Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a 2002 Film Nominees (2002 CMA Awards)

Awarded to the actor deemed by Cosmo voters to have achieved the best performance in a supporting role an eliible 2002 film. Cosmo voters must carefully decide whether the performance was in a leading or supporting capacity. Not all films will have both a male and a female lead, and it is theoretically possible in ensemble films for every role to be considered a supporting role. It is also theoretically possible for an actor to be nominated in both leading and supporting categories for the same performance.

Winner:

Chris Cooper - Adaptation

Also Nominated:


Richard Gere - Chicago		Ian McKellen - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers


Dennis Quaid - Far From Heaven	John C. Reilly - Chicago		Andy Sirkis - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Also Considered: Sean Astin for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; Tim Blaney (voice of Frank the Pug) for Men in Black II; Michael Constantine for My Big Fat Greek Wedding; Daniel Day-Lewis for Gangs of New York; Richard Gere for Unfaithful; Ed Harris for The Hours; Richard Harris for The Count of Monte Cristo; Nicholas Hoult for About a Boy; Samuel L. Jackson for Insomnia; Olivier Martinez for Unfaithful; Paul Newman for Road to Perdition; Ryan Phillippe for Igby Goes Down; Joaquin Phoenix for Signs; Vijay Raaz for Monsoon Wedding; John C. Reilly for Gangs of New York; John C. Reilly for The Good Girl; John C. Reilly for The Hours; J.K. Simmons for Spider-Man; Ian Somerhalder for The Rules of Attraction; Christopher Walken for Catch Me If You Can; Matthew Willard for Scooby-Doo; Robin Williams for Death to Smoochy; and Robin Williams for Insomnia