Best Supporting Actor
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Best Supporting Actor is a major Academy Award category that honors an outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role in a film.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Academy Award category
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film award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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surface form:
Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
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| awardedFor |
outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role
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supporting role in a feature film ⓘ |
| awardType | supporting acting award ⓘ |
| ceremonyFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| eligibility |
commercial theatrical release
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performance in a feature-length motion picture ⓘ |
| field | film acting ⓘ |
| firstAwardedFor | films released in 1936 ⓘ |
| genderRestriction | male actors ⓘ |
| hasGenderedCounterpart | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.oscars.org ⓘ |
| inception | 1937 ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationOfCeremony |
Hollywood
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Los Angeles ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Alan Arkin
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Christoph Waltz ⓘ Christopher Walken ⓘ George Chakiris ⓘ Heath Ledger ⓘ Jack Nicholson ⓘ Javier Bardem ⓘ Joe Pesci ⓘ Mahershala Ali ⓘ Morgan Freeman ⓘ Robin Williams ⓘ Sean Connery ⓘ Tommy Lee Jones ⓘ Walter Brennan ⓘ |
| organizer | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| parentAward |
Academy Award
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surface form:
Academy Award for Acting
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| partOf |
Academy Award
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surface form:
Academy Awards
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| presentedBy | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| region | worldwide films meeting Academy rules ⓘ |
| relatedCategory |
Academy Award for Best Actor
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Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ |
| selectionProcess |
nominees selected by actors branch of the Academy
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voted on by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ winners chosen by all voting members of the Academy ⓘ |
| significance | one of the major Academy Award acting categories ⓘ |
| trophyName |
Oscar
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surface form:
Oscar statuette
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