BAFTA Award for Best actor in a Supporting Role - wikipedia BAFTA Award for Best actor in a Supporting Role BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor Awarded for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Location United Kingdom Presented by British Academy of Film and Television Arts Currently held by Sam Rockwell for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ( 2017 ) Website http://www.bafta.org/ 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 recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film. Actors of all nationalities are eligible to receive the award. Notes : † -- indicates the performance also won the Academy Award ‡ -- indicates the performance was also nominated for the Academy Award Contents 1 Winner and nominees 1.1 1960s 1.2 1970s 1.3 1980s 1.4 1990s 1.5 2000s 1.6 2010s 2 Multiple nominations 3 Multiple wins 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Winner and nominees Laurence Olivier won in 1969 for his role in Oh ! What a Lovely War Denholm Elliott won three times consecutive for Trading Places, A Private Function and Defence of the Realm in 1983, 1984 and 1985, respectively Benicio del Toro won for his role in 2000 's Traffic Jim Broadbent won for his performance in Moulin Rouge ! ( 2001 ) Christopher Walken won for his performance in Catch Me If You Can ( 2002 ) Javier Bardem won for his performance in No Country for Old Men ( 2007 ) Heath Ledger won posthumously for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight ( 2008 ) and also the first win for portraying a comic book character Christoph Waltz won twice for his roles in Inglourious Basterds ( 2009 ) and Django Unchained ( 2012 ) At age 82, Christopher Plummer became the oldest acting Oscar winner for his performance in Beginners ( 2011 ) J.K. Simmons won for his role in Whiplash ( 2014 ) Mark Rylance won for portraying Rudolf Abel in Bridge of Spies ( 2015 ) Dev Patel won for his performance as Saroo Brierley in Lion ( 2016 ) Sam Rockwell won for his performance as Jason Dixon in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ( 2017 ) 1960s Year Actor Film Role ( s ) Ref. 1968 22nd 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 1969 23rd 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 Film Role ( s ) 1970 24th Colin Welland Kes Mr Farthing Bernard Cribbins The Railway Children Albert Perks John Mills Ryan 's Daughter Michael † Gig Young They Shoot Horses, Do n't They ? Rocky † 1971 25th 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 1972 26th Ben Johnson The Last Picture Show Sam the Lion † Max Adrian ( posthumous ) The Boy Friend Mr Max / Lord Hubert Brockhurst Robert Duvall The Godfather Tom Hagen ‡ Ralph Richardson Lady Caroline Lamb George IV of the United Kingdom 1973 27th 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 28th 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 ‡ 29th 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 ‡ 1976 30th 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 † 1977 31st Edward Fox A Bridge Too Far Brian Horrocks Colin Blakely Equus Frank Strang Robert Duvall Network Frank Hackett Zero Mostel The Front Hecky Brown 1978 32nd 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 1979 33rd 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 Film Role ( s ) 1981 35th 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 1982 36th Jack Nicholson Reds Eugene O'Neill ‡ Frank Finlay The Return of the Soldier William Grey Edward Fox Gandhi Reginald Dyer Roshan Seth Jawaharlal Nehru 37th 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 1984 38th Denholm Elliott A Private Function Charles Swaby Michael Elphick Gorky Park Pasha Ian Holm Greystoke : The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Phillippe D'Arnot Ralph Richardson The Earl of Greystoke ‡ 1985 39th 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 1986 40th Ray McAnally The Mission Altamirano Klaus Maria Brandauer Out of Africa Bror Blixen ‡ Simon Callow A Room with a View Arthur Beebe Denholm Elliott Mr. Emerson 41st Daniel Auteuil Jean de Florette Ugolin Ian Bannen Hope and Glory Grandfather George Sean Connery The Untouchables Jimmy Malone † John Thaw Cry Freedom Kruger 1988 42nd 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 1989 43rd 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 The Joker 1990s Year Actor Film Role ( s ) 1990 44th Salvatore Cascio Cinema Paradiso ( Nuovo 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 ‡ 1991 45th Alan Rickman Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves Sheriff of Nottingham Alan Bates Hamlet Claudius Derek Jacobi Dead Again Franklyn Madson Andrew Strong The Commitments Deco Cuffe 1992 46th Gene Hackman Unforgiven Little Bill Daggett † Jaye Davidson ‡ The Crying Game Dil Tommy Lee Jones JFK Clay Shaw ‡ Samuel West Howards End Leonard Bast 1993 47th Ralph Fiennes Schindler 's List Amon Göth ‡ Ben Kingsley Schindler 's List Itzhak Stern John Malkovich In the Line of Fire Mitch Leary ‡ Tommy Lee Jones The Fugitive Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard † 1994 48th Samuel L. Jackson Pulp Fiction Jules Winnfield ‡ Simon Callow Four Weddings and a Funeral Gareth John Hannah Matthew Paul Scofield Quiz Show Mark Van Doren ‡ 1995 49th 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 50th Paul Scofield The Crucible Thomas Danforth John Gielgud Shine Cecil Parkes Edward Norton Primal Fear Aaron Stampler ‡ Alan Rickman Michael Collins Éamon de Valera 1997 51st Tom Wilkinson The Full Monty Gerald Mark Addy The Full Monty Dave Rupert Everett My Best Friend 's Wedding George Downes Burt Reynolds Boogie Nights Jack Horner ‡ 1998 52nd Geoffrey Rush Elizabeth Frances Walsingham Ed Harris The Truman Show Christof ‡ Geoffrey Rush Shakespeare In Love Philip Henslowe ‡ Tom Wilkinson Hugh Fennyman 1999 53rd 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 Film Role ( s ) 2000 54th 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 ( posthumous ) Proximo 2001 55th Jim Broadbent Moulin Rouge ! Harold Zidler Hugh Bonneville Iris John Bayley ( Young ) Robbie Coltrane Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone Rubeus Hagrid Colin Firth Bridget Jones 's Diary Mark Darcy Eddie Murphy Shrek Donkey * * To date, Murphy is the only performer nominated for a BAFTA Award for a voiceover performance 2002 56th 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 Rooney ‡ 2003 57th 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 Boyle † 58th Clive Owen Closer Larry Gray ‡ Alan Alda The Aviator Owen Brewster ‡ Phil Davis Vera Drake Stanley Drake Jamie Foxx Collateral Max Durocher ‡ Rodrigo de la Serna The Motorcycle Diaries ( Diarios de motocicleta ) Alberto Granado 2005 59th 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 Ryan ‡ 2006 60th Alan Arkin Little Miss Sunshine Edwin Hoover † James McAvoy The Last King of Scotland Nicholas Garrigan Jack Nicholson The Departed Frank Costello Leslie Phillips Venus Ian Brooks Michael Sheen The Queen Tony Blair 2007 61st 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 Edens ‡ 2008 62nd Heath Ledger ( posthumous ) The Dark Knight The 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 Feldheimer 2009 63rd Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds Col. 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 Film Role ( s ) Ref. 64th Geoffrey Rush The King 's Speech Lionel Logue ‡ Christian Bale The Fighter Dicky Eklund † Andrew Garfield The Social Network Eduardo Saverin Pete Postlethwaite ( posthumous ) The Town Fergus `` Fergie '' Colm Mark Ruffalo The Kids Are All Right Paul Hatfield ‡ 2011 65th 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 66th 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 67th 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 68th J.K. Simmons Whiplash Terrence Fletcher † Steve Carell Foxcatcher John du Pont ‡ ( in Best Actor ) Ethan Hawke Boyhood Mason Evans Sr. ‡ Edward Norton Birdman Mike Shiner ‡ Mark Ruffalo Foxcatcher David Schultz ‡ 2015 69th 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 70th 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 71st 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 ‡ Note : No award for Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress was presented in 1980. In 1981, the award was for Best Supporting Artist. All four nominees were male. Multiple nominations 7 nominations Denholm Elliott 4 nominations John Gielgud Philip Seymour Hoffman Ian Holm John Hurt Tommy Lee Jones Jack Nicholson 3 nominations Robert Duvall Edward Fox Alan Rickman Mark Ruffalo Geoffrey Rush Tom Wilkinson 2 nominations Alan Alda Alan Arkin Christian Bale Martin Balsam Ian Bannen Javier Bardem Jim Broadbent Simon Callow George Clooney Sean Connery Benicio del Toro Albert Finney Hugh Grant Gene Hackman Ed Harris Ray McAnally Alfred Molina Edward Norton Christopher Plummer Ralph Richardson Jason Robards Paul Scofield Christopher Walken Christoph Waltz Multiple wins 3 wins Denholm Elliott ( consecutive ) 2 wins Edward Fox Ian Holm Ray McAnally Geoffrey Rush Christoph Waltz See also Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Critics ' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor -- Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role References Jump up ^ Kinn, Gail ; Piazza, Jim ( 2014 ). The Academy Awards : The Complete Unofficial History ( 5 ed. ). New York, United States : Workman Publishing Company. p. 345. ISBN 978 - 1 - 57912 - 986 - 6. Jump up ^ Holm, Ian ; Jacobi, Steven ( 2004 ). `` Ian Holm : A Select CV ''. Acting My Life. Bantam Books. p. 327. ISBN 9780593052143. Jump up ^ Green, Matt. Celebrity Biographies - The Amazing Life of Sir Anthony Hopkins - Famous Actors. Jump up ^ O'Neill, William L. ( January 1, 2003 ). The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives : M-Z. C. Scribner 's Sons. p. 406. ISBN 9780684312224. Jump up ^ Mayer, Geoff ( 2003 ). Guide to British Cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 295. ISBN 9780313303074. Jump up ^ Block, Maxine ; Rothe, Anna Herthe ; Candee, Marjorie Dent ; Moritz, Charles ( 2002 ). Current Biography Yearbook. H.W. Wilson Company. p. 238. Jump up ^ Thompson, Clifford ; Wilson, H.W. ( 2002 ). Current Biography Yearbook, 2003. H.W. Wilson Company. p. 238. ISBN 9780824210267. Jump up ^ Sight and Sound. 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External links BAFTA Awards Database BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Ian Holm ( 1968 ) Laurence Olivier ( 1969 ) Colin Welland ( 1970 ) Edward Fox ( 1971 ) Ben Johnson ( 1972 ) Arthur Lowe ( 1973 ) John Gielgud ( 1974 ) Fred Astaire ( 1975 ) Brad Dourif ( 1976 ) Edward Fox ( 1977 ) John Hurt ( 1978 ) Robert Duvall ( 1979 ) Ian Holm ( 1981 ) Jack Nicholson ( 1982 ) Denholm Elliott ( 1983 ) Denholm Elliott ( 1984 ) Denholm Elliott ( 1985 ) Ray McAnally ( 1986 ) Daniel Auteuil ( 1987 ) Michael Palin ( 1988 ) Ray McAnally ( 1989 ) Salvatore Cascio ( 1990 ) Alan Rickman ( 1991 ) Gene Hackman ( 1992 ) Ralph Fiennes ( 1993 ) Samuel L. 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Question: who won best supporting actor at the baftas
Answer: Sam Rockwell