Every Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor: A Complete History of the Winners

James Dunn — 1946
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

Elia Kazan’s first feature film, and he’s already directing people to Academy Awards! James Dunn played Johnny Nolan, one of the film’s broad canvas of striving Irish Americans in Williamsburg. Today, that’s a neighborhood that specializes in art galleries and gyms that offer ayahuasca experiences.

Barry Fitzgerald — 1945
Going My Way (1944)

Going My Way was a huge hit in 1945, winning best…