SAG Award for Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture
by andrewjocunning | created - 26 Oct 2020 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicMost wins: 1. Mahershala Ali = 2 wins
1. Robert Downey Jr.
Actor | Iron Man
Robert Downey Jr. has evolved into one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. With an amazing list of credits to his name, he has managed to stay new and fresh even after over four decades in the business.
Downey was born April 4, 1965 in Manhattan, New York, the son of writer, director and ...
2023: Oppenheimer
- Sterling K. Brown - American Fiction
- Willem Dafoe - Poor Things
- Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon
- Ryan Gosling - Barbie
2. Ke Huy Quan
Actor | Everything Everywhere All at Once
Ke Huy Quan, also known as Jonathan Ke Quan, is a Vietnamese-born Chinese-American actor and stunt choreographer. Quan played Short Round in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984) and Data in "The Goonies" (1985). In 1990 and 1991, he co-starred as Jasper Kwong in the sitcom "Head of the ...
2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Paul Dano - The Fabelmans
- Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin
- Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Inisherin
- Eddie Redmayne - The Good Nurse
3. Troy Kotsur
Actor | CODA
Troy Kotsur has been acting and directing for over 20 years. Deaf since birth, he was raised in Mesa, AZ. In his career he has had critically acclaimed performances in major films, a lead role in the Broadway run of a Tony Award-winning play, and numerous memorable roles on Television.
Troy has ...
2021: CODA
- Ben Affleck - The Tender Bar
- Bradley Cooper - Licorice Pizza
- Jared Leto - House of Gucci
- Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power of the Dog
4. Daniel Kaluuya
Actor | Get Out
Daniel Kaluuya is a British actor and writer. He is best known for Get Out (2017), Black Panther (2018) and for portraying Fred Hampton in Judas & The Black Messiah (2021).
He had a supporting role in Sicario (2015).
He also starred in the Black Mirror episode "Fifteen Million Merits".
For his work in...
2020: Judas and the Black Messiah
- Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Chadwick Boseman - Da 5 Bloods
- Jared Leto - The Little Things
- Leslie Odom Jr. - One Night in Miami
5. Brad Pitt
Actor | Fight Club
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt was born on December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma and raised in Springfield, Missouri to Jane Etta Pitt (née Hillhouse), a school counselor & William Alvin "Bill" Pitt, a truck company manager. At Kickapoo High School, Pitt was involved in sports, debating, student ...
2019: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Jamie Foxx - Just Mercy
- Tom Hanks - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
- Al Pacino - The Irishman
- Joe Pesci - The Irishman
6. Mahershala Ali
Actor | Leave the World Behind
Mahershala Ali is fast becoming one of the freshest and most in-demand faces in Hollywood with his extraordinarily diverse skill set and wide-ranging background in film, television, and theater.
He can be seen in the independent feature film, Moonlight, as well as reprising his role in The Hunger ...
2018: Green Book
- Timothée Chalamet - Beautiful Boy
- Adam Driver - BlacKkKlansman
- Sam Elliott - A Star Is Born
- Richard E. Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me?
7. Sam Rockwell
Actor | Moon
Sam Rockwell was born on November 5, 1968, in San Mateo, California, the only child of two actors, Pete Rockwell and Penny Hess. The family moved to New York when he was two years old, living first in the Bronx and later in Manhattan. When Sam was five years old, his parents separated, at which ...
2017: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Steve Carell - Battle of the Sexes
- Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
- Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Richard Jenkins - Th Shape of Water
8. Mahershala Ali
Actor | Leave the World Behind
Mahershala Ali is fast becoming one of the freshest and most in-demand faces in Hollywood with his extraordinarily diverse skill set and wide-ranging background in film, television, and theater.
He can be seen in the independent feature film, Moonlight, as well as reprising his role in The Hunger ...
2016: Moonlight
- Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
- Hugh Grant - Florence Foster Jenkins
- Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea
- Dev Patel - Lion
9. Idris Elba
Actor | Beasts of No Nation
An only child, Idrissa Akuna Elba was born and raised in London, England. His father, Winston, is from Sierra Leone and worked at Ford Dagenham; his mother, Eve, is from Ghana and had a clerical duty. Idris attended school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting, before he dropped...
2015: Beasts of No Nation
- Christian Bale - The Big Short
- Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
- Michael Shannon - 99 Homes
- Jacob Tremblay - Room
10. J.K. Simmons
Actor | Whiplash
J.K. Simmons is an American actor.
He was born Jonathan Kimble Simmons in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, to Patricia (Kimble), an administrator, and Donald William Simmons, a music teacher. He attended the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; University of Montana, Missoula, MT (BA in Music).
