On February 26, 2012, Christopher Plummer was 82 years and 75 days old when he won the 2011 Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in "Beginners."
Alan Arkin. On February 2007, he won the best actor for supporting role in Little Miss Sunshine. He was 72 and one of the oldest winners.
Anthony Quinn for Viva Zapata.
James Coburn won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1998.
Jack Palance won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for City Slickers (1991).
Anthony Quinn won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1952.
Barry Fitzgerald won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1944.
Ben Johnson won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1971.
Burl Ives won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1958.
Charles Coburn won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1943.
Chris Cooper won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2002.
Christian Bale won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2010.
Christoph Waltz won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2009.