Oldest Oscar nominee for Best Supporting Actor
- Who
- Hal Holbrook
- Where
- United States
- When
- 22 January 2008
The oldest actor to be nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award was Hal Holbrook (USA, b. 17 February 1925), who was nominated for Into the Wild (USA 2007) on 22 January 2008, aged 82 years 339 days.
| Name | Born | Film | Nominated | Aged |
| Hal Holbrook (USA) | 17 February 1925 | Into the Wild (USA 2007) | 22 January 2008 | 82 years 339 days |
| Ralph Richardson (UK) | 19 December 1902 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (UK 1984) | 6 February 1985 | 80 years 295 days |
| Christopher Plummer (Canada) | 13 December 1929 | The Last Station (USA 2009) | 2 February 2010 | 80 years 51 days |
| George Burns (USA) | 20 January 1896 | The Sunshine Boys (USA 1975) | 17 February 1976 | 80 years 28 days |
| Melvyn Douglas (USA) | 5 April 1901 | Being There (USA / UK / West Germany / Japan 1979) | 25 February 1980 | 78 years 326 days |
| Paul Newman (USA) | 26 January 1925 | Road to Perdition (USA 2002) | 11 February 2003 | 78 years 16 days |
| John Gielgud (UK) | 14 April 1904 | Arthur (USA 1981) | 11 February 1982 | 77 years 303 days |
| Don Ameche (USA) | 31 May 1908 | Cocoon (USA 1985) | 5 February 1986 | 77 years 250 days. |