Pemeran Pendukung Laki-laki Terbaik (Independent Spirit Award)
1980an
sunting| Tahun | Pemenang dan nominee | Film | Peran |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Morgan Freeman | Street Smart | Fast Black ‡ |
| Wings Hauser | Tough Guys Don't Dance | Capt. Alvin Luther Regency | |
| James Earl Jones | Matewan | 'Few Clothes' Johnson | |
| Vincent Price | The Whales of August | Mr. Maranov | |
| David Strathairn | Matewan | Sid Hatfield | |
| 1988 | Lou Diamond Phillips | Stand and Deliver | Angel Guzman |
| Ernest Borgnine | Spike of Bensonhurst | Baldo Cacetti | |
| Divine | Hairspray | Edna Turnblad / Arvin Hodgepile | |
| John Lone | The Moderns | Bertram Stone | |
| John Turturro | Five Corners | Heinz | |
| 1989 | Max Perlich | Drugstore Cowboy | David |
| Steve Buscemi | Mystery Train | Charlie the Barber | |
| Scott Coffey | Shag | Chip Gaillard | |
| Gary Farmer | Powwow Highway | Philbert Bono | |
| Screamin' Jay Hawkins | Mystery Train | Night Clerk |