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Oldest Best Supporting Actor Nominees
This list features the oldest actors to have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards.
RANK | ACTOR | AGE | FILM | YEAR |
1 | Christopher Plummer | 88 years, 41 days | All the Money in the World | 2017 |
2 | Judd Hirsch | 87 years, 315 days | The Fabelmans | 2022 |
3 | Robert Duvall | 84 years, 10 days | The Judge | 2014 |
4 | Hal Holbrook | 82 years, 339 days | Into the Wild | 2007 |
5 | Max von Sydow | 82 years, 289 days | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | 2011 |
6 | Ralph Richardson | 82 years, 49 days | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | 1984 |
7 | Christopher Plummer | 82 years, 42 days | Beginners | 2011 |
8 | Anthony Hopkins | 82 years, 13 days | The Two Popes | 2019 |
9 | Robert De Niro | 80 years, 159 days | Killers of the Flower Moon | 2023 |
10 | Christopher Plummer | 80 years, 51 days | The Last Station | 2009 |
References
Wikipedia (n.d.) List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees – Oldest nominees, Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_and_youngest_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees#Oldest_nominees_4 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
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