History MediaNotes / AcademyAwardForBestActorInASupportingRole

** Creator/MichaelChekhov for ''Film/{{Spellbound}}'' as Dr. Alexander "Alex" Brulov

* 2023: ''''Creator/RobertDowneyJr''' for ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'' as Lewis Strauss

* 2023:

** Creator/RobertDowneyJr for ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'' as Lewis Strauss

** Creator/RichardBurton for ''Film/MyCousinRachel'' as Philip Ashley

* 1952: Creator/AnthonyQuinn for ''Film/VivaZapata'' as Eufemio Zapata

* 1954: '''[[Creator/EdmondOBrien Edmond O'Brien]]''' for ''Film/TheBarefootContessa'' as Oscar Muldoon

* 1959: Creator/HughGriffith for ''Film/BenHur1959'' as Sheik Ilderim

* 1965: Creator/MartinBalsam for ''Film/AThousandClowns'' as Arnold Burns

* 1966: '''Creator/WalterMatthau '''for ''Film/TheFortuneCookie'' as Whiplash Willie Gingrich

* 1977: Creator/JasonRobards for ''Film/{{Julia}}'' as Creator/DashiellHammett

* 1978: Creator/ChristopherWalken for ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' as Corporal Nikonar "Nick" Chevotarevich

* 1979: Creator/MelvynDouglas for ''Film/BeingThere'' as Benjamin "Ben" Rand

* 1998: Creator/JamesCoburn for ''Film/{{Affliction}}'' as Glen Whitehouse

* 2006: Creator/AlanArkin for ''Film/LittleMissSunshine'' as Edwin Hoover

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** Jack Kruschen for ''Film/TheApartment'' as Dr. David Dreyfuss
** Sal Mineo for ''Film/{{Exodus|1960}}'' as Dov Landau

** Hugh Griffith for ''Film/TomJones'' as Squire Western

** Stanley Holloway for ''Film/MyFairLady'' as Alfred P. Doolittle
** Edmond O'Brien for ''Literature/SevenDaysInMay'' as Senator Raymond Clark
** Lee Tracy for ''Film/{{The Best Man|1964}}'' as President Art Hockstader

** Ian Bannen for ''Film/{{The Flight of the Phoenix|1965}}'' as Ratbags Crow
** Tom Courtenay for ''Film/DoctorZhivago'' as Pavel "Pasha" Antipov / Strelnikov

** Frank Finlay for ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' as Iago

** Cecil Kellaway for ''Film/GuessWhosComingToDinner'' as Mike Ryan

** Daniel Massey for ''Star!'' as Creator/NoelCoward

** Rupert Crosse for ''Literature/TheReivers'' as Ned [=McCaslin=]

** Anthony Quayle for ''Theatre/AnneOfTheThousandDays'' as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

** Chief Dan George for ''Film/LittleBigMan'' as Old Lodge Skins

** John Marley for ''Film/LoveStory'' as Phil Cavalleri

* 1971: '''Ben Johnson''' for ''Film/TheLastPictureShow'' as Sam the Lion

** Leonard Frey for ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'' as Motel Kamzoil

** Eddie Albert for ''Film/{{The Heartbreak Kid|1972}}'' as Mr. Corcoran

* 1973: '''John Houseman''' for ''Film/ThePaperChase'' as Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.

** Jason Miller for ''Film/TheExorcist'' as Father Damien Karras

** Mikhail Baryshnikov for ''Film/{{The Turning Point|1977}}'' as Yuri Kopeikine

** Creator/AlecGuinness for ''Film/ANewHope'' as [[Characters/StarWarsObiWanKenobi Obi-Wan Kenobi]]

** Justin Henry for ''Film/KramerVsKramer'' as Billy Kramer

** Robert Preston for ''Film/VictorVictoria'' as Carroll "Toddy" Todd

** Adolph Caesar for ''Film/ASoldiersStory'' as Sergeant Vernon Waters

** Jaye Davidson for ''Film/TheCryingGame'' as Dil

** Armin Mueller-Stahl for ''Film/{{Shine}}'' as Peter Helfgott

** Barkhad Abdi for ''Film/CaptainPhillips'' as Abduwali Muse

** Paul Raci for ''Film/SoundOfMetal'' as Joe

** Jeff Chandler for ''Film/{{Broken Arrow|1950}}'' as Cochise

** Sam Jaffe for ''Film/TheAsphaltJungle'' as Erwin "Doc" Riedenschneider

** Leo Genn for ''Literature/QuoVadis'' as Petronius
** Kevin [=McCarthy=] for ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'' as Biff Loman

