Premiul Oscar pentru cel mai bun actor în rol secundar este unul dintre premiile acordate actorilor care lucrează în industria filmului în cadrul ceremoniei Premiilor Oscar. Premiul este acordat de Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominalizările sunt făcute de membrii Academiei care sunt actori și actrițe.
Premiul se decernează anual începând cu 1937 pentru filmul din anul 1936. În tabelul de mai jos apar anii pentru care s-a acordat Premiul Oscar (ceremonia a avut loc în anul următor).
Anii 1930
PentruanulPortretactorCâștigătorNominalizați 1936 Walter Brennan – Come and Get ItSwan BostromMischa Auer – My Man Godfrey – CarloStuart Erwin – Pigskin Parade – Amos DoddBasil Rathbone – Romeo and Juliet – Tybalt – nepotul lui Lady Capulet 1937 Joseph Schildkraut – The Life of Emile Zolacăpt. Alfred Dreyfus Ralph Bellamy – The Awful Truth – Dan Leeson Thomas Mitchell – The Hurricane – dr. Kersaint H. B. Warner – Lost Horizon – ChangRoland Young – Topper – Cosmo Topper 1938 Walter Brennan – KentuckyPeter Goodwin John Garfield – Four Daughters – Mickey Borden Gene Lockhart – Algiers – Regis Robert Morley – Marie Antoinette – regele Ludovic al XVI-leaBasil Rathbone – If I Were King – regele Ludovic al XI-lea 1939 Thomas Mitchell – Stagecoachdr. Josiah Boone Brian Aherne – Juarez – împăratul Maximilian von Habsburg Harry Carey – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – președintele Senatului Brian Donlevy – Beau Geste – sgt. MarkoffClaude Rains – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – sen. Joseph Harrison Paine
Anii 1940
PentruanulPortretactorCâștigătorNominalizați 1940 Walter Brennan – The WesternerRoy Bean Albert Basserman – Foreign Correspondent – Van Meer William Gargan – They Knew What They Wanted – Joe Jack Oakie – The Great Dictator – Benzini Napaloni (dictator al Bacteria)James Stephenson – The Letter – Howard Joyce 1941 Donald Crisp – How Green Was My ValleyGwilym Morgan Walter Brennan – Sergeant York – Rosier PileCharles Coburn – The Devil and Miss Jones – John P. Merrick James Gleason – Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Max CorkleSydney Greenstreet – The Maltese Falcon – Kasper Gutman 1942 Van Heflin – Johnny EagerJeff Hartnett William Bendix – Wake Island – Aloysius "Smacksie" RandallWalter Huston – Yankee Doodle Dandy – Jerry Cohan Frank Morgan – Tortilla Flat – piratulHenry Travers – Mrs. Miniver – James Ballard 1943 Charles Coburn – The More the MerrierBenjamin Dingle Charles Bickford – The Song of Bernadette – PeyramaleJ. Carrol Naish – Sahara – Giuseppe Claude Rains – Casablanca – căpt. Louis RenaultAkim Tamiroff – Pentru cine bat clopotele – Pablo 1944 Barry Fitzgerald – Going My WayFitzgibbon Hume Cronyn – The Seventh Cross – Paul RoederClaude Rains – Mr. Skeffington – Job Skeffington Clifton Webb – Laura – Waldo LydeckerMonty Woolley – Since You Went Away – col. William G. Smollett 1945 James Dunn – A Tree Grows in BrooklynJohnny Nolan Michael Chekhov – Spellbound – dr. Alexander "Alex" BrulovJohn Dall – The Corn Is Green – Morgan Evans Robert Mitchum – The Story of G.I. Joe – lt. căpt. Bill WalkerJ. Carrol Naish – A Medal for Benny – Charley Martin 1946 Harold Russell – The Best Years of Our LivesHomer Parrish Charles Coburn – The Green Years – Alexander GowWilliam Demarest – The Jolson Story – Steve Martin Claude Rains – Notorious – Alexander SebastianClifton Webb – The Razor's Edge – Elliott Templeton 1947 Edmund Gwenn – Miracle on 34th StreetKris Kringle Charles Bickford – The Farmer's Daughter – Joseph ClancyThomas Gomez – Ride the Pink Horse – Pancho Robert Ryan – Crossfire – MontgomeryRichard Widmark – Kiss of Death – Tommy Udo 1948 Walter Huston – The Treasure of the Sierra MadreHoward Charles Bickford – Johnny Belinda – Black McDonaldJosé Ferrer – Joan of Arc – Delfinul, mai târziu Carol al VII-lea al Franței Oskar Homolka – I Remember Mama – Chris HalversonCecil Kellaway – The Luck of the Irish – Horace 1949 Dean Jagger – Twelve O'Clock HighHarvey Stovall John Ireland – All the King's Men – Jack BurdenArthur Kennedy – Champion – Connie Kelly Ralph Richardson – The Heiress – dr. Austin SloperJames Whitmore – Battleground – sgt. Kinnie
