Best Supporting Actor

Best Actor is awarded to the individual who gave their best performance in a supporting role their film. To date, Sylvester Stallone holds the distinct achievement of being the only person to be nominated multiple times for playing the same character. Two performances from the same film have been nominated in this category six times: Bale & Carell (The Big Short), Goggins & Russell (The Hateful Eight), Clooney & Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!), Hammer & Stuhlbarg (Call Me by Your Name), Abdul-Mateen II & Strong (The Trial of the Chicago 7), and Gleeson & Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin). Leslie Odom Jr. became the first Black man to win the award in 2020 for his performance in One Night in Miami. Troy Kotsur became the first deaf actor to win the following year. Following him, Ke Huy Quan became the first Asian to win Best Supporting Actor.