Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male

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.

Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
Presented byFilm Independent
First awardedMorgan FreemanStreet Smart (1988)
Last awardedTroy KotsurCODA (2021)
Websitefilmindependent.org

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.[1]

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

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Morgan Freeman was the first recipient of the award in 1987 for Street Smart.
 
Lou Diamond Phillips won for Stand and Deliver.
 
Bruce Davison won for Longtime Companion.
 
Steve Buscemi has won twice, for Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Ghost World in 2001.
 
Benicio del Toro has won twice, for The Usual Suspects (1995) and Basquiat (1996).
 
Jason Lee won for Chasing Amy.
 
Steve Zahn won for Happy, Texas.
 
Willem Dafoe has won twice, for Shadow of the Vampire (2000) and The Lighthouse (2019).
 
Dennis Quaid won for Far from Heaven.
 
Djimon Hounsou won for In America.
 
Chiwetel Ejiofor won for Talk to Me.
 
Woody Harrelson won for The Messenger.
 
Christopher Plummer won for Beginners.
 
Matthew McConaughey won for Magic Mike.
 
J. K. Simmons won for Whiplash.
 
Idris Elba won for Beasts of No Nation.
 
Ben Foster won for Hell or High Water.
 
Sam Rockwell won for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
 
Troy Kotsur was the final recipient for CODA.

1980s

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Year Actor Film Role
1987
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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

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Year Actor Film Role
1990 Bruce Davison Longtime Companion David
Willem Dafoe Wild at Heart Bobby Peru
Robin Harris House Party Pop
Ben Lang The Plot Against Harry Leo
Tom Towles Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Otis
1991 David Strathairn City of Hope Asteroid
William H. Macy Homicide Tim Sullivan
John Malkovich Queens Logic Eliot
George T. Odom Straight Out of Brooklyn Ray Brown
Glenn Plummer Pastime Tyrone Debray
1992 Steve Buscemi Reservoir Dogs Mr. Pink
William Forsythe The Waterdance Bloss
Jeff Goldblum Deep Cover David Jason
Wesley Snipes The Waterdance Raymond Hill
David Strathairn Passion Fish Rennie
1993 Christopher Lloyd Twenty Bucks Jimmy
David Chung The Ballad of Little Jo Tinman Wong
Tate Donovan Inside Monkey Zetterland Brent Zetterland
Todd Field Ruby in Paradise Mike McCaslin
Edward Furlong American Heart Nick Kelson
1994 Chazz Palminteri Bullets Over Broadway Cheech
Giancarlo Esposito Fresh Esteban
Larry Pine Vanya on 42nd Street Dr. Astrov
Eric Stoltz Pulp Fiction Lance
Nicholas Turturro Federal Hill Ralph
1995 Benicio del Toro The Usual Suspects Fred Fenster
James LeGros Living in Oblivion Chad Palomino
David Morse The Crossing Guard John Booth
Max Perlich Georgia Axel Goldman
Harold Perrineau Smoke Thomas 'Rashid' Cole
1996 Benicio del Toro Basquiat Benny Dalmau
Kevin Corrigan Walking and Talking Bill
Matthew Faber Welcome to the Dollhouse Mark Wiener
Gary Farmer Dead Man Nobody
Richard Jenkins Flirting with Disaster Paul Harmon
1997 Jason Lee Chasing Amy Banky Edwards
Efrain Figueroa Star Maps Pepe Amato
Samuel L. Jackson Hard Eight Jimmy
Ajay Naidu SubUrbia Nazeer Choudhury
Roy Scheider The Myth of Fingerprints Hal
1998 Bill Murray Rushmore Herman Blume
James Coburn Affliction Glen Whitehouse
Charles S. Dutton Blind Faith Charles Williams
Gary Farmer Smoke Signals Arnold Joseph
Philip Seymour Hoffman Happiness Allen
1999 Steve Zahn Happy, Texas Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr., aka David
Charles S. Dutton Cookie's Fortune Jason Brown
Clark Gregg The Adventures of Sebastian Cole Hank Rossi / Henrietta Rossi
Luis Guzmán The Limey Eduardo Roel
Terrence Howard The Best Man Quentin Spivey

