Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
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![]() The 2022 recipient: Ke Huy Quan | |
Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |
First awarded | 1937 (for performance in films released during the 1936 film season) |
Most recent winner | Ke Huy Quan Everything Everywhere All at Once (2023) |
Website | oscars |
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit. It is presented each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is to recognize an actor with an outstanding performance in a movie. Since the beginning, the award has commonly been called the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Actors are nominated for this award by Academy members who are actors and actresses themselves. Winners are selected by the Academy membership as a whole.