# New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor

The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in film-making.

## Winners
### 1960s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1969 | Jack Nicholson | Easy Rider | George Hanson |

### 1970s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1970 | Chief Dan George | Little Big Man | Old Lodge Skins |
| 1971 | Ben Johnson | The Last Picture Show | Sam the Lion |
| 1972 | Robert Duvall | The Godfather | Tom Hagen |
| 1973 | Robert De Niro | Mean Streets | Johnny Boy |
| 1974 | Charles Boyer | Stavisky | Baron Raoul |
| 1975 | Alan Arkin | Hearts of the West | Burt Kessler |
| 1976 | Jason Robards | All the President's Men | Ben Bradlee |
| 1977 | Maximilian Schell | Julia | Johann |
| 1978 | Christopher Walken | The Deer Hunter | Nikonar "Nick" Chevotarevich |
| 1979 | Melvyn Douglas | Being There | Benjamin Turnbull Rand |

### 1980s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1980 | Joe Pesci | Raging Bull | Joey LaMotta |
| 1981 | John Gielgud | Arthur | Hobson |
| 1982 | John Lithgow | The World According to Garp | Roberta Muldoon |
| 1983 | Jack Nicholson | Terms of Endearment | Garrett Breedlove |
| 1984 | Ralph Richardson | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | The 6th Earl of Greystoke |
| 1985 | Klaus Maria Brandauer | Out of Africa | Bror von Blixen-Finecke |
| 1986 | Daniel Day-Lewis | My Beautiful Laundrette | Johnny Burfoot |
| 1986 | Daniel Day-Lewis | A Room with a View | Cecil Vyse |
| 1987 | Morgan Freeman | Street Smart | Fast Black |
| 1988 | Dean Stockwell | Married to the Mob | Tony Russo |
| 1988 | Dean Stockwell | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Howard Hughes |
| 1989 | Alan Alda | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Lester |

### 1990s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 1990 | Bruce Davison | Longtime Companion | David |
| 1991 | Samuel L. Jackson | Jungle Fever | Gator Purify |
| 1992 | Gene Hackman | Unforgiven | Little Bill Daggett |
| 1993 | Ralph Fiennes | Schindler's List | Amon Göth |
| 1994 | Martin Landau | Ed Wood | Bela Lugosi |
| 1995 | Kevin Spacey | Outbreak | Casey Schuler |
| 1995 | Kevin Spacey | Se7en | John Doe |
| 1995 | Kevin Spacey | Swimming with Sharks | Buddy Ackerman |
| 1995 | Kevin Spacey | The Usual Suspects | Roger "Verbal" Kint |
| 1996 | Harry Belafonte | Kansas City | Seldom Seen |
| 1997 | Burt Reynolds | Boogie Nights | Jack Horner |
| 1998 | Bill Murray | Rushmore | Herman Blume |
| 1999 | John Malkovich | Being John Malkovich | John Horatio Malkovich |

### 2000s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 2000 | Benicio del Toro | Traffic | Javier Rodriguez |
| 2001 | Steve Buscemi | Ghost World | Seymour Johnson |
| 2002 | Dennis Quaid | Far from Heaven | Frank Whitaker |
| 2003 | Eugene Levy | A Mighty Wind | Mitch Cohen |
| 2004 | Clive Owen | Closer | Larry Gray |
| 2005 | William Hurt | A History of Violence | Richard "Richie" Cusack |
| 2006 | Jackie Earle Haley | Little Children | Ronald James McGorvey |
| 2007 | Javier Bardem | No Country for Old Men | Anton Chigurh |
| 2008 | Josh Brolin | Milk | Dan White |
| 2009 | Christoph Waltz | Inglourious Basterds | Col. Hans Landa |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 2010 | Mark Ruffalo | The Kids Are All Right | Paul Hatfield |
| 2011 | Albert Brooks | Drive | Bernie Rose |
| 2012 | Matthew McConaughey | Bernie | Danny Buck Davidson |
| 2012 | Matthew McConaughey | Magic Mike | Dallas |
| 2013 | Jared Leto | Dallas Buyers Club | Rayon |
| 2014 | J. K. Simmons | Whiplash | Terence Fletcher |
| 2015 | Mark Rylance | Bridge of Spies | Rudolf Abel |
| 2016 | Mahershala Ali | Moonlight | Juan |
| 2017 | Willem Dafoe | The Florida Project | Bobby Hicks |
| 2018 | Richard E. Grant | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Jack Hock |
| 2019 | Joe Pesci | The Irishman | Russell Bufalino |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| 2020 | Chadwick Boseman | Da 5 Bloods | Norman Earl "Stormin' Norman" Holloway |
| 2021 | Kodi Smit-McPhee | The Power of the Dog | Peter Gordon |
| 2022 | Ke Huy Quan | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Waymond Wang |
| 2023 | Charles Melton | May December | Joe Yoo |
| 2024 | Kieran Culkin | A Real Pain | Benji Kaplan |

## Multiple awards
### 2 wins

* Jack Nicholson (1969, 1983)
* Joe Pesci (1980, 2019)