Supporting Actor Year Name Film Status Notes 1936 Basil Rathbone Romeo and Juliet Nominated 1937 H.B. Warner Lost Horizon Nominated Roland Young Topper Nominated 1938 Basil Rathbone If I Were King Nominated Robert Morley Marie Antoinette Nominated 1939 Brian Aherne Juarez Nominated Claude Rains Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Nominated 1940 James Stephenson The Letter Nominated 1941 Donald Crisp How Green Was My Valley Won Sydney Greenstreet The Maltese Falcon Nominated 1942 Henry Travers Mrs. Miniver Nominated 1943 Claude Rains Casablanca Nominated 1944 Mr. Skeffington Nominated 1946 Notorious Nominated 1947 Edmund Gwenn Miracle on 34th Street Won 1949 Ralph Richardson The Heiress Nominated 1950 George Sanders All About Eve Won Edmund Gwenn Mister 880 Nominated 1951 Leo Genn Quo Vadis Nominated Peter Ustinov Nominated 1952 Victor McLaglen The Quiet Man Nominated Richard Burton My Cousin Rachel Nominated 1959 Hugh Griffith Ben - Hur Won 1960 Peter Ustinov Spartacus Won 1962 Terence Stamp Billy Budd Nominated 1963 Hugh Griffith Tom Jones Nominated 1964 Peter Ustinov Topkapi Won John Gielgud Becket Nominated Stanley Holloway My Fair Lady Nominated 1965 Tom Courtenay Doctor Zhivago Nominated Frank Finlay Othello Nominated Ian Bannen The Flight of the Phoenix Nominated 1966 Robert Shaw A Man For All Seasons Nominated James Mason Georgy Girl Nominated 1968 Jack Wild Oliver! Nominated Daniel Massey Star! Nominated 1969 Anthony Quayle Anne of the Thousand Days Nominated 1970 John Mills Ryan 's Daughter Won 1973 John Houseman The Paper Chase Won John Houseman was a Romanian - born British - American actor and producer 1976 Laurence Olivier Marathon Man Nominated 1977 Peter Firth Equus Nominated Alec Guinness Star Wars Nominated 1978 John Hurt Midnight Express Nominated 1981 John Gielgud Arthur Won Ian Holm Chariots of Fire Nominated 1982 James Mason The Verdict Nominated 1984 Ralph Richardson Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Nominated 1986 Denholm Elliott A Room with a View Nominated Michael Caine Hannah and Her Sisters Won Sean Connery The Untouchables Won 1988 Alec Guinness Little Dorrit Nominated 1991 Ben Kingsley Bugsy Nominated 1992 Jaye Davidson The Crying Game Nominated First black British actor nominated for an Academy Award First mixed race British actor to be nominated for an Academy Award. 1993 Ralph Fiennes Schindler 's List Nominated Pete Postlethwaite In the Name of the Father Nominated 1994 Paul Scofield Quiz Show Nominated 1995 Tim Roth Rob Roy Nominated 1997 Anthony Hopkins Amistad Nominated 1999 Michael Caine The Cider House Rules Won Jude Law The Talented Mr. Ripley Nominated 2000 Albert Finney Erin Brockovich Nominated 2001 Jim Broadbent Iris Won Ben Kingsley Sexy Beast Nominated Ian McKellen The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Nominated Clive Owen Closer Nominated 2007 Tom Wilkinson Michael Clayton Nominated Christian Bale The Fighter Won Though born in Wales, Bale and his family moved to England when he was 1 year old. 2011 Kenneth Branagh My Week with Marilyn Nominated 2015 Christian Bale The Big Short Nominated Tom Hardy The Revenant Nominated Mark Rylance Bridge of Spies Won 2016 Dev Patel Lion Nominated
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