Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

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Academy Award acting award film award

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor an outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role in a film.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Academy Award → acting award → film award →
administeredBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors →
alsoKnownAs	Oscar for Best Supporting Actor →
associatedEvent	Academy Awards ceremony →
awardedFor	outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role → supporting male performance in a motion picture →
awardMaterial	gold-plated bronze statuette →
awardShowBroadcastOn	American television networks →
categoryType	supporting role →
ceremonyFrequency	annual →
country	United States →
eligibility	performance in a feature-length film released during the qualifying year →
firstAwarded	1937 →
firstRecipient	Walter Brennan →
firstWinningFilm	Come and Get It →
genderRestriction	male →
hasGenderedCounterpart	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.oscars.org →
hasRelatedCategory	Academy Award for Best Actor → Academy Award for Best Picture →
hasStatisticalRecord	most wins by Walter Brennan → multiple-time nominees include Al Pacino → multiple-time nominees include Jack Nicholson → multiple-time nominees include Robert Duvall →
hasSubsequentCategory	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress →
inception	1936 →
industry	film industry →
isSubsetOf	Academy Awards for acting →
languageOfCeremony	English →
locationOfCeremony	Los Angeles →
medium	film →
notableMultipleWinner	Christoph Waltz → Jack Nicholson → Jason Robards → Walter Brennan →
organizerHeadquarters	Beverly Hills, California →
partOf	Academy Awards →
presentedBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences →
region	Hollywood →
selectionMethod	voted on by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences →
significance	one of the major acting Oscars →
symbolizes	recognition of excellence in supporting acting →
timePeriodCovered	performances from the previous calendar year →
trophyName	Oscar statuette →
typicalAnnouncementTime	during the main Academy Awards telecast →
votingBody	Academy actors branch for nominations → all eligible Academy members for final ballot →

