The David di Donatello Award for Best Supporting Actor () is a film award presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize the outstanding performance in a supporting role of an actor who has worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. It has been awarded every year since 1981.
Actors Giuseppe Battiston and Leo Gullotta are the record holders in this category, with three awards each.
Winners and nominees Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees.
1980s Year Actor Role(s) Film 1980/81(26th) Charles Vanel Donato Giuranna Three Brothers Bruno Ganz Count of Perrigaux The Lady of the Camellias Néstor Garay Cesare De Blasi Camera d'albergo 1981/82(27th) Angelo Infanti Manuel Fantoni Talcum Powder Alessandro Haber Father Sweet Pea Paolo Stoppa Pope Pius VII Il marchese del Grillo 1982/83(28th) Lello Arena Tonino Scusate il ritardo Tino Schirinzi Nicolino Sciopèn Paolo Stoppa Savino Capogreco All My Friends Part 2 1983/84(29th) Carlo Giuffrè Falcone Son contento Aldo Giuffrè Cocò Where's Picone? Stefano Satta Flores Captain Ferrara One Hundred Days in Palermo 1984/85(30th) Ricky Tognazzi Michele Orcini Aurora Paolo Bonacelli Leonardo da Vinci Nothing Left to Do But Cry Ruggero Raimondi Escamillo Carmen 1985/86(31st) Bernard Blier Uncle Gugo Let's Hope It's a Girl Ferruccio De Ceresa Giulio's father The Mass Is Ended Franco Fabrizi Television host Ginger and Fred Philippe Noiret Leonardo Let's Hope It's a Girl 1986/87(32nd) Leo Gullotta Commissioner Iervolino The Professor Justino Díaz Iago Otello Gigi Reder Filini Superfantozzi Mattia Sbragia 1st Brigadist The Moro Affair 1987/88(33rd) Peter O'Toole Reginald Fleming Johnston The Last Emperor Galeazzo Benti Sironi Io e mia sorella Gabriele Ferzetti Paolo's father Julia and Julia 1988/89(34th) Carlo Croccolo Rafele 'O Re Massimo Dapporto Aldo Mignon Has Come to Stay Paolo Panelli Paolo Splendor
1990s Year Actor Role(s) Film 1989/90(35th) Sergio Castellitto Quinto Tre colonne in cronaca Vittorio Caprioli Psychoanalyst Dark Illness Roberto Citran Giuliano Little Misunderstandings Ennio Fantastichini Tommaso Scalia Open Doors Alessandro Haber Ugo Signori Willy Signori e vengo da lontano 1990/91(36th) Ciccio Ingrassia Marshal Gaetano Scarfi Condominio Enzo Cannavale Lawyer The House of Smiles Sergio Castellitto Filippo Stasera a casa di Alice Giuseppe Cederna Antonio Farina Mediterraneo Ricky Memphis Red Ultrà 1991/92(37th) Angelo Orlando Amedeo Pensavo fosse amore, invece era un calesse Giancarlo Dettori Attilio Damned the Day I Met You Giorgio Gaber Domenico Barbaia Rossini! Rossini! 