0 Age and Achievement in Hollywood: Supporting Actors (Male), 1936-present

Age Records: Stats

Updated March 16, 2026

My Oscar Book:

Oldest winner: Christopher Plummer, Beginners, 82

Oldest nominee: Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World, 88

Youngest winner: Timothy Hutton, Ordinary People, 20

Youngest nominee: Justin Henry, Kramer vs. Kramer, 8

 

Multiple Wins and Nominations

Individuals who received two or more Best Supporting Actor Awards:

3 Wins

Walter Brennan

2 Wins

Mahershala Ali
Michael Caine
Melvyn Douglas
Anthony Quinn
Jason Robards
Peter Ustinov
Christoph Waltz

Individuals with 3 or more Supporting Actor nominations:

4 Nominations

Walter Brennan
Jeff Bridges
Robert Duvall
Arthur Kennedy
Jack Nicholson
Al Pacino
Claude Rains

Mark Ruffalo

3 Nominations

Charles Bickford
Charles Coburn
Willem Dafoe
Gene Hackman
Ed Harris
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Tommy Lee Jones
Martin Landau
Jack Palance
Joe Pesci
Christopher Plummer
Jason Robards
Peter Ustinov
Gig Young

Multiple Character Nominations

Actors nominated for same role in different versions of same film

James Gleason in Here Comes Mr. Jordan,1941

Jack Warden in Heaven Can Wait, 1975

 

Multiple Nominations in Same Film

Harry Carey and Claude Rains in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Leo Genn and Peter Ustinov in Quo Vadis (1951)

Brandon deWilde and Jack Palance in Shane (1953)

Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, and Rod Steiger in On the Waterfront (1954)

Arthur Kennedy and Russ Tamblyn in Peyton Place (1957)

Arthur O’Connell and George C. Scott in Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Jackie Gleason and George C. Scott in The Hustler (1961)

Gene Hackman and Michael J. Pollard, Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Jeff Bridges and Ben Johnson  in The Last Picture Show (1971)
James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Al Pacino in The Godfather (1972)

Robert De Niro, Michael Gazzo, Lee Strasberg; Godfather II (1974)

Burgess Meredith and Burt Young in Rocky (1976)

Jason Robards and Maximilian Schell in Julia (1977)

Judd Hirsch and Timothy Hutton in Ordinary People (1980)

John Lithgow and Jack Nicholson in Terms of Endearment (1983)

Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe in Platoon (1986)

Harvey Keitel and Ben Kingsley, Bugsy (1991)

W. Harrelson and Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing (2017)

Al Pacino and Joe Pesci in The Irishman (2019)

Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

Kody Smith and Jesse Plemons in The Power of the Dog (2022)

Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn in One Battle After Another (2025)

 

 

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