Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male | |
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Presented by | Film Independent |
First awarded | Morgan Freeman – Street Smart (1988) |
Last awarded | Troy Kotsur – CODA (2021) |
Website | filmindependent |
The Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male was one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards. It was first presented in 1987, with Morgan Freeman being the first recipient, for his role as Fast Black in Street Smart. It was last presented in 2022 with Troy Kotsur being the final recipient of the award for his role in CODA.
In 2022, it was announced that the four acting categories would be retired and replaced with two gender neutral categories, with both Best Supporting Male and Best Supporting Female merging into the Best Supporting Performance category.
Alan Arkin, Christopher Plummer, Jared Leto, J. K. Simmons, Sam Rockwell and Troy Kotsur are the only actors to have won both this award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor the same year.
Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe and Benicio del Toro are the only actors who have received this award more than once, with two wins each.
Winners and nominees
1980s
Year | Actor | Film | Role |
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1987 |
Morgan Freeman | Street Smart | Fast Black |
Wings Hauser | Tough Guys Don't Dance | Capt. Alvin Luther Regency | |
James Earl Jones | Matewan | 'Few Clothes' Johnson | |
Vincent Price | The Whales of August | Mr. Maranov | |
David Strathairn | Matewan | Sid Hatfield | |
1988 | Lou Diamond Phillips | Stand and Deliver | Angel Guzman |
Ernest Borgnine | Spike of Bensonhurst | Baldo Cacetti | |
Divine | Hairspray | Edna Turnblad / Arvin Hodgepile | |
John Lone | The Moderns | Bertram Stone | |
John Turturro | Five Corners | Heinz | |
1989 | Max Perlich | Drugstore Cowboy | David |
Steve Buscemi | Mystery Train | Charlie the Barber | |
Scott Coffey | Shag | Chip Gaillard | |
Gary Farmer | Powwow Highway | Philbert Bono | |
Screamin' Jay Hawkins | Mystery Train | Night Clerk |
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Year | Actor | Film | Role |
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2020 |
Paul Raci | Sound of Metal | Joe |
Colman Domingo | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Cutler | |
Orion Lee | First Cow | King-Lu | |
Glynn Turman | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Toledo | |
Benedict Wong | Nine Days | Kyo | |
2021 |
Troy Kotsur | CODA | Frank Rossi |
Colman Domingo | Zola | Abegunde "X" Olawale | |
Meeko Gattuso | Queen of Glory | Pitt | |
Will Patton | Sweet Thing | Adam | |
Chaske Spencer | Wild Indian | Teddo |
Multiple nominees
Multiple winners
- 2 wins
- Steve Buscemi
- Willem Dafoe
- Benicio del Toro (consecutive)