List of nominees for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (by actor)
This is a list of all actors nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (which presents a list sorted by year), sorted by actor. Winners are indicated in bold. Also see List of nominees for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (by film title), which presents the same information sorted by film name.
A
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Barkhad Abdi | Captain Phillips |
| 1963 | Nick Adams | Twilight of Honor |
| 2007 | Casey Affleck | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford |
| 1939 | Brian Aherne | Juarez |
| 1989 | Danny Aiello | Do the Right Thing |
| 1953 | Eddie Albert | Roman Holiday |
| 1972 | Eddie Albert (2) | The Heartbreak Kid |
| 1968 | Jack Albertson | The Subject Was Roses |
| 2004 | Alan Alda | The Aviator |
| 1985 | Don Ameche | Cocoon |
| 2006 | Alan Arkin | Little Miss Sunshine |
| 2012 | Alan Arkin (2) | Argo |
| 1974 | Fred Astaire | The Towering Inferno |
| 1936 | Mischa Auer | My Man Godfrey |
| 1989 | Dan Aykroyd | Driving Miss Daisy |
B
C
D
E
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Denholm Elliott | A Room with a View |
| 1936 | Stuart Erwin | Pigskin Parade |
F
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Peter Falk | Murder, Inc. |
| 1961 | Peter Falk (2) | Pocketful of Miracles |
| 1978 | Richard Farnsworth | Comes a Horseman |
| 2013 | Michael Fassbender | 12 Years a Slave |
| 1948 | José Ferrer | Joan of Arc |
| 1993 | Ralph Fiennes | Schindler's List |
| 1965 | Frank Finlay | Othello |
| 2000 | Albert Finney | Erin Brockovich |
| 1977 | Peter Firth | Equus |
| 1944 | Barry Fitzgerald | Going My Way |
| 1979 | Frederic Forrest | The Rose |
| 1997 | Robert Forster | Jackie Brown |
| 2004 | Jamie Foxx | Collateral |
| 1987 | Morgan Freeman | Street Smart |
| 2004 | Morgan Freeman (2) | Million Dollar Baby |
| 1971 | Leonard Frey | Fiddler on the Roof |
G
H
I
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | John Ireland | All the King's Men |
| 1958 | Burl Ives | The Big Country |
| 1966 | Makoto Iwamatsu | The Sand Pebbles |
J
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Samuel L. Jackson | Pulp Fiction |
| 1971 | Richard Jaeckel | Sometimes a Great Notion |
| 1950 | Sam Jaffe | The Asphalt Jungle |
| 1949 | Dean Jagger | Twelve O'Clock High |
| 1971 | Ben Johnson | The Last Picture Show |
| 1991 | Tommy Lee Jones | JFK |
| 1993 | Tommy Lee Jones (2) | The Fugitive |
| 2012 | Tommy Lee Jones (3) | Lincoln |
K
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Harvey Keitel | Bugsy |
| 1948 | Cecil Kellaway | The Luck of the Irish |
| 1967 | Cecil Kellaway (2) | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
| 1949 | Arthur Kennedy | Champion |
| 1955 | Arthur Kennedy (2) | Trial |
| 1957 | Arthur Kennedy (3) | Peyton Place |
| 1958 | Arthur Kennedy (4) | Some Came Running |
| 1967 | George Kennedy | Cool Hand Luke |
| 1991 | Ben Kingsley | Bugsy |
| 2001 | Ben Kingsley (2) | Sexy Beast |
| 1997 | Greg Kinnear | As Good as It Gets |
| 1988 | Kevin Kline | A Fish Called Wanda |
| 1960 | Jack Kruschen | The Apartment |
L
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Martin Landau | Tucker: The Man and His Dream |
| 1989 | Martin Landau (2) | Crimes and Misdemeanors |
| 1994 | Martin Landau (3) | Ed Wood |
| 1999 | Jude Law | The Talented Mr. Ripley |
| 2008 | Heath Ledger | The Dark Knight |
| 1955 | Jack Lemmon | Mister Roberts |
