Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 for a performance in a motion picture released in the previous year.

The formal title has varied since its inception; since 2005, the award has been officially called "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture".

Notes:

• "†" indicates the winner of the Academy Award.
• "‡" indicates a Golden Globe Award winner who wasn't nominated for an Academy Award.

Past winners and nominees

1940s

• 1943 – Akim Tamiroff, For Whom the Bell Tolls
• 1944 – Barry Fitzgerald, Going My Way †
• 1945 – J. Carrol Naish, A Medal for Benny
• 1946 – Clifton Webb, The Razor's Edge
• 1947 – Edmund Gwenn, Miracle on 34th Street †
• 1948 – Walter Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre †
• 1949 – James Whitmore, Battleground

1950s

• 1950 – Edmund Gwenn, Mister 880
• 1951 – Peter Ustinov, Quo Vadis
• 1952 – Millard Mitchell, My Six Convicts ‡
• 1953 – Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity †
• 1954 – Edmond O'Brien, The Barefoot Contessa †
• 1955 – Arthur Kennedy, Trial
• 1956 – Earl Holliman, The Rainmaker ‡
• 1957 – Red Buttons, Sayonara †
• 1958 – Burl Ives, The Big Country †
• 1959 – Stephen Boyd, Ben-Hur ‡

1960s

1960: Sal Mineo, Exodus

1961: George Chakiris – West Side Story as Bernardo †

• Montgomery Clift – Judgment at Nuremberg as Rudolph Petersen
• Jackie Gleason – The Hustler as Minnesota Fats
• Tony Randall – Lover Come Back as Peter "Pete" Ramsey
• George C. Scott – The Hustler as Bert Gordon

1962: Omar Sharif, Lawrence of Arabia 1963: John Huston, The Cardinal

1964: Edmond O'Brien – Seven Days in May

• Cyril Delevanti – The Night of the Iguana
• Stanley Holloway – My Fair Lady
• Gilbert Roland – Cheyenne Autumn
• Lee Tracy – The Best Man

1965: Oskar Werner, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ‡ as Fiedler

1966: Richard Attenborough: The Sand Pebbles as Frenchy Burgoyne ‡

• Mako – The Sand Pebbles as Po-han
• John Saxon – The Appaloosa as Chuy
• George Segal – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as Nick
• Robert Shaw – A Man for All Seasons as Henry VIII

1967: Richard Attenborough: Doctor Dolittle as Albert Blossom ‡

• John Cassavetes – The Dirty Dozen as Victor R. Franko
• George Kennedy – Cool Hand Luke as Dragline †
• Michael J. Pollard – Bonnie and Clyde as C. W. Moss
• Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. – Wait Until Dark as Sam Hendrix

1968: Daniel Massey: Star! as Noël Coward

• Beau Bridges – For Love of Ivy as Tim Austin
• Ossie Davis – The Scalphunters as Joseph Lee
• Hugh Griffith – The Fixer as Lebedev
• Martin Sheen – The Subject Was Roses as Timmy Cleary

1969: Gig Young: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Rocky †

• Red Buttons – They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Sailor
• Jack Nicholson – Easy Rider as George Hanson
• Anthony Quayle – Anne of the Thousand Days as Cardinal Wolsey
• Mitch Vogel – The Reivers as Lucius McCaslin

1970s

1970: John Mills – Ryan's Daughter as Michael †

• Chief Dan George – Little Big Man as Old Lodge Skins
• Trevor Howard – Ryan's Daughter as Father Collins
• George Kennedy – Airport as Joe Patroni
• John Marley – Love Story as Phil Cavalleri

1971: Ben Johnson – The Last Picture Show as Sam the Lion †

• Tom Baker – Nicholas and Alexandra as Rasputin
• Art Garfunkel – Carnal Knowledge as Sandy
• Paul Mann – Fiddler on the Roof as Lazar Wolf
• Jan-Michael Vincent – Going Home as Jimmy Graham

1972: Joel Grey – Cabaret as The Master of Ceremonies †

• James Caan – The Godfather as Sonny Corleone
• James Coco – Man of La Mancha as Sancho Panza
• Alec McCowen – Travels with My Aunt as Henry Pulling
• Clive Revill – Avanti! as Carlo Carlucci