Anii 1950
PentruanulPortretactorCâștigătorNominalizați 1950 George Sanders – Totul despre EvaAddison De Witt Jeff Chandler – Broken Arrow – CochiseEdmund Gwenn – Mister 880 – "Skipper" Miller Sam Jaffe – The Asphalt Jungle – dr. Erwin RiedenschneiderErich von Stroheim – Sunset Boulevard – Max von Meyerling 1951 Karl Malden – Un tramvai numit dorințăHarold "Mitch" Mitchell Leo Genn – Quo Vadis – PetroniuKevin McCarthy – Death of a Salesman – Biff Loman Peter Ustinov – Quo Vadis – NeroGig Young – Come Fill the Cup – Boyd Copeland 1952 Anthony Quinn – Viva Zapata!Eufemio Zapata Richard Burton – My Cousin Rachel – Philip AshleyArthur Hunnicutt – The Big Sky – Zeb Calloway/Naratorul Victor McLaglen – The Quiet Man – Will "Red" DanaherJack Palance – Sudden Fear – Lester Blaine 1953 Frank Sinatra – De aici în eternitateAngelo Maggio Eddie Albert – Vacanță la Roma (Roman Holiday) – Irving RadovichBrandon deWilde – Shane – Joey Starrett Jack Palance – Shane – Jack WilsonRobert Strauss – Stalag 17 – sgt. Stanislas "Animal" Kasava 1954 Edmond O'Brien – Contesa desculțăOscar Muldoon Lee J. Cobb – On the Waterfront – Johnny FriendlyKarl Malden – On the Waterfront – Barry Rod Steiger – On the Waterfront – Charley "The Gent" MalloyTom Tully – The Caine Mutiny – Commander DeVriess 1955 Jack Lemmon – Mister RobertsFrank Thurlowe Pulver Arthur Kennedy – Trial – Barney CastleJoe Mantell – Marty – Angie Sal Mineo – Rebel Without a Cause – John "Plato" CrawfordArthur O'Connell – Picnic – Howard Bevans 1956 Anthony Quinn – Van GoghPaul Gauguin Don Murray – Bus Stop – Beauregard "Bo" DeckerAnthony Perkins – Friendly Persuasion – Josh Birdwell Mickey Rooney – The Bold and the Brave – DooleyRobert Stack – Written on the Wind – Kyle Hadley 1957 Red Buttons – SayonaraAirman Joe Kelly Vittorio De Sica – Adio arme – Alessandro RinaldiSessue Hayakawa – The Bridge on the River Kwai – Colonel Saito Arthur Kennedy – Peyton Place – Lucas CrossRuss Tamblyn – Peyton Place – Norman Page 1958 Burl Ives – Ferma din ArizonaRufus Hannassey Theodore Bikel – The Defiant Ones – șeriful Max MullerLee J. Cobb – The Brothers Karamazov – Fiodor Karamazov Arthur Kennedy – Some Came Running – Frank HirshGig Young – Teacher's Pet – dr. Hugo Pine 1959 Hugh Griffith – Ben-Hurșeicul Ilderim Arthur O'Connell – Anatomy of a Murder – Parnell Emmett McCarthyGeorge C. Scott – Anatomy of a Murder – Claude Dancer Robert Vaughn – The Young Philadelphians – Chester "Chet" GwynnEd Wynn – The Diary of Anne Frank – Albert Dussell
Anii 1960
PentruanulPortretactorCâștigătorNominalizați 1960 Peter Ustinov – SpartacusLentulus Batiatus Peter Falk – Murder, Inc. – Abe "Kid Twist" RelesJack Kruschen – The Apartment – dr. Dreyfuss Sal Mineo – Exodus – Dov LandauChill Wills – The Alamo – Beekeeper 1961 George Chakiris – West Side StoryBernardo Nuñez Montgomery Clift – Procesul de la Nürnberg – Rudolph PetersenPeter Falk – Pocketful of Miracles – Joy Boy Jackie Gleason – The Hustler – Minnesota FatsGeorge C. Scott (a refuzat nominalizarea) – The Hustler – Bert Gordon 1962 Ed Begley – Dulcea pasăre a tinereții (Sweet Bird of Youth)Tom 'Boss' Finley Victor Buono – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? – Edwin FlaggTelly Savalas – Birdman of Alcatraz – Feto Gomez Omar Sharif – Lawrence of Arabia – Ali ibn el KharishTerence Stamp – Billy Budd – Billy Budd 1963 Melvyn Douglas – HudHomer Bannon Nick Adams – Twilight of Honor – Ben BrownBobby Darin – Captain Newman, M.D. – Jim Tompkins Hugh Griffith – Tom Jones – Squire WesternJohn Huston – The Cardinal – cardinalul Glennon 1964 Peter Ustinov – TopkapiArthur Simon Simpson John Gielgud – Becket – Ludovic al VII-lea al FranțeiStanley Holloway – My Fair Lady – Alfred Doolittle Edmond O'Brien – Seven Days in May – senator Raymond ClarkLee