| Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best performance of the year by a male in a supporting role in a genre film |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |
| First awarded | 1974/75 |
| Currently held by | Bill Hader for It Chapter Two (2019/2020) |
| Website | www |
The following is a list of Saturn Award winners and nominees for Best Supporting Actor (in a film). Burgess Meredith, Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis are the only actors that have won the award twice, while only Javier Bardem and Heath Ledger have won both the Saturn Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the same performance.
Winners and nominees[]
1970s[]
| Year | Actor | Motion Picture | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
(3rd) |
Marty Feldman | Young Frankenstein | Igor |
(4th) |
Jay Robinson | Train Ride to Hollywood | Dracula |
(5th) |
Alec Guinness | Star Wars | Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi |
| Red Buttons | Pete's Dragon | Hoagy | |
| Peter Cushing | Star Wars | Grand Moff Tarkin | |
| Burgess Meredith | The Sentinel | Charles Chazen | |
| Woody Strode | Kingdom of the Spiders | Walter Colby | |
(6th) |
Burgess Meredith | Magic | Ben Greene |
| Michael Ansara | The Manitou | John Singing Rock | |
| Michael Jackson | The Wiz | Scarecrow | |
| James Mason | Heaven Can Wait | Mr. Jordan | |
| Leonard Nimoy | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Dr. David Kibner | |
(7th) |
Arte Johnson | Love at First Bite | Renfield |
| Richard Kiel | Moonraker | Jaws | |
| Leonard Nimoy | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | Spock | |
| Donald Pleasence | Dracula | Dr. Jack Seward | |
| David Warner | Time After Time | John Leslie Stevenson/Jack the Ripper |
1980s[]
| Year | Actor | Motion Picture | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
(8th) |
Scatman Crothers | The Shining | Dick Hallorann |
| Melvyn Douglas | The Changeling | Senator Joseph Carmichael | |
| Martin Gabel | The First Deadly Sin | Christopher Langley | |
| Max von Sydow | Flash Gordon | The Emperor Ming | |
| Billy Dee Williams | The Empire Strikes Back | Lando Calrissian | |
(9th) |
Burgess Meredith | Clash of the Titans | Ammon |
| Paul Freeman | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Dr. René Belloq | |
| Ralph Richardson | Dragonslayer | Ulrich of Craggenmoor | |
| Craig Warnock | Time Bandits | Kevin | |
| Nicol Williamson | Excalibur | Merlin | |
(10th) |
Richard Lynch | The Sword and the Sorcerer | Titus Cromwell |
| Rutger Hauer | Blade Runner | Roy Batty | |
| Walter Koenig | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Pavel Chekov | |
| Roddy McDowall | Class of 1984 | Terry Corrigan | |
| Bruce Spence | Mad Max 2 | The Gyro Captain | |
(11th) |
John Lithgow | Twilight Zone: The Movie (Segment #4) | John Valentine |
| Scatman Crothers | Twilight Zone: The Movie (Segment #2) | Mr. Bloom | |
| Jonathan Pryce | Something Wicked This Way Comes | Mr. Dark | |
| Billy Dee Williams | Return of the Jedi | Lando Calrissian | |
| John Wood | WarGames | Dr. Stephen Falken | |
(12th) |
Tracey Walter | Repo Man | Miller |
| John Candy | Splash | Freddie Bauer | |
| John Lithgow | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Dr. Emilio Lizardo / Lord John Whorfin | |
| Dick Miller | Gremlins | Murray Futterman | |
| Robert Preston | The Last Starfighter | Centauri | |
(13th) |
Roddy McDowall | Fright Night | Peter Vincent |
| Crispin Glover | Back to the Future | George McFly | |
| Joel Grey | Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | Chiun | |
| Ian Holm | Dreamchild | Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll | |
| Christopher Lloyd | Back to the Future | Dr. Emmett Brown | |
(14th) |
Bill Paxton | Aliens | Pvt. William Hudson |
| James Doohan | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Scotty | |
| Clu Gulager | Hunter's Blood | Mason Rand | |
| Walter Koenig | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Pavel Chekov | |
| Richard Moll | House | Big Ben | |
(15th) |
Richard Dawson | The Running Man | Damon Killian |
| Robert De Niro | Angel Heart | Louis Cyphre | |
| Robert Englund | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Freddy Krueger | |
| Barnard Hughes | The Lost Boys | Grandpa | |
| Bill Paxton | Near Dark | Severen | |
| Duncan Regehr | The Monster Squad | Count Dracula | |
(16th) |
Robert Loggia | Big | MacMillan |
