The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given by the Broadcast Film Critics Association at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards for a performance in a motion picture. It was first presented in 1995 with the winners being a tie between Ed Harris for Apollo 13 and Kevin Spacey for The Usual Suspects. There were no official nominees until 2001, currently six nominees are usually presented.
Mahershala Ali is the only actor who has received this award more than once, with two wins. Mark Ruffalo holds the record of most nominations in the category with four.
Winners and nominees
1990s Year Actor Character Film 1995 Ed Harris (TIE) Gene Kranz Apollo 13 Kevin Spacey (TIE) Roger "Verbal" Kint / Keyser Söze The Usual Suspects 1996 Cuba Gooding Jr. Rodney "Rod" Tidwell Jerry Maguire 1997 Anthony Hopkins John Quincy Adams Amistad 1998 Billy Bob Thornton Jacob Mitchell A Simple Plan 1999 Michael Clarke Duncan John Coffey The Green Mile
2000s Year Actor Character Film 2000 Joaquin Phoenix Commodus / Abbé du Coulmier / Willie Gutierrez Gladiator / Quills / The Yards 2001 Ben Kingsley Don Logan Sexy Beast Jim Broadbent John Bayley Iris Jon Voight Howard Cosell Ali 2002 Chris Cooper John Laroche Adaptation. Alfred Molina Diego Rivera Frida Paul Newman John Rooney Road to Perdition 2003 Tim Robbins Dave Boyle Mystic River Alec Baldwin Shelly Kaplow The Cooler Paul Bettany Dr. Stephen Marturin Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Benicio del Toro Jack Jordan 21 Grams Ken Watanabe Lord Moritsugu Katsumoto The Last Samurai 2004 Thomas Haden Church Jack Cole Sideways Jamie Foxx Max Durocher Collateral Morgan Freeman Eddie "Scrap Iron" Dupris Million Dollar Baby Clive Owen Larry Gray Closer Peter Sarsgaard Clyde Martin Kinsey 2005 Paul Giamatti Joe Gould Cinderella Man George Clooney Bob Barnes Syriana Kevin Costner Denny Davies The Upside of Anger Matt Dillon Sgt. John Ryan Crash Terrence Howard Cameron Thayer Jake Gyllenhaal Jack Twist Brokeback Mountain 2006 Eddie Murphy James "Thunder" Early Dreamgirls Ben Affleck George Reeves Hollywoodland Alan Arkin Edwin Hoover Little Miss Sunshine Adam Beach Ira Hayes Flags of Our Fathers Djimon Hounsou Solomon Vandy Blood Diamond Jack Nicholson Francis "Frank" Costello The Departed 2007 Javier Bardem Anton Chigurh No Country for Old Men Casey Affleck Robert Ford The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Philip Seymour Hoffman Gust Avrakotos Charlie Wilson's War Hal Holbrook Ron Franz Into the Wild Tom Wilkinson Arthur Edens Michael Clayton 2008 Heath Ledger (posthumously) Joker The Dark Knight Josh Brolin Dan White Milk James Franco Scott Smith Robert Downey Jr. Kirk Lazarus Tropic Thunder Philip Seymour Hoffman Father Brendan Flynn Doubt 2009 Christoph Waltz Col. Hans Landa Inglourious Basterds Matt Damon Francois Pienaar Invictus Woody Harrelson Cpt. Tony Stone The Messenger Christian McKay Orson Welles Me and Orson Welles Alfred Molina Jack Mellor An Education Stanley Tucci George Harvey The Lovely Bones
2010s Year Actor Character Film 2010 Christian Bale Richard "Dicky" Eklund Jr. The Fighter Andrew Garfield Eduardo Saverin The Social Network Jeremy Renner James "Jem" Coughlin The Town Sam Rockwell Kenny Waters Conviction Mark Ruffalo Paul Hatfield The Kids Are All Right Geoffrey Rush Lionel Logue The King's Speech 2011 Christopher Plummer Hal Fields Beginners Kenneth Branagh Laurence Olivier My Week with Marilyn Albert Brooks Bernie Rose Drive Nick Nolte Paddy Conlon Warrior Patton Oswalt Matt Freehauf Young Adult Andy Serkis Caesar Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2012 Philip Seymour Hoffman Lancaster Dodd The Master Alan Arkin Lester Siegel Argo Javier Bardem Raoul Silva Skyfall Robert De Niro Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Sr. Silver Linings Playbook Tommy Lee Jones Thaddeus Stevens Lincoln Matthew McConaughey Dallas Magic Mike 2013 Jared Leto Rayon Dallas Buyers Club Barkhad Abdi Abduwali Muse Captain Phillips Daniel Brühl Niki Lauda Rush Bradley Cooper FBI Agent Richard "Richie" DiMaso American Hustle Michael Fassbender Edwin Epps 12 Years a Slave James Gandolfini Albert Enough Said 2014 J. K. Simmons Terence Fletcher Whiplash Josh Brolin Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen Inherent Vice Robert Duvall Judge Joseph Palmer The Judge Ethan Hawke Mason Evans Sr. Boyhood Edward Norton Mike Shiner Birdman Mark Ruffalo Dave Schultz Foxcatcher 2015 Sylvester Stallone Rocky Balboa Creed Paul Dano Brian Wilson Love & Mercy Tom Hardy John Fitzgerald The Revenant Mark Ruffalo Michael Rezendes Spotlight Mark Rylance Rudolf Abel Bridge of Spies Michael Shannon Rick Carver 99 Homes 2016 Mahershala Ali Juan Moonlight Jeff Bridges Marcus Hamilton Hell or High Water Ben Foster Tanner Howard Lucas Hedges Patrick Chandler Manchester by the Sea Dev Patel Saroo Brierley Lion Michael Shannon Detective Bobby Andes Nocturnal Animals 2017 Sam Rockwell Officer Jason Dixon Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Willem Dafoe Bobby Hicks The Florida Project Armie Hammer Oliver Call Me by Your Name Michael Stuhlbarg Mr. Perlman Richard Jenkins Giles The Shape of Water Patrick Stewart Professor Charles Xavier Logan 2018 Mahershala Ali Don Shirley Green Book Timothée Chalamet Nic Sheff Beautiful Boy Adam Driver Flip Zimmerman BlacKkKlansman Sam Elliott Bobby Maine A Star Is Born Richard E. Grant Jack Hock Can You Ever Forgive Me? Michael B. Jordan N'Jadaka / Erik "Killmonger" Stevens Black Panther 2019 Brad Pitt Cliff Booth Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Willem Dafoe Thomas Wake The Lighthouse Tom Hanks Fred Rogers A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Anthony Hopkins Pope Benedict XVI The Two Popes Al Pacino Jimmy Hoffa The Irishman Joe Pesci Russell Bufalino
2020s Year Actor Character Film 2020 Daniel Kaluuya Fred Hampton Judas and the Black Messiah Sacha Baron Cohen Abbie Hoffman The Trial of the Chicago 7 Chadwick Boseman "Stormin'" Norman Earl Holloway Da 5 Bloods Bill Murray Felix Keane On the Rocks Leslie Odom Jr. Sam Cooke One Night in Miami... Paul Raci Joe Sound of Metal 2021 Troy Kotsur Frank Rossi CODA Jamie Dornan Pa Belfast Ciarán Hinds Pop Jared Leto Paolo Gucci House of Gucci J. K. Simmons William Frawley Being the Ricardos Kodi Smit-McPhee Peter Gordon The Power of the Dog 2022 Ke Huy Quan Waymond Wang Everything Everywhere All at Once Paul Dano Burt Fabelman The Fabelmans Judd Hirsch Boris Podgorny Brendan Gleeson Colm Doherty The Banshees of Inisherin Barry Keoghan Dominic Kearney Brian Tyree Henry James Aucoin Causeway2023 Robert Downey Jr. Lewis Strauss Oppenheimer Sterling K. Brown Clifford "Cliff" Ellison American Fiction Robert De Niro William King Hale Killers of the Flower Moon Ryan Gosling Ken Barbie Charles Melton Joe Yoo May December Mark Ruffalo Duncan Wedderburn Poor Things2024 Kieran Culkin Benji Kaplan A Real Pain Yura Borisov Igor Anora Clarence Maclin himself Sing Sing Edward Norton Pete Seeger A Complete Unknown Guy Pearce Harrison Lee Van Buren The Brutalist Denzel Washington Macrinus Gladiator II2025 Jacob Elordi The Creature Frankenstein Benicio del Toro Sergio St. Carlos One Battle After Another Paul Mescal William Shakespeare Hamnet Sean Penn Col. Steven J. Lockjaw One Battle After Another Adam Sandler Ron Sukenick Jay Kelly Stellan Skarsgård Gustav Borg Sentimental Value
Multiple nominees
2 nominations Mahershala Ali Alan Arkin Javier Bardem Josh Brolin Willem Dafoe Paul Dano Robert De Niro Robert Downey Jr. Anthony Hopkins Jared Leto Alfred Molina Edward Norton Sam Rockwell J. K. Simmons Michael Shannon Benicio del Toro
3 nominations Philip Seymour Hoffman
4 nominations Mark Ruffalo
Multiple winners 2 wins Mahershala Ali
See also Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
References
External links Critics' Choice Movie Awards (official site)