The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given by the

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at their annual

Critics' Choice Movie Awards The Critics' Choice Movie Awards (formerly known as the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award) is an awards show presented annually by the American-Canadian Critics Choice Association (CCA) to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. Writ ...

for a performance in a motion picture. It was first presented in 1995 with the winners being a tie between

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for ''

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'' and

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for ''

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''. There were no official nominees until 2001, currently six nominees are usually presented. Mahershala Ali is the only actor who has received this award more than once, with two wins.

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and

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hold the record of most nominations in the category with three each.

Winners and nominees

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple nominees

;2 nominations * Mahershala Ali *

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;3 nominations *

Multiple winners

;2 wins * Mahershala Ali

References

External links

Critics' Choice Movie Awards (official site)
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