc.; United Artists.

1955  (28th)

Jack Lemmon in Mister Roberts, Orange Production; Warner Bros.

1956  (29th)

Anthony Quinn in Lust for Life, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1957  (30th)

Red Buttons in Sayonara, William Goetz Production; Warner Bros.

1958  (31st)

Burl Ives in The Big Country, Anthony-Worldwide Productions; United Artists.

1959  (32nd)

Hugh Griffith in Ben-Hur, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1960  (33rd)

Peter Ustinov in Spartacus, Bryna Productions, Inc.; Universal-International.

1961  (34th)

George Chakiris in West Side Story, Mirisch Pictures, Inc. and B and P Enterprises, Inc.; United Artists.

1962  (35th)

Ed Begley in Sweet Bird of Youth, Roxbury Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1963  (36th)

Melvyn Douglas in Hud, Salem-Dover Production; Paramount.

1964  (37th)

Peter Ustinov in Topkapi, Filmways Production; United Artists.

1965  (38th)

Martin Balsam in A Thousand Clowns, Harrell Production; United Artists.

1966  (39th)

Walter Matthau in The Fortune Cookie, Phalanx-Jalem-Mirisch Corporation of Delaware Production; United Artists.

1967  (40th)

George Kennedy in Cool Hand Luke, Jalem Production; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.

1968  (41st)

Jack Albertson in The Subject Was Roses, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1969  (42nd)

Gig Young in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Chartoff-Winkler-Pollack Production; ABC Pictures Presentation; Cinerama.

1970  (43rd)

John Mills in Ryan’s Daughter, Faraway Productions, A.G.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1971  (44th)

Ben Johnson in The Last Picture Show, BBS Productions; Columbia.

1972  (45th)

Joel Grey in Cabaret, ABC Pictures Production; Allied Artists.

1973  (46th)

John Houseman in The Paper Chase, Thompson-Paul Productions; 20th Century-Fox.

1974  (47th)

Robert De Niro in The Godfather Part II, Coppola Company Production; Paramount.

1975  (48th)

George Burns in The Sunshine Boys, Ray Stark Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1976  (49th)

Jason Robards in All the President’s Men, Wildwood Enterprises Inc. Production; Warner Bros.

1977  (50th)

Jason Robards in Julia, 20th Century-Fox Production; 20th Century-Fox.

1978  (51st)

Christopher Walken in The Deer Hunter, EMI Films/Michael Cimino Film Production; Universal.

1979  (52nd)

Melvyn Douglas in Being There, Lorimar Film-und Fernsehproduktion GmbH Production; United Artists.

1980  (53rd)

Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People, Wildwood Enterprises Inc. Production; Paramount.

1981  (54th)

John Gielgud in Arthur, Rollins, Joffe, Morra and Brezner Production; Orion.

1982  (55th)

Louis Gossett, Jr. in An Officer and a Gentleman, Lorimar Production in association with Martin Elfand; Paramount.

1983  (56th)

Jack Nicholson in Terms of Endearment, James L. Brooks Production; Paramount.

1984  (57th)

Haing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields, Enigma Productions Limited; Warner Bros.

1985  (58th)

Don Ameche in Cocoon, Fox-Zanuck/Brown Production; 20th Century Fox.

1986  (59th)

Michael Caine in Hannah and Her Sisters, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion.

1987  (60th)

Sean Connery in The Untouchables, Art Linson Production; Paramount.

1988  (61st)

Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda, Michael Shamberg-Prominent Features Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

1989  (62nd)

Denzel Washington in Glory, Tri-Star Pictures Production; Tri-Star.

1990  (63rd)

Joe Pesci in Good Fellas, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.

1991  (64th)

Jack Palance in City Slickers, Castle Rock Entertainment Production; Columbia.

1992  (65th)

Gene Hackman in Unforgiven, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.

1993  (66th)

Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros.

1994  (67th)

Martin Landau in Ed Wood, Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista.

1995  (68th)

Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects, Blue Parrot Production; Gramercy Pictures.

1996  (69th)

Cuba Gooding, Jr. in Jerry Maguire, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar.

1997  (70th)

Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting, Be Gentlemen Production; Miramax Films.

1998  (71st)

James Coburn in Affliction, Tormenta Production; Lions Gate Films.

1999  (72nd)

Michael Caine in The Cider House Rules, FilmColony Production; Miramax Films.

2000  (73rd)

Benicio Del Toro in Traffic, Bedford Falls/Laura Bickford Production; USA Films.

2001  (74th)

Jim Broadbent in Iris, Mirage Enterprises, Robert Fox/Scott Rudin Production; Miramax Films.

2002  (75th)

Chris Cooper in Adaptation, Columbia Pictures/Intermedia Films Production; Sony Pictures Releasing.

2003  (76th)

Tim Robbins in Mystic River, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros.

2004  (77th)

Morgan Freeman in Million Dollar Baby, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros.

2005  (78th)

George Clooney in Syriana, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros.

2006  (79th)

Alan Arkin in Little Miss Sunshine, Big Beach/Bona Fide Production; Fox Searchlight.

2007  (80th)

Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men, Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production; Miramax and Paramount Vantage.

2008  (81st)

Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, Cape Road Limited Production; Warner Bros.

2009  (82nd)

Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds, Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production; The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures.

2010  (83rd)

Christian Bale in The Fighter, Relativity Media Production; Paramount.

2011  (84th)

Christopher Plummer in Beginners, Olympus Pictures in association with Parts & Labor Production; Focus Features.

2012  (85th)

Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained, Weinstein Company and Columbia Pictures Production; The Weinstein Company.

2013  (86th)

Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club, A Voltage Pictures, R2 Films, Evolution Independent Production; Focus Features.

2014  (87th)

J. K. Simmons in Whiplash, a Blumhouse Productions/Right of Way Films/Bold Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics.

2015  (88th)

Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies, a DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures/Participant Media Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox.

2016  (89th)

Mahershala Ali in Moonlight, An A24/Plan B Entertainment/Pastel Productions production; A24.

2017  (90th)

Sam Rockwell in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, A Blueprint Pictures Production; Fox Searchlight.

2018  (91st)

Mahershala Ali in Green Book, A Charles B. Wessler/Innisfree Pictures/Participant Media/DreamWorks Pictures Production; Universal.

2019  (92nd)

Brad Pitt in Once upon a Time . . . in Hollywood, A Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing.

2020  (93rd)

Daniel Kaluuya in Judas and the Black Messiah, A Macros Media/Proximity Media Production; Warner Bros.

2021  (94th)

Troy Kotsur in CODA, A Vendôme Pictures/Pathé in assoc. with Apple Original Films Production; Apple Original Films.

2022  (95th)

Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once, Hot Dog Hands Prod.; A24.

2023  (96th)

Robert Downey, Jr. in Oppenheimer, Universal Pictures/Syncopy/Atlas Entertainment Production; Universal.

2024  (97th)

Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain, Topic Studios/Fruit Tree/Rego Park/Extreme Emotions Production; Searchlight.

2025  (98th)

Sean Penn in One Battle After Another, A Ghoulardi Film Company Production; Warner Bros.