Programmed March 2025

Scene Stealers: Best Supporting Actors

This awards season, we pay homage to the virtuoso secondary players who ran away with their movies, nabbing Oscar gold when the lead actors they so memorably supported did not. From stars like Kevin Kline ( A Fish Called Wanda ) and Whoopi Goldberg ( Ghost ) who received some of their greatest acclaim in smaller roles; to veteran character actors like Jane Darwell ( The Grapes of Wrath ) and Martin Landau ( Ed Wood ) who could more than hold their own opposite the biggest of names; to costars like Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed ( From Here to Eternity ) and Dianne Wiest and Michael Caine ( Hannah and Her Sisters ) who swept the Supporting Actor and Actress prizes for the same film, these captivating scene-stealers may not have had the most screen time, but they made every second count.