1973: John Houseman – The Paper Chase as Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr. †

• Martin Balsam – Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Harry Walden
• Jack Gilford – Save the Tiger as Phil Greene
• Randy Quaid – The Last Detail as Meadows
• Max von Sydow – The Exorcist as Father Merrin

1974: Fred Astaire – The Towering Inferno as Harlee Claiborne

• Eddie Albert – The Longest Yard as Warden Hazen
• Bruce Dern – The Great Gatsby as Tom Buchanan
• John Huston – Chinatown as Noah Cross
• Sam Waterston – The Great Gatsby as Nick Carraway

1975: Richard Benjamin – The Sunshine Boys as Ben Clark*"‡"

• John Cazale – Dog Day Afternoon as Sal
• Charles Durning – Dog Day Afternoon as Eugene Moretti
• Henry Gibson – Nashville as Haven Hamilton
• Burgess Meredith – The Day of the Locust as Harry Greener

1976: Laurence Olivier – Marathon Man as Christian Szell

• Marty Feldman – Silent Movie as "Marty Eggs"
• Ron Howard – The Shootist as Gillom Rogers
• Jason Robards – All the President's Men as Benjamin C. Bradlee †
• Oskar Werner – Voyage of the Damned as Professor Egon Kreisler

1977: Peter Firth – Equus as Alan Strang

• Mikhail Baryshnikov – The Turning Point as Yuri Kopeikine
• Alec Guinness – Star Wars as Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Jason Robards – Julia as Dashiell Hammett †
• Maximilian Schell – Julia as Johann

1978: John Hurt – Midnight Express as Max

• Bruce Dern – Coming Home as Bob Hyde
• Dudley Moore – Foul Play as Stanley Tibbets
• Robert Morley – Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? as Max
• Christopher Walken – The Deer Hunter as Nikonar "Nick" Chevotarevich †

1979: Melvyn Douglas – Being There as Benjamin Turnbull Rand †

Robert Duvall – Apocalypse Now as Lt. Bill Kilgore

• Frederic Forrest – The Rose as Huston Dyer
• Justin Henry – Kramer vs. Kramer as Billy Kramer
• Laurence Olivier – A Little Romance as Julius

1980s

1980: Timothy Hutton – Ordinary People as Conrad Jarrett †

• Judd Hirsch – Ordinary People as Tyrone Berger
• Joe Pesci – Raging Bull as Joey LaMotta
• Jason Robards – Melvin and Howard as Howard Hughes
• Scott Wilson – The Ninth Configuration as Captain Billy Cutshaw

1981: John Gielgud – Arthur as Hobson †

• James Coco – Only When I Laugh as Jimmy
• Jack Nicholson – Reds as Eugene O'Neill
• Howard E. Rollins, Jr. – Ragtime as Coalhouse Walker, Jr.
• Orson Welles – Butterfly as Judge Rauch

1982: Louis Gossett, Jr. – An Officer and a Gentleman as Emil Foley †

• Raul Julia – Tempest as Kalibanos
• David Keith – An Officer and a Gentleman as Sid Worley
• James Mason – The Verdict as Ed Concannon
• Jim Metzler – Tex as Mason McCormick

1983: Jack Nicholson – Terms of Endearment as Garrett Breedlove †

• Steven Bauer – Scarface as Manny Ribera
• Charles Durning – To Be or Not to Be as Col. Erhardt
• Gene Hackman – Under Fire as Alex Grazier
• Kurt Russell – Silkwood as Drew Stephens

1984: Haing S. Ngor – The Killing Fields as Dith Pran †

• Adolph Caesar – A Soldier's Story as Sergeant Waters
• Richard Crenna – The Flamingo Kid as Phil Brody
• Jeffrey Jones – Amadeus as Emperor Joseph II
• Noriyuki "Pat" Morita – The Karate Kid as Kesuke Miyagi

