# Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor (Spanish: Premio Ariel a Mejor Coactuación Masculina) is an award presented by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas (AMACC) in Mexico. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the Mexican film industry. In 1947, the 1st and 2nd Ariel Awards were held, with José Baviera and Fernando Soto winning for the films La Barraca and Campeón Sin Corona, respectively. With the exception of the years 1958 to 1971, when the Ariel Awards were suspended, the award has been given annually. Nominees and winners are determined by a committee formed every year consisting of academy members (active and honorary), previous winners and individuals with at least two Ariel nominations; the committee submit their votes through the official AMACC website.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 49 actors. Ernesto Gómez Cruz has received the most awards in this category with four Ariels. José Carlos Ruiz is the most nominated performer, with seven nominations which resulted in three wins. On two separate instances all the nominees in the category were selected from the same film; the first time in 1974, with Sergio Bustamante, Andrés García, and Alejandro Parodi being nominated for the film El Principio, with the award handed to Bustamante; the second time, in 1976, with Gómez Cruz, Eduardo López Rojas, and Claudio Obregón being nominated (and awarded) for their roles in the film Actas de Marusia. Rojo Grau was nominated twice in 1986, for his performances in the films El Escuadrón de la Muerte and Gavilán o Paloma, losing to José Carlos Ruiz for Toña Machetes. In 1996, Damián Alcázar and Jesús Ochoa tied for their work in the films El Anzuelo and Entre Pancho Villa y Una Mujer Desnuda, respectively.
Fifteen films have featured two or more nominated performances for Best Supporting Actor, Doña Perfecta (Carlos Navarro and Julio Villarreal), El Rebozo de Soledad (Carlos López Moctezuma and Domingo Soler), Las Tres Perfectas Casadas (José Elías Moreno and José María Linares), Cadena Perpetua (Ernesto Gómez Cruz and Narciso Busquets), El Callejón de los Milagros (Daniel Giménez Cacho and Esteban Soberanes), Por Si No Te Vuelvo a Ver (Max Kerlow and Justo Martínez), El Evangelio de las Maravillas (Bruno Bichir and Rafael Inclán), La Ley de Herodes (Pedro Armendáriz and Salvador Sánchez), Matando Cabos (Joaquín Cosío and Raúl Méndez), La Zona (Mario Zaragoza and Alan Chávez), El Infierno (Cosío and Gómez Cruz), Días de Gracia (Kristyan Ferrer and Zaragoza), Colosio: El Asesinato (Giménez Cacho and Dagoberto Gama), La Delgada Línea Amarilla (Cosío, Silverio Palacios and Gustavo Sánchez Parra), and La 4a Compañía (Manuel Ojeda, Dario T. Pie and Carlos Valencia); Navarro, López Moctezuma, Moreno, Gómez Cruz, Kerlow, Armendáriz, Zaragoza, Cosío (for El Infierno), Giménez Cacho (for Colosio: El Asesinato) won the award. As of the 2024 ceremony, Fernando Cuautle is the most recent winner in this category for his role in Heroico.

## Winners and nominees

Table key :
| ‡ | Indicates the winner |
| Year | Actor | Film |
| 1947 (1st) | José Baviera‡ | La Barraca |
| 1947 (1st) | Antonio Badú | Me He de Comer Esa Tuna |
