The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion ...
(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.
At the
9th Academy Awards ceremony held in 1937,
Walter Brennan was the first winner of this award for his role in ''
Come and Get It''. Initially, winners in both supporting acting categories were awarded plaques instead of statuettes. Beginning with the
16th ceremony held in 1944, however, winners received full-sized statuettes. Currently, nominees are determined by
single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a
plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 77 actors. Brennan has received the most awards in this category with three awards. Brennan,
Jeff Bridges,
Robert Duvall,
Arthur Kennedy,
Jack Nicholson,
Claude Rains, and
Al Pacino were each nominated four times, more than any other actors. As of the
2022 ceremony,
Troy Kotsur
Troy Michael Kotsur (; born July 24, 1968) is an American actor in theater, film, and television.
His supporting role in the film ''CODA'' (2021) earned him a number of accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Scr ...
is the most recent winner in this category for his performance as Frank Rossi in ''
CODA''.
Winners and nominees
In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release in
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States and in the U.S. state of California, with 9,861,224 residents estimated as of 2022. It is the ...
; the ceremonies are always held the following year.
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1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple wins and nominations
The following individuals received two or more Best Supporting Actor awards:
The following individuals received three or more Best Supporting Actor nominations:
Age superlatives
See also
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All Academy Award acting nominees
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List of awards for supporting actor
Notes
References
Bibliography
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External links
Oscars.org(official Academy website)
The Academy Awards Database(official website)
Oscar.com(official ceremony promotional website)
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