The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to an actor for the best performance by an actor in a supporting role.
History The award was established at the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards (1985) and the first winner was Shum Wai for his role in the film Long Arm of the Law. There are typically 5 or 6 nominations for the category of Best Supporting Actor from which one actor is chosen the winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.
The actors with most awards in this category are Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Paul Chun, Anthony Wong, Liu Kai-chi, and Eric Tsang with 2 times each. Tony Leung Chiu-wai also holds the record for the actor with the most awards in the Best Actor category.
Winners and nominees Year Actor Film Character name Note 1985(4th) Shum Wai Long Arm of the Law Chor Yuen Cherie Tai Bo Law with Two Phases Chang Kuo-chu An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty Anthony Chan Behind the Yellow Line 1986(5th) Mang Hoi Yes, Madam Clarence Fok Let's Make Laugh 2 Lam Ching-ying Mr. Vampire Billy Lau 1987(6th) Paul Chun The Lunatics Waise Lee A Better Tomorrow Wu Ma Righting Wrongs Paul Chun Peking Opera Blues Chow Yun-fat Love Unto Waste Shing Fui-On The Law Enforcer 1988(7th) Tony Leung Chiu-wai People's Hero Wu Ma A Chinese Ghost Story Roy Cheung Prison on Fire Ho Ka-kui Tsui Hark Final Victory Ronald Wong People's Hero 1989(8th) Jacky Cheung As Tears Go By Stephen Chow Final Justice Alex Man As Tears Go By Eric Tsang The Other Half and the Other Half Wu Ma Last Eunuch in China 1990(9th) Tony Leung Chiu-wai My Heart Is That Eternal Rose Paul Chu The Killer Shing Fui-On Stars & Roses Wong Kwan-Yuen All About Ah-Long 1991(10th) Ng Man-tat A Moment of Romance Jacky Cheung A Chinese Ghost Story II Jacky Cheung The Swordsman Lau Shun Ng Man-tat All for the Winner Derek Yee Kawashima Yoshiko 1992(11th) Kwan Hoi-San Lee Rock Jacky Cheung Once Upon a Time in China Aaron Kwok Saviour of the Soul Ng Man-tat Fight Back to School Kent Tong The Tigers 1993(12th) Liu Kai-chi Cageman Tony Leung Chiu-wai Hard Boiled Francis Ng Handsome Siblings Anthony Wong Now You See Love, Now You Don't Donnie Yen Once Upon a Time in China II 1994(13th) Paul Chun C'est la vie, mon chéri Kent Cheng Crime Story Lawrence Cheng Tom, Dick and Hairy Tsui Kam-Kong All Men Are Brothers: Blood of the Leopard Michael Lee Temptation of a Monk Anthony Wong Legal Innocence 1995(14th) Jordan Chan Twenty Something Power Chan The Final Option Jordan Chan He's a Woman, She's a Man Eric Kot In Between Law Kar-ying From Beijing with Love 1996(15th) Law Kar-ying Summer Snow Chin Kar-lok Full Throttle Jordan Chan Heaven Can't Wait Eric Kot Love in the Time of Twilight Dayo Wong The Day that Doesn't Exist 1997(16th) Eric Tsang Comrades: Almost a Love Story Jordan Chan Big Bullet Jerry Lamb The Log Tsui Kam-Kong Viva Erotica Anthony Wong Young and Dangerous 3 Simon Yam To Be No. 1 1998(17th) Jiang Wen The Soong Sisters Chang Chen Happy Together Law Kar-ying Kitchen Eric Tsang Task Force Poon Chang-Leung The Mad Phoenix 1999(18th) Patrick Tam Beast Cops Nick Cheung The Conman Alex Fong Your Place or Mine! Sam Lee The Longest Summer Eric Tsang Hold You Tight 2000(19th) Ti Lung The Kid Hui Siu-Hung Running Out of Time Lam Suet The Mission Lo Bei Little Cheung Tse Kwan-Ho Ordinary Heroes 2001(20th) Francis Ng 2000 A.D. Eason Chan Lavender Chang Chen Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Roy Cheung Jiang hu: The Triad Zone Simon Yam Juliet in Love 2002(21st) Wong Yat-fei Shaolin Soccer Gordon Lam Dance of a Dream David Lee From the Queen to the Chief Executive Patrick Tam Kar-Ming Born Wild Simon Yam Midnight Fly 2003(22nd) Anthony Wong Infernal Affairs Anthony Wong Just One Look Princess D Chapman To Infernal Affairs Eric Tsang 2004(23rd) Tony Leung Ka-fai Men Suddenly in Black Eddie Cheung Running on Karma Ronald Cheng My Lucky Star Liu Kai-chi Infernal Affairs II Chapman To 2005(24th)Yuen