Academy Award Supporting Actor Flashcards
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1936?
Walter Brennan (playing Swan Bostrom in Come and Get It)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1937?
Joseph Schildkraut (playing Capt. Alfred Dreyfus in The Life of Emile Zola)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1938?
Walter Brennan (playing Peter Goodwin in Kentucky)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1939?
Thomas Mitchell (playing Dr. Josiah Boone in Stagecoach)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1940?
Walter Brennan (playing Judge Roy Bean in The Westerner)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1941?
Donald Crisp (playing Gwilym Morgan in How Green Was My Valley)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1942?
Van Heflin (playing Jeff Hartnett in Johnny Eager)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1943?
Charles Coburn (playing Benjamin Dingle in The More the Merrier)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1944?
Barry Fitzgerald (playing Father Fitzgibbon in Going My Way)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1945?
James Dunn (playing Johnny Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1946?
Harold Russell (playing Homer Parrish in The Best Years of Our Lives)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1947?
Edmund Gwenn (playing Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1948?
Walter Huston (playing Howard in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1949?
Dean Jagger (playing Major Harvey Stovall in Twelve O’Clock High)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1950?
George Sanders (playing Addison De Witt in All About Eve)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1951?
Karl Malden (playing Harold “Mitch” Mitchell in A Streetcar Named Desire)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1952?
Anthony Quinn (playing Eufemio Zapata in Viva Zapata!)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1953?
Frank Sinatra (playing Pvt. Angelo Maggio in From Here to Eternity)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1954?
Edmond O’Brien (playing Oscar Muldoon in The Barefoot Contessa)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1955?
Jack Lemmon (playing Ens. Frank Thurlowe Pulver in Mister Roberts)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1956?
Anthony Quinn (playing Paul Gauguin in Lust for Life)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1957?
Red Buttons (playing Airman Joe Kelly in Sayonara)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1958?
Burl Ives (playing Rufus Hannassey in The Big Country)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1959?
Hugh Griffith (playing Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1960?
Peter Ustinov (playing Lentulus Batiatus in Spartacus)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1961?
George Chakiris (playing Bernardo Nuñez in West Side Story)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1962?
Ed Begley (playing Tom ‘Boss’ Finley in Sweet Bird of Youth)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1963?
Melvyn Douglas (playing Homer Bannon in Hud)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1964?
Peter Ustinov (playing Arthur Simon Simpson in Topkapi)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1965?
Martin Balsam (playing Arnold Burns in A Thousand Clowns)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1966?
Walter Matthau (playing Willie Gingrich in The Fortune Cookie)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1967?
George Kennedy (playing Dragline in Cool Hand Luke)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1968?
Jack Albertson (playing John Cleary in The Subject Was Roses)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1969?
Gig Young (playing Rocky Graver in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1970?
John Mills (playing Michael in Ryan’s Daughter)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1971?
Ben Johnson (playing Sam the Lion in The Last Picture Show)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1972?
Joel Grey (playing Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1973?
John Houseman (playing Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr. in The Paper Chase)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1974?
Robert De Niro (playing Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1975?
George Burns (playing Al Lewis in The Sunshine Boys)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1976?
Jason Robards (playing Ben Bradlee in All the President’s Men)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1977?
Jason Robards (playing Dashiell Hammett in Julia)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1978?
Christopher Walken (playing Nikonar “Nick” Chevotarevich in The Deer Hunter)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1979?
Melvyn Douglas (playing Benjamin Turnbull Rand in Being There)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1980?
Timothy Hutton (playing Conrad Jarrett in Ordinary People)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1981?
John Gielgud (playing Hobson in Arthur)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1982?
Louis Gossett, Jr. (playing Gunnery Sgt. Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1983?
Jack Nicholson (playing Garrett Breedlove in Terms of Endearment)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1984?
Haing S. Ngor (playing Dith Pran in The Killing Fields)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1985?
Don Ameche (playing Arthur Selwyn in Cocoon)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1986?
Michael Caine (playing Elliott Daniels in Hannah and Her Sisters)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1987?
Sean Connery (playing Jim Malone in The Untouchables)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1988?
