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.

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instanceOf Academy Award category
film award
alsoKnownAs Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
surface form: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
awardedFor outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role
supporting role in a feature film
awardType supporting acting award
ceremonyFrequency annual
country United States of America
surface form: United States
eligibility commercial theatrical release
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
Los Angeles
medium cinema
notableRecipient Alan Arkin
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
surface form: Academy Award for Acting
partOf Academy Award
surface form: Academy Awards
presentedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
region worldwide films meeting Academy rules
relatedCategory Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
selectionProcess nominees selected by actors branch of the Academy
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
surface form: Oscar statuette

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Academy Award notableCategory Best Supporting Actor