Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

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SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
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The 2023 recipient: Robert Downey Jr.
Awarded forOutstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Location Los Angeles, California
Presented by SAG-AFTRA
First awarded Martin Landau for Ed Wood (1994)
Currently held by Robert Downey Jr. for Oppenheimer (2023)
Website sagawards.org

The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture is an award presented annually by the Screen Actors Guild. It has been presented since the 1st Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1995 to a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role in a film released that year.

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The award has been presented 30 times, and 29 actors have won the award. Martin Landau was the award's first winner for Ed Wood (1994). The most recent winner is Robert Downey Jr. who won for his performance in Oppenheimer (2023). Mahershala Ali is the only actor to have won the award twice. The record for the most nominations is shared by Chris Cooper, Willem Dafoe, and Jared Leto with three nominations each.

Winners and nominees

Table key
Indicates the winner
Indicates a posthumous winner
Indicates a posthumous nominee

1990s

YearActorFilmRole(s)Ref.
1994
(1st)
Martin Landau Ed Wood Bela Lugosi [1]
Samuel L. Jackson Pulp Fiction Jules Winnfield
Chazz Palminteri Bullets over Broadway Cheech
Gary Sinise Forrest Gump Lt. Dan Taylor
John Turturro Quiz Show Herb Stempel
1995
(2nd)
Ed Harris Apollo 13 Gene Kranz [2]
Kevin Bacon Murder in the First Henri Young
Kenneth Branagh Othello Iago
Don Cheadle Devil in a Blue Dress Mouse Alexander
Kevin Spacey The Usual Suspects Roger "Verbal" Kint
1996
(3rd)
Cuba Gooding Jr. Jerry Maguire Rod Tidwell [3]
Hank Azaria The Birdcage Agador Spartacus
Nathan Lane Albert Goldman
William H. Macy Fargo Jerry Lundegaard
Noah Taylor Shine David Helfgott – Adolescent
1997
(4th)
Robin Williams Good Will Hunting Sean Maguire [4]
Billy Connolly Mrs Brown John Brown
Anthony Hopkins Amistad John Quincy Adams
Greg Kinnear As Good as It Gets Simon Bishop
Burt Reynolds Boogie Nights Jack Horner
1998
(5th)
Robert Duvall A Civil Action Jerome Facher [5]
James Coburn Affliction Glen Whitehouse
David Kelly Waking Ned Devine Michael O'Sullivan
Geoffrey Rush Shakespeare in Love Philip Henslowe
Billy Bob Thornton A Simple Plan Jacob Mitchell
1999
(6th)
Michael Caine The Cider House Rules Dr. Wilbur Larch [6]
Chris Cooper American Beauty Col. Frank Fitts
Tom Cruise Magnolia Frank T.J. Mackey
Michael Clarke Duncan The Green Mile John Coffey
Haley Joel Osment The Sixth Sense Cole Sear