| 1947 (1st) | Carlos López Moctezuma | Canaima: El Dios del Mal |
| 1947 (2nd) | Fernando Soto‡ | Campeón Sin Corona |
| 1947 (2nd) | Fortunio Bonanova | Pepita Jiménez |
| 1947 (2nd) | Víctor Junco | La Otra |
| 1948 (3rd) | Víctor Manuel Mendoza‡ | Cuando Lloran los Valientes |
| 1948 (3rd) | Rafael Alcayde | Soledad |
| 1948 (3rd) | Rubén Rojo | Soledad |
| 1949 (4th) | Víctor Parra‡ | El Muchacho Alegre |
| 1949 (4th) | Tito Junco | Que Dios Me Perdone |
| 1949 (4th) | Arturo Martínez | Juan Charrasqueado |
| 1950 (5th) | Víctor Parra‡ | Ángeles del Arrabal |
| 1950 (5th) | Rodolfo Acosta | Salón México |
| 1950 (5th) | Andrés Soler | La Hija del Penal |
| 1951 (6th) | Joaquín Cordero‡ | Las Dos Huerfanitas |
| 1951 (6th) | José María Linares | Doña Diabla |
| 1951 (6th) | Andrés Soler | No Desearás a la Mujer de Tu Hijo |
| 1952 (7th) | Carlos Navarro‡ | Doña Perfecta |
| 1952 (7th) | Alberto Mariscal | Flor de Sangre |
| 1952 (7th) | Julio Villarreal | Doña Perfecta |
| 1953 (8th) | Carlos López Moctezuma‡ | El Rebozo de Soledad |
| 1953 (8th) | Luis Aceves Castañeda | Subida al Cielo |
| 1953 (8th) | Domingo Soler | El Rebozo de Soledad |
| 1954 (9th) | José Elías Moreno‡ | Las Tres Perfectas Casadas |
| 1954 (9th) | José María Linares | Las Tres Perfectas Casadas |
| 1954 (9th) | Andrés Soler | El Bruto |
| 1955 (10th) | Jorge Martínez de Hoyos‡ | Sombra Verde |
| 1955 (10th) | René Cardona | Un Nuevo Amanecer |
| 1955 (10th) | Andrés Soler | Los Fernández de Peralvillo |
| 1956 (11th) | Jaime Fernández‡ | Robinson Crusoe |
| 1956 (11th) | Arturo Martínez | El Siete Leguas |
| 1956 (11th) | Jorge Martínez de Hoyos | El Túnel Seis |
| 1957 (12th) | Jorge Martínez de Hoyos‡ | Canasta de Cuentos Mexicanos |
| 1957 (12th) | René Cardona | ¡Que Seas Feliz! |
| 1957 (12th) | José Elías Moreno | Bodas de Oro |
| 1958 (13th) | Federico Curiel‡ | El Buen Ladrón |
| 1958 (13th) | Raúl Ramírez | Dios No Lo Quiera |
| 1958 (13th) | Carlos Riquelme | La Dulce Enemiga |
| 1959—1971 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 1972 (14th) | Pancho Córdova‡ | "Nosotros" (episode from Tú, Yo, Nosotros) |
| 1972 (14th) | Eric del Castillo | Los Marcados |
| 1972 (14th) | David Silva | El Topo |
| 1973 (15th) | Arturo Beristáin‡ | El Castillo de la Pureza |
| 1973 (15th) | Héctor Ortega | El Rincón de las Vírgenes |
| 1973 (15th) | Héctor Suárez | Mecánica Nacional |
| 1974 (16th) | Sergio Bustamante‡ | El Principio |
| 1974 (16th) | Andrés García | El Principio |
| 1974 (16th) | Alejandro Parodi | El Principio |
| 1975 (17th) | Ernesto Gómez Cruz‡ | La Venida del Rey Olmos |
| 1975 (17th) | Arturo Beristáin | La Otra Virginidad |
| 1975 (17th) | Salvador Sánchez | La Choca |
| 1976 (18th) | Ernesto Gómez Cruz‡ | Actas de Marusia |
| 1976 (18th) | Eduardo López Rojas‡ | Actas de Marusia |
| 1976 (18th) | Claudio Obregón‡ | Actas de Marusia |
| 1977 (19th) | Ernesto Gómez Cruz‡ | Maten al León |
| 1977 (19th) | Manuel Ojeda | El Apando |
| 1977 (19th) | José Carlos Ruiz | Los Albañiles |
| 1978 (20th) | Gonzalo Vega‡ | En el Lugar Sin Limites |
| 1978 (20th) | Ramón Menéndez | Cananea |
| 1978 (20th) | José Carlos Ruiz | Cascabel |
| 1979 (21st) | Ernesto Gómez Cruz‡ | Cadena Perpetua |
| 1979 (21st) | Narciso Busquets | Cadena Perpetua |
