The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (often referred to as the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
 It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the film industry.
Crossfire is a 1947 film noir drama film which deals with the theme of anti-Semitism, as did that year's Academy Award for Best Picture winner, "Gentleman's Agreement".
 The film was directed by Edward Dmytryk and the screenplay was written by John Paxton, based on the 1945 novel "The Brick Foxhole" by screenwriter and director Richard Brooks.
 The film features Robert Mitchum, Robert Young, Robert Ryan and Gloria Grahame.
 It received five Academy Award nominations, including Ryan for Best Supporting Actor and Gloria Grahame for Best Supporting Actress.
 It was the first B movie to receive a best picture nomination.
Paul Rogers (22 March 1917 – 6 October 2013) was an English actor of film, stage and television.
 He was a BAFTA TV Award Best Actor winner in 1955 and a Tony Award Best Actor winner for The Homecoming in 1967.
Pasupathy (born 18 May 1969) is an Indian film actor.
 He appeared in critically acclaimed roles in many noted films in Tamil cinema, playing supporting, antagonistic, comedic as well as protagonistic roles.
 His performance in "E" (2006) earned him a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.
 He also won an ITFA Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in "Kuselan" (2008).
 He has also appeared in Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada films.
Michael "Mickey" Goldmill is a fictional character created by Sylvester Stallone, portrayed by Burgess Meredith in the "Rocky" film series, in which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the first film, as was his co-star Burt Young.
 The character's gravelly voice, intense demeanor and popular catch phrases helped make him highly recognizable as well as a common source of parody and satire in pop culture.
This is a list of winners of the Academy Award of Merit for Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry.
 More popularly known as the Academy Award (or the Oscar) for Best Supporting Actor, this award was initially presented at the 9th Academy Awards ceremony for 1936 and was most recently presented at the 88th Academy Awards ceremony for 2015.
 Throughout the past 80 years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, AMPAS has presented a total of 81 Best Supporting Actor awards to 73 different actors.
 This list is current as of the 89th Academy Awards ceremony held on February 26, 2017.
Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and both written by and starring Sylvester Stallone.
 It tells the rags to riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated but kind-hearted working class Italian-American boxer working as a debt collector for a loan shark in the slums of Philadelphia.
 Rocky starts out as a small-time club fighter, and later gets a shot at the world heavyweight championship.
 The film also stars Talia Shire as Adrian, Burt Young as Adrian's brother Paulie, Burgess Meredith as Rocky's trainer Mickey Goldmill, and Carl Weathers as the champion, Apollo Creed.
The Hum Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by the Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel (HTNEC).
 It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the television industry.
 The 1st Hum Awards (for 2012) was held in 2013, Mohib Mirza was the first winner of the award for his role in "Shehr-e-Zaat".
 The award has commonly been referred to as the hum for Best Supporting Actor.
 Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote, within the actors and jury branch of HTNEC; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Hum.
 Multiple nominations for an actor in same category but for different work is eligible.
The Empire Award for Best Supporting Actor is an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine "Empire" to honor an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the film industry.
 The Empire Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of two ongoing awards which were first introduced at the 19th Empire Awards ceremony in 2014 (along with Best Supporting Actress) with Michael Fassbender receiving the award for his role in "12 Years a Slave".
 Winners are voted by the readers of "Empire" magazine.
Aaron Paul Sturtevant (born August 27, 1979), known as Aaron Paul, is an American actor.
 He is best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series "Breaking Bad", for which he won several awards, including the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2014), the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film (2013), and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
 This made him the only actor to win the latter category three times (2010, 2012, 2014), since its separation into drama and comedy.
 He has also won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television three times (2009, 2011, 2013), more than any other actor in that category.

Question: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor winner won based on his role in a film release in what year?
Answer: 1976