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Daniel Kaluuya poses in a black suit, holding his Oscar statuette for Actor in a Supporting Role for Judas and the Black Messiah at the 93rd Academy Awards.
Daniel Kaluuya Daniel Kaluuya with his Oscar for best supporting actor for his performance in Judas and the Black Messiah at the 2021 Academy Awards ceremony, Hollywood, California.

Academy Award for best supporting actor

Academy Award
Also known as: Best Supporting Actor
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Academy Award for best supporting actor, Each year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honors the man who delivered the most outstanding performance in a supporting role in a movie of a given year, as determined by the academy’s voting members. The winning actor is given a gold-plated statuette known as an Oscar at the annual ceremony. The first Academy Awards presentation and banquet took place in 1929, but prizes for performances in supporting roles were not introduced until 1937, honoring films released in 1936. Below is a list of the winning actors and the movies for which they won. The year is when the Oscar was presented.

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The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Will Gosner.