| 1979 (21st) | Bruno Rey | Pedro Páramo: El Hombre de la Media Luna |
| 1980 (22nd) | José Carlos Ruiz‡ | Fuego en el Mar |
| 1980 (22nd) | Eric del Castillo | Perro Callejero |
| 1980 (22nd) | Jorge Húmberto Robles | El Infierno de Todos Tan Temido |
| 1981 (23rd) | Víctor Junco‡ | Misterio |
| 1981 (23rd) | Jorge Luke | Morir de Madrugada |
| 1981 (23rd) | Manuel Ojeda | Que Viva Tepito |
| 1982 (24th) | Carlos López Moctezuma‡ | Como México No Hay Dos |
| 1982 (24th) | Juan Angel Martínez | Noche de Carnaval |
| 1982 (24th) | Amado Zumaya | ¡Ora Sí Tenemos Que Ganar! |
| 1983 (25th) | Alfredo Sevilla‡ | La Víspera |
| 1983 (25th) | Alejandro Ciangherotti | La Pachanga |
| 1983 (25th) | Rafael Inclán | Piernas Cruzadas |
| 1984 (26th) | Alejandro Parodi‡ | Nocaut |
| 1984 (26th) | Gastón Padilla | El Tonto Que Hacía Milagros |
| 1984 (26th) | Salvador Sánchez | Motel |
| 1985 (27th) | Miguel Manzano‡ | Las Glorias del Gran Púas |
| 1985 (27th) | Max Kerlow | Frida |
| 1985 (27th) | Juan Ángel Martínez | Luna de Sangre |
| 1986 (28th) | José Carlos Ruiz‡ | Toña Machetes |
| 1986 (28th) | Rojo Grau | El Escuadrón de la Muerte |
| 1986 (28th) | Rojo Grau | Gavilán o Paloma |
| 1987 (29th) | Alejandro Parodi‡ | El Imperio de la Fortuna |
| 1987 (29th) | Alonso Echánove | Amor a la Vuelta de la Esquina |
| 1987 (29th) | José Carlos Ruiz | El Tres de Copas |
| 1988 (30th) | Fernando Balzaretti‡ | Muelle Rojo |
| 1988 (30th) | José Luis Cruz | Mariana, Mariana |
| 1988 (30th) | Sergio Ramos "El Comanche" | Nocturno Amor Que Te Vas |
| 1989 (31st) | Jorge Russek‡ | Los Camaroneros |
| 1989 (31st) | José Carlos Ruiz | ¿Nos Traicionará el Presidente? |
| 1989 (31st) | Alejandro Parodi | El Secreto de Romelia |
| 1990 (32nd) | Roberto Sosa‡ | Lola |
| 1990 (32nd) | Damián Alcázar | La Ciudad al Desnudo |
| 1990 (32nd) | Claudio Obregón | El Otro Crimen |
| 1991 (33rd) | Jorge Fegan‡ | Rojo Amanecer |
| 1991 (33rd) | Ignacio Guadalupe | Pueblo de Madera |
| 1991 (33rd) | Roberto "Flaco" Guzmán | Jóvenes Delincuentes |
| 1992 (34th) | Eduardo Palomo‡ | La Mujer de Benjamín |
| 1992 (34th) | Bruno Bichir | El Patrullero |
| 1992 (34th) | Juan Claudio Retes | El Bulto |
| 1993 (35th) | Luis Aguilar‡ | Los Años de Greta |
| 1993 (35th) | Miguel Manzano | Golpe de Suerte |
| 1993 (35th) | Alejandro Parodi | Ángel de Fuego |
| 1994 (36th) | Damián Alcázar‡ | Lolo |
| 1994 (36th) | Pedro Armendáriz | Guerrero Negro |
| 1994 (36th) | Fernando Balzaretti | Kino |
| 1994 (36th) | Juan Carlos Colombo | Desiertos Mares |
| 1994 (36th) | Alberto Estrella | Principio y Fin |
| 1995 (37th) | José Carlos Ruiz‡ | Dos Crimenes |
| 1995 (37th) | Fernando Arau | Bienvenido — Welcome |
| 1995 (37th) | Daniel Giménez Cacho | El Callejón de los Milagros |
| 1995 (37th) | Esteban Soberanes | El Callejón de los Milagros |
| 1996 (38th) | Damián Alcázar‡ | El Anzuelo |
| 1996 (38th) | Jesús Ochoa‡ | Entre Pancho Villa y Una Mujer Desnuda |
| 1996 (38th) | Héctor Bonilla | Doble Indemnización |
| 1996 (38th) | Guillermo Gil | Sin Remitente |
| 1996 (38th) | Manuel Ojeda | Salón México |
| 1997 (39th) | Salvador Sánchez‡ | Amorosos Fantasmas |
| 1997 (39th) | Germán Dehesa | Cilantro y Perejil |
| 1997 (39th) | Demián Bichir | Luces de la Noche |
| 1997 (39th) | Víctor Pérez | Santo Luzbel |
| 1998 (40th) | Max Kerlow‡ | Por Si No Te Vuelvo a Ver |
| 1998 (40th) | Roberto Cobo | De Noche Vienes, Esmeralda |
| 1998 (40th) | Justo Martínez | Por Si No Te Vuelvo a Ver |
| 1999 (41st) | Jesús Ochoa‡ | Bajo California, el Limite del Tiempo |
| 1999 (41st) | Bruno Bichir | El Evangelio de las Maravillas |
| 1999 (41st) | Rafael Inclán | El Evangelio de las Maravillas |
| 2000 (42nd) | Pedro Armendáriz‡ | La Ley de Herodes |
| 2000 (42nd) | Salvador Sánchez | La Ley de Herodes |
| 2000 (42nd) | Alfredo Sevilla | Ave María |
| 2001 (43rd) | José Alonso‡ | Crónica de un Desayuno |
| 2001 (43rd) | Pedro Armendáriz | Su Alteza Serenísima |
| 2001 (43rd) | Luis Fernando Peña | Perfume de Violetas (Nadie Te Oye) |
| 2002 (44th) | Jorge Sepúlveda‡ | Un Mundo Raro |
| 2002 (44th) | Dagoberto Gama | Cuento de Hadas Para Dormir Cocodrilos |
| 2002 (44th) | Abel Woolrich | El Gavilán de la Sierra |
| 2003 (45th) | Damián Alcázar‡ | El Crimen del Padre Amaro |
| 2003 (45th) | Armando Hernández | Amar Te Duele |
| 2003 (45th) | Mario Iván Martínez | La Habitación Azul |
| 2004 (46th) | Daniel Giménez Cacho‡ | Nicotina |
| 2004 (46th) | Guillermo Gil | El Misterio del Trinidad |
| 2004 (46th) | Tristán Ulloa | Volverás |
| 2005 (47th) | Carlos Cobos‡ | Conejo en la Luna |
| 2005 (47th) | Joaquín Cosío | Matando Cabos |
| 2005 (47th) | Raúl Méndez | Matando Cabos |
| 2006 (48th) | José María Yazpik‡ | Las Vueltas del Citrillo |
| 2006 (48th) | Ricardo Blume | Mezcal |
| 2006 (48th) | Jaime Camil | 7 Días |
| 2007 (49th) | Gerardo Taracena‡ | El Violín |
| 2007 (49th) | Álex Angulo | El Laberinto del Fauno |
| 2007 (49th) | Juan Carlos Colombo | Más Que a Nada en el Mundo |
| 2007 (49th) | Gabino Rodríguez | Fuera del Cielo |
| 2008 (50th) | Mario Zaragoza‡ | La Zona |
| 2008 (50th) | Alan Chávez | La Zona |
| 2008 (50th) | Silverio Palacios | Morirse en Domingo |
| 2009 (51st) | Héctor Herrera‡ | Lake Tahoe |
| 2009 (51st) | Guillermo Francella | Rudo y Cursi |
| 2009 (51st) | Tenoch Huerta | Nesio |
| 2010 (52nd) | José Sefami‡ | Conozca la Cabeza de Juan Pérez |
| 2010 (52nd) | Enrique Arreola | Cinco Días Sin Nora |
| 2010 (52nd) | Rodrigo Corea | Oveja Negra |
| 2010 (52nd) | Iván Cortés | Backyard: El Traspatio |
| 2011 (53rd) | Joaquín Cosío‡ | El Infierno |
| 2011 (53rd) | Juan Ignacio Aranda | Hidalgo: La Historia Jamás Contada |
| 2011 (53rd) | Ernesto Gómez Cruz | El Infierno |
| 2011 (53rd) | Daniel Martínez | Chicogrande |
| 2012 (54th) | Carlos Cobos‡ | Pastorela |
| 2012 (54th) | Kristyan Ferrer | Días de Gracia |
| 2012 (54th) | Roberto Sosa | Victorio |
| 2012 (54th) | Mario Zaragoza | Días de Gracia |
| 2013 (55th) | Daniel Giménez Cacho‡ | Colosio: El Asesinato |
| 2013 (55th) | Dagoberto Gama | Colosio: El Asesinato |
| 2013 (55th) | Luis Rodríguez | Los Mejores Temas |
| 2013 (55th) | Gerardo Trejoluna | El Sueño de Lú |
| 2014 (56th) | Rodolfo Domínguez‡ | La Jaula de Oro |
| 2014 (56th) | Ricardo Blume | Tercera Llamada |
| 2014 (56th) | Dagoberto Gama | Nómadas |
| 2014 (56th) | Juan Eduardo Palacios | Heli |
| 2014 (56th) | Gerardo Taracena | Potosí |
| 2015 (57th) | Noé Hernández‡ | La Tirisia |
