Best Actor in a Supporting Role is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to recognise an actor who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.
History Since 1968, selected actors have been awarded with the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at an annual ceremony. The Best Supporting Actor award has been presented a total of 54 times to 48 different actors. No award was given out in this category in 1980, when no actors, male or female, were nominated for supporting roles. In addition, the award was replaced with a gender-neutral category for Best Supporting Artist, allotted for the year 1981 only, with all four nominees that year being male. The first winner was Ian Holm for his role in The Bofors Gun. The most recent winner is Sean Penn for his role in One Battle After Another. The record for most wins is three, held by Denholm Elliott, who won three consecutive times, while five other actors have won twice. Elliott also holds the record for most nominations, with seven.
Winners and nominees
1960s Year Actor Role(s) Film Ian Holm The Bofors Gun Flynn Anthony Hopkins The Lion in Winter King Richard I John McEnery Romeo and Juliet Mercutio George Segal No Way to Treat a Lady Morris Brummel Laurence Olivier Oh! What a Lovely War John French Jack Klugman Goodbye, Columbus Ben Patimkin Jack Nicholson Easy Rider George Hanson Robert Vaughn Bullitt Chalmers
1970s Year Actor Role(s) Film Colin Welland Kes Mr. Farthing Bernard Cribbins The Railway Children Albert Perks John Mills † Ryan's Daughter Michael Gig Young † They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Rocky Edward Fox The Go-Between Hugh Trimingham Michael Gough The Go-Between Mr. Maudsley Ian Hendry Get Carter Eric Paice John Hurt 10 Rillington Place Timothy Evans Ben Johnson † The Last Picture Show Sam the Lion Max Adrian The Boy Friend Mr. Max / Lord Hubert Brockhurst Robert Duvall The Godfather Tom Hagen Ralph Richardson Lady Caroline Lamb King George IV Arthur Lowe O Lucky Man! Mr. Duff / Charlie Johnson / Dr. Munda Ian Bannen The Offence Kenneth Baxter Denholm Elliott A Doll's House Nils Krogstad Michael Lonsdale The Day of the Jackal Lebel John Gielgud Murder on the Orient Express Mr. Beddoes Adam Faith Stardust Mike Menary John Huston Chinatown Noah Cross Randy Quaid The Last Detail Seaman Larry Meadows Fred Astaire The Towering Inferno Harlee Claiborne Martin Balsam The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Harold Longman Burgess Meredith The Day of the Locust Harry Greener Jack Warden Shampoo Lester Carp Brad Dourif One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Billy Bibbit Martin Balsam All the President's Men Howard Simons Michael Hordern The Slipper and the Rose The King Jason Robards † All the President's Men Ben Bradlee Edward Fox A Bridge Too Far Brian Horrocks Colin Blakely Equus Frank Strang Robert Duvall Network Frank Hackett Zero Mostel The Front Hecky Brown John Hurt Midnight Express Max ' Gene Hackman Superman Lex Luthor Jason Robards † Julia Dashiell Hammett François Truffaut Close Encounters of the Third Kind Claude Lacombe Robert Duvall Apocalypse Now Bill Kilgore Denholm Elliott Saint Jack William Leigh John Hurt Alien Kane Christopher Walken † The Deer Hunter Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich
1980s Year Actor Role(s) Film Not awarded Ian Holm Chariots of Fire Sam Mussabini Denholm Elliott Raiders of the Lost Ark Marcus Brody John Gielgud † Arthur Hobson Nigel Havers Chariots of Fire Andrew Lindsay Jack Nicholson Reds Eugene O'Neill Frank Finlay The Return of the Soldier William Grey Edward FoxGandhi Reginald Dyer Roshan Seth Jawaharlal Nehru Denholm Elliott Trading Places Coleman Bob Hoskins The Honorary Consul Colonel Perez Burt Lancaster Local Hero Felix Happer Jerry Lewis The King of Comedy Jerry Langford Denholm Elliott A Private Function Charles Swaby Michael Elphick Gorky Park Pasha Ian HolmGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Phillippe D'Arnot Ralph Richardson The Earl of Greystoke Denholm Elliott Defence of the Realm Vernon Bayliss James Fox A Passage to India Richard Fielding John Gielgud Plenty Leonard Darwin Saeed Jaffrey My Beautiful Laundrette Nasser Ray McAnally The Mission Altamirano Klaus Maria Brandauer Out of Africa Bror Blixen Simon CallowA Room with a View Arthur Beebe Denholm Elliott Mr. Emerson Daniel Auteuil Jean de Florette Ugolin Ian Bannen Hope and Glory Grandfather George Sean Connery † The Untouchables Jimmy Malone John Thaw Cry Freedom Kruger Michael Palin A Fish Called Wanda Ken Pile Joss Ackland White Mischief Jock Delves Broughton Peter O'Toole The Last Emperor Reginald Johnston David Suchet A World Apart Muller Ray McAnally My Left Foot Mr. Brown Marlon Brando A Dry White Season Ian McKenzie Sean Connery Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Henry Jones Sr. Jack Nicholson Batman Jack Napier / The Joker
1990s Year Actor Role(s) Film Salvatore Cascio Cinema Paradiso Salvatore Di Vita (child) Alan Alda Crimes and Misdemeanors Lester John Hurt The Field Bird O'Donnell Al Pacino Dick Tracy Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice Alan Rickman Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Sheriff of Nottingham Alan Bates Hamlet King Claudius Derek Jacobi Dead Again Franklyn Madson Andrew Strong The Commitments Deco Cuffe Gene Hackman † Unforgiven Little Bill Daggett Jaye Davidson The Crying Game Dil Tommy Lee Jones JFK Clay Shaw Samuel West Howards End Leonard Bast Ralph Fiennes Schindler's List Amon Göth Tommy Lee Jones The Fugitive Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard Ben Kingsley Schindler's List Itzhak Stern John Malkovich In the Line of Fire Mitch Leary Samuel L. Jackson Pulp Fiction Jules Winnfield Simon CallowFour Weddings and a Funeral Gareth John Hannah Matthew Paul Scofield Quiz Show Mark Van Doren Tim Roth Rob Roy Archibald Cunningham Ian Holm The Madness of King George Dr. Willis Martin Landau † Ed Wood Bela Lugosi Alan Rickman Sense and Sensibility Christopher Brandon Paul Scofield The Crucible Thomas Danforth John Gielgud Shine Cecil Parkes Edward Norton Primal Fear Aaron Stampler Alan Rickman Michael Collins Éamon de Valera Tom Wilkinson The Full Monty Gerald Arthur Cooper Mark Addy The Full Monty Dave Horsfall Rupert Everett My Best Friend's Wedding George Downes Burt Reynolds Boogie Nights Jack Horner Geoffrey Rush Shakespeare in Love Philip Henslowe Ed Harris The Truman Show Christof Geoffrey Rush Elizabeth Francis Walsingham Tom Wilkinson Shakespeare in Love Hugh Fennyman 1999 Jude Law The Talented Mr. Ripley Dickie Greenleaf Wes Bentley American Beauty Ricky Fitts Michael Caine † The Cider House Rules Wilbur Larch Rhys Ifans Notting Hill Spike Timothy Spall Topsy-Turvy Richard Temple
2000s Year Actor Role(s) Film2000 Benicio del Toro † Traffic Javier Rodriguez Albert Finney Erin Brockovich Edward L. Masry Gary Lewis Billy Elliot Jackie Elliot Joaquin Phoenix Gladiator Commodus Oliver Reed Proximo 2001 Jim Broadbent Moulin Rouge! Harold Zidler Hugh Bonneville Iris Young John Bayley Robbie Coltrane Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Rubeus Hagrid Colin Firth Bridget Jones's Diary Mark Darcy Eddie Murphy Shrek Donkey 2002 Christopher Walken Catch Me If You Can Frank Abagnale Sr. Chris Cooper † Adaptation John Laroche Ed Harris The Hours Richard Brown Alfred Molina Frida Diego Rivera Paul Newman Road to Perdition John Rooney2003 Bill Nighy Love Actually Billy Mack Paul Bettany Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Dr. Stephen Maturin Albert Finney Big Fish Ed Bloom (Old) Ian McKellen The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Gandalf