Top 20 Supporting Actors Who Stole the Show

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Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for actors who walked away with a movie despite not playing the most important character. This list takes a look at impressive performances from actors like Leonardo DiCaprio, Octavia Spencer, Robin Williams and Jennifer Hudson. Who is your favorite supporting actor? Let us know in the comments!
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@WatchMojo 18 күн бұрын

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@MrWii000 17 күн бұрын

Vin Diesel played Dominic Toretto, the deuteragonist/secondary antagonist of The Fast and the Furious; however, starting with Fast & Furious 4, he usurped the late Paul Walker's Brian O'Conner as the hero of the franchise--especially after Walker's murder before Furious 7

@vishalkalicharan7710 17 күн бұрын

Please do Top 10 Games Yet To Receive An Adaptation (God or War, Bioshock, Strider, Fire Emblem, etc.)!!

@adamhoward1408 16 күн бұрын

Heath ledger as the joker (RIP)

@williambilyeu9801 16 күн бұрын

Joe Pesci is good in about every roles that he plays. Harvey Keitel is equally good and steals the show in both "Pulp Fiction" and "Thelma and Louise." Both Michael Duncan Clarke and Keith Ledger died too young. I thought that the actress that played Etta Candy in "Wonder Woman" stole the show too, and hoped that she would return in the sequel and possible sequels

@karlsmith2570 15 күн бұрын

Bill Murray in Caddyshack

@trinaq 17 күн бұрын

Michael Clarke Duncan should have won the Oscar for his work as John Coffey, he delivered an emotionally heartbreaking performance.

@TheAcesoncourt 17 күн бұрын

That was such a good year, any of the other 4, should have won over Michael Caine. Was hoping for Tom Cruise for Magnolia

@dhk5174 17 күн бұрын

Tom Cruise in Magnolia should have won

@bloodstone1058 16 күн бұрын

He is dead you know

@IrishScribbler 14 күн бұрын

@@bloodstone1058So what?

@kaleighcoutermarsh4922 17 күн бұрын

Michael Clarke Duncan absolutely killed that role. I can't ever watch that movie again. His performance was incredibly moving.

@mikememine1423 17 күн бұрын

Stephen King has stated that M C Duncan is his favorite interpretation of one of his characters from his writing... I whole hearted agree

@Jeremiah_Rivers76 17 күн бұрын

Mr. Miyagi’s wisdom, even if his English wasn’t the best, speaks volumes about how great he was.

@rubygracemoseley8144 16 күн бұрын

I saw What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and I thought both Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio did SUCH a good job. Both of them were pretty young (especially Leonardo DiCaprio) but managed to convey the intensity and heaviness of their characters lives so well

@jackdanulsprime2077 17 күн бұрын

R. Lee Ermey didn’t have to act in Full Metal Jacket because he was a real life drill sergeant.

@ismailmayet6181 17 күн бұрын

Pat Morita was a stand up comedian as well

@mlynettepinky595 17 күн бұрын

People need to hear Pat do his impersonation of Redd Foxx😂

@Notevenlistening. 17 күн бұрын

He was?!

@kaliadams2223 17 күн бұрын

@@mlynettepinky595he sounds more like Redd Foxx than Redd Foxx 😅😅😅

@kenterminateddq5311 17 күн бұрын

Della Reese in "Harlem Nights" is underrated. RIP Della.

@user-po8vd3dy1q 16 күн бұрын

Oh yes! She absolutely is what makes the movie worth watching!!!

@hollysdad49 17 күн бұрын

You did a big swing and a miss by omitting Rupert Everett in My Best Friend's Wedding.

@jp3813 15 күн бұрын

1993 was the greatest year for supporting actor (male) performances in general: The Fugitive = Tommy Lee Jones (Samuel Gerard) Schindler's List = Ralph Fiennes (Amon Göth), Ben Kingsley (Itzhak Stern) In the Line of Fire = John Malkovich (Mitch Leary) What's Eating Gilbert Grape = Leonardo DiCaprio (Arnie Grape) In the Name of the Father = Pete Postlethwaite (Giuseppe Conlon) Tombstone = Val Kilmer (Doc Holliday) Carlito's Way = Sean Penn (David Kleinfeld) True Romance = Gary Oldman (Drexl Spivey), Christopher Walken (Vincenzo Coccotti), Dennis Hopper (Clifford Worley)

@maximprikhodko8204 17 күн бұрын

Stanley Tucci in almost everything. Also Alfred Molina. Two of my favorite character/supporting actors.

@anthonyfanchin1144 17 күн бұрын

Andy Serkis as Gollum?

@keymo9480 17 күн бұрын

YES!!!!

@Animeguy300 17 күн бұрын

Rest in Peace Pat Morita

@phillylilmermaid7802 16 күн бұрын

Williams, Goodman and Pesci steal the show in everything they're in. Pure legends!

@hopper8794 17 күн бұрын

Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta in Pulp Fiction were unforgettable

@RoyalMela 16 күн бұрын

They were main characters.

@gorettiish 16 күн бұрын

Catherine Zeta Jones-Chicago, Benicio Del Toro-Traffic, Willem Dafoe-Platoon, Whoopi Goldberg-Ghost so many but I love this list

@vinceely2906 16 күн бұрын

Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now. It's supposed to be all about Brando with a bit of Dennis Hopper. But it's Colonel Kilgore that everyone remembers.

@rorynolan3187 17 күн бұрын

John Malkovich was the best part of the Red movies in my opinion..

@mikememine1423 17 күн бұрын

John Malkovich as anyone, even himself. Malkovich as Lenny in Of Mice And Men is stellar, and Gary Sinise (as director) were outstanding... love those guys as Lenny and

@GritsVille313 17 күн бұрын

His role in Rounders too

@mikememine1423 17 күн бұрын

@@GritsVille313 His role in anything elevated the movie to must see

@myredenvelopes 17 күн бұрын

Tom Hanks as Jimmy Dugan in A League of Their Own remains my favorite performance of his. I rarely speak of Oscar snubs, but he should have received a nomination with this film.

@Acidrain82 17 күн бұрын

-John Malkovich as Cyrus 'The Virus' Grissom in con air -Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean

@jp3813 15 күн бұрын

Depp as Jack was nominated for Best Actor, not Supporting Actor.

@Acidrain82 15 күн бұрын

@@jp3813 Will Turner was the main character of the first film

@jp3813 15 күн бұрын

@@Acidrain82 Again, Depp was multi-nominated for Best LEADING Actor. Him and Geoffrey Rush were even billed before the title and Orlando Bloom in the end credits.

@YoshiMaeshiro 17 күн бұрын

You missed Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider. The role that transformed him from an unknown veteran B-movie actor into a Hollywood legend.

@HardRockMark 16 күн бұрын

Jack Nicholson was a supporting actor and stole the show in A Few Good Men

@evoletsenpai550 17 күн бұрын

I miss River Phoenix in "Stand by me" 😭

@rubygracemoseley8144 17 күн бұрын

My mouth dropped when Ryan Gosling as Ken was the first one! 😂😂😂😂 I loved him!

@lovepets2781 17 күн бұрын

Harrison Ford made Star Wars fun.

@rubygracemoseley8144 17 күн бұрын

Number 9!!! Yes!!! Melissa McCartney was absolutely HILARIOUS in Bridesmaids

@alexkiss2515 17 күн бұрын

Where is Kevin Kline from A Fish Called Wanda?

@mikememine1423 17 күн бұрын

Great movie! Asshole... great tag line. Won an Oscar for that. What a great movie. Most people should see that to understand what a great ensemble cast means... they play off of each other so effortlessly that the movie flows by so fast that you need to watch it again just for the nuance

@jamesmendonca2900 17 күн бұрын

R,. Lee Ermey should have got an Oscar for best supporting actor for Full Metal Jacket. That is how great he was in the film.

@CandiceVidito 17 күн бұрын

Han Solo as # 1 good choice😊

@tylergoodman3560 17 күн бұрын

Leonardo Dicaprio, in what's eating Gilbert grape, was my favorite role of his. 🎉

@Javier.M. 17 күн бұрын

Who's the main character of The Green Mile then ????? I could've gone to my grave thinking that that movie was the story of John Coffey

@Acidrain82 17 күн бұрын

That would be Paul Edgecomb played by Tom Hanks but Michael Clarke Duncan was so brilliant as John Coffey

@kanra2689 17 күн бұрын

Han from F&F didint get a mention? Dude oozed so much character in Tokyo drift

@user-po8vd3dy1q 16 күн бұрын

Queen Latifah as Cleo in Set It Off. Her not at least being nominated still gets under my skin to this day. And she still in my opinion the best death scene of all time!

@SipheDlamini 17 күн бұрын

Jared Leto in "Dallas Buyers Club" stole the show m🤞❤️

@seangamsby1900 17 күн бұрын

William H. Macy in Fargo

@mikememine1423 17 күн бұрын

So good... such a mench

@RoyalMela 16 күн бұрын

Steve Buscemi was even better

@mikememine1423 16 күн бұрын

@@RoyalMela Yes! I bought a DVD from Costco back in the day that had a snow globe with the foot wearing the sock sticking out of the chute of the wood chipper... sadly I lost it in a storage shed. Almost another Coen Brothers story

@rubygracemoseley8144 17 күн бұрын

Oh my gosh!!!!!! I LOVED Melissa Tomei’s character in My Cousin Vinny! She was so hilarious and awesome!

@nannettepolcastro4799 13 күн бұрын

Not surprising she won the Oscar for this role.

@frankydetank5227 17 күн бұрын

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@desyncer 17 күн бұрын

The best supporting actor for me is Brad Pitt in Snatch. Completely steals the show.

@RoyalMela 16 күн бұрын

Dags.

@itsrectimemedia 17 күн бұрын

A reason why it’s better playing the Supporting role than the Lead.

@Leon-oz2ho 15 күн бұрын

Angelina Jolie - Girl, Interrupted Robert De Niro - The Godfather II Sir Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight Alan Rickman - Robin Hood Prince of Thieves

@fep70 12 күн бұрын

Not Heath or Alan 0:12

@Mandingo_Warrior 17 күн бұрын

Willer Da Foe as Goblin would be nice on here. I do love this list tho

@tobiasolsson1460 17 күн бұрын

Wilson in Cast Away.

@user-po8vd3dy1q 16 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@WhatSRV 17 күн бұрын

I would add William Fichtner as the accountant in the movie Drive Angry. I like Cage, but Fichtner really made this movie better. His scenes were hilarious.

@arhamsayeed319 13 күн бұрын

RIP ROBIN WILLIAMS LEGEND [1951-2014]

@archibaldsalyards926 16 күн бұрын

They should still give Val Kilmer an oscar for Tombstone!!!

@keysersoze7291 17 күн бұрын

I was disappointed that Ben Kingsley didn't make the list for playing Don in 'Sexy Beast'. But now that I've read the comments here, I'm guessing that might be because WatchMojo considers that character a villain. (Of course, everybody in that film is a criminal, so in a sense they are all villains. But Don is the main antagonist of Ray Winstone's protagonist character.) In any case, Don is clearly a supporting rile; but he TOTALLY stole the movie. Ben Kingsley created the Anti-Gandhi.

@mikememine1423 17 күн бұрын

Love that... such a person that totally exists today, unfortunately everywhere...

@BlenderStudy 17 күн бұрын

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! Amazing pick (and the best movies..!!) 🤣

@itssharktime6560 17 күн бұрын

No Heath Ledger?! His performance was so good as the Joker that I forgot it was a Batman movie.

@lisbetsoda4874 17 күн бұрын

He was a villain. Not included.

@rubygracemoseley8144 17 күн бұрын

Aw! 😭❤️ Number 11! 😭😂 My sister and I love Karate Kidd and we both absolutely Mr. Miyagi (I have absolutely no idea if I spelled that right)

@tlmarshall21 16 күн бұрын

I swear, I seem to be the only one for the last 24 years who has recognized how incredible Jack Black was as Barry Judd in the movie High Fidelity in 2000. I will go to my grave saying he should have at the very least been nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

@jasonbean2764 16 күн бұрын

In my first novel, I wrote a part around MCD. I wish he had lived long enough to help me bring it to film.

@DarkGentlemen007 16 күн бұрын

Anytime Tombstone is on I honestly want to watch it just for the Doc Holiday scenes. 👍

@aerodog121 17 күн бұрын

What about T-1000 from Terminator 2?

@jcj268 17 күн бұрын

We miss you Robin Williams 😢

@arhamsayeed319 13 күн бұрын

RIP ROBIN WILLIAMS LEGEND [1951-2014] I MISS HIM TO

@scottyjeff39 17 күн бұрын

Piper Laurie in Carrie.

@AcidCasper17 17 күн бұрын

Rupert Everett in My Best Friend’s Wedding & Awkwafina in Crazy Rich Asians. Also, Marissa Tomei should’ve been higher on the list.

@MrWii000 17 күн бұрын

@rickwhyers6836 17 күн бұрын

Val kilmer as doc holliday is number 1 and it isn't even close. Also rob cordrey in hot tub time machine should have been on this list

@user-qw9fd8oj5t 17 күн бұрын

He needs to work on his southern accent

@keysersoze7291 17 күн бұрын

Boy, I don't know. I hated Rob Cordrey in Hot Tub Time machine. Way too hammy and over the top.

@mikememine1423 17 күн бұрын

I'm your Huckleberry will live forever in my parlance

@jaytrace1006 13 күн бұрын

Tom Cruise in “Tropic Thunder”

@anjoLas 15 күн бұрын

I started practicing martial arts at the age of 3, i was lucky enough to have a teacher who i could call "Sensei", he was a real life Mr. Miyagi, he lived in Japan for 25 years, besides Martial Arts, he gave advices about life in general to the closest students like me, he was a second father so to say. i'm currently 44, i teach martial arts but i'm still a student, i try to follow his footsteps but we're no longer in the 20th century and people and getting dumber and dumber and need to be put in their place because sometimes ignoring is just not enough. Anyway, i hope some of you, the ones that deserve at least, find your "mr. miyagi".

@Rainmad12 17 күн бұрын

I'm not even a Jack Sparrow fan, but it's wild tjay Jack Sparrow isn't anywhere on this list. I understand he became the focus in later movies, but he was the reason the first one was so good, and why a franchise existed after

@alankeith7866 15 күн бұрын

I know we're not supposed to do the bad guys, but Michael Fictner in Drive Angry and of course Alan Rickman in Robin Hood.

@efrainmarquez7566 14 күн бұрын

Also Burgess Meredith in Rocky, Eli Wallach in the Good The bad and the ugly

@nannettepolcastro4799 13 күн бұрын

Burgess Meredith for the Grumpy Old Men movies as well.

@harryboyes2812 16 күн бұрын

I can think of some you missed. Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost Tony Goldwyn, also in Ghost Michael Caine, Cider House Rules Jack Nicholson in Batman (yeah, I know, he was a villain, but he totally stole the show) Hugo Weaving in The Matrix (again, I know he was a villain, but the movie wouldn't have been the hit it was without him)

@IrishScribbler 13 күн бұрын

Tony Goldwyn was a wimp in Ghost. A spineless idiot. He was largely forgettable.

@weemarionclm 15 күн бұрын

How could you mies Inigo Montoyo in the Princess Bride!?

@rogersheddy6414 17 күн бұрын

14:53. The same set That tracy lords was in in one of her early movies...

@ha_ya_to156 16 күн бұрын

Heath ledger anyone??!!!! How and why not in the list….and Tom cruise in tropic thunder!!!

@mikeoxmaul837 17 күн бұрын

Donnie Yen as Caine in John Wick 4? Also Tom Hanks as Carl Hanratty in Catch me if you can?

@bigdizave 17 күн бұрын

Drew Barrymore as Gertie in E.T. is missing from this list.

@richardsussens490 10 күн бұрын

Great List,but what about Gandalf by Ian Mckellen,and Legolas by Orlando Bloom in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy,and Tom Cruz in Tropic thunder

@mzukisingongo6953 17 күн бұрын

It's funny how DreamGirls can actually be viewed as Beyonce's semi Documentary

@jamespurvis464 16 күн бұрын

How is Ken Watanabe in The Last Samurai not on this?

@johnboyle382 17 күн бұрын

I just want to say Dorothy Malone as an actress stole Written on the Wind, for which she won a supporting actress Oscar, perhaps more so than any other actor/actress ever has stolen a movie from the leads.

@mikememine1423 17 күн бұрын

What year was that? We must see

@johnboyle382 17 күн бұрын

@@mikememine1423 1956

@adriennemeyer3408 17 күн бұрын

I think Ken personified how so many decent guys are floundering because what's expected of men has changed so much. So many men are torn between the societal expectations of traditional masculinity even when it's toxic and their desire to be authentically who they want to be.

@davet127 17 күн бұрын

Both Mattie Ross's in the True Grit moves - Hailee Steinfeld in 2010 & Kim Darby completely stole the show in the 1969 version with John Wayne...

@xBIGALSKIx 17 күн бұрын

I felt R. Lee Ermey and Pat Morita should have been higher. Also, I thought Louis Gossett Jr. from An Officer and a Gentleman would have at least made the list.

@urosskrjanc3647 16 күн бұрын

Talking about DiCaprio - he outshined De Niro in This Boy's Life.

@Ninjamohawk 17 күн бұрын

I called #1 before I hit play!

@megalon73 14 күн бұрын

Jim Kelly as William in Enter The Dragon (1973). was very huge show stealer in that movie. He had very memorable quotes in that film. like the one line I love from him "I'll be to busy, Looking good"

@claywinn32 17 күн бұрын

"Donnie you're out of your element" John Goodman made that movie.

@CloneScavengerVulpin8389 16 күн бұрын

Han: "Who's scruffy looking?"

@keymo9480 17 күн бұрын

The disrespect to Chris Tucker in The Fifth Element!!!

@gamleskalle1 7 күн бұрын

Terrible, most annoying

@stingrey1571 16 күн бұрын

mr.miyagi is cool, but cobra kai made me rethink his role. you have this army vet trained in martial arts beating up KIDS!!!

@MADBD619 17 күн бұрын

You never know as to when a BG Character begins to shake up the series or movie in a big way without even knowing it or realizing it, am I right here, huh?

@danielsantiagourtado3430 17 күн бұрын

Han solo is amazing 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@mikememine1423 17 күн бұрын

I enjoy Han Solo frequently

@StanHalen1936 15 күн бұрын

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@josh72456 16 күн бұрын

I’ve not seen My Cousin Vinny, The Help and Dreamgirls from the list.

@user-em6ie2be7x 17 күн бұрын

Al Pachino as Big Boy Caprice in Dick Tracy. Even though Warren Beatty was Dick Tracy. Al Pachino was the real star of the movie.

@AnitaLonski 16 күн бұрын

Octavia Spencer was great in the help. But where’s Paul Walker from the fast and the furious

@jamesoneavatar8644 16 күн бұрын

Some of the greatest performances of all time!

@colettepot7350 12 күн бұрын

Haing Ngor in “The Killing Fields”

@Memelord2020 16 күн бұрын

Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan - The Marvels Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Jack Black as Bowser - The Super Mario Bros. Movie Robin Williams as The Genie - Aladdin Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik - The Sonic Movies

@IdTakeAbojah 17 күн бұрын

How about Jim Lahey trailer park boys. John Dunsworth is the man.

@xmisted_ 12 күн бұрын

Not really sure if he counts as a supporting character but Morgan Freeman in Shawshank redemption was amazing.

@b_rad5651 14 күн бұрын

Miyagi-San 🙌🙌🙌

@Sly88Frye 16 күн бұрын

R Lee Ermee is also one of the actors that I've noticed dies in every role he is in. Every role except Toy story. But yeah honestly I often forget about the rest of the film when it comes to full metal jacket because I'm always thinking about how incredible he was as a drill sergeant and just how funny I'm sorry I know it's really serious and brutal but I can't help but laugh at some of the things he says because The insults do sound really funny to me too.

@cafeabasedecinema 16 күн бұрын

I disagree about Viola Davis stealing the show in Doubt. And pursuing its unbelievable incoherence, the Academy made everyone believe Christopher Waltz was supporting actor but he was co-lead.