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The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 9th Academy Awards to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role in a film released that year.
Frances McDormand has won three times for her lead roles, out of six nominations—three lead and three supporting. [5] Meryl Streep is the most-nominated actor of all, with twenty-one nominations. [6] Jack Nicholson has received the most Academy Award nominations for any male actor with twelve nominations. [7]
Finally, Walter Brennan won his three supporting actor Oscars every other year between 1937 and 1941. Thelma Ritter has a record six best supporting actress nominations, albeit without a win. The only women to have won two Oscars in the supporting actress category are Shelley Winters and Dianne Wiest.
Films featuring a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award–winning performance (88 P) Pages in category "Best Supporting Actor Academy Award winners" The following 80 pages are in this category, out of 80 total.
He was nominated in 1993 for best actor for “Chaplin” and in 2008 for best supporting actor in “Tropic Thunder.” Downey gave a light-hearted speech as he accepted his award.
This is a list of films with performances that have been nominated in all of the Academy Award acting categories. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually bestows Academy Awards for acting performances in the following four categories: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.
While the first Oscars ceremony took place in 1929 and honored the Best Actress and Best Actor of the year, the supporting actor categories weren’t added until the 9th Academy Awards, which ...
Throughout the history of the Academy Awards, there have been actors and actresses who have received multiple Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, or Best Supporting Actress. [1] The only restriction is that actors cannot receive multiple nominations for the same performance. [2]