** Victor [=McLaglen=] for ''Film/TheQuietMan'' as Will "Red" Danaher

** Eddie Albert for ''Film/RomanHoliday'' as Irving Radovich
** Brandon [=DeWilde=] for ''Film/{{Shane}}'' as Joey Starrett

** Robert Strauss for ''Film/Stalag17'' as Sergeant Stanislas "Animal" Kuzawa

* 1954: '''Edmond O'Brien''' for ''Film/TheBarefootContessa'' as Oscar Muldoon

** Tom Tully for ''Literature/TheCaineMutiny'' as Lieutenant Commander William De Vriess

** Arthur Kennedy for ''Trial'' as Barney Castle
** Joe Mantell for ''Film/{{Marty}}'' as Angie
** Sal Mineo for ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'' as John "Plato" Crawford
** Arthur O'Connell for ''Theatre/{{Picnic}}'' as Howard Bevans

** Don Murray for ''Film/BusStop'' as Beauregard "Beau" Decker

** Sessue Hayakawa for ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai'' as Colonel Saito
** Arthur Kennedy for ''Film/PeytonPlace'' as Lucas Cross

** Arthur Kennedy for ''Film/SomeCameRunning'' as Frank Hirsh

* 1959: Hugh Griffith for ''Film/BenHur1959'' as Sheik Ilderim
** Arthur O’Connell for ''Film/AnatomyOfAMurder'' as Parnell Emmett [=McCarthy=]

** Albert Bassermann for ''Film/ForeignCorrespondent'' as Van Meer
** William Gargan for ''Theatre/TheyKnewWhatTheyWanted'' as Joe
** Jack Oakie for ''Film/TheGreatDictator'' as Benzino Napaloni
** James Stephenson for ''Film/TheLetter'' as Howard Joyce

* 1941: '''Donald Crisp''' for ''Literature/HowGreenWasMyValley'' as Gwilym Morgan
** Walter Brennan for ''Film/SergeantYork'' as Pastor Rosier Pile

** James Gleason for ''Film/HereComesMrJordan'' as Max "Pop" Corkle

** William Bendix for ''Film/WakeIsland'' as Private Aloysius "Smacksie" Randall

** Henry Travers for ''Film/MrsMiniver'' as James Ballard

** Charles Bickford for ''Film/TheSongOfBernadette'' as Father Dominique Peyramale
** J. Carroll Naish for ''Film/{{Sahara|1943}}'' as Giuseppe

** Clifton Webb for ''Literature/{{Laura}}'' as Waldo Lydecker
** Monty Woolley for ''Film/SinceYouWentAway'' as Colonel William Smollett

** Michael Chekhov for ''Film/{{Spellbound}}'' as Dr. Alexander "Alex" Brulov

* 1946: '''Harold Russell''' for ''Film/TheBestYearsOfOurLives'' as Homer Parrish

** Clifton Webb for ''Film/TheRazorsEdge'' as Elliott Templeton

** Thomas Gomez for ''Film/RideThePinkHorse'' as Pancho

** Richard Widmark for ''Film/KissOfDeath'' as Tommy Udo

** Charles Bickford for ''Film/JohnnyBelinda'' as Black [=McDonald=]

* 1949: '''Dean Jagger''' for ''Film/TwelveOClockHigh'' as Major Harvey Stovall

** James Whitmore for ''Film/{{Battleground|1949}}'' as Sergeant Kinnie

** Mischa Auer for ''Film/MyManGodfrey'' as Carlo

* 1937: '''Joseph Schildkraut''' for ''Film/TheLifeOfEmileZola'' as Captain Alfred Dreyfus

** H.B. Warner for ''Film/LostHorizon'' as Chang
** Roland Young for ''Film/{{Topper}}'' as Cosmo Topper

** John Garfield for ''Film/FourDaughters'' as Mickey Borden
** Gene Lockhart for ''Film/{{Algiers}}'' as Regis

** Brian Aherne for ''Film/{{Juarez}}'' as Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg
** Harry Carey for ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington'' as the President of the Senate
** Brian Donlevy for ''Literature/BeauGeste'' as Sergeant Markoff

** Creator/SylvesterStallone for ''Film/{{Creed}}'' as Robert "Rocky" Balboa

** Creator/BrianTyreeHenry for ''Causeway'' as James Aucoin

** Frederic Forest for ''Film/TheRose'' as Huston Dyer

->''"Because I do not feel like being the winner. You have [[Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan Michael]], who I'd never heard of quite frankly, who is astonishing. You have [[Creator/JudeLaw Jude]], who is going to be a big star no matter what happens. You have [[Creator/TomCruise Tom]], who if you had won this your pot price would have gone down so fast. Have you any idea what supporting actors get paid? And we only get one motorhome, a small one. And [[Creator/HaleyJoelOsment Haley Osment]], what an astonishing... where is he? There he is. Haley, when I saw you I thought, well that's me out of it. So really, I'm basically up here, guys, to represent you as what I hope you will all be, a survivor."''

-->--'''Creator/MichaelCaine''' winning for ''Literature/TheCiderHouseRules''.

->''"Because I do not feel like being the winner. You have Michael, who I'd never heard of quite frankly, who is astonishing. You have Jude, who is going to be a big star no matter what happens. You have Tom, who if you had won this your pot price would have gone down so fast. Have you any idea what supporting actors get paid? And we only get one motorhome, a small one. And Haley Osment, what an astonishing... where is he? There he is. Haley, when I saw you I thought, well that's me out of it. So really, I'm basically up here, guys, to represent you as what I hope you will all be, a survivor."''

[[folder:1936–1940]]
* 1936: Walter Brennan for ''Come and Get It'' as Swan Bostrom

* 1937: Joseph Schildkraut for ''Film/TheLifeOfEmileZola'' as Captain Alfred Dreyfus

* 1938: Walter Brennan for ''Kentucky'' as Peter Goodwin

** Creator/RobertMorley for ''Marie Antoinette'' as [[UsefulNotes/LouisXVI King Louis XVI]]

* 1939: Creator/ThomasMitchell for ''Film/{{Stagecoach}}'' as Dr. Josiah Boone

** Brian Donlevy for ''Literature/BeauGeste'' as Sgt. Markoff
** Creator/ClaudeRains for ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington'' as Sen. Joseph Harrison "Joe" Paine

[[folder:1940–1949]]
* 1940: Walter Brennan for ''The Westerner'' as Judge Roy Bean

* 1941: Donald Crisp for ''Literature/HowGreenWasMyValley'' as Gwilym Morgan

** Creator/CharlesCoburn for ''Film/TheDevilAndMissJones'' as John P. Merrick

* 1942: Van Heflin for ''Johnny Eager'' as Jeff Hartnett
** William Bendix for ''Film/WakeIsland'' as Pvt. Aloysius “Smacksie” Randall

** Frank Morgan for ''Tortilla Flat'' as The Pirate

* 1943: Creator/CharlesCoburn for ''Film/TheMoreTheMerrier'' as Benjamin Dingle

** Creator/ClaudeRains for ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' as Capt. Louis Renault

* 1944: Creator/BarryFitzgerald for ''Film/GoingMyWay'' as Father Fitzgibbon

** Monty Woolley for ''Film/SinceYouWentAway'' as Colonel William G. Smollett
* 1945: James Dunn for ''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'' as Johnny Nolan
** Michael Chekhov for ''Film/{{Spellbound}}'' as Dr. Alexander “Alex” Brulov

** ''Creator/RobertMitchum'' for ''The Story of G.I. Joe'' as Capt. Bill Walker

* 1946: Harold Russell for ''Film/TheBestYearsOfOurLives'' as Homer Parrish

** Creator/ClaudeRains for ''Film/{{Notorious|1946}}'' as Alexander Sebastian

* 1947: Creator/EdmundGwenn for ''Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet'' as Kris Kringle
** Charles Bickford for ''The Farmer’s Daughter'' as Joseph Clancy

** Creator/RobertRyan for ''Film/{{Crossfire}}'' as Montgomery

* 1948: Creator/WalterHuston for ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'' as Howard

** Creator/JoseFerrer for ''Joan of Arc'' as The Dauphin/Charles VII
** Creator/OskarHomolka for ''Film/IRememberMama'' as Uncle Chris Halverson

* 1949: Dean Jagger for ''Film/TwelveOClockHigh'' as Major Harvey Stovall

** James Whitmore for ''Film/{{Battleground|1949}}'' as Sgt. Kinnie

[[folder:1950–1959]]
* 1950: Creator/GeorgeSanders for ''Film/AllAboutEve'' as Addison [=DeWitt=]

** Creator/EdmundGwenn for ''Mister 880'' as “Skipper” Miller
** Sam Jaffe for ''Film/TheAsphaltJungle'' as Dr. Erwin Riedenschneider
** Creator/ErichVonStroheim for ''Film/SunsetBoulevard'' as Max von Meyerling
* 1951: Creator/KarlMalden for ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' as Harold “Mitch” Mitchell

** Creator/PeterUstinov for ''Quo Vadis'' as {{UsefulNotes/Nero}}

** Arthur Hunnicutt for ''The Big Sky'' as Zeb Calloway/Narator
** Victor [=McLaglen=] for ''Film/TheQuietMan'' as Will “Red” Danaher

* 1953: Music/FrankSinatra for ''Literature/FromHereToEternity'' as Pvt. Angelo Maggio

** Robert Strauss for ''Film/Stalag17'' as Sgt. Stanislas “Animal” Kasava
* 1954: Edmond O'Brien for ''Film/TheBarefootContessa'' as Oscar Muldoon

** Creator/RodSteiger for ''On the Waterfront'' as Charley “The Gent” Malloy
** Tom Tully for ''Literature/TheCaineMutiny'' as Lieutenant Commander William H. [=DiVriess=]
* 1955: Creator/JackLemmon for ''Literature/MisterRoberts'' as Ensign Frank Thurlowe Pulver

** Sal Mineo for ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'' as John “Plato” Crawford
** Arthur O’Connell for ''Theatre/{{Picnic}}'' as Howard Bevans
* 1956: Creator/AnthonyQuinn for ''Lust for Life'' as Paul Gauguin
** Don Murray for ''Bus Stop'' as Beauregard “Bo” Decker

* 1957: Creator/RedButtons for ''Film/{{Sayonara}}'' as Airman Joe Kelly

* 1958: Music/BurlIves for ''Film/TheBigCountry'' as Rufus Hannassey

** Creator/GeorgeCScott for ''Anatomy of a Murder'' as Asst. State Atty. Gen. Claude Dancer
** Creator/RobertVaughn for The ''Young Philadelphians'' as Chester “Chet” Gwynn

[[folder:1960–1969]]
* 1960: Creator/PeterUstinov for ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'' as Lentulus Batiatus
** Creator/PeterFalk for ''Murder, Inc.'' as Abe “Kid Twist” Reles
** Jack Kruschen for ''Film/TheApartment'' As Dr. Dreyfuss
** Sal Mineo for ''Film/Exodus1960'' as Dov Landau

* 1961: Creator/GeorgeChakiris for ''Film/{{West Side Story|1961}}'' as Bernardo

* 1962: Creator/EdBegley for ''Sweet Bird of Youth'' as Tom “Boss” Finley

* 1963: Creator/MelvynDouglas for ''Film/{{Hud}}'' as Homer Bannon

* 1964: Creator/PeterUstinov for ''Film/{{Topkapi}}'' as Arthur Simon Simpson

** Lee Tracy for ''The Best Man'' as President Art Hockstader

** Ian Bannen for ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix'' as “Ratbags” Crow
** Tom Courtenay for ''Film/DoctorZhivago'' as Pavel "Pasha" Antipov (Strelnikov)

