Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture category in CineRoll's records: 354 films across 81 years, 82 of them winners.

The most recent winner is A Real Pain (2025); the earliest on record is For Whom the Bell Tolls (1944).

The last three winners were A Real Pain (2025), Everything Everywhere All at Once (2023) and The Power of the Dog (2022).

The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.

Last updated August 12, 2026

2025

A Real Pain(2024)
Kieran Culkin
Winner
A Complete Unknown(2024)
Edward Norton
Anora(2024)
Yura Borisov
Gladiator II(2024)
Denzel Washington
The Apprentice(2024)
Jeremy Strong
The Brutalist(2024)
Guy Pearce

2023

Everything Everywhere All at Once(2022)
Ke Huy Quan
Winner
Babylon(2022)
Brad Pitt
The Banshees of Inisherin(2022)
The Good Nurse(2022)
Eddie Redmayne

2022

The Power of the Dog(2021)
Winner
Belfast(2021)
Jamie Dornan
Belfast(2021)
Ciarán Hinds
CODA(2021)
Troy Kotsur
The Tender Bar(2021)
Ben Affleck

2021

Judas and the Black Messiah(2021)
Daniel Kaluuya
Winner
On the Rocks(2020)
Bill Murray
One Night in Miami...(2020)
Leslie Odom Jr.
The Little Things(2020)
Jared Leto
The Trial of the Chicago 7(2020)

2020

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood(2019)
Brad Pitt
Winner
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood(2019)
The Irishman(2019)
The Two Popes(2019)

2019

Green Book(2018)
Mahershala Ali
Winner
Beautiful Boy(2018)
Timothée Chalamet
BlacKkKlansman(2018)
Adam Driver
Can You Ever Forgive Me?(2018)
Richard Grant
Vice(2018)
Sam Rockwell

2018

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(2017)
Sam Rockwell
Winner
All the Money in the World(2017)
Christopher Plummer
Call Me by Your Name(2017)
Armie Hammer
The Florida Project(2017)
The Shape of Water(2017)
Richard Jenkins

2017

Nocturnal Animals(2016)
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Winner
Florence Foster Jenkins(2016)
Simon Helberg
Hell or High Water(2016)
Jeff Bridges
Lion(2016)
Dev Patel
Moonlight(2016)
Mahershala Ali

2016

Creed(2015)
Sylvester Stallone
Winner
99 Homes(2015)
Michael Shannon
Beasts of No Nation(2015)
Idris Elba
Bridge of Spies(2015)
Mark Rylance
Love & Mercy(2015)
Paul Dano

2015

Whiplash(2014)
J.K. Simmons
Winner
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)(2014)
Edward Norton
Boyhood(2014)
Ethan Hawke
Foxcatcher(2014)
Mark Ruffalo
The Judge(2014)

2014

Dallas Buyers Club(2013)
Jared Leto
Winner
12 Years a Slave(2013)
Michael Fassbender
American Hustle(2013)
Bradley Cooper
Captain Phillips(2013)
Barkhad Abdi
Rush(2013)
Daniel Brühl

2013

Django Unchained(2012)
Christoph Waltz
Winner
Argo(2012)
Alan Arkin
Django Unchained(2012)
Leonardo DiCaprio
Lincoln(2012)
Tommy Lee Jones
The Master(2012)

2012

Beginners(2011)
Christopher Plummer
Winner
A Dangerous Method(2011)
Viggo Mortensen
Drive(2011)
Albert Brooks
Moneyball(2011)
Jonah Hill
My Week with Marilyn(2011)
Kenneth Branagh

2011

The Fighter(2010)
Christian Bale
Winner
The King's Speech(2010)
Geoffrey Rush
The Social Network(2010)
Andrew Garfield
The Town(2010)
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps(2010)
Michael Douglas

2010

Inglourious Basterds(2009)
Christoph Waltz
Winner
Invictus(2009)
Matt Damon
The Last Station(2009)
The Lovely Bones(2009)
The Messenger(2009)

2009

The Dark Knight(2008)
Winner
Doubt(2008)
Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Duchess(2008)
Tropic Thunder(2008)
Tom Cruise
Tropic Thunder(2008)
Robert Downey Jr.

2008

No Country for Old Men(2007)
Javier Bardem
Winner
Charlie Wilson's War(2007)
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Hairspray(2007)
John Travolta
Michael Clayton(2007)
Tom Wilkinson
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford(2007)

2007

Dreamgirls(2006)
Eddie Murphy
Winner
Babel(2006)
Brad Pitt
Hollywoodland(2006)
Ben Affleck
The Departed(2006)

2006

Syriana(2005)
George Clooney
Winner
Cinderella Man(2005)
Paul Giamatti
Crash(2005)
Matt Dillon
Mrs. Henderson Presents(2005)
Bob Hoskins
The Producers(2005)
Will Ferrell

2005

Closer(2004)
Clive Owen
Winner
Collateral(2004)
Jamie Foxx
Kill Bill: Vol. 2(2004)
David Carradine
Million Dollar Baby(2004)
Morgan Freeman
Sideways(2004)
Thomas Haden Church

2004

Mystic River(2003)
Tim Robbins
Winner
Big Fish(2003)
Albert Finney
Seabiscuit(2003)
William Macy
Shattered Glass(2003)
Peter Sarsgaard
The Cooler(2003)
Alec Baldwin
The Last Samurai(2003)
Ken Watanabe

2003

Adaptation.(2002)
Chris Cooper
Winner
Chicago(2002)
John C. Reilly
Far from Heaven(2002)
Dennis Quaid
Road to Perdition(2002)
Paul Newman
The Hours(2002)
Ed Harris

2002

Iris(2001)
Jim Broadbent
Winner
A.I. Artificial Intelligence(2001)
Jude Law
Ali(2001)
Jon Voight
Ghost World(2001)
Steve Buscemi
Life as a House(2001)
Hayden Christensen
Sexy Beast(2001)
Ben Kingsley

2001

Traffic(2000)
Benicio del Toro
Winner
Erin Brockovich(2000)
Albert Finney
Gladiator(2000)
Joaquin Phoenix
Shadow of the Vampire(2000)
Willem Dafoe
The Contender(2000)
Jeff Bridges

2000

Magnolia(1999)
Tom Cruise
Winner
The Cider House Rules(1999)
Michael Caine
The Green Mile(1999)
Michael Clarke Duncan
The Sixth Sense(1999)
Haley Joel Osment
The Talented Mr. Ripley(1999)
Jude Law

1999

The Truman Show(1998)
Ed Harris
Winner
A Civil Action(1998)
Robert Duvall
A Simple Plan(1998)
Billy Bob Thornton
Rushmore(1998)
Bill Murray
Shakespeare in Love(1998)
Geoffrey Rush
Without Limits(1998)
Donald Sutherland

1998

Boogie Nights(1997)
Burt Reynolds
Winner
Amistad(1997)
Anthony Hopkins
As Good as It Gets(1997)
Greg Kinnear
Good Will Hunting(1997)
Robin Williams
My Best Friend's Wedding(1997)
Rupert Everett
The Rainmaker (John Grisham's The Rainmaker)(1997)
Jon Voight

1997

Primal Fear(1996)
Edward Norton
Winner
A Time to Kill(1996)
Samuel L. Jackson
Ghosts of Mississippi(1996)
James Woods
Jerry Maguire(1996)
Cuba Gooding Jr.
The Crucible(1996)
Paul Scofield

1996

Twelve Monkeys(1995)
Brad Pitt
Winner
Apollo 13(1995)
Ed Harris
Rob Roy(1995)
Tim Roth
The Usual Suspects(1995)
Kevin Spacey
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar(1995)
John Leguizamo

1995

Ed Wood(1994)
Martin Landau
Winner
Forrest Gump(1994)
Gary Sinise
Pulp Fiction(1994)
Samuel L. Jackson
Quiz Show(1994)
John Turturro
The River Wild(1994)
Kevin Bacon

1994

The Fugitive(1993)
Tommy Lee Jones
Winner
Carlito's Way(1993)
Sean Penn
In the Line of Fire(1993)
John Malkovich
Schindler's List(1993)
Ralph Fiennes
What's Eating Gilbert Grape(1993)
Leonardo DiCaprio

1993

Unforgiven(1992)
Gene Hackman
Winner
A Few Good Men(1992)
Jack Nicholson
Glengarry Glen Ross(1992)
Al Pacino
Mr. Saturday Night(1992)
David Paymer
Scent of a Woman(1992)
Chris O’Donnell

1992

City Slickers(1991)
Jack Palance
Winner
Barton Fink(1991)
John Goodman
Bugsy(1991)
Harvey Keitel
Bugsy(1991)
Ben Kingsley
Hear My Song(1991)
Ned Beatty

1991

Longtime Companion(1989)
Bruce Davison
Winner
Dick Tracy(1990)
Al Pacino
GoodFellas(1990)
Joe Pesci
Pretty Woman(1990)
Hector Elizondo
Q & A(1990)
Armand Assante
The Godfather Part III(1990)
Andy Garcia

1990

Glory(1989)
Denzel Washington
Winner
A Dry White Season(1989)
Marlon Brando
Do the Right Thing(1989)
Danny Aiello
In Country(1989)
Bruce Willis
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade(1989)
Sean Connery
Jacknife(1989)
Ed Harris

1989

Tucker: The Man and His Dream(1988)
Martin Landau
Winner
Clara's Heart(1988)
Neil Patrick Harris
Little Dorrit(1987)
Alec Guinness
Moon Over Parador(1988)
Raul Julia
Running on Empty(1988)
River Phoenix
Stand and Deliver(1988)
Lou Diamond Phillips

1988

The Untouchables(1987)
Sean Connery
Winner
Full Metal Jacket(1987)
R. Lee Ermey
Nuts(1987)
Richard Dreyfuss
Square Dance(1987)
Rob Lowe
Street Smart(1987)
Morgan Freeman

1987

Platoon(1986)
Tom Berenger
Winner
Blue Velvet(1986)
Dennis Hopper
Hannah and Her Sisters(1986)
Michael Caine
Hoosiers(1986)
Dennis Hopper
Something Wild(1986)
Ray Liotta

1986

Out of Africa(1985)
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Winner
Mask(1985)
Eric Stoltz
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins(1985)
Joel Grey
Runaway Train(1985)
Eric Roberts
Year of the Dragon(1985)
John Lone

1985

The Killing Fields(1984)
Haing S. Ngor
Winner
A Soldier's Story(1984)
Adolph Caesar
Amadeus(1984)
Jeffrey Jones
The Flamingo Kid(1984)
Richard Crenna
The Karate Kid(1984)
Noriyuki “Pat” Morita

1984

Terms of Endearment(1983)
Jack Nicholson
Winner
Scarface(1983)
Steven Bauer
Silkwood(1983)
Kurt Russell
To Be or Not to Be(1983)
Charles Durning
Under Fire(1983)
Gene Hackman

1983

An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)
Louis Gossett Jr.
Winner
An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)
David Keith
Tempest(1982)
Raul Julia
Tex(1982)
Jim Metzler
The Verdict(1982)
James Mason

1982

Arthur(1981)
John Gielgud
Winner
Butterfly(1982)
Orson Welles
Only When I Laugh(1981)
James Coco
Ragtime(1981)
Howard E. Rollins Jr.
Reds(1981)
Jack Nicholson

1981

Ordinary People(1980)
Timothy Hutton
Winner
Melvin and Howard(1980)
Jason Robards Jr.
Ordinary People(1980)
Judd Hirsch
Raging Bull(1980)
Joe Pesci
The Ninth Configuration(1980)
Scott Wilson

1980

Apocalypse Now(1979)
Robert Duvall
Winner
Being There(1979)
Melvyn Douglas
Winner
A Little Romance(1979)
Kramer vs. Kramer(1979)
Justin Henry
The Rose(1979)

1979

Midnight Express(1978)
John Hurt
Winner
Coming Home(1978)
Bruce Dern
Foul Play(1978)
Dudley Moore
The Deer Hunter(1978)
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?(1978)
Robert Morley

1978

Equus(1977)
Peter Firth
Winner
Julia(1977)
Jason Robards Jr.
Julia(1977)
Maximilian Schell
Star Wars(1977)
The Turning Point(1977)

1977

Marathon Man(1976)
Laurence Olivier
Winner
All the President's Men(1976)
Jason Robards Jr.
Silent Movie(1976)
Marty Feldman
The Shootist(1976)
Ron Howard
Voyage of the Damned(1976)
Oskar Werner

1976

The Sunshine Boys(1975)
Richard Benjamin
Winner
Dog Day Afternoon(1975)
John Cazale
Dog Day Afternoon(1975)
Charles Durning
Nashville(1975)
Henry Gibson
The Day of the Locust(1975)
Burgess Meredith

1975

The Towering Inferno(1974)
Fred Astaire
Winner
Chinatown(1974)
John Huston
The Great Gatsby(1974)
Bruce Dern
The Great Gatsby(1974)
Sam Waterston
The Longest Yard(1974)
Eddie Albert

1974

The Paper Chase(1973)
Winner
Save the Tiger(1973)
Jack Gilford
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams(1973)
Martin Balsam
The Exorcist(1973)
The Last Detail(1973)

1973

Cabaret(1972)
Joel Grey
Winner
Avanti!(1972)
Clive Revill
Man of La Mancha(1972)
James Coco
The Godfather(1972)
Travels with My Aunt(1972)
Alec McCowen

1972

The Last Picture Show(1971)
Ben Johnson
Winner
Carnal Knowledge(1971)
Art Garfunkel
Fiddler on the Roof(1971)
Paul Mann
Going Home(1971)
Jan-Michael Vincent
Nicholas and Alexandra(1971)
Tom Baker

1971

Ryan's Daughter(1970)
John Mills
Winner
Airport(1970)
George Kennedy
Little Big Man(1970)
Chief Dan George
Love Story(1970)
John Marley
Ryan's Daughter(1970)
Trevor Howard

1970

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?(1969)
Gig Young
Winner
Anne of the Thousand Days(1969)
Anthony Quayle
Easy Rider(1969)
Jack Nicholson
The Reivers(1969)
Mitch Vogel
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?(1969)
Red Buttons

