Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male

The Indepedent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor (aka Best Supporting Male) is one of the annual film awards given by the Film Independent.

1980s

*"'1987: Morgan Freeman - "Street Smart"
**Wings Hauser - "Tough Guys Don't Dance"
**James Earl Jones - "Matewan"
**Vincent Price - "The Whales of August"
*"'1988: Lou Diamond Phillips - "Stand and Deliver"
**Ernest Borgnine - "Spike of Bensonhurst"
**Harris Milstead (aka Divine) - "Hairspray"
**John Lone - "The Moderns"
**John Turturro - "Five Corners"
*"'1989: Max Perlich - "Drugstore Cowboy"
**Steve Buscemi - "Mystery Train"
**Scott Coffey - "Shag"
**Jalacy Hawkins (aka Screamin' Jay Hawkins) - "Mystery Train"
**Gary Farmer - "Powwow Highway"

1990s

*"'1990: Bruce Davison - "Longtime Companion"
**Willem Dafoe - "Wild at Heart"
**Robin Harris - "House Party"
**Ben Lang - "The Plot Against Harry"
**Tom Towles - ""
*"'1991: David Strathairn - "City of Hope"
**William H. Macy - "Homicide"
**John Malkovich - "Queens Logic"
**George T. Odom - "Straight Out of Brooklyn"
**Glenn Plummer - "Pastime"
*"'1992: Steve Buscemi - "Reservoir Dogs"
**William Forsythe - "The Waterdance"
**Jeff Goldblum - "Deep Cover"
**Wesley Snipes - "The Waterdance"
**David Strathairn - "Passion Fish"

2000s

*"'2000: Willem Dafoe - "Shadow of the Vampire"
**Cole Hauser - "Tigerland"
**Gary Oldman - "The Contender"
**Giovanni Ribisi - "The Gift"
**Billy Dee Williams - "The Visit"
*"'2001: Steve Buscemi - "Ghost World"
**Don Cheadle - "Things Behind the Sun"
**Billy Kay - "L.I.E."
**Garrett Morris - "Jackpot"
**John C. Reilly - "The Anniversary Party"
*"'2002: Dennis Quaid - "Far from Heaven"
**Alan Arkin - "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing"
**Ray Liotta - "Narc"
**John C. Reilly - "The Good Girl"
**Peter Weller - "Ivans XTC"
*"'2003: Djimon Hounsou - "In America"
**Judah Friedlander - "American Splendor"
**Troy Garity - "Soldier's Girl"
**Alessandro Nivola - "Laurel Canyon"
**Peter Sarsgaard - "Shattered Glass"
*"'2004: Thomas Haden Church - "Sideways"
**Jon Gries - "Napoleon Dynamite"
**Aidan Quinn - "Cavedweller"
**Roger Robinson - "Brother to Brother"
**Peter Sarsgaard - "Kinsey"
*"'2005: Matt Dillon - "Crash"
**Firdous Bamji - "The War Within"
**Jesse Eisenberg - "The Squid and the Whale"
**Barry Pepper - "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada"
**Jeffrey Wright - "Broken Flowers"
*"'2006: Alan Arkin - "Little Miss Sunshine"
**Raymond J. Barry - "Steel City"
**Daniel Craig - "Infamous"
**Paul Dano - "Little Miss Sunshine"
**Channing Tatum - "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints"
*"'2007: Chiwetel Ejiofor - "Talk To Me"
**Marcus Carl Franklin - "I'm Not There"
**Kene Holliday - "Great World of Sound"
**Irfan Khan - "The Namesake"
**Steve Zahn - "Rescue Dawn"