Every Golden Globes Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture winner

26 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 25 different winners.

Christoph Waltz ×2

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by network / distributor; scroll sideways for the full run.

Tom Cruise'00

Benicio del Toro'01

Jim Broadbent'02

Chris Cooper'03

Tim Robbins'04

Clive Owen'05

George Clooney'06

Eddie Murphy'07

Javier Bardem'08

Heath Ledger'09

Christoph Waltz'10

Christian Bale'11

Christopher Plummer'12

Christoph Waltz'13

Jared Leto'14

J. K. Simmons'15

Sylvester Stallone'16

Aaron Taylor-Johnson'17

Sam Rockwell'18

Mahershala Ali'19

Brad Pitt'20

Daniel Kaluuya'21

Kodi Smit-McPhee'22

Ke Huy Quan'23

Robert Downey Jr.'24

Kieran Culkin'25

Wins by network / distributor

Universal623%
Warner Bros.623%
Sony415%
Miramax28%
Searchlight28%
The Weinstein Company28%
Other415%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won

Philip Seymour Hoffman3 noms
Willem Dafoe3 noms
Albert Finney2 noms
Ben Affleck2 noms
Edward Norton2 noms
Jeff Bridges2 noms

Most losses

Philip Seymour Hoffman3L · 0W
Willem Dafoe3L · 0W
Albert Finney2L · 0W
Ben Affleck2L · 0W
Brad Pitt2L · 1W
Christopher Plummer2L · 1W

The full list

Year	Winner	Network / Distributor
2025	Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) beat 5 others Yura Borisov (Anora) Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown) Guy Pearce (The Brutalist) Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice) Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)	Searchlight Pictures
2024	Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer) beat 5 others Willem Dafoe (Poor Things) Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon) Ryan Gosling (Barbie) Charles Melton (May December) Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)	Universal
2023	Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) beat 4 others Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin) Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin) Brad Pitt (Babylon) Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse)	A24
2022	Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog) beat 4 others Ben Affleck (The Tender Bar) Jamie Dornan (Belfast) Ciarán Hinds (Belfast) Troy Kotsur (CODA)	Netflix
2021	Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah) beat 4 others Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7) Jared Leto (The Little Things) Bill Murray (On the Rocks) Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami...)	Warner Bros.
2020	Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) beat 4 others Al Pacino (The Irishman) Joe Pesci (The Irishman) Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) Anthony Hopkins (The Two Popes)	Columbia/Sony
2019	Mahershala Ali (Green Book) beat 4 others Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy) Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman) Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) Sam Rockwell (Vice)	Universal
2018	Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) beat 4 others Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) Armie Hammer (Call Me by Your Name) Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water) Christopher Plummer (All the Money in the World)	Fox Searchlight
2017	Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nocturnal Animals) beat 4 others Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water) Simon Helberg (Florence Foster Jenkins) Dev Patel (Lion)	Focus Features
2016	Sylvester Stallone (Creed) beat 4 others Paul Dano (Love & Mercy) Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation) Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) Michael Shannon (99 Homes)	Warner Bros.
2015	J. K. Simmons (Whiplash) beat 4 others Edward Norton (Birdman) Robert Duvall (The Judge) Ethan Hawke (Boyhood) Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)	Sony Pictures Classics
2014	Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) beat 4 others Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips) Daniel Brühl (Rush) Bradley Cooper (American Hustle) Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)	Focus Features
2013	Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) beat 4 others Alan Arkin (Argo) Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained) Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master) Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)	The Weinstein Company
2012	Christopher Plummer (Beginners) beat 4 others Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn) Albert Brooks (Drive) Jonah Hill (Moneyball) Viggo Mortensen (A Dangerous Method)	Focus Features
2011	Christian Bale (The Fighter) beat 4 others Michael Douglas (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps) Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) Jeremy Renner (The Town) Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)	Paramount
2010	Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) beat 4 others Matt Damon (Invictus) Woody Harrelson (The Messenger) Christopher Plummer (The Last Station) Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)	The Weinstein Company
2009	Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) beat 4 others Tom Cruise (Tropic Thunder) Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder) Ralph Fiennes (The Duchess) Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt)	Warner Bros.
2008	Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) beat 4 others Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War) John Travolta (Hairspray) Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)	Miramax
2007	Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls) beat 4 others Jack Nicholson (The Departed) Mark Wahlberg (The Departed) Ben Affleck (Hollywoodland) Brad Pitt (Babel)	DreamWorks/Paramount
2006	George Clooney (Syriana) beat 4 others Matt Dillon (Crash) Will Ferrell (The Producers) Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man) Bob Hoskins (Mrs Henderson Presents)	Warner Bros.
2005	Clive Owen (Closer) beat 4 others David Carradine (Kill Bill: Volume 2) Jamie Foxx (Collateral) Thomas Haden Church (Sideways) Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby)	Columbia/Sony
2004	Tim Robbins (Mystic River) beat 5 others Alec Baldwin (The Cooler) Albert Finney (Big Fish) William H. Macy (Seabiscuit) Peter Sarsgaard (Shattered Glass) Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai)	Warner Bros.
2003	Chris Cooper (Adaptation.) beat 4 others Ed Harris (The Hours) Paul Newman (Road to Perdition) Dennis Quaid (Far from Heaven) John C. Reilly (Chicago)	Columbia/Sony
2002	Jim Broadbent (Iris) beat 5 others Steve Buscemi (Ghost World) Hayden Christensen (Life as a House) Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast) Jude Law (A.I. Artificial Intelligence) Jon Voight (Ali)	Miramax
2001	Benicio del Toro (Traffic) beat 4 others Jeff Bridges (The Contender) Willem Dafoe (Shadow of the Vampire) Albert Finney (Erin Brockovich) Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator)	USA Films
2000	Tom Cruise (Magnolia) beat 4 others Michael Caine (The Cider House Rules) Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile) Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley) Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense)	New Line Cinema

More Golden Globes categories

TV Supp. Actor TV Supp. Actress TV Supp. Actor (Ltd)TV Supp. Actress (Ltd)TV Actor (Comedy)TV Actress (Comedy)TV Actor (Limited)TV Actress (Limited)Director Film Actor (Drama)Film Actress (Drama)Film Actor (Comedy)Film Actress (Comedy)Supp. Actress (Film)Screenplay Limited Series All 29 categories

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