Tim Robbins † Mystic River Dave Boyle2004 Clive Owen Closer Larry Gray Alan Alda The Aviator Owen Brewster Phil Davis Vera Drake Stanley Drake Rodrigo de la Serna The Motorcycle Diaries Alberto Granado Jamie Foxx Collateral Max Durocher2005 Jake Gyllenhaal Brokeback Mountain Jack Twist Don Cheadle Crash Det. Graham Waters George Clooney † Good Night, and Good Luck Fred W. Friendly Syriana † Bob Barnes Matt Dillon Crash Sgt. John Ryan2006 Alan Arkin † Little Miss Sunshine Edwin Hoover James McAvoy The Last King of Scotland Dr. Nicholas Garrigan Jack Nicholson The Departed Frank Costello Leslie Phillips Venus Ian Brooks Michael Sheen The Queen Tony Blair2007 Javier Bardem † No Country for Old Men Anton Chigurh Paul Dano There Will Be Blood Eli Sunday / Paul Sunday Philip Seymour Hoffman Charlie Wilson's War Gust Avrakotos Tommy Lee Jones No Country for Old Men Sheriff Ed Tom Bell Tom Wilkinson Michael Clayton Arthur Edens2008 Heath Ledger † The Dark Knight Joker Robert Downey Jr. Tropic Thunder Kirk Lazarus Brendan Gleeson In Bruges Ken Daley Philip Seymour Hoffman Doubt Father Brendan Flynn Brad Pitt Burn After Reading Chad Feldheimer2009 Christoph Waltz † Inglourious Basterds Hans Landa Alec Baldwin It's Complicated Jacob Adler Christian McKay Me and Orson Welles Orson Welles Alfred Molina An Education Jack Miller Stanley Tucci The Lovely Bones George Harvey
2010s Year Actor Role(s) Film 2010 Geoffrey Rush The King's Speech Lionel Logue Christian Bale † The Fighter Dicky Eklund Andrew Garfield The Social Network Eduardo Saverin Pete Postlethwaite The Town Fergus "Fergie" Colm Mark Ruffalo The Kids Are All Right Paul Hatfield 2011 Christopher Plummer † Beginners Hal Fields Kenneth Branagh My Week with Marilyn Laurence Olivier Jim Broadbent The Iron Lady Denis Thatcher Jonah Hill Moneyball Peter Brand Philip Seymour Hoffman The Ides of March Paul Zara 2012 Christoph Waltz † Django Unchained Dr. King Schultz Alan Arkin Argo Lester Siegel Javier Bardem Skyfall Raoul Silva Philip Seymour Hoffman The Master Lancaster Dodd Tommy Lee Jones Lincoln Thaddeus Stevens 2013 Barkhad Abdi Captain Phillips Abduwali Muse Daniel Brühl Rush Niki Lauda Bradley Cooper American Hustle Richard "Richie" DiMaso Matt Damon Behind the Candelabra Scott Thorson Michael Fassbender 12 Years a Slave Edwin Epps 2014 J. K. Simmons † Whiplash Terrence Fletcher Steve Carell Foxcatcher John du Pont Ethan Hawke Boyhood Mason Evans Sr. Edward Norton Birdman Mike Shiner Mark Ruffalo Foxcatcher David Schultz2015 Mark Rylance † Bridge of Spies Rudolf Abel Christian Bale The Big Short Michael Burry Benicio del Toro Sicario Alejandro Gillick Idris Elba Beasts of No Nation The Commandant Mark Ruffalo Spotlight Michael Rezendes 2016 Dev Patel Lion Saroo Brierley Mahershala Ali † Moonlight Juan Jeff Bridges Hell or High Water Marcus Hamilton Hugh Grant Florence Foster Jenkins St. Clair Bayfield Aaron Taylor-Johnson Nocturnal Animals Ray Marcus 2017 Sam Rockwell † Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Jason Dixon Willem Dafoe The Florida Project Bobby Hicks Hugh Grant Paddington 2 Phoenix Buchanan Woody Harrelson Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Bill Willoughby Christopher Plummer All the Money in the World J. Paul Getty 2018 Mahershala Ali † Green Book Don Shirley Timothée Chalamet Beautiful Boy Nic Sheff Adam Driver BlacKkKlansman Philip "Flip" Zimmerman Richard E. Grant Can You Ever Forgive Me? Jack Hock Sam Rockwell Vice George W. Bush 2019 Brad Pitt † Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Cliff Booth Tom Hanks A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Fred Rogers Anthony Hopkins The Two Popes Pope Benedict XVI Al Pacino The Irishman Jimmy Hoffa Joe Pesci Russell Bufalino
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