Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor

List of winners and nominees

1990s

• 1995: Ed Harris – Apollo 13 as Gene Kranz

• 1996: Cuba Gooding Jr. – Jerry Maguire as Rodney "Rod" Tidwell
• 1997: Anthony Hopkins – Amistad as John Quincy Adams
• 1998: Billy Bob Thornton – A Simple Plan as Jacob Mitchell
• 1999: Michael Clarke Duncan – The Green Mile as John Coffey

  2000s

• 2000: Joaquin Phoenix – Gladiator as Commodus, Quills as Abbé du Coulmier, and The Yards as Willie Gutierrez
• 2001: Ben Kingsley – Sexy Beast as Don Logan
• * Jim Broadbent – Iris as John Bayley
• * Jon Voight – Ali as Howard Cosell
• 2002: Chris Cooper – Adaptation. as John Laroche
• * Alfred Molina – Frida as Diego Rivera
• * Paul Newman – Road to Perdition as John Rooney
• 2003: Tim Robbins – Mystic River as Dave Boyle
• * Alec Baldwin – The Cooler as Shelly Kaplow
• * Paul Bettany – ' as Dr. Stephen Marturin
• * Benicio del Toro – 21 Grams as Jack Jordan
• * Ken Watanabe – The Last Samurai as Lord Moritsugu Katsumoto
• 2004: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways as Jack Cole
• * Jamie Foxx – Collateral as Max Durocher
• * Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby as Eddie "Scrap Iron" Dupris
• * Clive Owen – Closer as Larry Gray
• * Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey as Clyde Martin
• 2005: Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man as Joe Gould
• * George Clooney – Syriana as Bob Barnes
• * Kevin Costner – The Upside of Anger as Denny Davies
• * Matt Dillon – Crash as Sgt. John Ryan
• * Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain as Jack Twist
• * Terrence Howard – Crash as Cameron Thayer
• 2006: Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls as James "Thunder" Early
• * Ben Affleck – Hollywoodland as George Reeves
• * Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine as Edwin Hoover
• * Adam Beach – Flags of Our Fathers as Ira Hayes
• * Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond as Solomon Vandy
• * Jack Nicholson – The Departed as Francis "Frank" Costello
• 2007: Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men as Anton Chigurh
• * Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as Robert Ford
• * Philip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson's War as Gust Avrakotos
• * Hal Holbrook – Into the Wild as Ron Franz
• * Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton as Arthur Edens
• 2008: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as The Joker
• * Josh Brolin – Milk as Dan White
• * Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus
• * James Franco – Milk as Scott Smith
• * Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt as Father Brendan Flynn
• 2009: Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa
• * Matt Damon – Invictus as Francois Pienaar
• * Woody Harrelson – The Messenger as Cpt. Tony Stone
• * Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles as Orson Welles
• * Alfred Molina – An Education as Jack Mellor
• * Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones as George Harvey

  2010s

• 2010: Christian Bale – The Fighter as Richard "Dicky" Eklund Jr.
• * Andrew Garfield – The Social Network as Eduardo Saverin
• * Jeremy Renner – The Town as James "Jem" Coughlin
• * Sam Rockwell – Conviction as Kenny Waters
• * Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul Hatfield
• * Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech as Lionel Logue
• 2011: Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields
• * Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier
• * Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose
• * Nick Nolte – Warrior as Paddy Conlon
• * Patton Oswalt – Young Adult as Matt Freehauf
• * Andy Serkis – Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
• 2012: Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master as Lancaster Dodd
• * Alan Arkin – Argo as Lester Siegel
• * Javier Bardem – Skyfall as Raoul Silva
• * Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Sr.
• * Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln as Thaddeus Stevens
• * Matthew McConaughey – Magic Mike as Dallas
• 2013: Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club as Rayon
• * Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips as Abduwali Muse
• * Daniel Brühl – Rush as Niki Lauda
• * Bradley Cooper – American Hustle as FBI Agent Richard "Richie" DiMaso
• * Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave as Edwin Epps
• * James Gandolfini – Enough Said as Albert
• 2014: J. K. Simmons – Whiplash as Terence Fletcher
• * Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
• * Robert Duvall – The Judge as Judge Joseph Palmer
• * Ethan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans Sr.
• * Edward Norton – Birdman as Mike Shiner
• * Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher as Dave Schultz
• 2015: Sylvester Stallone – Creed as Rocky Balboa
• * Paul Dano – Love & Mercy as Brian Wilson
• * Tom Hardy – The Revenant as John Fitzgerald
• * Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight as Michael Rezendes
• * Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies as Rudolf Abel
• * Michael Shannon – 99 Homes as Rick Carver
• 2016: Mahershala Ali – Moonlight as Juan
• * Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water as Marcus Hamilton
• * Ben Foster – Hell or High Water as Tanner Howard
• * Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea as Patrick Chandler
• * Dev Patel – Lion as Saroo Brierley
• * Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals as Detective Bobby Andes
• 2017: Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Officer Jason Dixon
• * Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project as Bobby Hicks
• * Armie Hammer – Call Me by Your Name as Oliver
• * Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water as Giles
• * Patrick Stewart – Logan as Professor Charles Xavier
• * Michael Stuhlbarg – Call Me by Your Name as Mr. Perlman
• 2018: Mahershala Ali – Green Book as Don Shirley
• * Timothée Chalamet – Beautiful Boy as Nic Sheff
• * Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman as Flip Zimmerman
• * Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born as Bobby Maine
• * Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Jack Hock
• * Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther as N'Jadaka / Erik "Killmonger" Stevens
• 2019: Brad Pitt - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth
• * Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse as Thomas Wake
• * Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as Fred Rogers
• * Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes as Pope Benedict XVI
• * Al Pacino – The Irishman as Jimmy Hoffa
• * Joe Pesci – The Irishman as Russell Bufalino

  Multiple nominees

• Mahershala Ali
• Alan Arkin
• Javier Bardem
• Josh Brolin
• Willem Dafoe
• Anthony Hopkins
• Alfred Molina
• Sam Rockwell
• Michael Shannon

• Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Mark Ruffalo

  Multiple winners

• Mahershala Ali