Tracy – The Best Man – președintele Art Hockstader 1965 Martin Balsam – A Thousand ClownsArnold Burns Ian Bannen – The Flight of the Phoenix – "Ratbags" CrowTom Courtenay – Doctor Jivago – Antipov (Strelnikov) Michael Dunn – Ship of Fools – Carl GlockenFrank Finlay – Othello – Iago 1966 Walter Matthau – The Fortune CookieWillie Gingrich Mako – The Sand Pebbles – Po-hanJames Mason – Georgy Girl – James Leamington George Segal – Cui i-e frică de Virginia Woolf? – NickRobert Shaw – Un om pentru eternitate – Henric al VIII-lea al Angliei 1967 George Kennedy – Luke mână receDragline John Cassavetes – The Dirty Dozen – Victor P. FrankoGene Hackman – Bonnie and Clyde – Buck Barrow Cecil Kellaway – Ghici cine vine la cină? – monsignor Mike RyanMichael J. Pollard – Bonnie and Clyde – C.W. Moss 1968 Jack Albertson – The Subject Was RosesJohn Cleary Seymour Cassel – Faces – ChetDaniel Massey – Star! – Noël Coward Jack Wild – Oliver! – The Artful DodgerGene Wilder – The Producers – Leo Bloom 1969 Gig Young – Și caii se împușcă, nu-i așa? (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?)Rocky Graver Rupert Crosse – The Reivers – Ned McCaslinElliott Gould – Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice – Ted Henderson Jack Nicholson – Easy Rider – George HansonAnthony Quayle – Anne of the Thousand Days – cardinalul Wolsey
Anii 1970
PentruanulPortretactorCâștigătorNominalizați 1970 John Mills – Fiica lui Ryan (Ryan's Daughter)MichaelRichard S. Castellano – Lovers and Other Strangers – Frank VecchioChief Dan George – Little Big Man – Old Lodge SkinsGene Hackman – I Never Sang for My Father – Gene GarrisonJohn Marley – Love Story – Phil Cavalleri 1971 Ben Johnson – Ultimul spectacol cinematografic(The Last Picture Show)Sam the LionJeff Bridges – Ultimul spectacol cinematografic – Duane JacksonLeonard Frey – Scripcarul pe acoperiș(Fiddler on the Roof) – Motel KamzoilRichard Jaeckel – Sometimes a Great Notion – Joe Ben StamperRoy Scheider – The French Connection – Buddy "Cloudy" Russo 1972 Joel Grey – CabaretMaestru de CeremoniiEddie Albert – The Heartbreak Kid – Mr. CorcoranJames Caan – The Godfather – Sonny CorleoneRobert Duvall – The Godfather – Tom HagenAl Pacino – The Godfather – Michael Corleone 1973 John Houseman – The Paper ChaseCharles W. Kingsfield, Jr.Vincent Gardenia – Bang the Drum Slowly – Dutch SchnellJack Gilford – Save the Tiger – Phil GreeneJason Miller – The Exorcist – Damien KarrasRandy Quaid – The Last Detail – Larry Meadows 1974 Robert De Niro – The Godfather Part IIVito CorleoneFred Astaire – The Towering Inferno – Harlee ClaiborneJeff Bridges – Thunderbolt and Lightfoot – LightfootMichael V. Gazzo – The Godfather Part II – Frank PentangeliLee Strasberg – The Godfather Part II – Hyman Roth 1975 George Burns – The Sunshine BoysAl LewisBrad Dourif – One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Billy BibbitBurgess Meredith – The Day of the Locust – Harry GreenerChris Sarandon – Dog Day Afternoon – Leon ShermerJack Warden – Shampoo – Lester Karpf 1976 Jason Robards – All the President's MenBen BradleeNed Beatty – Network – Arthur JensenBurgess Meredith – Rocky – Mickey GoldmillLaurence Olivier – Marathon Man – dr. Christian SzellBurt Young – Rocky – Paulie Pennino 1977 Jason Robards – JuliaDashiell HammettMikhail Baryshnikov – The Turning Point – Yuri KopeikinePeter Firth – Equus – Alan StrangAlec Guinness – Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope – Obi-Wan KenobiMaximilian Schell – Julia – Johann 1978 Christopher Walken – The Deer HunterNikonar "Nick" ChevotarevichBruce Dern – Coming Home – căpt. Bob HydeRichard Farnsworth – Comes a Horseman – DodgerJohn Hurt – Midnight Express – MaxJack Warden – Heaven Can Wait – Max Corkle 1979 Melvyn Douglas – Being ThereBenjamin Turnbull RandRobert Duvall – Apocalypse Now – lt. col. Bill KilgoreFrederic Forrest – The Rose – Huston DyerJustin Henry – Kramer vs. Kramer – Billy KramerMickey Rooney – The Black Stallion – Henry Dailey
Anii 1980