The National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the annual film awards given (since 1954) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
Winners 1950s Year Winner Film Role 1954 John Williams Dial M for Murder Chief Inspector Hubbard Sabrina Thomas Fairchild 1955 Charles Bickford Not as a Stranger Dr. Dave W. Runkleman 1956 Richard Basehart Moby Dick Ishmael 1957 Sessue Hayakawa The Bridge on the River Kwai Colonel Saito 1958 Albert Salmi The Bravados Ed Taylor The Brothers Karamazov Pavel Fyodorovich Smerdyakov 1959 Hugh Griffith Ben-Hur Sheik Ilderim
1960s Year Winner Film Role 1960 George Peppard Home from the Hill Raphael "Rafe" Copley 1961 Jackie Gleason The Hustler George "Minnesota Fats" Hegerman 1962 Burgess Meredith Advise & Consent Herbert Gelman 1963 Melvyn Douglas Hud Homer Bannon 1964 Martin Balsam The Carpetbaggers Bernard B. Norman 1965 Harry Andrews The Agony and the Ecstasy Donato Bramante The Hill Bert Wilson 1966 Robert Shaw A Man for All Seasons King Henry VIII 1967 Paul Ford The Comedians Mr. Smith 1968 Leo McKern The Shoes of the Fisherman Cardinal Leone 1969 Philippe Noiret Topaz Henri Jarre
1970s Year Winner Film Role 1970 Frank Langella Diary of a Mad Housewife George Prager The Twelve Chairs Ostap Bender 1971 Ben Johnson The Last Picture Show Sam the Lion 1972 Joel Grey Cabaret Master of Ceremonies Al Pacino The Godfather Michael Corleone 1973 John Houseman The Paper Chase Charles Kingsfield, Jr. 1974 Holger Löwenadler Lacombe, Lucien Albert Horn 1975 Charles Durning Dog Day Afternoon Eugene Moretti 1976 Jason Robards All the President's Men Ben Bradlee 1977 Tom Skerritt The Turning Point Wayne Rodgers 1978 Richard Farnsworth Comes a Horseman Dodger 1979 Paul Dooley Breaking Away Raymond Stohler
1980s Year Winner Film Role 1980 Joe Pesci Raging Bull Joey LaMotta 1981 Jack Nicholson Reds Eugene O'Neill 1982 Robert Preston Victor/Victoria Carroll "Toddy" Todd 1983 Jack Nicholson Terms of Endearment Garrett Breedlove 1984 John Malkovich Places in the Heart Mr. Will 1985 Klaus Maria Brandauer Out of Africa Bror von Blixen-Finecke 1986 Daniel Day-Lewis My Beautiful Laundrette Johnny Burfoot A Room with a View Cecil Vyse 1987 Sean Connery The Untouchables Jimmy "Jim" Malone 1988 River Phoenix Running on Empty Danny Pope 1989 Alan Alda Crimes and Misdemeanors Lester
1990s Year Winner Film Role 1990 Joe Pesci Goodfellas Tommy DeVito 1991 Anthony Hopkins The Silence of the Lambs Dr. Hannibal Lecter 1992 Jack Nicholson A Few Good Men Colonel Nathan R. Jessup, USMC 1993 Leonardo DiCaprio What's Eating Gilbert Grape Arnie Grape 1994 Gary Sinise Forrest Gump Lt. Dan Taylor 1995 Kevin Spacey Se7en John Doe The Usual Suspects Roger "Verbal" Kint 1996 Edward Norton Everyone Says I Love You Holden Spence The People vs. Larry Flynt Alan Isaacman Primal Fear Aaron Stamper / Roy 1997 Greg Kinnear As Good as It Gets Simon Bishop 1998 Ed Harris The Truman Show Christof 1999 Philip Seymour Hoffman Magnolia Phil Parma The Talented Mr. Ripley Freddie Miles
2000s Year Winner Film Role 2000 Joaquin Phoenix Gladiator Commodus Quills François Simonet de Coulmier The Yards Willie 2001 Jim Broadbent Iris John Bayley Moulin Rouge! Harold Zidler 2002 Chris Cooper Adaptation. John Laroche 2003 Alec Baldwin The Cooler Sheldon "Shelly" Kaplow 2004 Thomas Haden Church Sideways Jack Cole 2005 Jake Gyllenhaal Brokeback Mountain Jack Twist 2006 Djimon Hounsou Blood Diamond Solomon Vandy 2007 Casey Affleck The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Robert Ford 2008 Josh Brolin Milk Dan White 2009 Woody Harrelson The Messenger Capt. Tony Stone
2010s Year Winner Film Role 2010 Christian Bale The Fighter Dicky Eklund 2011 Christopher Plummer Beginners Hal Fields 2012 Leonardo DiCaprio Django Unchained Calvin J. Candie 2013 Will Forte Nebraska David Grant 2014 Edward Norton Birdman Mike Shiner 2015 Sylvester Stallone Creed Rocky Balboa 2016 Jeff Bridges Hell or High Water Marcus Hamilton 2017 Willem Dafoe The Florida Project Bobby Hicks 2018 Sam Elliott A Star Is BornNational Board of Review Names 'Green Book' Best Film of 2018 - Variety Bobby Maine 2019 Brad Pitt Once Upon a Time in HollywoodNational Board of Review 2019 Winners|IndieWire Cliff Booth
2020s Year Winner Film Role 2020 Paul Raci Sound of Metal2021 National Board of Review Winners and Analysis - Variety Joe 2021 Ciarán Hinds BelfastNational Board of Review Winners 2021:|IndieWire Pop 2022 Brendan Gleeson The Banshees of InisherinTop Gun: Maverick Named Best Movie of 2022 by National Board of Review - The Hollywood Reporter Colm Doherty 2023 Mark Ruffalo Poor ThingsNational Board of Review Names ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Best Film of 2023 Duncan Wedderburn 2024 Kieran Culkin A Real Pain Benji Kaplan 2025 Benicio del Toro One Battle After AnotherNational Board of Review Names 2025 Honorees Sergio St. Carlos
Multiple awards
3 wins Jack Nicholson (1981, 1983, 1992)
2 wins Leonardo DiCaprio (1993, 2012) Edward Norton (1996, 2014) Joe Pesci (1980, 1990)
See also New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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