1979 Academy Awards – Actor in a Supporting Role Winner
![The Deer Hunter Christopher Walken](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-deer-hunter-michael-cimino-image.jpg)
The Deer Hunter
Christopher Walken
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.
1979 Academy Awards – Actor in a Supporting Role Nominees
![Comes a Horseman Richard Farnsworth](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/comes-a-horseman-image.jpg)
Comes a Horseman
Richard Farnsworth
![Coming Home Bruce Dern](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/coming-home-hal-ashby-image.jpg)
Coming Home
Bruce Dern
![Heaven Can Wait Jack Warden](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/heaven-can-wait-warren-beatty-buck-henry-image.jpg)
Heaven Can Wait
Jack Warden
![Midnight Express John Hurt](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/midnight-express-image.jpg)