2000s

YearActorFilmRole(s)Ref.
2000
(7th)
Albert Finney Erin Brockovich Edward L. Masry [7]
Jeff Bridges The Contender President Jackson Evans
Willem Dafoe Shadow of the Vampire Max Schreck
Gary Oldman The Contender Shelly Runyon
Joaquin Phoenix Gladiator Commodus
2001
(8th)
Ian McKellen The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Gandalf [8]
Jim Broadbent Iris John Bayley
Hayden Christensen Life as a House Sam Monroe
Ethan Hawke Training Day Jake Hoyt
Ben Kingsley Sexy Beast Don Logan
2002
(9th)
Christopher Walken Catch Me If You Can Frank Abagnale Sr. [9]
Chris Cooper Adaptation. John Laroche
Ed Harris The Hours Richard Brown
Alfred Molina Frida Diego Rivera
Dennis Quaid Far from Heaven Frank Whitaker
2003
(10th)
Tim Robbins Mystic River Dave Boyle [10]
Alec Baldwin The Cooler Shelly Kaplow
Chris Cooper Seabiscuit Tom Smith
Benicio del Toro 21 Grams Jack Jordan
Ken Watanabe The Last Samurai Lord Moritsugu Katsumoto
2004
(11th)
Morgan Freeman Million Dollar Baby Eddie "Scrap-Iron" Dupris [11]
Thomas Haden Church Sideways Jack Cole
Jamie Foxx Collateral Max Durocher
James Garner The Notebook Old Noah Calhoun
Freddie Highmore Finding Neverland Peter Llewelyn Davies
2005
(12th)
Paul Giamatti Cinderella Man Joe Gould [12]
Don Cheadle Crash Det. Graham Waters
Matt Dillon Sgt. John Ryan
George Clooney Syriana Bob Barnes
Jake Gyllenhaal Brokeback Mountain Jack Twist
2006
(13th)
Eddie Murphy Dreamgirls James "Thunder" Early [13]
Alan Arkin Little Miss Sunshine Edwin Hoover
Leonardo DiCaprio The Departed William "Billy" Costigan, Jr.
Jackie Earle Haley Little Children Ronald "Ronnie" McGorvey
Djimon Hounsou Blood Diamond Solomon Vandy
2007
(14th)
Javier Bardem No Country for Old Men Anton Chigurh [14]
Casey Affleck The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Robert Ford
Hal Holbrook Into the Wild Ron Franz
Tommy Lee Jones No Country for Old Men Ed Tom Bell
Tom Wilkinson Michael Clayton Arthur Edens
2008
(15th)
Heath Ledger The Dark Knight Joker [15]
Josh Brolin Milk Dan White
Robert Downey Jr. Tropic Thunder Kirk Lazarus
Philip Seymour Hoffman Doubt Father Brendan Flynn
Dev Patel Slumdog Millionaire Jamal Malik
2009
(16th)
Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds Col. Hans Landa [16]
Matt Damon Invictus Francois Pienaar
Woody Harrelson The Messenger Captain Tony Stone
Christopher Plummer The Last Station Leo Tolstoy
Stanley Tucci The Lovely Bones George Harvey

2010s

YearActorFilmRole(s)Ref.
2010
(17th)
Christian Bale The Fighter Dicky Eklund [17]
John Hawkes Winter's Bone Teardrop Dolly
Jeremy Renner The Town James "Jem" Coughlin
Mark Ruffalo The Kids Are All Right Paul Hatfield
Geoffrey Rush The King's Speech Lionel Logue
2011
(18th)
Christopher Plummer Beginners Hal Fields [18]
Kenneth Branagh My Week with Marilyn Laurence Olivier
Armie Hammer J. Edgar Clyde Tolson
Jonah Hill Moneyball Peter Brand
Nick Nolte Warrior Paddy Conlon
2012
(19th)
Tommy Lee Jones Lincoln Thaddeus Stevens [19]
Alan Arkin Argo Lester Siegel
Javier Bardem Skyfall Raoul Silva
Robert De Niro Silver Linings Playbook Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Sr.
Philip Seymour Hoffman The Master Lancaster Dodd
2013
(20th)
Jared Leto Dallas Buyers Club Rayon [20]
Barkhad Abdi Captain Phillips Abduwali Muse
Daniel Brühl Rush Niki Lauda
Michael Fassbender 12 Years a Slave Edwin Epps
James Gandolfini Enough Said Albert
2014
(21st)
J. K. Simmons Whiplash Terrence Fletcher [21]
Robert Duvall The Judge Judge Joseph Palmer
Ethan Hawke Boyhood Mason Evans Sr.
Edward Norton Birdman Mike Shiner
Mark Ruffalo Foxcatcher Dave Schultz
2015
(22nd)
Idris Elba Beasts of No Nation Commandant [22]
Christian Bale The Big Short Michael Burry
Mark Rylance Bridge of Spies Rudolf Abel
Michael Shannon 99 Homes Rick Carver
Jacob Tremblay Room Jack Newsome
2016
(23rd)
Mahershala Ali Moonlight Juan [23]
Jeff Bridges Hell or High Water Marcus Hamilton
Hugh Grant Florence Foster Jenkins St. Clair Bayfield
Lucas Hedges Manchester by the Sea Patrick Chandler
Dev Patel Lion Saroo Brierley
2017
(24th)
Sam Rockwell Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Jason Dixon [24]
Steve Carell Battle of the Sexes Bobby Riggs
Willem Dafoe The Florida Project Bobby Hicks
Woody Harrelson Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Sheriff William Willoughby
Richard Jenkins The Shape of Water Giles
2018
(25th)
Mahershala Ali Green Book Don Shirley [25]
Timothée Chalamet Beautiful Boy Nic Sheff
Adam Driver BlacKkKlansman Detective Philip "Flip" Zimmerman
Sam Elliott A Star Is Born Bobby Maine
Richard E. Grant Can You Ever Forgive Me? Jack Hock
2019
(26th)
Brad Pitt Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Cliff Booth [26]
Jamie Foxx Just Mercy Walter McMillian
Tom Hanks A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Fred Rogers
Al Pacino The Irishman Jimmy Hoffa
Joe Pesci Russell Bufalino

