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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Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Webb nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Clifton Webb
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Mineo nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Sal Mineo
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Kodi nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Kodi Smit-McPhee
film "Adaptation" awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Adaptation
Beginners (as cinematographer) awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Beginners
Kellaway nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Cecil Kellaway
Come Back, Little Sheba (film adaptation of William Inge play) nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Come Back, Little Sheba
All the King’s Men nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: All the King’s Men (1949 film)
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subject surface form: Barkhad Abdi
Jagged Edge nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Marie McKay awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Joseph Schildkraut
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Emmett Evan Heflin Jr. awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Castellano nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Richard S. Castellano
Jack Gilford nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Ray (2004 film) nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Jerome Silberman nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Lion (2016 film) nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Eugene Allen Hackman awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Hackman awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Gene Hackman
Caine family awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Michael Caine
Bardem family awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Javier Bardem
Waldo Brian Donlevy nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Bardem awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Javier Bardem
Tom Jones (1963 film) nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Cross Creek (film) nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Cross Creek
Bugsy nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Michael Caine (original English version) awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Michael Caine
Postlethwaite nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Pete Postlethwaite
Four Daughters (1938 film) nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Four Daughters
Edmund John Kellaway awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Friendly Persuasion (1956 film) nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
John Anthony Miller Jr. nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
John Anthony Miller Jr. nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
subject surface form: Jason Miller
Exodus (1960 film) nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Jack Wild nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Rupert Crosse nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Theodor Meir Bikel nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Aaron Chwatt awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Harold Russell awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Glory (1989 film) awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Jonathan Ke Quan awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor