# Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role to the best performance by a supporting actor in a Canadian film. The award was first presented in 1970 by the Canadian Film Awards, and was presented annually until 1978 with the exception of 1974 due to the cancellation of the awards that year.
From 1980 until 2012, the award was presented as part of the Genie Awards ceremony; since 2013, it has been presented as part of the new Canadian Screen Awards.
In August 2022, the Academy announced that it will discontinue its past practice of presenting gendered awards for film and television actors and actresses; beginning with the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, gender-neutral awards for Best Performance will be presented, with eight nominees per category instead of five. Supporting performances are now honoured with the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Film.

## 1970s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards |
| 1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards | Gratien Gélinas | Red |
| 1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards |
| 1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards | Danny Freedman | Fortune and Men's Eyes |
| 1972 24th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1972 24th Canadian Film Awards | Donald Pilon | The True Nature of Bernadette (La Vraie Nature de Bernadette) |
| 1973 25th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1973 25th Canadian Film Awards | Willie Lamothe | The Death of a Lumberjack (La Mort d'un bûcheron) |
| 1974 |
| 1974 | No award presented | No award presented |
| 1975 26th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1975 26th Canadian Film Awards | Henry Beckman | Why Rock the Boat? |
| 1976 27th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1976 27th Canadian Film Awards | Frank Moore | The Far Shore |
| 1977 28th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1977 28th Canadian Film Awards | Jean Lapointe | One Man |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | Henry Beckman | Blood and Guts |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | Michael Ironside | I, Maureen |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | Robert MacKay | I, Maureen |

## 1980s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Gordon Pinsent | Jack London's Klondike Fever |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Harvey Atkin | Meatballs |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Lawrence Dane | Running |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Chris Makepeace | Meatballs |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Saul Rubinek | Agency |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Robert A. Silverman | The Brood |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | Germain Houde | Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras) |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | Gabriel Arcand | Suzanne |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | David Ferry | The Hounds of Notre Dame |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | Robert Joy | Atlantic City, U.S.A. |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | John Marley | Tribute |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | Saul Rubinek | Ticket to Heaven |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | Nicholas Campbell | The Amateur |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | Émile Genest | The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | Michael Ironside | Scanners |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | R. H. Thomson | Ticket to Heaven |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards | R. H. Thomson | If You Could See What I Hear |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards | Nicholas Campbell | The Man in 5A |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards | Doug McGrath | Porky's |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards | Gary Reineke | The Grey Fox |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards | Wayne Robson | The Grey Fox |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Michael Zelniker | The Terry Fox Story |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Les Carlson | Videodrome |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Pierre Curzi | Maria Chapdelaine |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Peter Dvorsky | Videodrome |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Kenneth Welsh | Tell Me That You Love Me |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | Alan Scarfe | The Bay Boy |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | John Cooper | My Kind of Town |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | Peter Donat | The Bay Boy |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | Donald Pilon | The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe) |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | Peter Spence | Unfinished Business |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | Alan Arkin | Joshua Then and Now |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | Richard Donat | My American Cousin |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | Duncan Fraser | Overnight |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | Sam Grana | 90 Days |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | Sean Sullivan | The Boy in Blue |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | Gabriel Arcand | The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | Robert Gravel | Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime) |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | Roland Hewgill | John and the Missus |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | Tom Jackson | Loyalties |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | Yves Jacques | The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | Germain Houde | Night Zoo (Un Zoo la nuit) |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | Hrant Alianak | Family Viewing |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | Leon Dubinsky | Life Classes |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | Tony Nardi | Concrete Angels |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | Murray Westgate | Blue City Slammers |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Rémy Girard | The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes) |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Maury Chaykin | Iron Eagle II |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Ron James | Something About Love |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Michael Rudder | Buying Time |

## 1990s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | Rémy Girard | Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | Don McKellar | Roadkill |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | Michael Ontkean | Bye Bye Blues |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | Gilles Pelletier | Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | Wayne Robson | Bye Bye Blues |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | August Schellenberg | Black Robe |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Michael Hogan | Diplomatic Immunity |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Julien Poulin | The Party (Le Party) |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Michael Riley | Diplomatic Immunity |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Paul Soles | Falling Over Backwards |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Michael Hogan | Solitaire |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Jean-Guy Bouchard | Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur) |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Tano Cimarosa | The Saracen Woman (La Sarrasine) |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Robbie Coltrane | Oh, What a Night |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Andrew Miller | Oh, What a Night |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Kevin Tighe | I Love a Man in Uniform |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Jim Byrnes | Harmony Cats |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Yvan Canuel | La Florida |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Tobie Pelletier | The Sex of the Stars (Le Sexe des étoiles) |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Christopher Plummer | Impolite |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Don McKellar | Exotica |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Matthew Ferguson | Love and Human Remains |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Scott Kraft | For the Moment |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Callum Keith Rennie | Double Happiness |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Michel Rivard | My Friend Max (Mon amie Max) |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Kenneth Welsh | Margaret's Museum |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Robert Brouillette | Eldorado |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | David Fox | When Night Is Falling |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Clark Johnson | Rude |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Aubert Pallascio | Black List (Liste noire) |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | Peter Donaldson | Long Day's Journey into Night |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | Alexander Chapman | Lilies |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | James Hyndman | Rowing Through |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | Sean McCann | Swann |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | Ron White | Screamers |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | | |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | Peter MacNeill | The Hanging Garden |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | Frédéric Desager | The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge) |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | Hardee T. Lineham | Shoemaker |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | Tom McCamus | The Sweet Hereafter |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Callum Keith Rennie | Last Night |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Kurush Deboo | Such a Long Journey |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Michael Riley | Pale Saints |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Saul Rubinek | Pale Saints |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | George Wendt | Rupert's Land |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | Mark McKinney | Dog Park |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | Gabriel Arcand | The Big Snake of the World (Le Grand Serpent du monde) |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | James Frain | Sunshine |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | William Hurt | Sunshine |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | Alex Ivanovici | Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver) |

## 2000s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Martin Cummins | Love Come Down |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Ian Bannen | To Walk with Lions |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Nicholas Campbell | New Waterford Girl |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Patrick Huard | Life After Love (La Vie après l'amour) |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Jean-Nicolas Verreault | Maelström |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | Vincent Gale | Last Wedding |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | Loren Dean | The War Bride |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | Michel Forget | The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit) |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | Julian Richings | The Claim |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | Tom Scholte | Last Wedding |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | | |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Elias Koteas | Ararat |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Ranjit Chowdhry | Bollywood/Hollywood |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Dominic Darceuil | Inside (Histoire de pen) |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Brendan Fletcher | Turning Paige |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Gabriel Gascon | The Marsh (Le Marais) |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Stéphane Rousseau | The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Benoît Brière | Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction) |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Roy Dupuis | Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché) |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | David Hayman | The Wild Dogs |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Christopher Plummer | Blizzard |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Jean Lapointe | The Last Tunnel (Le Dernier tunnel) |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Gary Farmer | Twist |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Brendan Fehr | Sugar |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Bruce Greenwood | Being Julia |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Kyle MacLachlan | Touch of Pink |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Denis Bernard | Audition (L'Audition) |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Rémy Girard | Aurore |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Gordon Pinsent | Saint Ralph |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Campbell Scott | Saint Ralph |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Bernard Starlight | Hank Williams First Nation |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Stephen McHattie | The Rocket (Maurice Richard) |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Hugh Dillon | Trailer Park Boys: The Movie |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Robert Joy | Whole New Thing |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Lester Chit-Man Chan | Eve and the Fire Horse |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Michel Muller | The Little Book of Revenge (Guide de la petite vengeance) |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Eastern Promises |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Danny Glover | Poor Boy's Game |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge | The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons) |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Michel-Ange Nzojibwami | Shake Hands With the Devil |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Gilbert Sicotte | Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Callum Keith Rennie | Normal |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Normand D'Amour | Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait) |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Benoît McGinnis | Le Banquet |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Rade Šerbedžija | Fugitive Pieces |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Max von Sydow | Emotional Arithmetic |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Maxim Gaudette | Polytechnique |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Patrick Drolet | Father and Guns (De père en flic) |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | John Dunsworth | Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Rémy Girard | Father and Guns (De père en flic) |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Scott Speedman | Adoration |

## 2010s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Dustin Hoffman | Barney's Version |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Martin Dubreuil | 10½ |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Alexis Martin | Route 132 |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Callum Keith Rennie | Gunless |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Rossif Sutherland | High Life |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Viggo Mortensen | A Dangerous Method |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Antoine Bertrand | Starbuck |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Kevin Durand | Citizen Gangster |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Marin Gerrier | Café de Flore |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Taylor Kitsch | The Bang Bang Club |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Serge Kanyinda | War Witch (Rebelle) |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Jay Baruchel | Goon |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Kim Coates | Goon |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Stephan James | Home Again |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Elias Koteas | Winnie |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Gordon Pinsent | The Grand Seduction |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Jay Baruchel | The Art of the Steal |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Pierre-Yves Cardinal | Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Marc Labrèche | Whitewash |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Alexandre Landry | Gabrielle |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | John Cusack | Maps to the Stars |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Justin Chatwin | Bang Bang Baby |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Kris Demeanor | The Valley Below |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Marc-André Grondin | You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Robert Pattinson | Maps to the Stars |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Nick Serino | Sleeping Giant |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Waris Ahluwalia | Beeba Boys |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Irdens Exantus | My Internship in Canada (Guibord s'en va-t'en-guerre) |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Patrick Hivon | Ville-Marie |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Tony Nardi | Corbo |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Vincent Cassel | It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Henry Czerny | The Other Half |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Evan Mercer | Riverhead |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Jacques Newashish | Before the Streets (Avant les rues) |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Michael Reventar | Kidnap Capital |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Ethan Hawke | Maudie |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Sylvio Arriola | All You Can Eat Buddha |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Jahmil French | Boost |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Sladen Peltier | Indian Horse |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Natar Ungalaaq | Iqaluit |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Richard Clarkin | The Drawer Boy |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Paul Ahmarani | Genesis (Genèse) |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Paul Doucet | With Love (L'Amour) |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Michel Robin | Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume) |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie | A Colony (Une colonie) |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Rémy Girard | And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Douglas Grégoire | Kuessipan |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Matt Johnson | Anne at 13,000 Ft. |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Andy McQueen | Disappearance at Clifton Hill |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Daniel Stern | James vs. His Future Self |

## 2020s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Colm Feore | Sugar Daddy |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Jesse LaVercombe | Violation |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Stephen McHattie | Come to Daddy |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Ronnie Rowe Jr. | Akilla's Escape |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Thamela Mpumlwana | Akilla's Escape |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Joshua Odjick | Wildhood |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Esteban Comilang | Islands |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | David La Haye | Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions) |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Claude Legault | Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres) |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Mark O'Brien | The Righteous |