| Robert Englund | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | Freddy Krueger | |
| Jack Gilford | Cocoon: The Return | Bernie Lefkowitz | |
| Michael Keaton | Beetlejuice | Betelgeuse | |
| Christopher Lloyd | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Judge Doom | |
| Mandy Patinkin | Alien Nation | Det. Samuel 'George' Francisco | |
(17th) |
Thomas F. Wilson | Back to the Future Part III | Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen / Biff Tannen |
| Jeffrey Combs | Bride of Re-Animator | Dr. Herbert West | |
| Brad Dourif | The Exorcist III | The Gemini Killer | |
| Larry Drake | Darkman | Robert G. Durant | |
| John Glover | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Daniel Clamp | |
| Tony Goldwyn | Ghost | Carl Bruner | |
| John Goodman | Arachnophobia | Delbert McClintock | |
| Al Pacino | Dick Tracy | Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice | |
| Robert Picardo | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Forster |
1990s[]
| Year | Actor | Motion Picture | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
(18th) |
William Sadler | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Grim Reaper |
| Alan Arkin | Edward Scissorhands | Bill Boggs | |
| Patrick Bergin | Sleeping with the Enemy | Martin Burney | |
| Wayne Newton | The Dark Backward | Jackie Chrome | |
| Robert Patrick | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | T-1000 | |
| Alan Rickman | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Sheriff George of Nottingham | |
(19th) |
Robin Williams | Aladdin | Genie (voice) |
| Danny DeVito | Batman Returns | Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin | |
| Charles S. Dutton | Alien 3 | Leonard Dillon | |
| Anthony Hopkins | Dracula | Abraham Van Helsing | |
| Sam Neill | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | David Jenkins | |
| Kevin Spacey | Consenting Adults | Eddy Otis | |
| Ray Wise | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | Leland Palmer | |
(20th) |
Lance Henriksen | Hard Target | Emil Fouchon |
| Jeff Goldblum | Jurassic Park | Dr. Ian Malcolm | |
| Charles Grodin | Heart and Souls | Harrison Winslow | |
| Wayne Knight | Jurassic Park | Dennis Nedry | |
| John Malkovich | In the Line of Fire | Mitch Leary | |
| Tom Sizemore | Heart and Souls | Milo Peck | |
| J. T. Walsh | Needful Things | Danforth "Buster" Keeton III | |
(21st) |
Gary Sinise | Forrest Gump | Lieutenant Dan Taylor |
| Richard Attenborough | Miracle on 34th Street | Kris Kringle | |
| Robert De Niro | Frankenstein | The Creature | |
| Raúl Juliá (posthumously) | Street Fighter | General M. Bison | |
| Bill Paxton | True Lies | Simon | |
| James Spader | Wolf | Stewart Swinton | |
(22nd) |
Brad Pitt | 12 Monkeys | Jeffrey Goines |
| Harvey Keitel | From Dusk till Dawn | Jacob Fuller | |
| Val Kilmer | Heat | Chris Shiherlis | |
| Tim Roth | Rob Roy | Archibald Cunningham | |
| Quentin Tarantino | From Dusk till Dawn | Richie Gecko | |
| Christopher Walken | The Prophecy | Gabriel | |
(23rd) |
Brent Spiner | Star Trek: First Contact | Lt. Commander Data |
| Jeffrey Combs | The Frighteners | Milton Dammers | |
| Edward Norton | Primal Fear | Aaron Stampler | |
| Joe Pantoliano | Bound | Caesar | |
| Brent Spiner | Independence Day | Dr. Brackish Okun | |
| Skeet Ulrich | Scream | Billy Loomis | |
(24th) |
Vincent D'Onofrio | Men in Black | Edgar / Bug |
| Steve Buscemi | Con Air | Garland "The Marietta Mangler" Greene | |
| Robert Forster | Jackie Brown | Max Cherry | |
| Will Patton | The Postman | General Bethlehem | |
| Pete Postlethwaite | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Roland Tembo | |
| J. T. Walsh | Breakdown | Warren "Red" Barr | |
(25th) |
Ian McKellen | Apt Pupil | Kurt Dussander / Arthur Denker |
| Ben Affleck | Armageddon | A. J. Frost | |
| Dennis Franz | City of Angels | Nathaniel Messinger | |
| Ed Harris | The Truman Show | Christof | |
| Gary Oldman | Lost in Space | Dr. Zachary Smith / Spider Smith | |
| Billy Bob Thornton | A Simple Plan | Jacob Mitchell | |
(26th) |
Michael Clarke Duncan | The Green Mile | John Coffey |
| Laurence Fishburne | The Matrix | Morpheus | |
| Jude Law | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Dickie Greenleaf | |
| Ewan McGregor | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Obi-Wan Kenobi | |
| Alan Rickman | Galaxy Quest | Alexander Dane/Dr. Lazarus | |
| Christopher Walken | Sleepy Hollow | Hessian Horseman |
2000s[]
