Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

An annual award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for an outstanding supporting performance by an actor in a film.

Academy Awards: Annual awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognizing achievements in filmmaking. This acting category is one of the Academy Awards’ competitive honors.
Academy Awards voting: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ process for nominating and selecting Academy Award recipients. Academy members determine the nominees and winner through this process.
Harold Russell: An American actor and veteran who won the 1947 Best Supporting Actor award for The Best Years of Our Lives. He remains the only performer to receive two Oscars for the same role, including an honorary award.
Oscar bait: Films or performances perceived as deliberately designed to attract Academy Award recognition. Supporting roles can be promoted as award-worthy through familiar campaign strategies.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: A professional organization founded in 1927 to advance filmmaking and administer the Academy Awards. The Academy created and administers this award.
Academy Award nomination: Official recognition by the Academy that a film or individual is a candidate for an award. Nomination is the formal stage before the winner is chosen.
Jason Robards: An American actor who won consecutive Best Supporting Actor awards in 1977 and 1978. His back-to-back wins are a rare achievement in the category.
Posthumous award: An honor awarded to a person after their death. The category has recognized several performers posthumously, including Heath Ledger.
9th Academy Awards: The 1937 ceremony at which Walter Brennan won the first Best Supporting Actor award. This ceremony established the category’s first winner.
Supporting actor: An actor who performs a role secondary to a work’s principal characters. The category distinguishes supporting roles from leading performances.

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