WahKung Fu Hustle Daniel Wu New Police Story Danny Chan Kwok Kwan Kung Fu Hustle Jim Chim Driving Miss Wealthy Tony Leung Ka-fai Dumplings: Three...Extremes 2006(25th)Anthony WongInitial D Alex Fong Drink-Drank-Drunk Wong Tin-lam Election Hu Jun Everlasting Regret Liu Kai-chi SPL: Sha Po Lang 2007(26th) Ian Gouw After This Our Exile Nick Cheung Election 2 Simon Yam Jay Chou Curse of the Golden Flower Liu Ye 2008(27th) Andy Lau Protégé Nick Cheung Exodus Ronald Cheng Mr. Cinema Chow Yun-fat The Postmodern Life of My Aunt Louis Koo Protégé 2009(28th) Liu Kai-chi Beast Stalker Stephen Chow CJ7 Zhang Fengyi Red Cliff Gordon Lam Ip Man Louis Fan 2010(29th)Nicholas TseBodyguards and AssassinsTony Leung Ka-faiBodyguards and AssassinsChang ChenRed Cliff IIFeng Tsui FanAccidentAlex FongOverheard 2011(30th)Teddy RobinGallantsTony Leung Ka-faiDetective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom FlameDeng ChaoWang XueqiReign Of AssassinsLiu Kai-chiThe Stool Pigeon 2012(31st)Lo Hoi PangLife Without PrincipleJimmy WangWu XiaPaul ChunA Simple LifeNicholas TseShaolinKenneth TsangOverheard 2 2013(32nd)Ronald ChengVulgariaLiu Kai-chiThe Bullet VanishesLam Ka TungCold WarChapman ToDivaAlex ManThe Bounty 2014(33rd)Zhang JinThe GrandmasterTong DaweiAmerican Dreams In ChinaHuang BoJourney to the West: Conquering the DemonsEddie PengUnbeatableAnthony ChanRigor Mortis 2015(34th)Kenneth TsangOverheard 3Alex FongOverheard 3Ng Man-tatAberdeenLam Suet The Midnight AfterWang BaoqiangKung Fu Jungle 2016(35th)Michael NingPort of CallAndrew LamFull StrikeLouis CheungKeeper Of DarknessZhang JinSPL II: A Time For Consequences Zhang JinIp Man 3 2017(36th)Eric TsangMad WorldThe 36th Hong Kong Film AwardsPaul ChunBook of LoveNg Man-tatThe MenuPhilip KeungTrivisaLiu Kai-chiWeeds on Fire 2018(37th)Philip KeungShock WaveThe 37th Hong Kong Film Awards Philip KeungConcerto Of The Bully Yasuaki KurataThe Empty HandsPaul ChunLove Off the CuffLam Ka Tung Paradox Yasuaki Kurata God of War 2019(38th)Ben YuenTraceyThe 38th Hong Kong Film Awards Kenny WongMen On The Dragon Poon Chan Leung Sam Lee Still Human Liu Kai-chi Project Gutenberg 2020(39th)Cheung Tat-mingI'm Livin' It Philip KeungA Witness Out of the Blue Siuyea Lo Suk Suk Alex Man I'm Livin' It Zhang Qi The New King of Comedy 2022(40th)Mason FungZero to HeroLouis KooAnita Lam SuetTime Will Or Drifting Tse Kwan-ho 2023(41st)Michael HuiWhere the Wind BlowsJan LambThe Sparring PartnerLaw Wing-cheungMama's AffairLouis CheungTable for SixPeter Chan 2024(42nd)David ChiangIn Broad DaylightSean WongTime Still Turns the PagesJiro LeeOver My Dead BodyWu Kang-renFly Me to the MoonTse Kwan-hoA Guilty Conscience 2025(43rd)Chu Pak HongThe Last DanceLouis KooTwilight of the Warriors: Walled InPhilip NgTwilight of the Warriors: Walled InSiuyea LoMontages of a Modern MotherhoodPaul ChunThe Last Dance
Multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins Wins Actor 2Tony Leung Chiu-waiPaul ChunAnthony WongLiu Kai-chiEric Tsang
Multiple nominations Nominations Actor 8Liu Kai-chi 7Anthony WongPaul Chun 6Eric Tsang 5Ng Man-tat 4Jacky CheungJordan ChanAlex FongSimon YamTony Leung Ka-faiPhilip KeungLam Ka Tung 3Wu MaTony Leung Chiu-waiAlex ManLaw Kar-yingChang ChenNick CheungLam SuetLouis KooChapman ToRonald ChengZhang JinTse Kwan-ho
Records ItemsNameStatisticsNotesMost winsTony Leung Chiu-wai, Paul Chun, Anthony Wong, Liu Kai-chi, and Eric Tsang2 winsMost nominationsLiu Kai-chi8 nominations2 winsOldest winnerMichael HuiAge 80 years, 225 daysFor Where the Wind BlowsOldest nomineeAge 80 years, 159 daysYoungest winnerIan GouwAge 10 years, 6 daysFor After This Our ExileYoungest nomineeAge 9 years, 298 daysMost nominations without a winSimon Yam, Alex Fong and Lam Ka Tung4 nominations
See also Hong Kong Film Award Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography Hong Kong Film Award for Best Cinematography Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer
References
External links Hong Kong Film Awards Official Site