1992/93(38th) Claudio Amendola Mauro Un'altra vita Renato Carpentieri Old Massimo Fiorile Leo Gullotta Polizzi The Escort 1993/94(39th) Alessandro Haber Socrates For Love, Only for Love Giancarlo Giannini Paolo Borsellino Giovanni Falcone Leopoldo Trieste Livatino's father Law of Courage 1994/95(40th) Giancarlo Giannini Pietro Fraschini Like Two Crocodiles Roberto Citran Loris The Bull Philippe Noiret Pablo Neruda Il Postino: The Postman 1995/96(41st) Leopoldo Trieste The Mute The Star Maker Raul Bova Nino Di Venanzio Palermo - Milan One Way Alessandro Haber Professor Galliano The Graduates 1996/97(42nd) Leo Gullotta Carlo Gabbiadini The Game Bag Diego Abatantuono Solo Nirvana Antonio Albanese Antonio Vesna Goes Fast Claudio Amendola Sandro Nardella An Eyewitness Account Massimo Ceccherini Libero Quarini The Cyclone 1997/98(43rd) Silvio Orlando Himself April Sergio Bustric Ferruccio Papini Life Is Beautiful Massimo Ceccherini Germano Fuochi d'artificio 1998/99(44th) Fabrizio Bentivoglio Antonio Of Lost Love Mario Scaccia Old Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies Ferdinando and Carolina Emilio Solfrizzi Sergio Marriages
2000s Year Actor Role(s) Film 1999/00(45th) Giuseppe Battiston Costantino Caponangeli Bread and Tulips Leo Gullotta Giovanni Pandico A Respectable Man Emilio Solfrizzi Lojacono Outlaw 2000/01(46th) Tony Sperandeo Gaetano Badalamenti One Hundred Steps Silvio Orlando Oscar The Son's Room Claudio Santamaria Paolo The Last Kiss 2001/02(47th) Libero De Rienzo Bartolomeo 'Bart' Vanzetti Santa Maradona Leo Gullotta Eng. Mario Pancini Vajont Silvio Orlando Saverio Light of My Eyes 2002/03(48th) Ernesto Mahieux Peppino Profeta The Embalmer Antonio Catania Ernesto It Can't Be All Our Fault Pierfrancesco Favino Sergeant Rizzo El Alamein: The Line of Fire Giancarlo Giannini Cesare Balocchi Incantato Kim Rossi Stuart Candlewick Pinocchio 2003/04(49th) Roberto Herlitzka Aldo Moro Good Morning, Night Diego Abatantuono Sergio I'm Not Scared Elio Germano Manuel What Will Happen to Us Fabrizio Gifuni Carlo Tommasi The Best of Youth Emilio Solfrizzi Gustavo Torregiani Agata and the Storm 2004/05(50th) Carlo Verdone Goffredo Liguori Manual of Love Johnny Dorelli Gianca's father When Do the Girls Show Up? Silvio Muccino Tommaso Manual of Love Raffaele Pisu Carlo The Consequences of Love Fabio Troiano The Angel After Midnight 2005/06(51st) Pierfrancesco Favino The Libanese Romanzo criminale Giorgio Faletti Professor Antonio Martinelli Night Before The Exams Neri Marcorè Nino Ricci The Second Wedding Night Nanni Moretti Himself / Silvio Berlusconi The Caiman Sergio Rubini Tonino Our Land 2006/07(52nd) Giorgio Colangeli Luigi Sparti Salty Air Ninetto Davoli Giovanni One Out of Two Ennio Fantastichini Sergio Saturn in Opposition Valerio Mastandrea Ferrante Papucci Napoleon and Me Riccardo Scamarcio Manico Benassi My Brother is an Only Child 2007/08(53rd) Alessandro Gassmann Carlo Paladini Quiet Chaos Giuseppe Battiston Vito Days and Clouds Fabrizio Gifuni Corrado Canali The Girl by the Lake Ahmed Hafiene Hassan The Right Distance Umberto Orsini Uncle Lino The Early Bird Catches the Worm 2008/09(54th) Giuseppe Battiston Alberto Nardini Don't Think About It Claudio Bisio Sergio Many Kisses Later Carlo Buccirosso Paolo Cirino Pomicino Il Divo Luca Lionello Michele Cover Boy Filippo Nigro Remo Different from Whom?