2000s

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Year Actor Film Role
2000
[3]
Willem Dafoe Shadow of the Vampire Max Schreck
Cole Hauser Tigerland Staff Sgt. Cota
Gary Oldman The Contender Shelly Runyon
Giovanni Ribisi The Gift Buddy Cole
Billy Dee Williams The Visit Henry
2001
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Steve Buscemi Ghost World Seymour
Don Cheadle Things Behind the Sun Chuck
Billy Kay L.I.E. Gary Terrio
Garrett Morris Jackpot Lester Irving
John C. Reilly The Anniversary Party Mac Forsyth
2002
[5]
Dennis Quaid Far from Heaven Frank Whitaker
Alan Arkin Thirteen Conversations About One Thing Gene
Ray Liotta Narc Henry Oak
John C. Reilly The Good Girl Phil Last
Peter Weller Ivans Xtc Don West
2003
[6]
Djimon Hounsou In America Mateo
Judah Friedlander American Splendor Toby Radloff
Troy Garity Soldier's Girl Barry Winchell
Alessandro Nivola Laurel Canyon Ian McKnight
Peter Sarsgaard Shattered Glass Chuck Lane
2004
[7]
Thomas Haden Church Sideways Jack Cole
Jon Gries Napoleon Dynamite Uncle Rico
Aidan Quinn Cavedweller Clint Windsor
Roger Robinson Brother to Brother Bruce Nugent
Peter Sarsgaard Kinsey Clyde Martin
2005
[8]
Matt Dillon Crash Sgt. John Ryan
Firdous Bamji The War Within Sayeed
Jesse Eisenberg The Squid and the Whale Walt Berkman
Barry Pepper The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Mike Norton
Jeffrey Wright Broken Flowers Winston
2006
[9]
Alan Arkin Little Miss Sunshine Edwin Hoover
Raymond J. Barry Steel City Vic Lee
Daniel Craig Infamous Perry Smith
Paul Dano Little Miss Sunshine Dwayne
Channing Tatum A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Young Antonio
2007
[10]
Chiwetel Ejiofor Talk to Me Dewey Hughes
Marcus Carl Franklin I'm Not There Woody Guthrie
Kene Holliday Great World of Sound Clarence
Irrfan Khan The Namesake Ashoke Ganguli
Steve Zahn Rescue Dawn Duane W. Martin
2008
[11]
James Franco Milk Scott Smith
Anthony Mackie The Hurt Locker Sergeant J. T. Sanborn
Charlie McDermott Frozen River Troy "T.J." Eddy, Jr.
Jim Myron Ross Ballast James
Haaz Sleiman The Visitor Tarek
2009
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Woody Harrelson The Messenger Capt. Tony Stone
Jemaine Clement Gentlemen Broncos Dr. Ronald Chevalier
Christian McKay Me and Orson Welles Orson Welles
Ray McKinnon That Evening Sun Lonzo Choat
Christopher Plummer The Last Station Leo Tolstoy

2010s

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Year Actor Film Role
2010
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John Hawkes Winter's Bone Teardrop Dolly
Samuel L. Jackson Mother and Child Paul
Bill Murray Get Low Frank Quinn
John Ortiz Jack Goes Boating Clyde
Mark Ruffalo The Kids Are All Right Paul Hatfield
2011
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Christopher Plummer Beginners Hal Fields
Albert Brooks Drive Bernie Rose
John Hawkes Martha Marcy May Marlene Patrick
John C. Reilly Cedar Rapids Dean Ziegler
Corey Stoll Midnight in Paris Ernest Hemingway
2012
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Matthew McConaughey Magic Mike Dallas
David Oyelowo Middle of Nowhere Brian
Michael Peña End of Watch Miguel "Mike" Zavala
Sam Rockwell Seven Psychopaths Billy Bickle
Bruce Willis Moonrise Kingdom Captain Duffy Sharp
2013
[16]
Jared Leto Dallas Buyers Club Rayon
Michael Fassbender 12 Years a Slave Edwin Epps
Will Forte Nebraska David Grant
James Gandolfini Enough Said Albert
Lakeith Stanfield Short Term 12 Marcus
2014
[17]
J. K. Simmons Whiplash Terence Fletcher
Riz Ahmed Nightcrawler Rick Blaine
Ethan Hawke Boyhood Mason Evans, Sr.
Alfred Molina Love Is Strange George
Edward Norton Birdman Mike Shiner
2015
[18]
Idris Elba Beasts of No Nation The Commandant
Kevin Corrigan Results Danny
Paul Dano Love & Mercy Brian Wilson
Richard Jenkins Bone Tomahawk Deputy Chicory
Michael Shannon 99 Homes Rick Carver
2016
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Ben Foster Hell or High Water Tanner Howard
Ralph Fiennes A Bigger Splash Harry Hawkes
Lucas Hedges Manchester by the Sea Patrick Chandler
Shia LaBeouf American Honey Jake
Craig Robinson Morris from America Curtis Gentry
2017
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Sam Rockwell Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Officer Jason Dixon
Nnamdi Asomugha Crown Heights Carl King
Armie Hammer Call Me by Your Name Oliver
Barry Keoghan The Killing of a Sacred Deer Martin
Benny Safdie Good Time Nick Nikas
2018
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Richard E. Grant Can You Ever Forgive Me? Jack Hock
Raúl Castillo We the Animals Paps
Adam Driver BlacKkKlansman Detective Flip Zimmerman
Josh Hamilton Eighth Grade Mark Day
John David Washington Monsters and Men Dennis Williams
2019
[22]
Willem Dafoe The Lighthouse Thomas Wake
Noah Jupe Honey Boy Young Otis Lort
Shia LaBeouf Honey Boy James Lort
Jonathan Majors The Last Black Man in San Francisco Montgomery Allen
Wendell Pierce Burning Cane Reverend Tillman

2020s

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Year Actor Film Role
2020
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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
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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

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Multiple winners

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2 wins

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Film Independent Spirit Awards - 34 Years of Nominees and Winners
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