He had ...
2014: Whiplash
- Robert Duvall - The Judge
- Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
- Edward Norton - Birdman
- Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
11. Jared Leto
Actor | Dallas Buyers Club
Jared Leto is a very familiar face in recent film history. Although he has always been the lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and songwriter for American band Thirty Seconds to Mars, Leto is an accomplished actor merited by the numerous, challenging projects he has taken in his life. He is known to be ...
2013: Dallas Buyers Club
- Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips
- Daniel Brühl - Rush
- Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
- James Gandolfini - Enough Said
12. Tommy Lee Jones
Actor | The Fugitive
Tommy Lee Jones was born in San Saba, Texas, the son of Lucille Marie (Scott), a police officer and beauty shop owner, and Clyde C. Jones, who worked on oil fields. Tommy himself worked in underwater construction and on an oil rig. He attended St. Mark's School of Texas, a prestigious prep school ...
2012: Lincoln
- Alan Arkin - Argo
- Javier Bardem - Skyfall
- Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
13. Christopher Plummer
Actor | Beginners
Legendary actor Christopher Plummer, perhaps Canada's greatest thespian, delivered outstanding performances as Sherlock Holmes in Murder by Decree (1979), the chilling villain in The Silent Partner (1978), the iconoclastic Mike Wallace in The Insider (1999), the empathetic psychiatrist in A ...
2011: Beginners
- Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn
- Armie Hammer - J. Edgar
- Jonah Hill - Moneyball
- Nick Nolte - Warrior
14. Christian Bale
Actor | The Dark Knight
Christian Charles Philip Bale was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK on January 30, 1974, to English parents Jennifer "Jenny" (James) and David Bale. His mother was a circus performer and his father, who was born in South Africa, was a commercial pilot. The family lived in different countries ...
2010: The Fighter
- John Hawkes - Winter's Bone
- Jeremy Renner - The Town
- Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right
- Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech
15. Christoph Waltz
Actor | Django Unchained
Christoph Waltz is an Austrian-German actor. He is known for his work with American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, receiving acclaim for portraying SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds (2009) and bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchained (2012). For each performance, he won...
2009: Inglourious Basterds
- Matt Damon - Invictus
- Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
- Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
- Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
16. Heath Ledger
Actor | Brokeback Mountain
When hunky, twenty-year-old heart-throb Heath Ledger first came to the attention of the public in 1999, it was all too easy to tag him as a "pretty boy" and an actor of little depth. He spent several years trying desperately to sway this image, but this was a double-edged sword. His work comprised ...
2008: The Dark Knight
- Josh Brolin - Milk
- Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
- Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
17. Javier Bardem
Actor | Skyfall
Javier Bardem belongs to a family of actors that have been working on films since the early days of Spanish cinema.
He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, to actress Pilar Bardem (María del Pilar Bardem Muñoz) and businessman José Carlos Encinas Doussinague. His maternal grandparents were...
2007: No Country for Old Men
- Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
- Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
- Tommy Lee Jones - No Country for Old Men
- Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
18. Eddie Murphy
Actor | The Nutty Professor
Edward Regan Murphy was born April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York, to Lillian Lynch (born: Lillian Laney), a telephone operator, and Charles Edward Murphy, a transit police officer who was also an amateur comedian and actor. After his father died, his mother married Vernon Lynch, a foreman at a ...
2006: Dreamgirls
- Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
- Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
- Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
- Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
19. Paul Giamatti
Actor | Sideways
Paul Giamatti is an American actor who has worked steadily and prominently for over thirty years, and is best known for leading roles in the films American Splendor (2003), Sideways (2004), and Barney's Version (2010) (for which he won a Golden Globe), and supporting roles in the films Cinderella ...
2005: Cinderella Man
- Don Cheadle - Crash
- George Clooney - Syriana
- Matt Dillon - Crash
- Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
20. Morgan Freeman
Actor | Driving Miss Daisy
With an authoritative voice and calm demeanor, this ever popular American actor has grown into one of the most respected figures in modern US cinema. Morgan was born on June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mayme Edna (Revere), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, a barber. The young Freeman...
2004: Million Dollar Baby
- Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
- Jamie Foxx - Collateral
- James Garner - The Notebook
- Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland
21. Tim Robbins
Actor | Mystic River
Born in West Covina, California, but raised in New York City, Tim Robbins is the son of former The Highwaymen singer Gil Robbins and actress Mary Robbins (née Bledsoe). Robbins studied drama at UCLA, where he graduated with honors in 1981. That same year, he formed the Actors' Gang theater group, ...
