Supporting Actors (Winners), by Last Name, 1936-Present
Updated March 2019 (all winners up to and including 2018)
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Winners: 74 men (some multiple winners, see below)
Performances: 83
Albertson, Jack, The Subject Was Roses, 1968
Ali, Mahershala, Moonlight, 2016 (also won in 2018)
Ameche, Don, Cocoon, 1985
Arkin, Alan, Little Miss Sunshine, 2006
Bale, Christian, The Fighter, 2010
Balsam, Martin, A Thousand Clowns, 1965
Bardem, Javier, No Country for Old Men, 2007
Begley, Ed, Sweet Bird of Youth, 1962
Brennan, Walter, Come and Get It, 1936 (also won 1938, 1940)
Broadbent, Jim, Iris, 2001
Burns, George, The Sunshine Boys, 1975
Buttons, Red, Sayonara, 1957
Caine, Michael, Hannah and Her Sisters, 1986 (also won in 1999)
Chakiris, George, West Side Story, 1961
Clooney, George, Syriana, 2005
Coburn, Charles, The More the Merrier, 1943
Coburn, James, Affliction, 1998
Connery, Sean, The Untouchables, 1987
Cooper, Chris, Adaptation, 2002
Crisp, Donald, How Green Was My Valley, 1941
De Niro, Robert, The Godfather, Part II, 1974
Del Toro, Benicio, Traffic, 2000
Douglas, Melvin, Hud, 1963 (also won in 1979)
Dunn, James, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 1945
Fitzgerald, Barry, Going My Way, 1944
Freeman, Morgan, Million Dollar Baby, 2004
Gielgud, John, Arthur, 1981
Gooding, Cuba, Jerry Maguire, 1996
Gossett, Louis Jr., An Officer and a Gentleman, 1982
Grey, Joel, Cabaret, 1972
Griffith, Hugh, Ben-Hur, 1959
Gwenn, Edmund, The Miracle on 34th Street, 1947
Hackman, Gene, Unforgiven, 1992
Hefflin, Van, Johnny Eager, 1942
Houseman, John, The Paper Chase, 1973
Huston, Walter, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948
Hutton, Timothy, Ordinary People, 1980
Ives, Burl, The Big Country, 1958
Jagger, Dean, Twelve O’Clock High, 1949
Johnson, Ben, The Last Picture Show, 1971
Jones, Tommy Lee, The Fugitive, 1993
Kennedy, George, Cool Hand Luke, 1967
Kline, Kevin, A Fish Called Wanda, 1988
Landau, Martin, Ed Wood, 1994
Ledger, Heath, The Dark Knight, 2008
Lemmon, Jack, Mister Roberts, 1955
Leto, Jared, Dallas Buyers Club, 2013
Malden, Karl, A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951
Matthau, Walter, The Fortune Cookie, 1966
Mills, John, Ryan’s Daughter, 1970
Mitchell, Thomas, Stagecoach, 1939
Ngor, Hang S. The Killing Fields, 1982
Nicholson, Jack, Terms of Endearment, 1983
O’Brien, Edmond, The Barefoot Contessa, 1954
Palance, Jack, City Slickers, 1991
Pesci, Joe, GoodFellas, 1990
Plummer, Christopher, Beginners, 2011
Quinn, Anthony, Viva Zapata, 1952 (also won in 1956)
Robards, Jason, All the President’s Men, 1976 (also won in 1977)
Robbins, Tim, Mystic River, 2003
Rockwell, Sam, Three Billboards Outside Billing, Missouri, 2017
Russell, Harold, The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946
Rylance, Mark, Bridge of Spies, 2015
Sanders, George, All About Eve, 1950
Schildkraut, Joseph, The Life of Emile Zola, 1937
Spacey, Kevin, The Usual Suspects, 1995
Simmons, J.K. Whiplash, 2014
Sinatra, From Here to Eternity, 1953
Ustinov, Peter, Spartacus, 1960 (also won in 1964)
Walken, Christopher, The Deer Hunter, 1978
Waltz, Christoph, Inglourious Basterds, 2009 (also won in 2012)
Washington, Denzel, Glory, 1989
Williams, Robin, Good Will Hunting, 1997
Young, Gig, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? 1969
Summary:
Only one male won three Supporting Actor Oscars: Brennan, Walter, Come and Get It, 1936 (also won 1938, 1940)
Seven Multiple Winners
The following actors won two Oscars in the supporting category:
Ali, Mahershala, Moonlight, 2016 (also won in 2018)
Caine, Michael, Hannah and Her Sisters, 1986 (also won in 1999)
Douglas, Melvin, Hud, 1963 (also won in 1979)
Quinn, Anthony, Viva Zapata, 1952 (also won in 1956)
Robards, Jason, All the President’s Men, 1976 (also won in 1977)
Ustinov, Peter, Spartacus, 1960 (also won in 1964)
Waltz, Christoph, Inglourious Basterds, 2009 (also won in 2012)