1969

Star!(1968)
Daniel Massey
Winner
For Love of Ivy(1968)
Beau Bridges
Oliver!(1968)
Hugh Griffith
The Scalphunters(1968)
Ossie Davis
The Subject Was Roses(1968)
Martin Sheen

1968

Doctor Dolittle(1967)
Richard Attenborough
Winner
Bonnie and Clyde(1967)
Michael J. Pollard
Cool Hand Luke(1967)
George Kennedy
The Dirty Dozen(1967)
John Cassavetes
Wait Until Dark(1967)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

1967

The Sand Pebbles(1966)
Richard Attenborough
Winner
A Man for All Seasons(1966)
Robert Shaw
The Appaloosa(1966)
John Saxon
The Sand Pebbles(1966)
Mako
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)
George Segal

1966

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold(1965)
Oskar Werner
Winner
Battle of the Bulge(1965)
Telly Savalas
Harlow(1965)
Red Buttons
Othello(1965)
Frank Finlay

1965

Seven Days in May(1964)
Edmond O’Brien
Winner
Cheyenne Autumn(1964)
Gilbert Roland
My Fair Lady(1964)
Stanley Holloway
The Best Man(1964)
Lee Tracy
The Night of the Iguana(1964)
Cyril Delevanti

1964

The Cardinal(1963)
John Huston
Winner
America America(1963)
Paul Mann
America America(1963)
Gregory Rozakis
Captain Newman, M.D.(1963)
Walden Cassotto
Cleopatra(1963)
Roddy McDowall
Come Blow Your Horn(1963)
Lee J. Cobb
Hud(1963)
Melvyn Douglas
Tom Jones(1963)
Hugh Griffith

1963

Lawrence of Arabia(1962)
Omar Sharif
Winner
Birdman of Alcatraz(1962)
Telly Savalas
Experiment in Terror(1962)
Ross Martin
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man(1962)
Paul Newman
If a Man Answers(1962)
Cesar Romero
Lolita(1962)
Peter Sellers
Sweet Bird of Youth(1962)
Ed Begley
The Chapman Report(1962)
Harold J. Stone
The Pigeon That Took Rome(1962)
Harry Guardino
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?(1962)
Victor Buono

1962

West Side Story(1961)
George Chakiris
Winner
Judgment at Nuremberg(1961)
Montgomery Clift
Lover Come Back(1961)
Tony Randall
The Hustler(1961)
George C. Scott
The Hustler(1961)
Jackie Gleason

1961

Exodus(1960)
Sal Mineo
Winner
Spartacus(1960)
Woody Strode
Spartacus(1960)
Peter Ustinov
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs(1960)
Lee Kinsolving
The Plunderers(1960)
Ray Stricklyn

1960

Ben-Hur(1959)
Stephen Boyd
Winner
Anatomy of a Murder(1959)
Joseph Welch
On the Beach(1959)
Fred Astaire
Pillow Talk(1959)
Tony Randall
The Young Philadelphians(1959)
Robert Vaughn

1959

The Big Country(1958)
Burl Ives
Winner
Home Before Dark(1958)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Houseboat(1958)
Harry Guardino
Teacher's Pet(1958)
Gig Young
The Proud Rebel(1958)
David Ladd

1958

Sayonara(1957)
Red Buttons
Winner
12 Angry Men(1957)
Lee J. Cobb
Raintree County(1957)
Nigel Patrick
The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957)
Sessue Hayakawa
The Great Man(1956)
Ed Wynn

1957

The Rainmaker(1956)
Earl Holliman
Winner
Baby Doll(1956)
Eli Wallach
Lust for Life(1956)
Anthony Quinn
The Teahouse of the August Moon(1956)
Eddie Albert
War and Peace(1956)
Oscar Homolka

1956

Trial(1955)
Arthur Kennedy
Winner

1955

The Barefoot Contessa(1954)
Edmond O’Brien
Winner

1954

From Here to Eternity(1953)
Frank Sinatra
Winner

1953

My Six Convicts(1952)
Millard Mitchell
Winner
The Bad and the Beautiful(1952)
Gilbert Roland
The Happy Time(1952)
Kurt Kasznar

1952

Quo Vadis(1951)
Peter Ustinov
Winner

1951

Mister 880(1950)
Winner
All About Eve(1950)

1950

Battleground(1949)
James Whitmore
Winner
Intruder in the Dust(1949)
David Brian

1949

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre(1948)
Walter Huston
Winner

1948

Miracle on 34th Street(1947)
Edmund Gwenn
Winner

1947

The Razor's Edge(1946)
Clifton Webb
Winner

1946

A Medal for Benny(1945)
J. Carroll Naish
Winner

1945

Going My Way(1944)
Barry Fitzgerald
Winner

1944

For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943)
Akim Tamiroff
Winner

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