Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Following the Academy's practice, the films below are listed by release year: for example, the Oscar for "Best Supporting Actor in 1999" was announced during the award ceremony held in 2000. Winners are listed first, followed by the other nominees. For a list sorted by actor, please see List of Best Supporting Actor nominees. For a list sorted by movie title, please see List of Best Supporting Actor nominees (films).

1980s

• 1980 Timothy Hutton - Ordinary People
• Judd Hirsch - Ordinary People
• Michael O'Keefe - The Great Santini
• Joe Pesci - Raging Bull
• Jason Robards - Melvin and Howard
• 1981 John Gielgud - Arthur
• James Coco - Only When I Laugh
• Ian Holm - Chariots of Fire
• Jack Nicholson - Reds
• Howard Rollins - Ragtime
• 1982 Louis Gossett, Jr. - An Officer and A Gentleman
• Charles Durning - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• John Lithgow - The World According to Garp
• James Mason - The Verdict
• Robert Preston - Victor/Victoria
• 1983 Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment
• Charles Durning - To Be or Not to Be
• John Lithgow - Terms of Endearment
• Sam Shepard - The Right Stuff
• Rip Torn - Cross Creek
• 1984 Haing S. Ngor - The Killing Fields
• Adolph Caesar - A Soldier's Story
• John Malkovich - Places in the Heart
• Noriyuki Morita - The Karate Kid
• Ralph Richardson - Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
• 1985 Don Ameche - Cocoon
• Klaus Brandauer - Out of Africa
• William Hickey - Prizzi's Honor
• Robert Loggia - Jagged Edge
• Eric Roberts - Runaway Train
• 1986 Michael Caine - Hannah and Her Sisters
• Tom Berenger - Platoon
• Willem Dafoe - Platoon
• Denholm Elliott - A Room with a View
• Dennis Hopper - Hoosiers
• 1987 Sean Connery - The Untouchables
• Albert Brooks - Broadcast News
• Morgan Freeman - Street Smart
• Vincent Gardenia - Moonstruck
• Denzel Washington - Cry Freedom
• 1988 Kevin Kline - A Fish Called Wanda
• Alec Guinness - Little Dorrit
• Martin Landau - '
• River Phoenix - Running on Empty
• Dean Stockwell - Married to the Mob
• 1989 Denzel Washington - Glory
• Danny Aiello - Do the Right Thing
• Dan Aykroyd - Driving Miss Daisy
• Marlon Brando - A Dry White Season
• Martin Landau - Crimes and Misdemeanors