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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