* 1966: Creator/WalterMatthau for ''Film/TheFortuneCookie'' as Whiplash Willie Gingrich

** Creator/RobertShaw for ''Theatre/AManForAllSeasons'' as King UsefulNotes/HenryVIII
* 1967: Creator/GeorgeKennedy for ''Film/CoolHandLuke'' as Dragline

** Cecil Kellaway for ''Film/GuessWhosComingToDinner'' as Monsignor Mike Ryan

* 1968: Creator/JackAlbertson for ''Theatre/TheSubjectWasRoses'' as John Cleary

** Creator/JackWild for ''Film/{{Oliver}}'' as Jack Dawkins/The Artful Dodger
** Creator/GeneWilder for ''Film/TheProducers'' as Leopold “Leo” Bloom
* 1969: Creator/GigYoung for ''Film/TheyShootHorsesDontThey'' as Rocky Graver

[[folder:1970–1979]]
* 1970: Creator/JohnMills for ''Film/RyansDaughter'' as Michael

* 1971: Ben Johnson for ''Film/TheLastPictureShow'' as Sam the Lion

** Leonard Frey for ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'' as Motel Kamzol

** Creator/RoyScheider for ''Film/TheFrenchConnection'' as Detective Buddy ”Cloudy” Russo
* 1972: Creator/JoelGrey for ''Film/{{Cabaret}}'' as the Master of Ceremonies

** Creator/JamesCaan for ''Film/TheGodfather'' as Santino “Sonny” Corleone

* 1973: John Houseman for ''Film/ThePaperChase'' as Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.

** Creator/RandyQuaid for ''Film/TheLastDetail'' as Larry Meadows
* 1974: Creator/RobertDeNiro for ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII'' as Vito Corleone

* 1975: Creator/GeorgeBurns for ''Film/TheSunshineBoys'' as Al Lewis

* 1976: Creator/JasonRobards for ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen'' as Ben Bradlee
** Creator/NedBeatty for ''Film/{{Network}}'' as Arthur Jenson

** Mikhail Baryshnikov for ''Film/TheTurningPoint'' as Yuri Kopeikine

* 1978: Creator/ChristopherWalken for ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' as Nikonar “Nick” Chevotarevich
** Creator/BruceDern for ''Film/ComingHome'' as Capt. Bob Hyde

** Creator/JackWarden for ''Film/HeavenCanWait'' as Max Corkle
* 1979: Creator/MelvynDouglas for ''Film/BeingThere'' as Benjamin Turnbull "Ben" Rand

[[folder:1980–1989]]
* 1980: Creator/TimothyHutton for ''Literature/OrdinaryPeople'' as Conrad Jarrett
** Creator/JuddHirsch for ''Ordinary People'' as Dr. Tyrone C. Berger

* 1981: Creator/JohnGielgud for ''Film/{{Arthur|1981}}'' as Hobson

** Creator/JackNicholson for ''Film/{{Reds|1981}}'' as Eugene O’Neill
** Howard Rollins for ''Literature/{{Ragtime}}'' as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
* 1982: Creator/LouisGossettJr for ''Film/AnOfficerAndAGentleman'' as Gunnery Sgt. Emil Foley

** Robert Preston for ''Film/VictorVictoria'' as Carroll “Toddy” Todd
* 1983: Creator/JackNicholson for ''Film/TermsOfEndearment'' as Garrett Breedlove

* 1984: Creator/HaingSNgor for ''Film/TheKillingFields'' as Dith Pran
** Adolph Caesar for ''Film/ASoldiersStory'' as Sgt. Waters

** Creator/PatMorita for ''Film/TheKarateKid'' as Kesuke Miyagi
** Creator/RalphRichardson (posthumous) for ''Film/GreystokeTheLegendOfTarzanLordOfTheApes'' as The Sixth Earl Of Greystoke
* 1985: Creator/DonAmeche for ''Film/{{Cocoon}}'' as Arthur Selwyn
** Creator/KlausMariaBrandauer for ''Film/OutOfAfrica'' as Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke/Baron Hans von Blixen-Finecke