| 1991 | Michael Lerner | Barton Fink |
| 2013 | Jared Leto | Dallas Buyers Club |
| 1982 | John Lithgow | The World According to Garp |
| 1983 | John Lithgow (2) | Terms of Endearment |
| 1938 | Gene Lockhart | Algiers |
| 1985 | Robert Loggia | Jagged Edge |
M
N
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1943 | J. Carrol Naish | Sahara |
| 1945 | J. Carrol Naish (2) | A Medal for Benny |
| 2002 | Paul Newman | Road to Perdition |
| 1984 | Haing S. Ngor | The Killing Fields |
| 1969 | Jack Nicholson | Easy Rider |
| 1981 | Jack Nicholson (2) | Reds |
| 1983 | Jack Nicholson (3) | Terms of Endearment |
| 1992 | Jack Nicholson (4) | A Few Good Men |
| 2011 | Nick Nolte | Warrior |
| 1996 | Edward Norton | Primal Fear |
| 2014 | Edward Norton (2) | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) |
O
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Edmond O'Brien | The Barefoot Contessa |
| 1964 | Edmond O'Brien (2) | Seven Days in May |
| 1955 | Arthur O'Connell | Picnic |
| 1959 | Arthur O'Connell (2) | Anatomy of a Murder |
| 1980 | Michael O'Keefe | The Great Santini |
| 1940 | Jack Oakie | The Great Dictator |
| 1976 | Laurence Olivier | Marathon Man |
| 1999 | Haley Joel Osment | The Sixth Sense |
| 2004 | Clive Owen | Closer |
P
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Al Pacino | The Godfather |
| 1990 | Al Pacino (2) | Dick Tracy |
| 1992 | Al Pacino (3) | Glengarry Glen Ross |
| 1952 | Jack Palance | Sudden Fear |
| 1953 | Jack Palance (2) | Shane |
| 1991 | Jack Palance (3) | City Slickers |
| 1994 | Chazz Palminteri | Bullets Over Broadway |
| 1992 | David Paymer | Mr. Saturday Night |
| 1956 | Anthony Perkins | Friendly Persuasion |
| 1980 | Joe Pesci | Raging Bull |
| 1990 | Joe Pesci (2) | Goodfellas |
| 2000 | Joaquin Phoenix | Gladiator |
| 1988 | River Phoenix | Running on Empty |
| 1995 | Brad Pitt | Twelve Monkeys |
| 2009 | Christopher Plummer | The Last Station |
| 2011 | Christopher Plummer (2) | Beginners |
| 1967 | Michael J. Pollard | Bonnie and Clyde |
| 1993 | Pete Postlethwaite | In the Name of the Father |
| 1982 | Robert Preston | Victor Victoria |
Q
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Randy Quaid | The Last Detail |
| 1969 | Anthony Quayle | Anne of the Thousand Days |
| 1952 | Anthony Quinn | Viva Zapata! |
| 1956 | Anthony Quinn (2) | Lust for Life |
R
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Claude Rains | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| 1943 | Claude Rains (2) | Casablanca |
| 1944 | Claude Rains (3) | Mr. Skeffington |
| 1946 | Claude Rains (4) | Notorious |
| 1936 | Basil Rathbone | Romeo and Juliet |
| 1938 | Basil Rathbone (2) | If I Were King |
| 2002 | John C. Reilly | Chicago |
| 2010 | Jeremy Renner | The Town |
| 1997 | Burt Reynolds | Boogie Nights |
| 1949 | Ralph Richardson | The Heiress |
| 1984 | Ralph Richardson (2) | Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes |
| 1976 | Jason Robards | All the President's Men |
| 1977 | Jason Robards (2) | Julia |
| 1980 | Jason Robards (3) | Melvin and Howard |
| 2003 | Tim Robbins | Mystic River |
| 1985 | Eric Roberts | Runaway Train |
| 1981 | Howard Rollins | Ragtime |
| 1956 | Mickey Rooney | The Bold and the Brave |
| 1979 | Mickey Rooney (2) | The Black Stallion |
| 1995 | Tim Roth | Rob Roy |
| 2010 | Mark Ruffalo | The Kids Are All Right |
| 2014 | Mark Ruffalo (2) | Foxcatcher |
| 1998 | Geoffrey Rush | Shakespeare in Love |
