There are many who champion the idea of the Best Supporting Actor Oscar category honoring traditionally secondary roles and lament the fact that it has fallen out of fashion. Still, plenty of performances short on screen time have prevailed in the category’s 84-year history. Here is a look at the 10 shortest of all time, including the record holder:
10. James Coburn (“Affliction”)
17 minutes, 10 seconds (15.03% of the film)
After a prolific acting career, James Coburn was finally rewarded in 1999 with his first Oscar nomination and win. At 70 years old, he was the oldest acting nominee of the year, as well as the only first time nominee in his lineup. His overdue narrative certainly helped him win, but so did the skillful quality of his performance. After four decades of portraying characters with limited screen time, Coburn made abusive father Glen Whitehouse the role of a lifetime.
9. Hugh Griffith (“Ben-Hur”)
16 minutes, 51 seconds...
10. James Coburn (“Affliction”)
17 minutes, 10 seconds (15.03% of the film)
After a prolific acting career, James Coburn was finally rewarded in 1999 with his first Oscar nomination and win. At 70 years old, he was the oldest acting nominee of the year, as well as the only first time nominee in his lineup. His overdue narrative certainly helped him win, but so did the skillful quality of his performance. After four decades of portraying characters with limited screen time, Coburn made abusive father Glen Whitehouse the role of a lifetime.
9. Hugh Griffith (“Ben-Hur”)
16 minutes, 51 seconds...
- 12/21/2020
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
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