2003: Mystic River
- Alec Baldwin - The Cooler
- Chris Cooper - Seabiscuit
- Benicio del Toro - 21 Grams
- Ken Watanabe - The Last Samurai
22. Christopher Walken
Actor | The Deer Hunter
Lead and supporting actor of the American stage and films, with sandy colored hair, and pale complexion. He won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Deer Hunter (1978), and has been seen in mostly character roles, often portraying psychologically unstable individuals, though...
2002: Catch Me If You Can
- Chris Cooper - Adaptation.
- Ed Harris - The Hours
- Alfred Molina - Frida
- Dennis Quaid - Far from Heaven
23. Ian McKellen
Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Widely regarded as one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native Great Britain and internationally, twice nominated for the Oscar and recipient of every major theatrical award in the UK and US, Ian Murray McKellen was born on May 25, 1939 in Burnley, Lancashire, England, to Margery ...
2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Jim Broadbent - Iris
- Hayden Christensen - Life as a House
- Ethan Hawke - Training Day
- Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast
24. Albert Finney
Actor | Murder on the Orient Express
The son of a Lancashire bookmaker, Albert Finney came to motion pictures via the theatre. In 1956, he won a scholarship to RADA where his fellow alumni included Peter O'Toole and Alan Bates. He joined the Birmingham Repertory where he excelled in plays by William Shakespeare. A member of the Royal ...
2000: Erin Brockovich
- Jeff Bridges - The Contender
- Willem Dafoe - Shadow of the Vampire
- Gary Oldman - The Contender
- Joaquin Phoenix - Gladiator
25. Michael Caine
Actor | The Dark Knight
Michael Caine was born as Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in London, to Ellen (née Burchell), a cook, and Maurice Micklewhite Sr., a fish-market porter. He had a younger brother, Stanley Caine, and an older maternal half-brother named David Burchell. He left school at age 15 and took a series of ...
1999: The Cider House Rules
- Chris Cooper - American Beauty
- Tom Cruise - Magnolia
- Michael Clarke Duncan - The Green Mile
- Haley Joel Osment - The Sixth Sense
26. Robert Duvall
Actor | The Apostle
Veteran actor and director Robert Selden Duvall was born on January 5, 1931, in San Diego, CA, to Mildred Virginia (Hart), an amateur actress, and William Howard Duvall, a career military officer who later became an admiral. Duvall majored in drama at Principia College (Elsah, IL), then served a ...
1998: A Civil Action
- James Coburn - Affliction
- David Kelly - Waking Ned Devine
- Geoffrey Rush - Shakespeare in Love
- Billy Bob Thornton - A Simple Plan
27. Robin Williams
Actor | Mrs. Doubtfire
Robin McLaurin Williams was born on Saturday, July 21st, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, a great-great-grandson of Mississippi Governor and Senator, Anselm J. McLaurin. His mother, Laurie McLaurin (née Janin), was a former model from Mississippi, and his father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams, was a Ford ...
1997: Good Will Hunting
- Billy Connolly - Mrs. Brown
- Anthony Hopkins - Amistad
- Greg Kinnear - As Good As It Gets
- Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights
28. Cuba Gooding Jr.
Actor | Jerry Maguire
Cuba Gooding Jr. was born on January 2, 1968, in The Bronx, New York. His mother, Shirley (Sullivan), was a backup singer for The Sweethearts. His father, Cuba Gooding, was the lead vocalist for the R&B group The Main Ingredient, which had a hit with the song "Everybody Plays The Fool". His ...
1996: Jerry Maguire
- Hank Azaria - The Birdcage
- Nathan Lane - The Birdcage
- William H. Macy - Fargo
- Noah Taylor - Shine
29. Ed Harris
Actor | Appaloosa
By transforming into his characters and pulling the audience in, Ed Harris has earned a reputation as one of the most talented actors of our time.
Ed Harris was born in Tenafly, New Jersey, to Margaret (Sholl), a travel agent, and Robert Lee Harris, a bookstore worker who also sang professionally. ...
1995: Ed Harris - Apollo 13
- Kevin Bacon - Murder in the First
- Kenneth Branagh - Othello
- Don Cheadle - Devil in a Blue Dress
- Kevin Spacey - The Usual Suspects
30. Martin Landau
Actor | Ed Wood
Oscar-winning character actor Martin Landau was born on June 20, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York. At age 17, he was hired by the New York Daily News to work in the promotions department before he became a staff cartoonist and illustrator. In his five years on the paper, he served as the illustrator for ...
1994: Ed Wood
- Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction
- Chazz Palminteri - Bullets Over Broadway
- Gary Sinise - Forrest Gump
- John Turturro - Quiz Show
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