| Year | Actor | Motion Picture | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
(27th) |
Willem Dafoe | Shadow of the Vampire | Max Schreck |
| Jason Alexander | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | Boris Badenov | |
| Dennis Quaid | Frequency | Frank Sullivan | |
| Giovanni Ribisi | The Gift | Buddy Cole | |
| Will Smith | The Legend of Bagger Vance | Bagger Vance | |
| Patrick Stewart | X-Men | Professor Charles Xavier | |
(28th) |
Ian McKellen | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Gandalf the Grey |
| Robbie Coltrane | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Rubeus Hagrid | |
| Mark Dacascos | Brotherhood of the Wolf | Mani | |
| Eddie Murphy | Shrek | Donkey (voice) | |
| Jeremy Piven | Serendipity | Dean Kansky | |
| Tim Roth | Planet of the Apes | General Thade | |
(29th) |
Andy Serkis | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Sméagol / Gollum |
| Ralph Fiennes | Red Dragon | Francis Dolarhyde | |
| Tom Hardy | Star Trek: Nemesis | Praetor Shinzon | |
| Toby Stephens | Die Another Day | Gustav Graves | |
| Max von Sydow | Minority Report | Director Lamar Burgess | |
| Robin Williams | Insomnia | Walter Finch | |
(30th) |
Sean Astin | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Samwise Gamgee |
| Sonny Chiba | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | Hattori Hanzō | |
| Ian McKellen | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Gandalf the White | |
| Geoffrey Rush | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Captain Hector Barbossa | |
| Andy Serkis | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Smeagol / Gollum | |
| Ken Watanabe | The Last Samurai | Katsumoto Moritsugu | |
(31st) |
David Carradine | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Bill |
| Alfred Molina | Spider-Man 2 | Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus | |
| Gary Oldman | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Sirius Black | |
| Giovanni Ribisi | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Dex | |
| Liev Schreiber | The Manchurian Candidate | Raymond Shaw | |
| John Turturro | Secret Window | John Shooter | |
(32nd) |
Mickey Rourke | Sin City | Marv |
| William Hurt | A History of Violence | Richie Cusack | |
| Val Kilmer | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | Gay Perry | |
| Ian McDiarmid | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious | |
| Cillian Murphy | Red Eye | Jackson Rippner | |
| Liam Neeson | Batman Begins | Henri Ducard / Ra's al Ghul | |
(33rd) |
Ben Affleck | Hollywoodland | George Reeves |
| Kelsey Grammer | X-Men: The Last Stand | Dr. Hank McCoy / Beast | |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | Mission: Impossible III | Owen Davian | |
| Sergi López | Pan's Labyrinth | Captain Vidal | |
| James Marsden | Superman Returns | Richard White | |
| Bill Nighy | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Davy Jones | |
(34th) |
Javier Bardem | No Country for Old Men | Anton Chigurh |
| Ben Foster | 3:10 to Yuma | Charlie Prince | |
| James Franco | Spider-Man 3 | Harry Osborn / New Goblin | |
| Justin Long | Live Free or Die Hard | Matthew "Matt" Farrell | |
| Alan Rickman | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Judge Turpin | |
| David Wenham | 300 | Dilios | |
(35th) |
Heath Ledger (posthumously) | The Dark Knight | The Joker |
| Jeff Bridges | Iron Man | Obadiah Stane | |
| Aaron Eckhart | The Dark Knight | Harvey Dent / Two-Face | |
| Woody Harrelson | Transsiberian | Roy | |
| Shia LaBeouf | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Mutt Williams | |
| Bill Nighy | Valkyrie | General Friedrich Olbricht | |
(36th) |
Stephen Lang | Avatar | Colonel Miles Quaritch |
| Woody Harrelson | Zombieland | Tallahassee | |
| Frank Langella | The Box | Arlington Steward | |
| Jude Law | Sherlock Holmes | Dr. John Watson | |
| Stanley Tucci | The Lovely Bones | George Harvey | |
| Christoph Waltz | Inglourious Basterds | Colonel Hans Landa |
2010s[]
| Year | Actor | Motion Picture | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
(37th) |
Andrew Garfield | Never Let Me Go | Tommy |
| Christian Bale | The Fighter | Dicky Eklund | |
| Tom Hardy | Inception | Eames | |
| Garrett Hedlund | Tron: Legacy | Sam Flynn | |
| John Malkovich | Red | Marvin Boggs | |
| Mark Ruffalo | Shutter Island | Chuck Aule / Dr. Lester Sheehan | |
(38th) |
Andy Serkis | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Caesar |