Referenced by (237)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood → A Room with a View (1985 film) → A Soldier's Story → A Star Is Born (2018 film) → Adam Driver → Albert Finney → Andy García → Apocalypse Now → Apollo 13 → Armin Mueller-Stahl → Belfast (2021 film) → Birdman of Alcatraz → Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) → Blood Diamond → Bruce Dern → Bruce Dern → Burt Young ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Rocky") → Bus Stop → Catch Me If You Can → Chariots of Fire → Charles Durning ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas") → Christopher Walken → Ciarán Hinds → Claude Rains ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington") → Claude Rains ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Casablanca") → Claude Rains ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Mr. Skeffington") → Claude Rains ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Notorious") → Dan Aykroyd → Dev Patel → Dog Day Afternoon → Dreamgirls → Easy Rider → Eddie Albert ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Roman Holiday") → Eddie Albert ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Heartbreak Kid") → Eric Roberts → Fargo → Four Daughters → Frank Morgan → Friendly Persuasion → Harvey Keitel → Hume Cronyn → James Woods → Joan of Arc (1948 film) → Joe Pesci → John Garfield → John Garfield → John Hurt → John Lithgow → Johnny Belinda → Josh Brolin → Jude Law → Laurence Olivier ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Marathon Man (1976 film)") → Lawrence of Arabia → Leo Genn → Leonardo DiCaprio → Leonardo DiCaprio → Manchester by the Sea → Mark Wahlberg → Matt Damon → Michael Fassbender → Michel Dimitri Chalhoub → Michel Dimitri Chalhoub → Montgomery Clift → Moonstruck → Mr. Smith Goes to Washington → Omar Sharif → On the Waterfront → Paul Giamatti → Philip Seymour Hoffman → Platoon ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Tom Berenger)") → Platoon ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Willem Dafoe)") → Pulp Fiction → Raging Bull → Ralph Fiennes → Revolutionary Road → Rip Torn → Robert Forster ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jackie Brown") → Robert Shaw → Roman Holiday → Roy Scheider ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The French Connection") → Sacha Baron Cohen → Sam Rockwell → Sam Shepard → Samuel L. Jackson → Shine → Silver Linings Playbook → Spellbound → Spellbound (1945 film) → Sydney Greenstreet → Sylvester Stallone → Syriana → The Apartment → The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (film) → The Departed → The Fabelmans → The Godfather → The Great Dictator → The Hours → The Hurricane ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Michael Clarke Duncan)") → The Irishman → The Power of the Dog (2021 film) → The Quiet Man → The Razor's Edge (1946 film) → The Rose → The Shape of Water → The Truman Show → The Wolf of Wall Street → Thomas Haden Church → Tim Roth → Tom Hardy → Tom Jones (1963 film) → Tom Wilkinson → Tropic Thunder → Viva Zapata! → Willem Dafoe → Woody Harrelson →	nominatedFor
A Fish Called Wanda → A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film) → Adaptation → Ben-Hur → Brad Pitt → CODA → Christian Bale → Christoph Waltz → Christopher Plummer → Christopher Walken → City Slickers → Cocoon → Come and Get It → Cuba Gooding Jr. → Denzel Washington → Django Unchained → Don Ameche → Donald Crisp → Ed Harris ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (nominations)") → Ed Wood → Everything Everywhere All at Once → Frank Sinatra → George Chakiris → George Clooney → George Sanders → Good Will Hunting → Heath Ledger → How Green Was My Valley → Ian Holm ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination") → Ian McKellen ("Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor") → J.K. Simmons → Jack Lemmon → Jack Nicholson → Jason Robards → Javier Bardem → Jim Broadbent → Joe Pesci → John Houseman → Ke Huy Quan → Kenneth Branagh ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination") → Kevin Spacey → Louis Gossett Jr. → Mahershala Ali → Martin Landau → Michael Caine → Moonlight → Morgan Freeman → No Country for Old Men → Oppenheimer (2023 film) → Robert De Niro → Robert Downey Jr. → Robin Williams → Sam Rockwell → Sean Connery → Spartacus (1960 film) → The Big Country → The Deer Hunter → The Fighter → Tim Robbins → Timothy Hutton → Tommy Lee Jones → Twelve O’Clock High → Viva Zapata! → Walter Brennan → Walter Brennan ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 'Kentucky'") →	awardReceived
Burt Young → Charlie Wilson's War → Claude Rains → Claude Rains → Crimes and Misdemeanors → Djimon Hounsou ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Blood Diamond") → Eddie Albert → Invictus → Jackie Brown → Marathon Man (1976 film) → My Week with Marilyn → Robert Forster → Roy Scheider → The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford → The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming ("Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role") → Training Day → What's Eating Gilbert Grape →	awardNomination
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Syriana → The Dark Knight → The Godfather Part II →	award
Christoph Waltz ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Inglourious Basterds") → Christoph Waltz ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Django Unchained") → Heath Ledger ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Dark Knight") → Ke Huy Quan ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor – Everything Everywhere All at Once") →	awardReceivedFor
Out of Africa → The English Patient → The Godfather Part II →	nominations
Academy Award for Best Actor → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress → Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture →	relatedAward
Stagecoach → The Treasure of the Sierra Madre →	academyAward
Argo → Fiddler on the Roof →	academyAwardNominations
Bridge of Spies → Traffic (2000 film) →	academyAwardWon
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ("Oscar for Best Supporting Actor") → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ("Oscar for Best Supporting Actor") →	alsoKnownAs
Inglourious Basterds ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz)") → Walter Brennan →	notableAward
Albert Brooks ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Broadcast News") → Mr. Saturday Night →	notableAwardNomination
Lost Horizon →	academyAwardNomination
Doubt →	awardNominated
American Hustle →	awardNominatedFor
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences →	awardsPresented
Cinderella Man →	hasAwardNomination
BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor →	hasEquivalent
BAFTA Awards ("Best Supporting Actor") →	hasMainCategory
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ("Academy Awards for acting") →	isSubsetOf
Dev Patel ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Lion") →	nominatedForWork
George Chakiris ("Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for West Side Story (1961 film)") →	notableAwardWork
Traffic (2000 film) →	oscarNomination
Heath Ledger →	posthumousAward
Academy Award for Best Actress →	relatedCategory