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2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![The Lighthouse Willem Dafoe](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lighthouse-robert-eggers-image.jpg)
The Lighthouse
Willem Dafoe
2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Can You Ever Forgive Me? Richard E. Grant](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/can-you-ever-forgive-me-marielle-heller-image.jpg)
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Richard E. Grant
2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Sam Rockwell](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri-martin-mcdonagh-image.jpg)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Sam Rockwell
2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Hell or High Water Ben Foster](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hell-or-high-water-david-mackenzie-image.jpg)
Hell or High Water
Ben Foster
2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Beasts of No Nation Idris Elba](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/beasts-of-no-nation-cary-joji-fukunaga-image.jpg)
Beasts of No Nation
Idris Elba
2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Whiplash J.K. Simmons](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/whiplash-damien-chazelle-image.jpg)
Whiplash
J.K. Simmons
2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Dallas Buyers Club Jared Leto](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dallas-buyers-club-jean-marc-vallee-image.jpg)
Dallas Buyers Club
Jared Leto
2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Magic Mike Matthew McConaughey](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/magic-mike-steven-soderbergh-image.jpg)
Magic Mike
Matthew McConaughey
2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Beginners Christopher Plummer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/beginners-mike-mills-image.jpg)
Beginners
Christopher Plummer
2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Winter's Bone John Hawkes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/winters-bone-debra-granik-image.jpg)
Winter’s Bone
John Hawkes
2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![The Messenger Woody Harrelson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-messenger-oren-moverman-image.jpg)
The Messenger
Woody Harrelson
2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Milk James Franco](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/milk-gus-van-sant-image.jpg)
Milk
James Franco
2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Talk to Me Chiwetel Ejiofor](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/talk-to-me-kasi-lemmons-image.jpg)
Talk to Me
Chiwetel Ejiofor
2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Little Miss Sunshine Alan Arkin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/little-miss-sunshine-jonathan-dayton-valerie-faris-image.jpg)
Little Miss Sunshine
Alan Arkin
2006 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Crash Matt Dillon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/crash-paul-haggis-image.jpg)
Crash
Matt Dillon
2005 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Sideways Thomas Haden Church](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sideways-image.jpg)
Sideways
Thomas Haden Church
2004 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![In America Djimon Hounsou](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-america-jim-sheridan-image.jpg)
In America
Djimon Hounsou
2003 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Far from Heaven Dennis Quaid](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/far-from-heaven-todd-haynes-image.jpg)
Far from Heaven
Dennis Quaid
2002 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Ghost World Steve Buscemi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ghost-world-terry-zwigoff-image.jpg)
Ghost World
Steve Buscemi
2001 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Shadow of the Vampire Willem Dafoe](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shadow-of-the-vampire-e.-elias-merhige-image.jpg)
Shadow of the Vampire
Willem Dafoe
2000 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Happy, Texas Steve Zahn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/happy-texas-mark-illsley-image.jpg)
Happy, Texas
Steve Zahn
1999 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Rushmore Bill Murray](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rushmore-wes-anderson-image.jpg)
Rushmore
Bill Murray
1998 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Chasing Amy Jason Lee](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/chasing-amy-kevin-smith-image.jpg)
Chasing Amy
Jason Lee
1997 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Basquiat Benicio Del Toro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/basquiat-julian-schnabel-image.jpg)
Basquiat
Benicio Del Toro
1996 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![The Usual Suspects Benicio Del Toro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-usual-suspects-bryan-singer-image.jpg)
The Usual Suspects
Benicio Del Toro
1995 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Bullets Over Broadway Chazz Palminteri](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bullets-over-broadway-woody-allen-image.jpg)
Bullets Over Broadway
Chazz Palminteri
1994 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Twenty Bucks Christopher Lloyd](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/twenty-bucks-keva-rosenfeld-image.jpg)
Twenty Bucks
Christopher Lloyd
1993 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Reservoir Dogs Steve Buscemi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/reservoir-dogs-quentin-tarantino-image.jpg)
Reservoir Dogs
Steve Buscemi
1992 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![City of Hope David Strathairn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/city-of-hope-john-sayles-image.jpg)
City of Hope
David Strathairn
1991 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Longtime Companion Bruce Davison](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/longtime-companion-norman-rene-image.jpg)
Longtime Companion
Bruce Davison
1990 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Drugstore Cowboy Max Perlich](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/drugstore-cowboy-gus-van-sant-image.jpg)
Drugstore Cowboy
Max Perlich
1989 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Stand and Deliver Lou Diamond Phillips](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/stand-and-deliver-ramon-menendez-image.jpg)
Stand and Deliver
Lou Diamond Phillips
1988 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Supporting Male
![Street Smart Morgan Freeman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/street-smart-jerry-schatzberg-image.jpg)