Kevin Kline (playing Otto West in A Fish Called Wanda)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1989?
Denzel Washington (playing Pvt. Silas Trip in Glory)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1990?
Joe Pesci (playing Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1991?
Jack Palance (playing Curly Washburn in City Slickers)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1992?
Gene Hackman (playing Little Bill Daggett in Unforgiven)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1993?
Tommy Lee Jones (playing U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1994?
Martin Landau (playing Béla Lugosi in Ed Wood)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1995?
Kevin Spacey (playing Roger “Verbal” Kint in The Usual Suspects)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1996?
Cuba Gooding, Jr. (playing Rod Tidwell in Jerry Maguire)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1997?
Robin Williams (playing Dr. Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1998?
James Coburn (playing Glen Whitehouse in Affliction)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1999?
Michael Caine (playing Dr. Wilbur Larch in The Cider House Rules)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2000?
Benicio del Toro (playing Javier Rodriguez in Traffic)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2001?
Jim Broadbent (playing John Bayley in Iris)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2002?
Chris Cooper (playing John Laroche in Adaptation)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2003?
Tim Robbins (playing Dave Boyle in Mystic River)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2004?
Morgan Freeman (playing Eddie “Scrap-Iron” Dupris in Million Dollar Baby)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2005?
George Clooney (playing Robert Barnes in Syriana)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2006?
Alan Arkin (playing Edwin Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2007?
Javier Bardem (playing Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2008?
Heath Ledger (posthumous) (playing The Joker in The Dark Knight)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2009?
Christoph Waltz (playing Col. Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2010?
Christian Bale (playing Dicky Eklund in The Fighter)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2011?
Christopher Plummer (playing Hal Fields in Beginners)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2012?
Christoph Waltz (playing Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchained)
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2013?
Jared Leto (playing Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club)
For what role did Walter Brennan win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1936?
Swan Bostrom in Come and Get It
For what role did Joseph Schildkraut win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1937?
Capt. Alfred Dreyfus in The Life of Emile Zola
For what role did Walter Brennan win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1938?
Peter Goodwin in Kentucky
For what role did Thomas Mitchell win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1939?
Dr. Josiah Boone in Stagecoach
For what role did Walter Brennan win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1940?
Judge Roy Bean in The Westerner
For what role did Donald Crisp win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1941?
Gwilym Morgan in How Green Was My Valley
For what role did Van Heflin win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1942?
Jeff Hartnett in Johnny Eager
For what role did Charles Coburn win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1943?
Benjamin Dingle in The More the Merrier
For what role did Barry Fitzgerald win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1944?
Father Fitzgibbon in Going My Way
For what role did James Dunn win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1945?
Johnny Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
For what role did Harold Russell win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1946?
Homer Parrish in The Best Years of Our Lives
For what role did Edmund Gwenn win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1947?
Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street
For what role did Walter Huston win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1948?
Howard in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
For what role did Dean Jagger win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1949?
Major Harvey Stovall in Twelve O’Clock High
For what role did George Sanders win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1950?
Addison De Witt in All About Eve
For what role did Karl Malden win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1951?
Harold “Mitch” Mitchell in A Streetcar Named Desire
For what role did Anthony Quinn win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1952?
Eufemio Zapata in Viva Zapata!
For what role did Frank Sinatra win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1953?
Pvt. Angelo Maggio in From Here to Eternity
For what role did Edmond O’Brien win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1954?
Oscar Muldoon in The Barefoot Contessa
For what role did Jack Lemmon win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1955?
Ens. Frank Thurlowe Pulver in Mister Roberts
For what role did Anthony Quinn win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1956?
Paul Gauguin in Lust for Life
For what role did Red Buttons win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1957?
Airman Joe Kelly in Sayonara
For what role did Burl Ives win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1958?
Rufus Hannassey in The Big Country
For what role did Hugh Griffith win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1959?
Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur
For what role did Peter Ustinov win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1960?
Lentulus Batiatus in Spartacus
For what role did George Chakiris win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1961?
Bernardo Nuñez in West Side Story
For what role did Ed Begley win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1962?