* 1986: Creator/MichaelCaine for ''Film/HannahAndHerSisters'' as Elliott Daniels
** Creator/TomBerenger for ''Film/{{Platoon}}'' as Sgt. Bob Barnes
** Creator/WillemDafoe for ''Platoon'' as Sgt. Elias Grodin

** Creator/DennisHopper for ''Film/{{Hoosiers}}'' as Wilbur “Shooter” Flatch
* 1987: Creator/SeanConnery for ''Film/TheUntouchables'' as Jimmy Malone

** Creator/MorganFreeman for ''Street Smart'' as Leo “Fast Black” Smalls Jr.

* 1988: Creator/KevinKline for ''Film/AFishCalledWanda'' as Otto West

** Creator/DeanStockwell for ''Film/MarriedToTheMob'' as Tony “The Tiger” Russo
* 1989: Creator/DenzelWashington for ''Film/{{Glory}}'' as Pvt. Silas Trip

[[folder:1990–1999]]
* 1990: Creator/JoePesci for ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' as Tommy [=DeVito=]

** Creator/AndyGarcia for ''Film/TheGodfatherPartIII'' as Vincent Corleone
** Creator/GrahamGreeneActor for ''Film/DancesWithWolves'' as Kicking Bird
** Creator/AlPacino for ''Film/DickTracy'' as Alphonse “Big Boy” Caprice
* 1991: Creator/JackPalance for ''Film/CitySlickers'' as Curly Washburn

* 1992: Creator/GeneHackman for ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'' as Little Bill Daggett

** Creator/AlPacino for ''Theatre/GlengarryGlenRoss'' as Richard “Ricky” Roma

* 1993: Creator/TommyLeeJones for ''Film/TheFugitive'' as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard
** Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio for ''Film/WhatsEatingGilbertGrape'' as Arnie Grape

* 1994: Creator/MartinLandau for ''Film/EdWood'' as Creator/BelaLugosi
** Creator/SamuelLJackson for ''Film/PulpFiction'' as Jules Winnfield

** Creator/GarySinise for ''Film/ForrestGump'' as Lt. Dan Taylor
* 1995: Creator/KevinSpacey for ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' as Roger “Verbal” Kint/[[spoiler:Keyser Söze]]
** Creator/JamesCromwell for ''Film/{{Babe}}'' as Farmer Arthur Hoggett

* 1996: Creator/CubaGoodingJr for ''Film/JerryMaguire'' as Rod Tidwell

* 1997: Creator/RobinWilliams for ''Film/GoodWillHunting'' as Dr. Sean Maguire

** Creator/AnthonyHopkins for ''Film/{{Amistad}}'' as UsefulNotes/JohnQuincyAdams

** Creator/RobertDuvall for ''Literature/ACivilAction'' as Jerome Facher

* 1999: Creator/MichaelCaine for ''Literature/TheCiderHouseRules'' as Dr. Wilbur Larch

[[folder:2000–2009]]
* 2000: Creator/BenicioDelToro for ''Film/Traffic2000'' as Javier Rodriguez
** Creator/JeffBridges for ''Film/TheContender'' as Jackson Evans

** Creator/AlbertFinney for ''Film/ErinBrockovich'' as Edward L. Masry
** Creator/JoaquinPhoenix for ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' as Commodus
* 2001: Creator/JimBroadbent for ''Iris'' as John Bayley

* 2002: Creator/ChrisCooper for ''Film/{{Adaptation}}'' as John Laroche
** Creator/EdHarris for ''Literature/TheHours'' as Richard “Richie” Brown

* 2003: Creator/TimRobbins for ''Film/MysticRiver'' as Dave Boyle
** Creator/AlecBaldwin for ''Film/TheCooler'' as Shelly Kaplow

* 2004: Creator/MorganFreeman for ''Film/MillionDollarBaby'' as Eddie “Scrap-Iron” Dupris
** Creator/AlanAlda for ''Film/TheAviator'' as Owen Brewster