| 2010 | Geoffrey Rush (2) | The King's Speech |
| 1946 | Harold Russell | The Best Years of Our Lives |
| 1947 | Robert Ryan | Crossfire |
S
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | George Sanders | All About Eve |
| 1975 | Chris Sarandon | Dog Day Afternoon |
| 1962 | Telly Savalas | Birdman of Alcatraz |
| 1971 | Roy Scheider | The French Connection |
| 1977 | Maximilian Schell | Julia |
| 1937 | Joseph Schildkraut | The Life of Emile Zola |
| 1994 | Paul Scofield | Quiz Show |
| 1959 | George C. Scott | Anatomy of a Murder |
| 1961 | George C. Scott (2) | The Hustler |
| 1966 | George Segal | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| 2008 | Michael Shannon | Revolutionary Road |
| 1962 | Omar Sharif | Lawrence of Arabia |
| 1966 | Robert Shaw | A Man for All Seasons |
| 1983 | Sam Shepard | The Right Stuff |
| 2014 | J. K. Simmons | Whiplash |
| 1953 | Frank Sinatra | From Here to Eternity |
| 1994 | Gary Sinise | Forrest Gump |
| 1995 | Kevin Spacey | The Usual Suspects |
| 1956 | Robert Stack | Written on the Wind |
| 1962 | Terence Stamp | Billy Budd |
| 1954 | Rod Steiger | On the Waterfront |
| 1940 | James Stephenson | The Letter |
| 1988 | Dean Stockwell | Married to the Mob |
| 1974 | Lee Strasberg | The Godfather Part II |
| 1953 | Robert Strauss | Stalag 17 |
T
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Russ Tamblyn | Peyton Place |
| 1936 | Akim Tamiroff | The General Died at Dawn |
| 1943 | Akim Tamiroff (2) | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| 1998 | Billy Bob Thornton | A Simple Plan |
| 1983 | Rip Torn | Cross Creek |
| 1964 | Lee Tracy | The Best Man |
| 1942 | Henry Travers | Mrs. Miniver |
| 2009 | Stanley Tucci | The Lovely Bones |
| 1954 | Tom Tully | The Caine Mutiny |
U
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Peter Ustinov | Quo Vadis |
| 1960 | Peter Ustinov (2) | Spartacus |
| 1964 | Peter Ustinov (3) | Topkapi |
V
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Robert Vaughn | The Young Philadelphians |
| 2001 | Jon Voight | Ali |
| 1950 | Erich von Stroheim | Sunset Boulevard |
W
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Mark Wahlberg | The Departed |
| 1978 | Christopher Walken | The Deer Hunter |
| 2002 | Christopher Walken (2) | Catch Me If You Can |
| 2009 | Christoph Waltz | Inglourious Basterds |
| 2012 | Christoph Waltz (2) | Django Unchained |
| 1975 | Jack Warden | Shampoo |
| 1978 | Jack Warden (2) | Heaven Can Wait |
| 1937 | H. B. Warner | Lost Horizon |
| 1987 | Denzel Washington | Cry Freedom |
| 1989 | Denzel Washington (2) | Glory |
| 2003 | Ken Watanabe | The Last Samurai |
| 1944 | Clifton Webb | Laura |
| 1946 | Clifton Webb (2) | The Razor's Edge |
| 1949 | James Whitmore | Battleground |
| 1947 | Richard Widmark | Kiss of Death |
| 1968 | Jack Wild | Oliver! |
| 1968 | Gene Wilder | The Producers |
| 2007 | Tom Wilkinson | Michael Clayton |
| 1997 | Robin Williams | Good Will Hunting |
| 1960 | Chill Wills | The Alamo |
| 1996 | James Woods | Ghosts of Mississippi |
| 1944 | Monty Woolley | Since You Went Away |
| 1959 | Ed Wynn | The Diary of Anne Frank |
Y
| Year | Nominee | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Burt Young | Rocky |
| 1951 | Gig Young | Come Fill the Cup |
| 1958 | Gig Young (2) | Teacher's Pet |
| 1969 | Gig Young (3) | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? |
| 1937 | Roland Young | Topper |
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