# National Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

The National Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. A national panel appointed annually by the NFDC selects the actor who has given the best performance in a supporting role within Indian cinema. The award is presented by the President of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Actor in a Supporting Role".
The winner is given a "Rajat Kamal" (Silver Lotus) certificate and a cash prize of ₹2 lakh (US$2,300). Including ties and repeat winners, the government of India has presented a total of 32 Best Supporting Actor awards to 29 different actors. Although Indian cinema produces films in more than 20 languages, the actors whose performances have won awards have worked in one or more of seven major languages: Hindi (18 awards), Tamil (9 awards), Bengali (3 awards), Malayalam (4 awards), Marathi (3 awards), Telugu (1 award), Kannada (1 award).
The first recipient was Victor Banerjee, who was honoured at the 32nd National Film Awards for his performance in the Bengali film Ghare Baire (1984). As of the 2013 awards, three actors—Nana Patekar, Pankaj Kapur, and Atul Kulkarni—have been honoured twice. Patekar was awarded for the Hindi films Parinda (1989) and Agni Sakshi (1996). Kapur received the awards for his work in the Hindi films Raakh (1988) and Maqbool (2003). Kulkarni was awarded for his performances in the Tamil / Hindi film Hey Ram (1999) and the Hindi film Chandni Bar (2001). Paresh Rawal and Dilip Prabhavalkar have each won the award for two performances in a single year. Rawal received the award for his starring roles in the Hindi films Woh Chokri (1993) and Sir (1993) at the 41st National Film Awards, while Prabhavalkar won at the 54th National Film Awards for his performances in the Hindi film Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) and the Marathi film Shevri (2006). At the 42nd National Film Awards, the award was tied between Ashish Vidyarthi and Nagesh, winning for their roles in the Hindi film Drohkaal (1994) and the Tamil film Nammavar (1994), respectively. The most recent recipient of the award is Pavan Malhotra, who was honoured at the 70th National Film Awards ceremony for his performance in the film Fouja (2022). Nana Patekar, Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Prakash Raj and Manoj Bajpayee are the actors to receive honours in both acting categories: Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.

## List of recipients
### Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| † | Indicates a joint award for that year |
| ‡ | Indicates that the winner won the award for two performances in that year |
List of award recipients, showing the year, role(s), film(s) and language(s) :
| Year | Recipient(s) | Role(s) | Film(s) | Language(s) |
| 1984 (32nd) | Victor Banerjee | Nikhilesh Choudhury | Ghare Baire | Bengali |
| 1985 (33rd) | Dipankar De | Husband | Parama | Bengali |
| 1986 (34th) | Suresh Oberoi | Mukhi | Mirch Masala | Hindi |
| 1987 (35th) | Thilakan | Neduvancheril Achunni Nair (Mooppil Nair) | Rithubhedam | Malayalam |
| 1988 (36th) | Pankaj Kapur | Inspector P. K. | Raakh | Hindi |
| 1989 (37th) | Nana Patekar | Anna Seth | Parinda | Hindi |
| 1990 (38th) | Nedumudi Venu | Maharaja Udayavarma Thampuran | His Highness Abdullah | Malayalam |
| 1991 (39th) | P. L. Narayana | Appala Nayudu | Yagnam | Telugu |
| 1992 (40th) | Sunny Deol | Govind Srivatsav | Damini – Lightning | Hindi |
| 1993 (41st) ‡ | Paresh Rawal | • Lalitram Mohan Roy • Velji | • Woh Chokri • Sir | Hindi |
| 1994 (42nd) † | Ashish Vidyarthi | Commander Bhadra | Drohkaal | Hindi |
| 1994 (42nd) † | Nagesh | Prabhakar Rao | Nammavar | Tamil |
| 1995 (43rd) | Mithun Chakraborty | Ramakrishna | Swami Vivekananda | Hindi |
| 1996 (44th) | Nana Patekar | Vishwanath | Agni Sakshi | Hindi |
| 1997 (45th) | Prakash Raj | Tamizhselvan | Iruvar | Tamil |
| 1998 (46th) | Manoj Bajpai | Bhiku Mhatre | Satya | Hindi |
| 1999 (47th) | Atul Kulkarni | Shriram Abhyankar/ (Ramakrishna Pandey) | Hey Ram | Tamil |
| 2000 (48th) | H. G. Dattatreya | Hasanabba | Munnudi | Kannada |
| 2001 (49th) | Atul Kulkarni | Pothya Sawant | Chandni Bar | Hindi |
| 2002 (50th) | Chandrasekhar | Lawrence | Nanba Nanba | Tamil |
| 2003 (51st) | Pankaj Kapur | Jahangir Khan (Abbaji) | Maqbool | Hindi |
| 2004 (52nd) | Haradhan Bandopadhyay | Haradhan Bandopadhyay | Krantikaal | Bengali |
| 2005 (53rd) | Naseeruddin Shah | Mohit | Iqbal | Hindi |
| 2006 (54th) ‡ | Dilip Prabhavalkar | • Mahatma Gandhi • Clerk | • Lage Raho Munna Bhai • Shevri | • Hindi • Marathi |
| 2007 (55th) | Darshan Jariwala | Mahatma Gandhi | Gandhi, My Father | Hindi |
| 2008 (56th) | Arjun Rampal | Joseph Mascarenhas (Joe) | Rock On!! | Hindi |
| 2009 (57th) | Farooq Sheikh | S. K. Rao | Lahore | Hindi |
| 2010 (58th) | Thambi Ramaiah | Ramaiah | Mynaa | Tamil |
| 2011 (59th) | Appukutty | Azhagarsami | Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai | Tamil |
| 2012 (60th) | Annu Kapoor | Dr. Baldev Chaddha | Vicky Donor | Hindi |
| 2013 (61st) | Saurabh Shukla | Justice Sunderlal Tripathi | Jolly LLB | Hindi |
| 2014 (62nd) | Bobby Simha | Assault Sethu | Jigarthanda | Tamil |
| 2015 (63rd) | Samuthirakani | Muthuvel | Visaranai | Tamil |
| 2016 (64th) | Manoj Joshi | Keshav | Dashakriya | Marathi |
| 2017 (65th) | Fahadh Faasil | Prasad | Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum | Malayalam |
| 2018 (66th) | Swanand Kirkire | Prasanna | Chumbak | Marathi |
| 2019 (67th) | Vijay Sethupathi | Shilpa (Manickam) | Super Deluxe | Tamil |
| 2020 (68th) | Biju Menon | SI Ayyappan Nair alias Mundoor Madan | Ayyappanum Koshiyum | Malayalam |
| 2021 (69th) | Pankaj Tripathi | Bhanu Pratap Pandey | Mimi | Hindi |
| 2022 (70th) | Pavan Malhotra | | Fouja | Haryanvi |