Among the nominees for Best Supporting Actor were 8 year-old Justin Henry - the youngest Best Supporting Actor nominee ever - and 79 year-old Melvyn Douglas.

Vintage for the Brits were 1964 and 1983, with four of the five Best Actor nominees.

Roy Scheider (Best Actor nominee, All That Jazz)

Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn in 2011) is the only actor to be nominated for playing a previous Best Supporting Actor nominee: Laurence Olivier (Marathon Man in 1976.)

For a list sorted by actor names, please see List of Best Supporting Actor nominees.

For a list sorted by film titles, please see List of Best Supporting Actor nominees (films).

After being overlooked by the Globes and SAG, Bardem was the unexpected Oscar nominee on 25 January 2011, becoming the first all Spanish-language Best Actor nominee ever.

Speaking on the red carpet at the Oscars, Best Actor nominee, Colin Firth, speaks about how well The King's Speech has gone down with audiences.

Star Awards 2007 - Best Actor nominee (The Greatest Love of All)

For the last, he was a Best Supporting Actor nominee at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards.