Top 20 Supporting Actors Who Stole the Show
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Күн бұрынWelcome 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 27 күн бұрын
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@MrWii000 25 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 25 күн бұрын
Please do Top 10 Games Yet To Receive An Adaptation (God or War, Bioshock, Strider, Fire Emblem, etc.)!!
@adamhoward1408 25 күн бұрын
Heath ledger as the joker (RIP)
@williambilyeu9801 25 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 23 күн бұрын
Bill Murray in Caddyshack
@trinaq 25 күн бұрын
Michael Clarke Duncan should have won the Oscar for his work as John Coffey, he delivered an emotionally heartbreaking performance.
@TheAcesoncourt 25 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 25 күн бұрын
Tom Cruise in Magnolia should have won
@bloodstone1058 25 күн бұрын
He is dead you know
@IrishScribbler 23 күн бұрын
@@bloodstone1058So what?
@kaleighcoutermarsh4922 25 күн бұрын
Michael Clarke Duncan absolutely killed that role. I can't ever watch that movie again. His performance was incredibly moving.
@mikememine1423 25 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 25 күн бұрын
Mr. Miyagi’s wisdom, even if his English wasn’t the best, speaks volumes about how great he was.
@rubygracemoseley8144 25 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
@ismailmayet6181 26 күн бұрын
Pat Morita was a stand up comedian as well
@mlynettepinky595 25 күн бұрын
People need to hear Pat do his impersonation of Redd Foxx😂
@Notevenlistening. 25 күн бұрын
He was?!
@kaliadams2223 25 күн бұрын
@@mlynettepinky595he sounds more like Redd Foxx than Redd Foxx 😅😅😅
@jackdanulsprime2077 25 күн бұрын
R. Lee Ermey didn’t have to act in Full Metal Jacket because he was a real life drill sergeant.
@hollysdad49 25 күн бұрын
You did a big swing and a miss by omitting Rupert Everett in My Best Friend's Wedding.
@jp3813 24 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)
@kenterminateddq5311 25 күн бұрын
Della Reese in "Harlem Nights" is underrated. RIP Della.
@user-po8vd3dy1q 25 күн бұрын
Oh yes! She absolutely is what makes the movie worth watching!!!
@maximprikhodko8204 25 күн бұрын
Stanley Tucci in almost everything. Also Alfred Molina. Two of my favorite character/supporting actors.
@gorettiish 25 күн бұрын
Catherine Zeta Jones-Chicago, Benicio Del Toro-Traffic, Willem Dafoe-Platoon, Whoopi Goldberg-Ghost so many but I love this list
@phillylilmermaid7802 25 күн бұрын
Williams, Goodman and Pesci steal the show in everything they're in. Pure legends!
@myredenvelopes 25 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.
@vinceely2906 25 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.
@anthonyfanchin1144 25 күн бұрын
Andy Serkis as Gollum?
@keymo9480 25 күн бұрын
YES!!!!
@Animeguy300 25 күн бұрын
Rest in Peace Pat Morita
@rubygracemoseley8144 25 күн бұрын
Number 9!!! Yes!!! Melissa McCartney was absolutely HILARIOUS in Bridesmaids
@rorynolan3187 26 күн бұрын
John Malkovich was the best part of the Red movies in my opinion..
@mikememine1423 25 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 25 күн бұрын
His role in Rounders too
@mikememine1423 25 күн бұрын
@@GritsVille313 His role in anything elevated the movie to must see
@hopper8794 25 күн бұрын
Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta in Pulp Fiction were unforgettable
@RoyalMela 25 күн бұрын
They were main characters.
@rubygracemoseley8144 25 күн бұрын
My mouth dropped when Ryan Gosling as Ken was the first one! 😂😂😂😂 I loved him!
@Acidrain82 25 күн бұрын
-John Malkovich as Cyrus 'The Virus' Grissom in con air -Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean
@jp3813 24 күн бұрын
Depp as Jack was nominated for Best Actor, not Supporting Actor.
@Acidrain82 24 күн бұрын
@@jp3813 Will Turner was the main character of the first film
@jp3813 24 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 25 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.
@CandiceVidito 26 күн бұрын
Han Solo as # 1 good choice😊
@evoletsenpai550 25 күн бұрын
I miss River Phoenix in "Stand by me" 😭
@Leon-oz2ho 23 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 21 күн бұрын
Not Heath or Alan 0:12
@lovepets2781 25 күн бұрын
Harrison Ford made Star Wars fun.
@HardRockMark 25 күн бұрын
Jack Nicholson was a supporting actor and stole the show in A Few Good Men
@user-po8vd3dy1q 25 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!
@jamesmendonca2900 25 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.
@tylergoodman3560 26 күн бұрын
Leonardo Dicaprio, in what's eating Gilbert grape, was my favorite role of his. 🎉
@rubygracemoseley8144 25 күн бұрын
Oh my gosh!!!!!! I LOVED Melissa Tomei’s character in My Cousin Vinny! She was so hilarious and awesome!
@nannettepolcastro4799 21 күн бұрын
Not surprising she won the Oscar for this role.
@WhatSRV 25 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.
@alexkiss2515 25 күн бұрын
Where is Kevin Kline from A Fish Called Wanda?
@mikememine1423 25 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
@rubygracemoseley8144 25 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)
@desyncer 25 күн бұрын
The best supporting actor for me is Brad Pitt in Snatch. Completely steals the show.
@RoyalMela 25 күн бұрын
Dags.
@SipheDlamini 25 күн бұрын
Jared Leto in "Dallas Buyers Club" stole the show m🤞❤️
@Javier.M. 25 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 25 күн бұрын
That would be Paul Edgecomb played by Tom Hanks but Michael Clarke Duncan was so brilliant as John Coffey
@BlenderStudy 25 күн бұрын
Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! Amazing pick (and the best movies..!!) 🤣
@archibaldsalyards926 25 күн бұрын
They should still give Val Kilmer an oscar for Tombstone!!!
@frankydetank5227 26 күн бұрын
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@Mandingo_Warrior 25 күн бұрын
Willer Da Foe as Goblin would be nice on here. I do love this list tho
@itsrectimemedia 25 күн бұрын
A reason why it’s better playing the Supporting role than the Lead.
@kanra2689 25 күн бұрын
Han from F&F didint get a mention? Dude oozed so much character in Tokyo drift
@arhamsayeed319 22 күн бұрын
RIP ROBIN WILLIAMS LEGEND [1951-2014]
@seangamsby1900 25 күн бұрын
William H. Macy in Fargo
@mikememine1423 25 күн бұрын
So good... such a mench
@RoyalMela 25 күн бұрын
Steve Buscemi was even better
@mikememine1423 25 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
@tobiasolsson1460 25 күн бұрын
Wilson in Cast Away.
@user-po8vd3dy1q 25 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@tlmarshall21 25 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.
@keysersoze7291 25 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 25 күн бұрын
Love that... such a person that totally exists today, unfortunately everywhere...
@itssharktime6560 25 күн бұрын
No Heath Ledger?! His performance was so good as the Joker that I forgot it was a Batman movie.
@lisbetsoda4874 25 күн бұрын
He was a villain. Not included.
@harryboyes2812 25 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 22 күн бұрын
Tony Goldwyn was a wimp in Ghost. A spineless idiot. He was largely forgettable.
@jcj268 25 күн бұрын
We miss you Robin Williams 😢
@arhamsayeed319 22 күн бұрын
RIP ROBIN WILLIAMS LEGEND [1951-2014] I MISS HIM TO
@jaytrace1006 21 күн бұрын
Tom Cruise in “Tropic Thunder”
@Rainmad12 25 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
@AcidCasper17 25 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.
@alankeith7866 23 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.
@DarkGentlemen007 25 күн бұрын
Anytime Tombstone is on I honestly want to watch it just for the Doc Holiday scenes. 👍
@rickwhyers6836 25 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 25 күн бұрын
He needs to work on his southern accent
@keysersoze7291 25 күн бұрын
Boy, I don't know. I hated Rob Cordrey in Hot Tub Time machine. Way too hammy and over the top.
@mikememine1423 25 күн бұрын
I'm your Huckleberry will live forever in my parlance
@MrWii000 25 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.
@ha_ya_to156 25 күн бұрын
Heath ledger anyone??!!!! How and why not in the list….and Tom cruise in tropic thunder!!!
@anjoLas 24 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".
@efrainmarquez7566 23 күн бұрын
Also Burgess Meredith in Rocky, Eli Wallach in the Good The bad and the ugly
@nannettepolcastro4799 21 күн бұрын
Burgess Meredith for the Grumpy Old Men movies as well.
@rogersheddy6414 25 күн бұрын
14:53. The same set That tracy lords was in in one of her early movies...
@jasonbean2764 25 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.
@scottyjeff39 25 күн бұрын
Piper Laurie in Carrie.
@Ninjamohawk 25 күн бұрын
I called #1 before I hit play!
@richardsussens490 19 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
@mikeoxmaul837 26 күн бұрын
Donnie Yen as Caine in John Wick 4? Also Tom Hanks as Carl Hanratty in Catch me if you can?
@weemarionclm 23 күн бұрын
How could you mies Inigo Montoyo in the Princess Bride!?
@aerodog121 25 күн бұрын
What about T-1000 from Terminator 2?
@megalon73 22 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"
@CloneScavengerVulpin8389 24 күн бұрын
Han: "Who's scruffy looking?"
@urosskrjanc3647 24 күн бұрын
Talking about DiCaprio - he outshined De Niro in This Boy's Life.
@bigdizave 25 күн бұрын
Drew Barrymore as Gertie in E.T. is missing from this list.
@adriennemeyer3408 25 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.
@jamesoneavatar8644 25 күн бұрын
Some of the greatest performances of all time!
@xBIGALSKIx 25 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.
@mzukisingongo6953 25 күн бұрын
It's funny how DreamGirls can actually be viewed as Beyonce's semi Documentary
@davet127 25 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...
@johnboyle382 25 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 25 күн бұрын
What year was that? We must see
@johnboyle382 25 күн бұрын
@@mikememine1423 1956
@stingrey1571 25 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!!!
@claywinn32 25 күн бұрын
"Donnie you're out of your element" John Goodman made that movie.
@jamespurvis464 25 күн бұрын
How is Ken Watanabe in The Last Samurai not on this?
@user-em6ie2be7x 25 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.
@keymo9480 25 күн бұрын
The disrespect to Chris Tucker in The Fifth Element!!!
@gamleskalle1 15 күн бұрын
Terrible, most annoying
@cafeabasedecinema 25 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.
@josh72456 25 күн бұрын
I’ve not seen My Cousin Vinny, The Help and Dreamgirls from the list.
@b_rad5651 22 күн бұрын
Miyagi-San 🙌🙌🙌
@danielsantiagourtado3430 26 күн бұрын
Han solo is amazing 🎉🎉🎉🎉
@mikememine1423 25 күн бұрын
I enjoy Han Solo frequently
@StanHalen1936 24 күн бұрын
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@AnitaLonski 25 күн бұрын
Octavia Spencer was great in the help. But where’s Paul Walker from the fast and the furious
@Memelord2020 25 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
@MADBD619 25 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?
@johnanderson9765 15 күн бұрын
Not as good as Jeffrey Goines, but another Brad Pitt supporting role I like is his role as Stoner Floyd in True Romance. My other favorites are Isla Fisher in Wedding Crashers, Andy Serkis in two Lord of the Rings movies, Johnny Depp in Benny & Joon, Ruth Gordon in Rosemary's Baby, and Jack Black in Orange County or High Fidelity.
@CrsOne-fc5jk 25 күн бұрын
Val was amazing as doc Holliday,, the only reason to watch the movie 🎥 but I have to everytime,,,, that's just my game,,,😮
@xmisted_ 20 күн бұрын
Not really sure if he counts as a supporting character but Morgan Freeman in Shawshank redemption was amazing.
@wardragonprime 18 күн бұрын
Raul Julia as Sandy Stern in Presumed Innocent.😀😀😀
@RajaReign78 21 күн бұрын
I still say Leonardo DiCaprio should’ve won an Oscar for his performance in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.
@colettepot7350 21 күн бұрын
Haing Ngor in “The Killing Fields”
@user-em6ie2be7x 25 күн бұрын
Tommy Lee Jones - As Samuel Gerard. Harrison Ford was the star of The Fugitive but Tommy Lee Jones stole the show.
@CaptainAmerica2001 25 күн бұрын
Oh I love Viola Davis she's just all around great in all her roles Especially as Hard Core No Nonsense Emotionless Director Amanda Waller I love it 😊
Go Gizmo!
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