# David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor

The David di Donatello Award for Best Supporting Actor (Italian: David di Donatello per il migliore attore non protagonista) 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) |
| 1980/81 (26th) | Charles Vanel | Donato Giuranna | Three Brothers |
| 1980/81 (26th) | Bruno Ganz | Count of Perrigaux | The Lady of the Camellias |
| 1980/81 (26th) | Néstor Garay | Cesare De Blasi | Camera d'albergo |
| 1981/82 (27th) | | | |
| 1981/82 (27th) | Angelo Infanti | Manuel Fantoni | Talcum Powder |
| 1981/82 (27th) | Alessandro Haber | Father | Piso pisello |
| 1981/82 (27th) | Paolo Stoppa | Pope Pius VII | Il marchese del Grillo |
| 1982/83 (28th) | | | |
| 1982/83 (28th) | Lello Arena | Tonino | Scusate il ritardo |
| 1982/83 (28th) | Tino Schirinzi | Nicolino | Sciopèn |
| 1982/83 (28th) | Paolo Stoppa | Savino Capogreco | All My Friends Part 2 |
| 1983/84 (29th) | | | |
| 1983/84 (29th) | Carlo Giuffré | Falcone | Son contento |
| 1983/84 (29th) | Aldo Giuffré | Cocò | Where's Picone? |
| 1983/84 (29th) | Stefano Satta Flores | Captain Ferrara | One Hundred Days in Palermo |
| 1984/85 (30th) | | | |
| 1984/85 (30th) | Ricky Tognazzi | Michele Orcini | Aurora |
| 1984/85 (30th) | Paolo Bonacelli | Leonardo da Vinci | Nothing Left to Do But Cry |
| 1984/85 (30th) | Ruggero Raimondi | Escamillo | Carmen |
| 1985/86 (31st) | | | |
| 1985/86 (31st) | Bernard Blier | Uncle Gugo | Let's Hope It's a Girl |
| 1985/86 (31st) | Ferruccio De Ceresa | Giulio's father | The Mass Is Ended |
| 1985/86 (31st) | Franco Fabrizi | Television host | Ginger and Fred |
| 1985/86 (31st) | Philippe Noiret | Leonardo | Let's Hope It's a Girl |
| 1986/87 (32nd) | | | |
| 1986/87 (32nd) | Leo Gullotta | Commissioner Iervolino | The Professor |
| 1986/87 (32nd) | Justino Díaz | Iago | Otello |
| 1986/87 (32nd) | Gigi Reder | Filini | Superfantozzi |
| 1986/87 (32nd) | Mattia Sbragia | 1st Brigadist | The Moro Affair |
| 1987/88 (33rd) | | | |
| 1987/88 (33rd) | Peter O'Toole | Reginald Fleming Johnston | The Last Emperor |
| 1987/88 (33rd) | Galeazzo Benti | Sironi | Io e mia sorella |
| 1987/88 (33rd) | Gabriele Ferzetti | Paolo's father | Julia and Julia |
| 1988/89 (34th) | | | |
| 1988/89 (34th) | Carlo Croccolo | Rafele | 'O Re |
| 1988/89 (34th) | Massimo Dapporto | Aldo | Mignon Has Come to Stay |
| 1988/89 (34th) | Paolo Panelli | Paolo | Splendor |

### 1990s

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film |
| 1989/90 (35th) |
| 1989/90 (35th) | Sergio Castellitto | Quinto | Tre colonne in cronaca |
| 1989/90 (35th) | Vittorio Caprioli | Psychoanalyst | Dark Illness |
| 1989/90 (35th) | Roberto Citran | Giuliano | Little Misunderstandings |
| 1989/90 (35th) | Ennio Fantastichini | Tommaso Scalia | Open Doors |
| 1989/90 (35th) | Alessandro Haber | Ugo Signori | Willy Signori e vengo da lontano |
| 1990/91 (36th) | | | |
| 1990/91 (36th) | Ciccio Ingrassia | Marshal Gaetano Scarfi | Condominio |
| 1990/91 (36th) | Enzo Cannavale | Lawyer | The House of Smiles |
| 1990/91 (36th) | Sergio Castellitto | Filippo | Stasera a casa di Alice |
| 1990/91 (36th) | Giuseppe Cederna | Antonio Farina | Mediterraneo |
| 1990/91 (36th) | Ricky Memphis | Red | Ultrà |
| 1991/92 (37th) | | | |
| 1991/92 (37th) | Angelo Orlando | Amedeo | Pensavo fosse amore, invece era un calesse |
| 1991/92 (37th) | Giancarlo Dettori | Attilio | Damned the Day I Met You |
| 1991/92 (37th) | Giorgio Gaber | Domenico Barbaia | Rossini! Rossini! |
| 1992/93 (38th) | | | |
| 1992/93 (38th) | Claudio Amendola | Mauro | Un'altra vita |
| 1992/93 (38th) | Renato Carpentieri | Old Massimo | Fiorile |
| 1992/93 (38th) | Leo Gullotta | Polizzi | The Escort |
| 1993/94 (39th) | | | |
| 1993/94 (39th) | Alessandro Haber | Socrates | For Love, Only for Love |
| 1993/94 (39th) | Giancarlo Giannini | Paolo Borsellino | Giovanni Falcone |
| 1993/94 (39th) | Leopoldo Trieste | Livatino's father | Law of Courage |
| 1994/95 (40th) | | | |
| 1994/95 (40th) | Giancarlo Giannini | Pietro Fraschini | Like Two Crocodiles |
| 1994/95 (40th) | Roberto Citran | Loris | The Bull |
| 1994/95 (40th) | Philippe Noiret | Pablo Neruda | Il Postino: The Postman |
| 1995/96 (41st) | | | |
| 1995/96 (41st) | Leopoldo Trieste | The Mute | The Star Maker |
| 1995/96 (41st) | Raul Bova | Nino Di Venanzio | Palermo - Milan One Way |
| 1995/96 (41st) | Alessandro Haber | Professor Galliano | The Graduates |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | | | |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | Leo Gullotta | Carlo Gabbiadini | The Game Bag |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | Diego Abatantuono | Solo | Nirvana |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | Antonio Albanese | Antonio | Vesna Goes Fast |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | Claudio Amendola | Sandro Nardella | An Eyewitness Account |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | Massimo Ceccherini | Libero Quarini | The Cyclone |
| 1997/98 (43rd) | | | |
| 1997/98 (43rd) | Silvio Orlando | Himself | April |
| 1997/98 (43rd) | Sergio Bustric | Ferruccio Papini | Life Is Beautiful |
| 1997/98 (43rd) | Massimo Ceccherini | Germano | Fuochi d'artificio |
| 1998/99 (44th) | | | |
| 1998/99 (44th) | Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Antonio | Of Lost Love |
| 1998/99 (44th) | Mario Scaccia | Old Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies | Ferdinando and Carolina |
| 1998/99 (44th) | Emilio Solfrizzi | Sergio | Marriages |

### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film |
| 1999/00 (45th) |
| 1999/00 (45th) | Giuseppe Battiston | Costantino Caponangeli | Bread and Tulips |
| 1999/00 (45th) | Leo Gullotta | Giovanni Pandico | A Respectable Man |
| 1999/00 (45th) | Emilio Solfrizzi | Lojacono | Outlaw |
| 2000/01 (46th) | | | |
| 2000/01 (46th) | Tony Sperandeo | Gaetano Badalamenti | One Hundred Steps |
| 2000/01 (46th) | Silvio Orlando | Oscar | The Son's Room |
| 2000/01 (46th) | Claudio Santamaria | Paolo | The Last Kiss |
| 2001/02 (47th) | | | |
| 2001/02 (47th) | Libero De Rienzo | Bartolomeo 'Bart' Vanzetti | Santa Maradona |
| 2001/02 (47th) | Leo Gullotta | Eng. Mario Pancini | Vajont |
| 2001/02 (47th) | Silvio Orlando | Saverio | Light of My Eyes |
| 2002/03 (48th) | | | |
| 2002/03 (48th) | Ernesto Mahieux | Peppino Profeta | The Embalmer |
| 2002/03 (48th) | Antonio Catania | Ernesto | It Can't Be All Our Fault |
| 2002/03 (48th) | Pierfrancesco Favino | Sergeant Rizzo | El Alamein: The Line of Fire |
| 2002/03 (48th) | Giancarlo Giannini | Cesare Balocchi | Incantato |
| 2002/03 (48th) | Kim Rossi Stuart | Candlewick | Pinocchio |
| 2003/04 (49th) | | | |
| 2003/04 (49th) | Roberto Herlitzka | Aldo Moro | Good Morning, Night |
| 2003/04 (49th) | Diego Abatantuono | Sergio | I'm Not Scared |
| 2003/04 (49th) | Elio Germano | Manuel | What Will Happen to Us |
| 2003/04 (49th) | Fabrizio Gifuni | Carlo Tommasi | The Best of Youth |
| 2003/04 (49th) | Emilio Solfrizzi | Gustavo Torregiani | Agata and the Storm |
| 2004/05 (50th) | | | |
| 2004/05 (50th) | Carlo Verdone | Goffredo Liguori | Manual of Love |
| 2004/05 (50th) | Johnny Dorelli | Gianca's father | When Do the Girls Show Up? |
| 2004/05 (50th) | Silvio Muccino | Tommaso | Manual of Love |
| 2004/05 (50th) | Raffaele Pisu | Carlo | The Consequences of Love |
| 2004/05 (50th) | Fabio Troiano | The Angel | After Midnight |
| 2005/06 (51st) | | | |
| 2005/06 (51st) | Pierfrancesco Favino | The Libanese | Romanzo criminale |
| 2005/06 (51st) | Giorgio Faletti | Professor Antonio Martinelli | Night Before The Exams |
| 2005/06 (51st) | Neri Marcorè | Nino Ricci | The Second Wedding Night |
| 2005/06 (51st) | Nanni Moretti | Himself / Silvio Berlusconi | The Caiman |
| 2005/06 (51st) | Sergio Rubini | Tonino | Our Land |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | | | |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | Giorgio Colangeli | Luigi Sparti | Salty Air |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | Ninetto Davoli | Giovanni | One Out of Two |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | Ennio Fantastichini | Sergio | Saturn in Opposition |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | Valerio Mastandrea | Ferrante Papucci | Napoleon and Me |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | Riccardo Scamarcio | Manico Benassi | My Brother is an Only Child |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | | | |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | Alessandro Gassmann | Carlo Paladini | Quiet Chaos |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | Giuseppe Battiston | Vito | Days and Clouds |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | Fabrizio Gifuni | Corrado Canali | The Girl by the Lake |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | Ahmed Hafiene | Hassan | The Right Distance |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | Umberto Orsini | Uncle Lino | The Early Bird Catches the Worm |
| 2008/09 (54th) | | | |
| 2008/09 (54th) | Giuseppe Battiston | Alberto Nardini | Don't Think About It |
| 2008/09 (54th) | Claudio Bisio | Sergio | Many Kisses Later |
| 2008/09 (54th) | Carlo Buccirosso | Paolo Cirino Pomicino | Il Divo |
| 2008/09 (54th) | Luca Lionello | Michele | Cover Boy |
| 2008/09 (54th) | Filippo Nigro | Remo | Different from Whom? |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film |
| 2009/10 (55th) |
| 2009/10 (55th) | Ennio Fantastichini | Vincenzo Cantone | Loose Cannons |
| 2009/10 (55th) | The supporting ensemble of Baarìa | The supporting ensemble of Baarìa | Baarìa |
| 2009/10 (55th) | Pierfrancesco Favino | Marco | Kiss Me Again |
| 2009/10 (55th) | Marco Giallini | Luigi Mascolo | Me, Them and Lara |
| 2009/10 (55th) | Marco Messeri | Loredano 'Loriano' Nesi | The First Beautiful Thing |
| 2010/11 (56th) | | | |
| 2010/11 (56th) | Giuseppe Battiston | Claudio | La Passione |
| 2010/11 (56th) | Raoul Bova | Piero | La nostra vita |
| 2010/11 (56th) | Francesco Di Leva | Edoardo | A Quiet Life |
| 2010/11 (56th) | Rocco Papaleo | Lionello Frustace | Escort in Love |
| 2010/11 (56th) | Alessandro Siani | Mattia Volpe | Benvenuti al Sud |
| 2011/12 (57th) | | | |
| 2011/12 (57th) | Pierfrancesco Favino | Giuseppe Pinelli | Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy |
| 2011/12 (57th) | Giuseppe Battiston | Devis | Shun Li and the Poet |
| 2011/12 (57th) | Marco Giallini | Mazinga | ACAB - All Cops Are Bastards |
| 2011/12 (57th) | Fabrizio Gifuni | Aldo Moro | Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy |
| 2011/12 (57th) | Renato Scarpa | Cardinal Gregori | We Have a Pope |
| 2012/13 (58th) | | | |
| 2012/13 (58th) | Valerio Mastandrea | Andrea Bottini | Long Live Freedom |
| 2012/13 (58th) | Stefano Accorsi | Andrea | A Five Star Life |
| 2012/13 (58th) | Giuseppe Battiston | Amanzio | Garibaldi's Lovers |
| 2012/13 (58th) | Marco Giallini | Enzo Brighi | Out of the Blue |
| 2012/13 (58th) | Claudio Santamaria | Max Flamini | Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood |
| 2013/14 (59th) | | | |
| 2013/14 (59th) | Fabrizio Gifuni | Giovanni Bernaschi | Human Capital |
| 2013/14 (59th) | Valerio Aprea | Mattia Argeri | I Can Quit Whenever I Want |
| 2013/14 (59th) | Giuseppe Battiston | Father Weiner | The Chair of Happiness |
| 2013/14 (59th) | Libero De Rienzo | Bartolomeo Bonelli | I Can Quit Whenever I Want |
| 2013/14 (59th) | Stefano Fresi | Alberto Petrelli | I Can Quit Whenever I Want |
| 2013/14 (59th) | Carlo Verdone | Romano | The Great Beauty |
| 2014/15 (60th) | | | |
| 2014/15 (60th) | Carlo Buccirosso | Vito | The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles |
| 2014/15 (60th) | Claudio Amendola | Sergio | The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles |
| 2014/15 (60th) | Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Basili | The Invisible Boy |
| 2014/15 (60th) | Luigi Lo Cascio | Sandro De Luca | An Italian Name |
| 2014/15 (60th) | Nanni Moretti | Giovanni | Mia madre |
| 2015/16 (61st) | | | |
| 2015/16 (61st) | Luca Marinelli | Fabio Cannizzaro / Zingaro | They Call Me Jeeg |
| 2015/16 (61st) | Giuseppe Battiston | Carlo Bernini | The Complexity of Happiness |
| 2015/16 (61st) | Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Antonio Zanzotto | The Last Will Be the Last |
| 2015/16 (61st) | Valerio Binasco | Sandro | Alaska |
| 2015/16 (61st) | Alessandro Borghi | Aureliano Adami / Number 8 | Suburra |
| 2016/17 (62nd) | | | |
| 2016/17 (62nd) | Valerio Mastandrea | Ascanio | Fiore |
| 2016/17 (62nd) | Roberto De Francesco | Sergio | Le ultime cose |
| 2016/17 (62nd) | Ennio Fantastichini | Chief Warden De Caro | La stoffa dei sogni |
| 2016/17 (62nd) | Pierfrancesco Favino | Italian Minister of Economy | The Confessions |
| 2016/17 (62nd) | Massimiliano Rossi | Peppe | Indivisible |
| 2017/18 (63rd) | | | |
| 2017/18 (63rd) | Giuliano Montaldo | Giorgio Gherarducci | Friends by Chance |
| 2017/18 (63rd) | Peppe Barra | Pasquale | Naples in Veils |
| 2017/18 (63rd) | Alessandro Borghi | Chicano | Fortunata |
| 2017/18 (63rd) | Carlo Buccirosso | Don Vincenzo Strozzalone | Love and Bullets |
| 2017/18 (63rd) | Elio Germano | Fabio | Tenderness |
| 2018/19 (64th) | | | |
| 2018/19 (64th) | Edoardo Pesce | Simone | Dogman |
| 2018/19 (64th) | Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Santino Recchia | Loro |
| 2018/19 (64th) | Ennio Fantastichini | Giuseppe De André | Fabrizio De André - Principe libero |
| 2018/19 (64th) | Massimo Ghini | Sandro | There's No Place Like Home |
| 2018/19 (64th) | Valerio Mastandrea | Ettore | Euphoria |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film |
| 2019/20 (65th) |
| 2019/20 (65th) | Luigi Lo Cascio | Salvatore Contorno | The Traitor |
| 2019/20 (65th) | Carlo Buccirosso | Totò o' Macellaio | 5 Is the Perfect Number |
| 2019/20 (65th) | Stefano Accorsi | Valerio Fioretti | The Champion |
| 2019/20 (65th) | Fabrizio Ferracane | Pippo Calò | The Traitor |
| 2019/20 (65th) | Roberto Benigni | Geppetto | Pinocchio |
| 2020/21 (66th) | | | |
| 2020/21 (66th) | Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Franco Restivo | Rose Island |
| 2020/21 (66th) | Gabriel Montesi | Amelio Guerrini | Bad Tales |
| 2020/21 (66th) | Lino Musella | Professor Bernardini | Bad Tales |
| 2020/21 (66th) | Giuseppe Cederna | Vincenzo Sartori | Hammamet |
| 2020/21 (66th) | Silvio Orlando | Aldo | The Ties |
| 2021/22 (67th) | | | |
| 2021/22 (67th) | Eduardo Scarpetta | Vincenzo Scarpetta | The King of Laughter |
| 2021/22 (67th) | Fabrizio Ferracane | Franco Coletti | The Inner Cage |
| 2021/22 (67th) | Valerio Mastandrea | Inspector Ginko | Diabolik |
| 2021/22 (67th) | Toni Servillo | Saverio Schisa | The Hand of God |
| 2021/22 (67th) | Pietro Castellitto | Cencio | Freaks Out |
| 2022/23 (68th) | | | |
| 2022/23 (68th) | Francesco Di Leva | Don Luigi Rega | Nostalgia |
| 2022/23 (68th) | Fausto Russo Alesi | Francesco Cossiga | Exterior Night |
| 2022/23 (68th) | Toni Servillo | Pope Paul VI | Exterior Night |
| 2022/23 (68th) | Elio Germano | Ennio Scribani | Lord of the Ants |
| 2022/23 (68th) | Filippo Timi | Giovanni | The Eight Mountains |