* 2005: Creator/GeorgeClooney for ''Film/{{Syriana}}'' as Bob Barnes

** Creator/JackieEarleHaley for ''Film/LittleChildren'' as Ronald James [=McGorvey=]

** Creator/EddieMurphy for ''Theatre/{{Dreamgirls}}'' as James “Thunder” Early
** Creator/MarkWahlberg for ''Film/TheDeparted'' as Staff Sgt. Sean Dignam
* 2007: Creator/JavierBardem for ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen'' as Anton Chigurh
** Creator/CaseyAffleck for ''Film/TheAssassinationOfJesseJamesByTheCowardRobertFord'' as Robert Ford

* 2008: Creator/HeathLedger (posthumous) for ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' as ComicBook/TheJoker

** Creator/MichaelShannon for ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad'' as John Givings, Jr.
* 2009: Creator/ChristophWaltz for ''Film/IngloriousBasterds'' as SS Colonel Hans Landa

[[folder:2010–2019]]
* 2010: Creator/ChristianBale for ''Film/TheFighter'' as Dicky Eklund

** Creator/JeremyRenner for ''Film/TheTown'' as James “Jem” Coughlin

* 2011: Creator/ChristopherPlummer for ''Beginners'' as Hal Fields

** Creator/MaxVonSydow for ''Literature/ExtremelyLoudAndIncrediblyClose'' as The Renter
* 2012: Creator/ChristophWaltz for ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' as Dr. King Schultz

** Creator/RobertDeNiro for ''Film/SilverLiningsPlaybook'' as Patrizio “Pat” Solitano Jr.

** Creator/TommyLeeJones for ''Film/{{Lincoln}}'' as Thaddeus Stevens
* 2013: Creator/JaredLeto for ''Film/DallasBuyersClub'' as Rayon

** Creator/BradleyCooper for ''Film/AmericanHustle'' as Richard “Richie” [=DiMaso=]

* 2014: Creator/JKSimmons for ''Film/{{Whiplash}}'' as Terence Fletcher

** Creator/MarkRuffalo for ''Film/{{Foxcatcher}}'' as David Schultz
* 2015: Creator/MarkRylance for ''Film/BridgeOfSpies'' as Rudolf Abel

** Creator/SylvesterStallone for ''Film/{{Creed}}'' as Rocky Balboa
* 2016: Creator/MahershalaAli for ''Film/{{Moonlight|2016}}'' as Juan

** Creator/MichaelShannon for ''Film/NocturnalAnimals'' as Lieutenant Bobby Andes
* 2017: Creator/SamRockwell for ''Film/ThreeBillboardsOutsideEbbingMissouri'' as Officer Jason Dixon

** Creator/WoodyHarrelson for ''Film/ThreeBillboardsOutsideEbbingMissouri'' as Chief William “Bill” Willoughby

* 2018: Creator/MahershalaAli for ''Film/GreenBook'' as Don Shirley
** Creator/AdamDriver for ''Film/BlacKkKlansman'' as Detective Philip “Flip” Zimmerman

** Creator/SamRockwell for ''Film/{{Vice|2018}}'' as UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush
* 2019: Creator/BradPitt for ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'' as Cliff Booth

[[folder:2020–2029]]
* 2020-21: Creator/DanielKaluuya for ''Film/JudasAndTheBlackMessiah'' as Fred Hampton

** Creator/LakeithStanfield for ''Film/JudasAndTheBlackMessiah'' as William “Bill” O’Neal
* 2021: Creator/TroyKotsur for ''Film/{{Coda|2021}}'' as Frank Rossi
** Creator/CiaranHinds for ''Film/{{Belfast}}'' as "Pop"

** Creator/JKSimmons for ''Film/BeingTheRicardos'' as William Frawley

* 2022: Creator/KeHuyQuan for ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'' as Waymond Wang

** Creator/BrianTyreeHenry for ''Film/{{Causeway}}'' as James Aucoin

* 2016: Creator/MahershalaAli for ''Film/{{Moonlight}}'' as Juan

* 2021: Creator/TroyKotsur for ''Film/Coda2021'' as Frank Rossi

[[/folder]]