1985: Klaus Maria Brandauer – Out of Africa as Bror von Blixen-Finecke

• Joel Grey – Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins as Chiun
• John Lone – Year of the Dragon as Joey Tai
• Eric Roberts – Runaway Train as Buck
• Eric Stoltz – Mask as Rocky Dennis

1986: Tom Berenger – Platoon as Sergeant Barnes

• Michael Caine – Hannah and Her Sisters as Elliot †
• Dennis Hopper – Blue Velvet as Frank Booth
• Dennis Hopper – Hoosiers as Shooter
• Ray Liotta – Something Wild as Ray Sinclair

1987: Sean Connery – The Untouchables as Jim Malone †

• Richard Dreyfuss – Nuts as Aaron Levinsky
• R. Lee Ermey – Full Metal Jacket as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
• Morgan Freeman – Street Smart as Fast Black
• Rob Lowe – Square Dance as Rory

1988: Martin Landau – Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Abe Karatz

• Alec Guinness – Little Dorrit as William Dorrit
• Neil Patrick Harris – Clara's Heart as David Hart
• Raul Julia – Moon Over Parador as Roberto Strausmann
• Lou Diamond Phillips – Stand and Deliver as Angel Guzman
• River Phoenix – Running on Empty as Danny Pope

1989: Denzel Washington – Glory as Pvt. Trip †

• Danny Aiello – Do the Right Thing as Sal
• Marlon Brando – A Dry White Season as Ian Mackenzie
• Sean Connery – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as Henry Jones, Sr.
• Ed Harris – Jacknife as Dave
• Bruce Willis – In Country as Emmett Smith

1990s

1990: Bruce Davison – Longtime Companion as David

• Armand Assante – Q & A as Roberto "Bobby Tex" Texador
• Hector Elizondo – Pretty Woman as Barney Thompson
• Andy García – The Godfather: Part III as Vincent Mancini-Corleone
• Al Pacino – Dick Tracy as Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice
• Joe Pesci – Goodfellas as Tommy DeVito †

1991: Jack Palance – City Slickers as Curly Washburn †

• Ned Beatty – Hear My Song as Josef Locke
• John Goodman – Barton Fink as Charlie Meadows
• Harvey Keitel – Bugsy as Mickey Cohen
• Ben Kingsley – Bugsy as Meyer Lansky

1992: Gene Hackman – Unforgiven as Little Bill Daggett †

• Jack Nicholson – A Few Good Men as Nathan R. Jessep
• Chris O'Donnell – Scent of a Woman as Charlie Simms
• Al Pacino – Glengarry Glen Ross as Ricky Roma
• David Paymer – Mr. Saturday Night as Stan

1993: Tommy Lee Jones – The Fugitive as Samuel Gerard †

• Leonardo DiCaprio – What's Eating Gilbert Grape as Arnie Grape
• Ralph Fiennes – Schindler's List as Amon Göth
• John Malkovich – In the Line of Fire as Mitch Leary
• Sean Penn – Carlito's Way as David Kleinfeld

1994: Martin Landau – Ed Wood as Bela Lugosi †

• Kevin Bacon – The River Wild as Wade
• Samuel L. Jackson – Pulp Fiction as Jules Winnfield
• Gary Sinise – Forrest Gump as Dan Taylor
• John Turturro – Quiz Show as Herbie Stempel

1995: Brad Pitt – 12 Monkeys as Jeffrey Goines

• Ed Harris – Apollo 13 as Gene Kranz
• John Leguizamo – To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Chi-Chi Rodriguez
• Tim Roth – Rob Roy as Archibald Cunningham
• Kevin Spacey – The Usual Suspects as Roger "Verbal" Kint †

1996: Edward Norton – Primal Fear as Aaron Stampler

• Cuba Gooding, Jr. – Jerry Maguire as Rod Tidwell †
• Samuel L. Jackson – A Time To Kill as Carl Lee Hailey
• Paul Scofield – The Crucible as Thomas Danforth
• James Woods – Ghosts of Mississippi as Byron De La Beckwith

1997: Burt Reynolds – Boogie Nights as Jack Horner

• Rupert Everett – My Best Friend's Wedding as George Downes
• Anthony Hopkins – Amistad as John Quincy Adams
• Greg Kinnear – As Good as It Gets as Simon Bishop
• Jon Voight – The Rainmaker as Leo F. Drummond
• Robin Williams – Good Will Hunting as Sean Maguire †