2010s Year Actor Role(s) Film 2009/10(55th) Ennio Fantastichini Vincenzo Cantone Loose Cannons The supporting ensemble of Baarìa Baarìa Pierfrancesco Favino Marco Kiss Me Again Marco Giallini Luigi Mascolo Me, Them and Lara Marco Messeri Loredano 'Loriano' Nesi The First Beautiful Thing 2010/11(56th) Giuseppe Battiston Claudio La Passione Raoul Bova Piero La nostra vita Francesco Di Leva Edoardo A Quiet Life Rocco Papaleo Lionello Frustace Escort in Love Alessandro Siani Mattia Volpe Benvenuti al Sud 2011/12(57th) Pierfrancesco Favino Giuseppe Pinelli Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy Giuseppe Battiston Devis Shun Li and the Poet Marco Giallini Mazinga ACAB - All Cops Are Bastards Fabrizio Gifuni Aldo Moro Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy Renato Scarpa Cardinal Gregori We Have a Pope 2012/13(58th) Valerio Mastandrea Andrea Bottini Long Live Freedom Stefano Accorsi Andrea A Five Star Life Giuseppe Battiston Amanzio Garibaldi's Lovers Marco Giallini Enzo Brighi Out of the Blue Claudio Santamaria Max Flamini Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood 2013/14(59th) Fabrizio Gifuni Giovanni Bernaschi Human Capital Valerio Aprea Mattia Argeri I Can Quit Whenever I Want Giuseppe Battiston Father Weiner The Chair of Happiness Libero De Rienzo Bartolomeo Bonelli I Can Quit Whenever I Want Stefano Fresi Alberto Petrelli I Can Quit Whenever I Want Carlo Verdone Romano The Great Beauty 2014/15(60th) Carlo Buccirosso Vito The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles Claudio Amendola Sergio The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles Fabrizio Bentivoglio Basili The Invisible Boy Luigi Lo Cascio Sandro De Luca An Italian Name Nanni Moretti Giovanni Mia madre 2015(61st) Luca Marinelli Fabio Cannizzaro / Zingaro They Call Me Jeeg Giuseppe Battiston Carlo Bernini The Complexity of Happiness Fabrizio Bentivoglio Antonio Zanzotto The Last Will Be the Last Valerio Binasco Sandro Alaska Alessandro Borghi Aureliano Adami / Number 8 Suburra 2016(62nd) Valerio Mastandrea Ascanio Fiore Roberto De Francesco Sergio Le ultime cose Ennio Fantastichini Chief Warden De Caro La stoffa dei sogni Pierfrancesco Favino Italian Minister of Economy The Confessions Massimiliano Rossi Peppe Indivisible 2017(63rd) Giuliano Montaldo Giorgio Gherarducci Friends by Chance Peppe Barra Pasquale Naples in Veils Alessandro Borghi Chicano Fortunata Carlo Buccirosso Don Vincenzo Strozzalone Love and Bullets Elio Germano Fabio Tenderness 2018(64th) Edoardo Pesce Simone Dogman Fabrizio Bentivoglio Santino Recchia Loro Ennio Fantastichini Giuseppe De André Fabrizio De André - Principe libero Massimo Ghini Sandro There's No Place Like Home Valerio Mastandrea Ettore Euphoria
2020s Year Actor Role(s) Film 2019(65th) Luigi Lo Cascio Salvatore Contorno The Traitor Carlo Buccirosso Totò o' Macellaio 5 Is the Perfect Number Stefano Accorsi Valerio Fioretti The Champion Fabrizio Ferracane Pippo Calò The Traitor Roberto Benigni Geppetto Pinocchio 2020/21(66th) Fabrizio Bentivoglio Franco Restivo Rose Island Gabriel Montesi Amelio GuerriniBad TalesLino Musella Professor Bernardini Bad TalesGiuseppe Cederna Vincenzo Sartori Hammamet Silvio Orlando Aldo The Ties 2021/22(67th) Eduardo Scarpetta Vincenzo Scarpetta The King of Laughter Fabrizio Ferracane Franco Coletti The Inner Cage Valerio Mastandrea Inspector Ginko Diabolik Toni Servillo Saverio Schisa The Hand of God Pietro Castellitto Cencio Freaks Out 2022(68th) Francesco Di Leva Don Luigi Rega Nostalgia Elio Germano Ennio Scribani Lord of the Ants Fausto Russo Alesi Francesco Cossiga Exterior Night Toni Servillo Pope Paul VI Exterior Night Filippo Timi Giovanni The Eight Mountains 2023(69th) Elio Germano Giancarlo Basile Palazzina Laf Giorgio Colangeli Sor Ottorino There's Still Tomorrow Adriano Giannini Vasco Adagio Vinicio Marchioni Nino There's Still Tomorrow Silvio Orlando Ennio A Brighter Tomorrow 2024(70th) Francesco Di Leva Franco Celeste Familia Guido Caprino Carmine The Art of Joy Roberto Citran Aldo Moro The Great Ambition Pierfrancesco Favino Domenico Garofalo Naples to New York Peppe Lanzetta Cardinal Tesorone Parthenope 2025(71st) Lino Musella Curiosone Feeling Better Francesco Gheghi Maurizio 40 secondi Vinicio Marchioni Giacomo Zagari Tired of Killing: Autobiography of an Assassin Fausto Russo Alesi Gabriele D'Annunzio Duse Roberto Citran Cavalier Fadìga The Last One for the Road Andrea Pennacchi Genio The Last One for the Road
See also Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor Cinema of Italy
References
External links
Daviddidonatello.it (official website)