# Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

The Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film is one of the annual Satellite Awards given by the International Press Academy.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Actor | Series | Role | Network |
| 1996 | Stanley Tucci | Murder One | Richard Cross | ABC |
| 1996 | Ian McKellen | Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | Tsar Nicholas II | HBO |
| 1996 | Anthony Quinn | Gotti | Aniello Dellacroce | HBO |
| 1996 | Treat Williams | The Late Shift | Michael Ovitz | HBO |
| 1996 | Brian Dennehy | A Season in Purgatory | Gerald Bradley | CBS |
| 1997 | Vondie Curtis-Hall | Don King: Only in America | Lloyd Price | HBO |
| 1997 | Jason Alexander | Cinderella | Lionel | ABC |
| 1997 | Joe Don Baker | George Wallace | Big Jim Folsom | TNT |
| 1997 | Ossie Davis | Miss Evers' Boys | Mr. Evers | HBO |
| 1997 | Michael Caine | Mandela and de Klerk | F. W. de Klerk | Showtime |
| 1998 | David Clennon | From the Earth to the Moon | Leon Silver | HBO |
| 1998 | Brian Dennehy | Thanks of a Grateful Nation | Senator Riegle | Showtime |
| 1998 | Lance Henriksen | The Day Lincoln Was Shot | Abraham Lincoln | TNT |
| 1998 | Martin Short | Merlin | Frik | NBC |
| 1998 | Daniel Williams | Always Outnumbered | Darryl | HBO |
| 1999 | Not presented | Not presented | Not presented | Not presented |

### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Series | Role | Network |
| 2000 | Not presented | Not presented | Not presented | Not presented |
| 2001 | David Schwimmer | Band of Brothers | Captain Herbert Sobel | HBO |
| 2001 | Billy Campbell | Further Tales of the City | Dr. Jon Fielding | Showtime |
| 2001 | Colin Firth | Conspiracy | Wilhelm Stuckart | HBO |
| 2001 | Stanley Tucci | Conspiracy | Adolf Eichmann | HBO |
| 2001 | Cary Elwes | Uprising | Dr. Fritz Hippler | NBC |
| 2002 | Linus Roache | The Gathering Storm | Ralph Wigram | HBO |
| 2002 | Roy Scheider | King of Texas | Henry Westover | TNT |
| 2002 | Jim Broadbent | The Gathering Storm | Desmond Morton | HBO |
| 2002 | Jeremy Davies | The Laramie Project | Jedadiah Schultz | HBO |
| 2002 | Terry Kinney | The Laramie Project | Dennis Shepard | HBO |
| 2003 | Justin Kirk | Angels in America | Prior Walter / Leatherman in park | HBO |
| 2003 | Shawn Hatosy | Soldier's Girl | Justin Fisher | Showtime |
| 2003 | Patrick Wilson | Angels in America | Joe Pitt | HBO |
| 2003 | Jeffrey Wright | Angels in America | Mr. Lies / Norman "Belize" Arriaga / Homeless man / The Angel Europa | HBO |
| 2003 | Chris Cooper | My House in Umbria | Thomas Riversmith | HBO |
| 2003 | Eion Bailey | And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself | Frank N. Thayer | HBO |
| 2004 | Bill Nighy | The Lost Prince | Arthur Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham | BBC One |
| 2004 | Brad Dourif | Deadwood | Dr. Amos "Doc" Cochran | HBO |
| 2004 | Balthazar Getty | Traffic | Ben Edmonds | USA Network |
| 2004 | William H. Macy | Stealing Sinatra | John Irwin | Showtime |
| 2004 | Keith McErlean | The Blackwater Lightship | Declan Breen | CBS |
| 2005 | Randy Quaid | Elvis | Colonel Tom Parker | CBS |
| 2005 | Brian Dennehy | Our Fathers | Father Dominic Spagnolia | Showtime |
| 2005 | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Their Eyes Were Watching God | Joe Starks | ABC |
| 2005 | William Shatner | Boston Legal | Denny Crane | ABC |
| 2005 | Tim Blake Nelson | Warm Springs | Tom Loyless | HBO |
| 2005 | Paul Newman | Empire Falls | Max Roby | HBO |
| 2006 | Tony Plana | Ugly Betty | Ignacio Suarez | ABC |
| 2006 | Philip Baker Hall | The Loop | Russ McDonald | Fox |
| 2006 | Robert Knepper | Prison Break | Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell | Fox |
| 2006 | Michael Emerson | Lost | Ben Linus | ABC |
| 2006 | Jeremy Piven | Entourage | Ari Gold | HBO |
| 2006 | Forest Whitaker | The Shield | Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh | FX |
| 2007 | David Zayas | Dexter | Angel Batista | Showtime |
| 2007 | Harry Dean Stanton | Big Love | Roman Grant | HBO |
| 2007 | Andy Serkis | Longford | Ian Brady | HBO |
| 2007 | Michael Emerson | Lost | Ben Linus | ABC |
| 2007 | T. R. Knight | Grey's Anatomy | George O'Malley | ABC |
| 2007 | Justin Kirk | Weeds | Andy Botwin | Showtime |
| 2007 | Masi Oka | Heroes | Hiro Nakamura | NBC |
| 2008 | Nelsan Ellis | True Blood | Lafayette Reynolds | HBO |
| 2008 | Željko Ivanek | Damages | Ray Fiske | FX |
| 2008 | Harvey Keitel | Life on Mars | Gene Hunt | ABC |
| 2008 | Jimmy Smits | Dexter | Miguel Prado | Showtime |
| 2008 | John Noble | Fringe | Dr Walter Bishop | Fox |
| 2008 | John Slattery | Mad Men | Roger Sterling | AMC |
| 2009 | John Lithgow | Dexter | Arthur Mitchell | Showtime |
| 2009 | Tom Courtenay | Little Dorrit | William Dorrit | PBS |
| 2009 | Neil Patrick Harris | How I Met Your Mother | Barney Stinson | CBS |
| 2009 | John Noble | Fringe | Dr Walter Bishop | Fox |
| 2009 | Chris Colfer | Glee | Kurt Hummel | Fox |
| 2009 | Harry Dean Stanton | Big Love | Roman Grant | HBO |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Series | Role | Network |
| 2010 | David Strathairn | Temple Grandin | Dr. Carlock | HBO |
| 2010 | Ty Burrell | Modern Family | Phil Dunphy | ABC |
| 2010 | Bruce Campbell | Burn Notice | Sam Axe | USA Network |
| 2010 | Chris Colfer | Glee | Kurt Hummel | Fox |
| 2010 | Alan Cumming | The Good Wife | Eli Gold | CBS |
| 2010 | Neil Patrick Harris | How I Met Your Mother | Barney Stinson | CBS |
| 2010 | Aaron Paul | Breaking Bad | Jesse Pinkman | AMC |
| 2010 | Martin Short | Damages | Leonard Winstone | FX |
| 2010 | Rainn Wilson | The Office | Dwight Schrute | NBC |
| 2011 | Peter Dinklage | Game of Thrones | Tyrion Lannister | HBO |
| 2011 | Ryan Hurst | Sons of Anarchy | Harry "Opie" Winston | FX |
| 2011 | Ty Burrell | Modern Family | Phil Dunphy | ABC |
| 2011 | Donald Glover | Community | Troy Barnes | NBC |
| 2011 | Walton Goggins | Justified | Boyd Crowder | FX |
| 2011 | Neil Patrick Harris | How I Met Your Mother | Barney Stinson | CBS |
| 2011 | Guy Pearce | Mildred Pierce | Monty Beragon | HBO |
| 2011 | James Woods | Too Big to Fail | Richard S. Fuld Jr. | HBO |
| 2012 | Neal McDonough | Justified | Robert Quarles | FX |
| 2012 | Powers Boothe | Nashville | Lamar Wyatt | ABC |
| 2012 | Jim Carter | Downton Abbey | Charles "Charlie" Carson | PBS |
| 2012 | Peter Dinklage | Game of Thrones | Tyrion Lannister | HBO |
| 2012 | Giancarlo Esposito | Breaking Bad | Gus Fring | AMC |
| 2012 | Evan Peters | American Horror Story: Asylum | Kit Walker | FX |
| 2013 | Aaron Paul | Breaking Bad | Jesse Pinkman | AMC |
| 2013 | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Game of Thrones | Jaime Lannister | HBO |
| 2013 | William Hurt | Bonnie & Clyde | Frank Hamer | Lifetime |
| 2013 | James Wolk | Mad Men | Bob Benson | AMC |
| 2013 | Peter Sarsgaard | The Killing | Ray Seward | AMC |
| 2013 | Jimmy Smits | Sons of Anarchy | Nero Padilla | FX |
| 2013 | Corey Stoll | House of Cards | Peter Russo | Netflix |
| 2014 | Rory Kinnear | Penny Dreadful | The Creature | Showtime |
| 2014 | Peter Dinklage | Game of Thrones | Tyrion Lannister | HBO |
| 2014 | Matt Bomer | The Normal Heart | Felix Turner | HBO |
| 2014 | Christopher Eccleston | The Leftovers | Matt Jamison | HBO |
| 2014 | Andre Holland | The Knick | Dr. Algernon C. Edwards | Cinemax |
| 2014 | Jimmy Smits | Sons of Anarchy | Nero Padilla | FX |
| 2015 | Christian Slater | Mr. Robot | Mr. Robot | USA Network |
| 2015 | Jonathan Banks | Better Call Saul | Mike Ehrmantraut | AMC |
| 2015 | Peter Dinklage | Game of Thrones | Tyrion Lannister | HBO |
| 2015 | Michael K. Williams | Bessie | Jack Gee | HBO |
| 2015 | Elvis Nolasco | American Crime | Carter Nix | ABC |
| 2016 | Ben Mendelsohn | Bloodline | Danny Rayburn | Netflix |
| 2016 | Jonathan Banks | Better Call Saul | Mike Ehrmantraut | AMC |
| 2016 | Hugh Laurie | The Night Manager | Richard "Dicky" Onslow Roper | AMC |
| 2016 | Andre Braugher | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Raymond Holt | Fox |
| 2016 | Michael Kelly | House of Cards | Douglas "Doug" Stamper | Netflix |
| 2016 | Jared Harris | The Crown | King George VI | Netflix |
| 2017 | Michael McKean | Better Call Saul | Chuck McGill | AMC |
| 2017 | Louie Anderson | Baskets | Christine Baskets | FX |
| 2017 | Stanley Tucci | Feud: Bette and Joan | Jack L. Warner | FX |
| 2017 | Christopher Eccleston | The Leftovers | Matt Jamison | HBO |
| 2017 | Alexander Skarsgård | Big Little Lies | Perry Wright | HBO |
| 2017 | Lakeith Stanfield | War Machine | Corporal Billy Cole | Netflix |
| 2018 | Hugo Weaving | Patrick Melrose | David Melrose | Showtime |
| 2018 | Mark Duplass | Goliath | Tom Wyatt | Prime Video |
| 2018 | Ben Whishaw | A Very English Scandal | Norman Josiffe/Norman Scott | Prime Video |
| 2018 | John Macmillan | King Lear | Edmund | BBC Two |
| 2018 | Édgar Ramírez | The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story | Gianni Versace | FX |
| 2018 | Paul Ready | The Terror | Assistant Surgeon Harry Goodsir | AMC |
| 2019 | Jeremy Strong | Succession | Kendall Roy | HBO |
| 2019 | Alan Arkin | The Kominsky Method | Norman Newlander | Netflix |
| 2019 | Stellan Skarsgård | Chernobyl | Boris Shcherbina | HBO |
| 2019 | Walton Goggins | The Righteous Gemstones | "Baby" Billy Freeman | HBO |
| 2019 | Dennis Quaid | Goliath | Wade Blackwood | Prime Video |
| 2019 | Andrew Scott | Fleabag | The Priest | Prime Video |
| 2019 | Tony Shalhoub | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Abraham "Abe" Weissman | Prime Video |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Series | Role | Network |
| 2020 | Jeff Wilbusch | Unorthodox | Moishe Lefkovitch | Netflix |
| 2020 | Joshua Caleb Johnson | The Good Lord Bird | Henry "Onion" Shackleford | Showtime |
| 2020 | Josh O'Connor | The Crown | Charles, Prince of Wales | Netflix |
| 2020 | Tom Pelphrey | Ozark | Ben Davis | Netflix |
| 2020 | Donald Sutherland | The Undoing | Franklin Reinhardt | HBO |
| 2020 | Ben Whishaw | Fargo | Rabbi Milligan | FX |
| 2021 | Evan Peters | Mare of Easttown | Detective Colin Zabel | HBO |
| 2021 | Bobby Cannavale | Nine Perfect Strangers | Tony Hogburn | Hulu |
| 2021 | John Carroll Lynch | Big Sky | Rick Legarski | ABC |
| 2021 | Paul Reiser | The Kominsky Method | Martin | Netflix |
| 2021 | Michael Shannon | Nine Perfect Strangers | Napoleon Marconi | Hulu |
| 2022 | John Lithgow | The Old Man | Harold Harper | FX |
| 2022 | Giancarlo Esposito | Better Call Saul | Gus Fring | AMC |
| 2022 | Walton Goggins | The Righteous Gemstones | Baby Billy Freeman | HBO |
| 2022 | Richard Jenkins | Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Lionel Dahmer | Netflix |
| 2022 | Shea Whigham | Gaslit | G. Gordon Liddy | Starz |
| 2022 | Sam Worthington | Under the Banner of Heaven | Ron Lafferty | Hulu |
| 2023 | Jonathan Bailey | Fellow Travelers | Tim Laughlin | Showtime |
| 2023 | Khalid Abdalla | The Crown | Dodi Fayed | Netflix |
| 2023 | Murray Bartlett | The Last of Us | Frank | HBO |
| 2023 | James Cromwell | Succession | Ewan Roy | HBO |
| 2023 | Jon Gries | The White Lotus | Greg Hunt | HBO |
| 2023 | Lamar Johnson | The Last of Us | Henry Burrell | HBO |