| 2015 (57th) | Luis Alberti | Carmín Tropical |
| 2015 (57th) | Carlos Bardem | González |
| 2015 (57th) | Alonso Echánove | Cuatro Lunas |
| 2015 (57th) | Álvaro Guerrero | Eddie Reynolds y los Ángeles de Acero |
| 2016 (58th) | Noé Hernández‡ | 600 Millas |
| 2016 (58th) | Joaquín Cosío | La Delgada Línea Amarilla |
| 2016 (58th) | Emilio Echevarria | Un Monstruo de Mil Cabezas |
| 2016 (58th) | Silverio Palacios | La Delgada Línea Amarilla |
| 2016 (58th) | Gustavo Sánchez Parra | La Delgada Línea Amarilla |
| 2017 (59th) | Hoze Meléndez‡ | Almacenados |
| 2017 (59th) | Diego Cataño | Desierto |
| 2017 (59th) | Mauricio Isaac González | Distancias Cortas |
| 2017 (59th) | Manuel Ojeda | La 4ª Compañía |
| 2017 (59th) | Antonio Parra | El Sueño del Mara'akame |
| 2017 (59th) | Darío T. Pie | La 4ª Compañía |
| 2017 (59th) | Carlos Valencia | La 4ª Compañía |
| 2018 (60th) | Miguel Rodarte‡ | Tiempo Compartido |
| 2018 (60th) | Juan Pablo de Santiago | Sueño en Otro Idioma |
| 2018 (60th) | Pedro de Tavira | Los Adioses |
| 2018 (60th) | Emilio Echevarría | El Elegido |
| 2018 (60th) | Hoze Meléndez | Sueño en Otro Idioma |
| 2019 (61st) | Leonardo Ortizgris‡ | Museo |
| 2019 (61st) | Ernesto Gómez Cruz | De la Infancia |
| 2019 (61st) | Jorge Antonio Guerrero | Roma |
| 2019 (61st) | Flavio Medina | Las Niñas Bien |
| 2019 (61st) | Hoze Meléndez | Mente Revólver |
| 2020 (62nd) | Raúl Briones | Asfixia |
| 2020 (62nd) | Juan Manuel Bernal | Sonora |
| 2020 (62nd) | Daniel Giménez Cacho | Chicuarotes |
| 2020 (62nd) | Sóstenes Manuel Rojas | Cómprame Un Revólver |
| 2020 (62nd) | Adrián Vázquez | Polvo |
| 2021 (63rd) | David Illescas | Sin Señas Particulares |
| 2021 (63rd) | Christian Vázquez | Te Llevo Conmigo |
| 2021 (63rd) | Eligio Meléndez | Nuevo Orden |
| 2021 (63rd) | Emiliano Zurita | El Baile de los 41 |
| 2021 (63rd) | Gabino Rodríguez | Selva Trágica |
| 2022 (64th) | Kristyan Ferrer | Los Minutos Negros |
| 2022 (64th) | Andrés Delgado | Cosas Imposibles |
| 2022 (64th) | Salvador Garcini | Cosas Imposibles |
| 2022 (64th) | Daniel Giménez Cacho | El Diablo Entre las Piernas |
| 2022 (64th) | Guillermo Villegas | Noche de Fuego |
| 2023 (65th) | Raúl Briones | El Norte Sobre el Vacío |
| 2023 (65th) | Fernando Bonilla | El Norte Sobre el Vacío |
| 2023 (65th) | Juan Daniel García Treviño | La civil |
| 2023 (65th) | Jorge A. Jiménez | La civil |
| 2023 (65th) | Francisco Rubio | Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades |
| 2024 (66th) | Fernando Cuautle | Heroico |
| 2024 (66th) | Juan Manuel Bernal | Confesiones |
| 2024 (66th) | Humberto Busto | Martínez |
| 2024 (66th) | Julio Cesar Cedillo | A Cielo Abierto |
| 2024 (66th) | Mateo García | Tótem |

## Multiple wins and nominations

| Wins | Actor |
| 4 | Ernesto Gómez Cruz |
| 3 | Damián Alcázar |
| 3 | José Carlos Ruiz |
| 2 | Carlos Cobos |
| 2 | Daniel Giménez Cacho |
| 2 | Noé Hernández |
| 2 | Carlos López Moctezuma |
| 2 | Jorge Martínez de Hoyos |
| 2 | Jesús Ochoa |
| 2 | Alejandro Parodi |
| 2 | Víctor Parra |
| 2 | Raúl Briones |
| Nominations | Actor |
| 7 | José Carlos Ruiz |
| 6 | Ernesto Gómez Cruz |
| 5 | Alejandro Parodi |
| 5 | Daniel Giménez Cacho |
| 4 | Damián Alcázar |
| 4 | Manuel Ojeda |
| 4 | Salvador Sánchez |