2020s

YearActorFilmRole(s)Ref.
2020
(27th)
Daniel Kaluuya Judas and the Black Messiah Fred Hampton [27]
Sacha Baron Cohen The Trial of the Chicago 7 Abbie Hoffman
Chadwick Boseman Da 5 Bloods Norman Earl Holloway
Jared Leto The Little Things Albert Sparma
Leslie Odom Jr. One Night in Miami... Sam Cooke
2021
(28th)
Troy Kotsur CODA Frank Rossi [28]
Ben Affleck The Tender Bar Charlie Maguire
Bradley Cooper Licorice Pizza Jon Peters
Jared Leto House of Gucci Paolo Gucci
Kodi Smit-McPhee The Power of the Dog Peter Gordon
2022
(29th)
Ke Huy Quan Everything Everywhere All at Once Waymond Wang [29]
Paul Dano The Fabelmans Burt Fabelman
Brendan Gleeson The Banshees of Inisherin Colm Doherty
Barry Keoghan Dominic Kearney
Eddie Redmayne The Good Nurse Charles Cullen
2023
(30th)
Robert Downey Jr. Oppenheimer Lewis Strauss [30]
Sterling K. Brown American Fiction Clifford "Cliff" Ellison
Willem Dafoe Poor Things Dr. Godwin Baxter
Robert De Niro Killers of the Flower Moon William King Hale
Ryan Gosling Barbie Ken

Superlatives

SuperlativeLeading ActorSupporting ActorOverall
Actor with most awards Daniel Day-Lewis 3 Mahershala Ali 2 Daniel Day-Lewis 3
Actor with most nominations Denzel Washington 6 Chris Cooper, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto 3 Leonardo DiCaprio, Denzel Washington 6
Actor with most nominations without ever winning George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Viggo Mortensen 3 Chris Cooper, Willem Dafoe 3 George Clooney 4
Film with most nominations The Shawshank Redemption 2 The Banshees of Inisherin , The Birdcage , The Contender , Crash , The Irishman , No Country for Old Men, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2 The Banshees of Inisherin 3
Oldest winner Denzel Washington
( Fences , 2017)
62 Christopher Plummer
( Beginners , 2012)
82 Christopher Plummer
( Beginners , 2012)
82
Oldest nominee Anthony Hopkins
( The Father , 2021)
83 Robert Duvall
( The Judge , 2015)
83 Robert Duvall
( The Judge , 2015)
83
Youngest winner Nicolas Cage
( Leaving Las Vegas , 1996)
32 Heath Ledger
( The Dark Knight , 2009)
28 Heath Ledger
( The Dark Knight , 2009)
28
Youngest nominee Jamie Bell
( Billy Elliot , 2001)
14 Jacob Tremblay
( Room , 2016)
9 Jacob Tremblay
( Room , 2016)
9

Multiple winners

Two awards

Multiple nominees

Note: Winners are indicated in bold type.

Two nominations
Three nominations

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