| Ralph Fiennes | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Lord Voldemort | |
| Harrison Ford | Cowboys & Aliens | Colonel Woodrow Dolarhyde | |
| Tom Hiddleston | Thor | Loki | |
| Alan Rickman | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Severus Snape | |
| Stanley Tucci | Captain America: The First Avenger | Dr. Abraham Erskine | |
(39th) |
Clark Gregg | The Avengers | Agent Phil Coulson |
| Javier Bardem | Skyfall | Raoul Silva | |
| Michael Fassbender | Prometheus | David 8 | |
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt | The Dark Knight Rises | John Blake | |
| Ian McKellen | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Gandalf the Grey | |
| Christoph Waltz | Django Unchained | Dr. King Schultz | |
(40th) |
Ben Kingsley | Iron Man 3 | Trevor Slattery |
| Daniel Brühl | Rush | Niki Lauda | |
| George Clooney | Gravity | Matt Kowalski | |
| Benedict Cumberbatch | Star Trek Into Darkness | John Harrison / Khan | |
| Harrison Ford | Ender's Game | Colonel Graff | |
| Tom Hiddleston | Thor: The Dark World | Loki | |
| Bill Nighy | About Time | Dad | |
(41st) |
Richard Armitage | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Thorin Oakenshield |
| Josh Brolin | Inherent Vice | Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen | |
| Samuel L. Jackson | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Nick Fury | |
| Anthony Mackie | Sam Wilson / Falcon | ||
| Andy Serkis | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Caesar | |
| J. K. Simmons | Whiplash | Terence Fletcher | |
(42nd) |
Adam Driver | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Kylo Ren |
| Paul Bettany | Avengers: Age of Ultron | J.A.R.V.I.S. and Vision | |
| Michael Douglas | Ant-Man | Hank Pym | |
| Walton Goggins | The Hateful Eight | Sheriff Chris Mannix | |
| Simon Pegg | Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | Benji Dunn | |
| Michael Shannon | 99 Homes | Rick Carver | |
(43rd) |
John Goodman | 10 Cloverfield Lane | Howard Stambler |
| Chadwick Boseman | Captain America: Civil War | T'Challa / Black Panther | |
| Dan Fogler | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Jacob Kowalski | |
| Diego Luna | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Cassian Andor | |
| Zachary Quinto | Star Trek Beyond | Commander Spock | |
| Christopher Walken | The Jungle Book | King Louie | |
(44th) |
Patrick Stewart | Logan | Charles Xavier / Professor X |
| Harrison Ford | Blade Runner 2049 | Rick Deckard | |
| Michael B. Jordan | Black Panther | N'Jadaka / Erik "Killmonger" Stevens | |
| Michael Keaton | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Adrian Toomes / Vulture | |
| Chris Pine | Wonder Woman | Steve Trevor | |
| Michael Rooker | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Yondu | |
| Bill Skarsgard | It | It / Pennywise the Dancing Clown | |
(45th) |
Josh Brolin | Avengers: Infinity War | Thanos |
| John Lithgow | Pet Sematary | Jud Crandall | |
| Lin-Manuel Miranda | Mary Poppins Returns | Jack | |
| Lewis Pullman | Bad Times at the El Royale | Miles Miller | |
| Jeremy Renner | Avengers: Endgame | Clint Barton / Hawkeye | |
| Will Smith | Aladdin | Genie | |
| Steven Yeun | Burning | Ben | |
(46th) |
Bill Hader | It Chapter Two | Richard "Richie" Tozier |
| Adam Driver | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Kylo Ren | |
| Chris Evans | Knives Out | Hugh Ransom Drysdale | |
| Ian McDiarmid | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Emperor Palpatine | |
| Robert Pattinson | Tenet | Neil | |
| Donnie Yen | Mulan | Commander Tung |
Multiple nominations[]
- 4 nominations
- Ian McKellen
- Alan Rickman
- Andy Serkis
- 3 nominations
- Harrison Ford
- John Lithgow
- Burgess Meredith
- Bill Nighy
- Bill Paxton
- Christopher Walken
- 2 nominations
- Javier Bardem
- Josh Brolin
- Jeffrey Combs
- Scatman Crothers
- Robert De Niro
- Adam Driver
- Robert Englund
- Ralph Fiennes
- John Goodman
- Tom Hardy
- Woody Harrelson
- Tom Hiddleston
- Michael Keaton
- Val Kilmer
- Walter Koenig
- Frank Langella
- Jude Law
- Christopher Lloyd
- John Malkovich
- Ian McDiarmid
- Roddy McDowall
- Leonard Nimoy
- Gary Oldman
- Giovanni Ribisi
- Tim Roth
- Will Smith
- Brent Spiner
- Patrick Stewart
- Max von Sydow
- Stanley Tucci
- Christoph Waltz
- Billy Dee Williams
- Robin Williams
Multiple wins[]
- 2 wins
- Ian McKellen
- Burgess Meredith
- Andy Serkis
External links[]
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