The Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the annual film awards given by the Boston Society of Film Critics.

Winners 1980s YearWinnerFilmRole1980 Jason Robards Melvin and Howard Howard Hughes1981 Jack Nicholson Reds Eugene O'Neill1982 Mickey Rourke Diner Robert "Boogie" Sheftell1983 Jack Nicholson Terms of Endearment Garrett Breedlove1984 John Malkovich The Killing Fields Al RockoffPlaces in the Heart Mr. Will1985 Ian Holm Brazil Mr. KurtzmannDance with a Stranger Desmond CussenDreamchild Charles L. DodgsonWetherby Stanley Pilborough1986 Dennis Hopper Blue Velvet Frank BoothRay Liotta Something Wild Ray Sinclair1987 R. Lee Ermey Full Metal Jacket Gunnery Sergeant Hartman1988 Dean Stockwell Married to the Mob Tony “The Tiger” RussoTucker: The Man and His Dream Howard Hughes1989 Danny Aiello Do the Right Thing Salvatore “Sal” Fragione

1990s YearWinnerFilmRole1990 Joe Pesci Goodfellas Tommy DeVito1991 Anthony Hopkins The Silence of the Lambs Dr. Hannibal Lecter1992 Gene Hackman Unforgiven Little Bill Daggett1993 Ralph Fiennes Schindler's List Amon Göth1994 Martin Landau Ed Wood Bela Lugosi1995 Kevin Spacey The Usual Suspects Roger “Verbal” Kint1996 Edward Norton Everyone Says I Love You Holden SpencePrimal Fear Aaron StamplerThe People vs. Larry Flynt Alan Isaacman1997 Kevin Spacey L.A. Confidential Detective Sergeant Jack Vincennes 1998 William H. Macy A Civil Action James Gordon Pleasantville George Parker Psycho Milton Arbogast Billy Bob Thornton A Simple Plan Jacob Mitchell1999 Christopher Plummer The Insider Mike Wallace

2000s YearWinnerFilmRole2000 Fred Willard Best in Show Buck Laughlin2001 Ben Kingsley Sexy Beast Don Logan2002 Alan Arkin Thirteen Conversations About One Thing Gene2003 Peter Sarsgaard Shattered Glass Charles Lane2004 Thomas Haden Church SidewaysBoston film critics flip for 'Sideways' - Variety Jack Cole2005 Paul Giamatti Cinderella Man Joe Gould2006 Mark Wahlberg The Departed Staff Sgt. Sean Dignam2007 Javier Bardem No Country for Old Men Anton Chigurh2008 Heath Ledger (posthumous) The Dark Knight The Joker2009 Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds Col. Hans Landa

2010s YearWinnerFilmRole2010 Christian Bale The Fighter Dicky Eklund2011 Albert Brooks Drive'The Artist' Named Best Picture by Boston Film Critics|Retuters Bernie Rose2012 Ezra Miller The Perks of Being a Wallflower Patrick2013 James Gandolfini (posthumous) Enough Said Albert2014 J. K. Simmons Whiplash Terence Fletcher2015 Mark Rylance Bridge of Spies Rudolf Abel2016 Mahershala Ali Moonlight Juan2017 Willem Dafoe The Florida Project Bobby Hicks2018 Richard E. Grant Can You Ever Forgive Me? Jack Hock2019 Brad Pitt Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Cliff Booth

2020s YearWinnerFilmRole2020 Paul Raci Sound of MetalThe Boston Society of Film Critics names its winners for 2020 - The Boston Globe Joe2021 Troy Kotsur CODA Frank Rossi2022 Ke Huy Quan Everything Everywhere All At Once Waymond Wang2023 Ryan Gosling Barbie Ken2024 Edward Norton A Complete Unknown Pete Seeger2025 Stellan Skarsgård Sentimental Value Gustav Borg

See also Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

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