Best Supporting Actor of the Year

Awarded to the actor deemed by Cosmo voters to have achieved the best performance in a supporting role in an eligible film from the award year. Voters may use their own discretion in deciding whether to consider a particular role as either leading or supporting. It is possible for an actor to receive Supporting Actress nominations for multiple films. It is also possible for an actor to receive both Lead and Supporting Actress nominations for the same film.

Best Supporting Actor in a 2001 Film

Winner

  • Ian McKellen – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Additional Nominees

  • Alan Bates – Gosford Park (2001)
  • Jim Broadbent – Iris (2001)
  • Jim Broadbent – Moulin Rouge (2001)
  • Steve Buscemi – Ghost World (2001)
  • Hayden Christensen – Life as a House (2001)
  • Owen Wilson – The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

Best Supporting Actor in a 2002 Film

Winner

  • Chris Cooper – Adaptation (2002)

Additional Nominees

  • Richard Gere – Chicago (2002)
  • Ian McKellen – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  • Dennis Quaid – Far From Heaven (2002)
  • John C. Reilly – Chicago (2002)
  • Andy Serkis – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Best Supporting Actor in a 2003 Film

Winner

  • Sean Astin – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Additional Nominees

  • Orlando Bloom – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
  • Albert Finney – Big Fish (2003)
  • Ian McKellen – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  • Ian McKellen – X2: X-Men United (2003)
  • Viggo Mortensen – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  • Jason Priestley – Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)

Best Supporting Actor in a 2004 Film

Winner

  • Clive Owen – Closer (2004)

Additional Nominees

  • Alan Alda – The Aviator (2004)
  • Kyle MacLachlan – Touch of Pink (2004)
  • Scott Mechlowicz – Mean Creek (2004)
  • Peter Sarsgaard – Garden State (2004)
  • Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey (2004)

Best Supporting Actor in a 2005 Film

Winner

  • Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Additional Nominees

  • Victor Banerjee – My Brother Nikhil (2005)
  • George Clooney – Syriana (2005)
  • Matt Dillon – Crash (2005)
  • Kevin Zegers – TransAmerica (2005)

Best Supporting Actor in a 2006 Film

Winner

  • Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Additional Nominees

  • Alec Baldwin – The Departed (2006)
  • Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls (2006)
  • Michael Sheen – The Queen (2006)
  • Mark Wahlberg – The Departed (2006)

Best Supporting Actor in a 2010 Film

Winner

  • Christian Bale – The Fighter (2010)

Additional Nominees

  • Andrew Garfield – The Social Network (2010)
  • Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right (2010)
  • Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech (2010)
  • Justin Timberlake – The Social Network (2010)

Best Supporting Actor in a 2012 Film

Winner

  • Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln (2012)

Additional Nominees

  • Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
  • Leonardo DiCaprio – Django Unchained (2012)
  • Ian McKellen – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
  • Eddie Redmayne – Les Miserables (2012)
  • Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained (2012)

Best Supporting Actor in a 2013 Film

Winner

  • Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

Additional Nominees

  • Bradley Cooper – American Hustle (2013)
  • Dane DeHaan – Kill Your Darlings (2013)
  • Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave (2013)
  • Matthew McConaughey – Mud (2013)
  • Ian McKellen – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Best Supporting Actor in a 2014 Film

Winner

  • Edward Norton – Birdman (2014)

Additional Nominees

  • Neil Patrick Harris – Gone Girl (2014)
  • Ethan Hawke – Boyhood (2014)
  • Ian McKellen – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
  • Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher (2014)
  • J.K. Simmons – Whiplash (2014)

Best Supporting Actor in a 2015 Film

Winner

  • Tom Hardy – The Revenant (2015)

Additional Nominees

  • Robert De Niro – Joy (2015)
  • Benicio Del Toro – Sicario (2015)
  • Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation (2015)
  • Michael Keaton – Spotlight (2015)
  • Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies (2015)

Best Supporting Actor in a 2016 Film

Winner

  • John Goodman – 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Mahershala Ali – Moonlight (2016)
  • Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water (2016)
  • Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea (2016)
  • Dev Patel – Lion (2016)
  • Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals (2016)

Best Supporting Actor in a 2017 Film

Winner

  • Christopher Plummer – All the Money in the World (2017)

Additional Nominees

  • Armie Hammer – Call Me By Your Name (2017)
  • Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
  • Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water (2017)
  • Chris Pine – Wonder Woman (2017)
  • Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

Best Supporting Actor in a 2018 Film

Winner

  • Mahershala Ali – Green Book (2018)

Additional Nominees

  • Steve Carell – Vice (2018)
  • Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman (2018)
  • Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
  • Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther (2018)
  • Jonathan Pryce – The Wife (2018)

Best Supporting Actor in a 2019 Film

Winner

  • Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood

Additional Nominees

  • Alan Alda – Marriage Story
  • Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse
  • Robert Downey, Jr. – Avengers: Endgame
  • Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
  • John Lithgow – Bombshell

Best Supporting Actor in a 2020 Film

Winner

  • Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah

Additional Nominees

  • Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
  • Charles Dance – Mank
  • Colman Domingo – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  • Bill Murray – On the Rocks
  • Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami…

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