The Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male was one of the annual

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. It was first presented in 1987, with

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being the first recipient, for his role as Fast Black in '' Street Smart''. It was last presented in 2022 with

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being the final recipient of the award for his role in ''

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''. In 2022, it was announced that the four acting categories would be retired and replaced with two gender neutral categories, with both Best Supporting Male and Best Supporting Female merging into the Best Supporting Performance category. Alan Arkin, Christopher Plummer,

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, J. K. Simmons,

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and

are the only actors to have won both this award and the

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the same year.

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, Willem Dafoe and Benicio del Toro are the only actors who have received this award more than once, with two wins each.

Winners and nominees

Lou Diamond Phillips at the Chiller Theatre Expo 2017

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple nominees

;2 nominations * Alan Arkin *

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* Paul Dano * Colman Domingo * Benicio del Toro *

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* John Hawkes * Samuel L. Jackson * Richard Jenkins * Shia LaBeouf * Bill Murray * Max Perlich * Christopher Plummer *

* Peter Sarsgaard * Steve Zahn ;3 nominations *

* Willem Dafoe * Gary Farmer *

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* David Strathairn

Multiple winners

;2 wins *

* Willem Dafoe * Benicio del Toro (consecutive)

References

External links

Every BEST SUPPORTING MALE winner ever video on the official Film Independent YouTube channel
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