The Best Supporting Actor award has been presented a total of 54 times to 48 different actors. No award was given out in this category in 1980, when no actors, male or female, were nominated for supporting roles. In addition, the award was replaced with a
gender-neutral category for Best Supporting Artist, allotted for the year 1981 only, with all four nominees that year being male. The first winner was
Ian Holm for his role in
The Bofors Gun. The most recent winner is
Kieran Culkin for his role in
A Real Pain. The record for most wins is three, held by
Denholm Elliott, who won three consecutive times, while five other actors have won twice. Elliott also holds the record for most nominations, with seven. ==Winners and nominees==