Tom ‘Boss’ Finley in Sweet Bird of Youth
For what role did Melvyn Douglas win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1963?
Homer Bannon in Hud
For what role did Peter Ustinov win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1964?
Arthur Simon Simpson in Topkapi
For what role did Martin Balsam win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1965?
Arnold Burns in A Thousand Clowns
For what role did Walter Matthau win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1966?
Willie Gingrich in The Fortune Cookie
For what role did George Kennedy win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1967?
Dragline in Cool Hand Luke
For what role did Jack Albertson win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1968?
John Cleary in The Subject Was Roses
For what role did Gig Young win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1969?
Rocky Graver in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
For what role did John Mills win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1970?
Michael in Ryan’s Daughter
For what role did Ben Johnson win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1971?
Sam the Lion in The Last Picture Show
For what role did Joel Grey win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1972?
Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret
For what role did John Houseman win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1973?
Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr. in The Paper Chase
For what role did Robert De Niro win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1974?
Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II
For what role did George Burns win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1975?
Al Lewis in The Sunshine Boys
For what role did Jason Robards win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1976?
Ben Bradlee in All the President’s Men
For what role did Jason Robards win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1977?
Dashiell Hammett in Julia
For what role did Christopher Walken win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1978?
Nikonar “Nick” Chevotarevich in The Deer Hunter
For what role did Melvyn Douglas win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1979?
Benjamin Turnbull Rand in Being There
For what role did Timothy Hutton win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1980?
Conrad Jarrett in Ordinary People
For what role did John Gielgud win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1981?
Hobson in Arthur
For what role did Louis Gossett, Jr. win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1982?
Gunnery Sgt. Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman
For what role did Jack Nicholson win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1983?
Garrett Breedlove in Terms of Endearment
For what role did Haing S. Ngor win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1984?
Dith Pran in The Killing Fields
For what role did Don Ameche win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1985?
Arthur Selwyn in Cocoon
For what role did Michael Caine win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1986?
Elliott Daniels in Hannah and Her Sisters
For what role did Sean Connery win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1987?
Jim Malone in The Untouchables
For what role did Kevin Kline win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1988?
Otto West in A Fish Called Wanda
For what role did Denzel Washington win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1989?
Pvt. Silas Trip in Glory
For what role did Joe Pesci win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1990?
Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas
For what role did Jack Palance win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1991?
Curly Washburn in City Slickers
For what role did Gene Hackman win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1992?
Little Bill Daggett in Unforgiven
For what role did Tommy Lee Jones win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1993?
U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive
For what role did Martin Landau win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1994?
Béla Lugosi in Ed Wood
For what role did Kevin Spacey win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1995?
Roger “Verbal” Kint in The Usual Suspects
For what role did Cuba Gooding, Jr. win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1996?
Rod Tidwell in Jerry Maguire
For what role did Robin Williams win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1997?
Dr. Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting
For what role did James Coburn win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1998?
Glen Whitehouse in Affliction
For what role did Michael Caine win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1999?
Dr. Wilbur Larch in The Cider House Rules
For what role did Benicio del Toro win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2000?
Javier Rodriguez in Traffic
For what role did Jim Broadbent win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2001?
John Bayley in Iris
For what role did Chris Cooper win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2002?
John Laroche in Adaptation
For what role did Tim Robbins win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2003?
Dave Boyle in Mystic River
For what role did Morgan Freeman win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2004?
Eddie “Scrap-Iron” Dupris in Million Dollar Baby
For what role did George Clooney win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2005?
Robert Barnes in Syriana
For what role did Alan Arkin win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2006?
Edwin Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine
For what role did Javier Bardem win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2007?
Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men
For what role did Heath Ledger (posthumous) win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2008?
The Joker in The Dark Knight
For what role did Christoph Waltz win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2009?
Col. Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds
For what role did Christian Bale win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2010?
Dicky Eklund in The Fighter
For what role did Christopher Plummer win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2011?
Hal Fields in Beginners
For what role did Christoph Waltz win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2012?
Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchained
For what role did Jared Leto win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2013?
Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club