Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

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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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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor canonical 671
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination 18
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Academy Award
acting award
film award
administeredBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
surface form: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors
alsoKnownAs Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: 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
Al Pacino
surface form: multiple-time nominees include Al Pacino

Jack Nicholson
surface form: 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 Award for Best Supporting Actor self-linksurface differs
surface form: Academy Awards for acting
languageOfCeremony English
locationOfCeremony Los Angeles
medium film
notableMultipleWinner Christoph Waltz
Jack Nicholson
Jason Robards
Walter Brennan
organizerHeadquarters Beverly Hills, California, United States
surface form: Beverly Hills, California
partOf Academy Award
surface form: 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
surface form: Oscar statuette
typicalAnnouncementTime during the main Academy Awards telecast
votingBody Academy actors branch for nominations
all eligible Academy members for final ballot

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Robert Ryan nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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subject surface form: Elliott Gould
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Joel Grey awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Amos McCoy – Walter Brennan awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Walter Brennan
Balsam awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Martin Balsam
James Coco nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Peter Firth nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Haley Joel Osment nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Law family nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Nathan Birnbaum awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
John awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: John Houseman
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Haing S. Ngor awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Oskar Werner nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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subject surface form: Henry Travers
Schildkraut awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Joseph Schildkraut
Georgy Girl nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Fixer nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
John Dall Thompson nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Huston family awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Walter Huston
Matthau awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Walter Matthau
The Jolson Story nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
John nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: John Ireland
River Jude Phoenix nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Mladen George Sekulovich awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Mladen awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Mladen Sekulovich
Samuel Pack Elliott nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Adaptation awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Tony Perkins nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Great Santini nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Walter John Matthow awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Life of Emile Zola (1937 film) awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Huston awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Walter Huston
A History of Violence nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor