# The Best Supporting Actor Oscar winners of the 2000s

The ten actors who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for films from 2000 to 2009, and their roles.

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- Sep 28, 2026 · subin_cinephile
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## Top 10

1. **Benicio del Toro — Traffic** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2000 film. A Mexican police officer.
2. **Jim Broadbent — Iris** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2001 film. Iris Murdoch's husband.
3. **Chris Cooper — Adaptation** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2002 film. Orchid hunter John Laroche.
4. **Tim Robbins — Mystic River** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2003 film. Dave, scarred by his childhood.
5. **Morgan Freeman — Million Dollar Baby** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2004 film. The gym caretaker and narrator.
6. **George Clooney — Syriana** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2005 film. A CIA operative.
7. **Alan Arkin — Little Miss Sunshine** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2006 film. The cantankerous grandfather.
8. **Javier Bardem — No Country for Old Men** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2007 film. Hitman Anton Chigurh.
9. **Heath Ledger — The Dark Knight** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2008 film. The Joker; a posthumous award.
10. **Christoph Waltz — Inglourious Basterds** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2009 film. Nazi colonel Hans Landa.

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