1998: Ed Harris – The Truman Show as Christof

• Robert Duvall – A Civil Action as Jerome Facher
• Bill Murray – Rushmore as Herman Blume
• Geoffrey Rush – Shakespeare in Love as Philip Henslowe
• Donald Sutherland – Without Limits as Bill Bowerman
• Billy Bob Thornton – A Simple Plan as Jacob Mitchell

1999: Tom Cruise – Magnolia as Frank "T.J." Mackey

• Michael Caine – The Cider House Rules as Wilbur Larch †
• Michael Clarke Duncan – The Green Mile as John Coffey
• Jude Law – The Talented Mr. Ripley as Dickie Greenleaf
• Haley Joel Osment – The Sixth Sense as Cole Sear

2000s

2000: Benicio del Toro – Traffic as Javier Rodriguez †

• Jeff Bridges – The Contender as Jackson Evans
• Willem Dafoe – Shadow of the Vampire as Max Schreck
• Albert Finney – Erin Brockovich as Edward L. Masry
• Joaquin Phoenix – Gladiator as Commodus

2001: Jim Broadbent – Iris as John Bayley †

• Steve Buscemi – Ghost World as Seymour
• Hayden Christensen – Life as a House as Sam Monroe
• Ben Kingsley – Sexy Beast as Don Logan
• Jude Law – A.I. Artificial Intelligence as Gigolo Joe
• Jon Voight – Ali as Howard Cosell

2002: Chris Cooper – Adaptation. as John Laroche †

• Ed Harris – The Hours as Richard Brown
• Paul Newman – Road to Perdition as John Rooney
• Dennis Quaid – Far from Heaven as Frank Whitaker
• John C. Reilly – Chicago as Amos Hart

2003: Tim Robbins – Mystic River as Dave Boyle †

• Alec Baldwin – The Cooler as Shelly Kaplow
• Albert Finney – Big Fish as Ed Bloom (old)
• William H. Macy – Seabiscuit as Tick Tock McGlaughlin
• Peter Sarsgaard – Shattered Glass as Charles Lane
• Ken Watanabe – The Last Samurai as Katsumoto

2004: Clive Owen – Closer as Larry Gray

• David Carradine – Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Bill
• Thomas Haden Church – Sideways as Jack
• Jamie Foxx – Collateral as Max Durocher
• Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby as Eddie Dupris †

2005: George Clooney – Syriana as Bob Barnes †

• Matt Dillon – Crash as John Ryan
• Will Ferrell – The Producers as Franz Liebkind
• Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man as Joe Gould
• Bob Hoskins – Mrs. Henderson Presents as Vivian Van Damm

2006: Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls as James "Thunder" Early

• Ben Affleck – Hollywoodland as George Reeves
• Jack Nicholson – The Departed as Francis "Frank" Costello
• Brad Pitt – Babel as Richard Jones
• Mark Wahlberg – The Departed as Staff Sergeant Sean Dignam

2007: Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men as Anton Chigurh †

• Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as Robert Ford
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson's War as Gust Avrakotos
• John Travolta – Hairspray as Edna Turnblad
• Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton as Arthur Edens

2008: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as The Joker (posthumous) †

• Tom Cruise – Tropic Thunder as Les Grossman
• Robert Downey, Jr. – Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus
• Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess as William Cavendish
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt as Father Brendan Flynn

2009: Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa †

• Matt Damon – Invictus as Francois Pienaar
• Woody Harrelson – The Messenger as Captain Tony Stone
• Christopher Plummer – The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy
• Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones as George Harvey

2010s

2010: Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dicky Eklund †

• Michael Douglas – Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps as Gordon Gekko
• Andrew Garfield – The Social Network as Eduardo Saverin
• Jeremy Renner – The Town as James "Jem" Coughlin
• Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech as Lionel Logue

2011: Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal

• Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier
• Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose
• Jonah Hill – Moneyball as Peter Brand
• Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method as Sigmund Freud