BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

**Best Actor in a Supporting Role** is a British Academy Film award presented each year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).  It is to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a movie. Actors of all nationalities are able to receive the award.

### 1960s

**1968 – Ian Holm – _The Bofors Gun_ as Flynn**
- Anthony Hopkins – _The Lion in Winter_ as King Richard I
- John McEnery – _Romeo and Juliet_ as Mercutio
- George Segal – _No Way to Treat a Lady_ as Morris Brummel
- Lee Van Cleef  – _For a Few Dollars More
as Col.Douglas Mortimor

**1969 – Laurence Olivier – _Oh! What a Lovely War_ as John French**
- Jack Klugman – _Goodbye, Columbus_ as Ben Patimkin
- Jack Nicholson – _Easy Rider_ as George Hanson
- Robert Vaughn – _Bullitt_ as Chalmers

### 1970s

**1970 – Colin Welland – _Kes_ as Mr Farthing**
- Bernard Cribbins – _The Railway Children_ as Albert Perks
- John Mills – _Ryan's Daughter_ as Michael
- Gig Young – _They Shoot Horses, Don't They?_ as Rocky

**1971 – Edward Fox – _The Go-Between_ as Hugh Trimingham**
- Michael Gough – _The Go-Between_ as Mr Maudsley
- Ian Hendry – _Get Carter_ as Eric Paice
- John Hurt – _10 Rillington Place_ as Timothy Evans

**1972 – Ben Johnson – _The Last Picture Show_ as Sam the Lion**
- Max Adrian – _The Boy Friend_ as Mr Max/Lord Hubert Brockhurst
- Robert Duvall – _The Godfather_ as Tom Hagen
- Ralph Richardson – _Lady Caroline Lamb_ as King George IV

**1973 – Arthur Lowe – _O Lucky Man!_ as Mr Duff/Charlie Johnson/Dr Munda**
- Ian Bannen – _The Offence_ as Kenneth Baxter
- Denholm Elliott – _A Doll's House_ as Nils Krogstad
- Michael Lonsdale – _The Day of the Jackal_ as Lebel

**1974 – John Gielgud – _Murder on the Orient Express_ as Mr Beddoes**
- Adam Faith – _Stardust_ as Mike Menary
- John Huston – _Chinatown_ as Noah Cross
- Randy Quaid – _The Last Detail_ as Seaman Larry Meadows

**1975 – Fred Astaire – _The Towering Inferno_ as Harlee Claiborne**
- Martin Balsam – _The Taking of Pelham One Two Three_ as Harold Longman
- Burgess Meredith – _The Day of the Locust_ as Harry Greener
- Jack Warden – _Shampoo_ as Lester Carp

**1976 – Brad Dourif – _One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest_ as Billy Bibbit**
- Martin Balsam – _All the President's Men_ as Howard Simons
- Michael Hordern – _The Slipper and the Rose_ as The King
- Jason Robards – _All the President's Men_ as Ben Bradlee

**1977 – Edward Fox – _A Bridge Too Far_ as Brian Horrocks**
- Colin Blakely – _Equus_ as Frank Strang
- Robert Duvall – _Network_ as Frank Hackett
- Zero Mostel – _The Front_ as Hecky Brown

**1978 – John Hurt – _Midnight Express_ as Max**
- Gene Hackman – _Superman_ as Lex Luthor
- Jason Robards – _Julia_ as Dashiell Hammett
- François Truffaut – _Close Encounters of the Third Kind_ as Claude Lacombe

**1979 – Robert Duvall – _Apocalypse Now_ as Bill Kilgore**
- Denholm Elliott – _Saint Jack_ as William Leigh
- John Hurt – _Alien_ as Kane
- Christopher Walken – _The Deer Hunter_ as Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich

### 1980s

**1981 – Ian Holm – _Chariots of Fire_ as Sam Mussabini**
- Denholm Elliott – _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ as Marcus Brody
- John Gielgud – _Arthur_ as Hobson
- Nigel Havers – _Chariots of Fire_ as Andrew Lindsay

**1982 – Jack Nicholson – _Reds_ as Eugene O'Neill**
- Frank Finlay – _The Return of the Soldier_ as William Grey
- Edward Fox – _Gandhi_ as Reginald Dyer
- Roshan Seth – _Gandhi_ as Jawaharlal Nehru

**1983 – Denholm Elliott – _Trading Places_ as Coleman**
- Bob Hoskins – _The Honorary Consul_ as Colonel Perez
- Burt Lancaster – _Local Hero_ as Felix Happer
- Jerry Lewis – _The King of Comedy_ as Jerry Langford

**1984 – Denholm Elliott – _A Private Function_ as Charles Swaby**
- Michael Elphick – _Gorky Park_ as Pasha
- Ian Holm – _Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes_ as Phillippe D'Arnot
- Ralph Richardson – _Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes_ as The Earl of Greystoke

**1985 – Denholm Elliott – _Defence of the Realm_ as Vernon Bayliss**
- James Fox – _A Passage to India_ as Richard Fielding
- John Gielgud – _Plenty_ as Leonard Darwin
- Saeed Jaffrey – _My Beautiful Laundrette_ as Nasser

**1986 – Ray McAnally – _The Mission_ as Altamirano**
- Klaus Maria Brandauer – _Out of Africa_ as Bror Blixen
- Simon Callow – _A Room with a View_ as Arthur Beebe
- Denholm Elliott – _A Room with a View_ as Mr Emerson

**1987 – Daniel Auteuil – _Jean de Florette_ as Ugolin**
- Ian Bannen – _Hope and Glory_ as Grandfather George
- Sean Connery – _The Untouchables_ as Jimmy Malone
- John Thaw – _Cry Freedom_ as Kruger

**1988 – Michael Palin – _A Fish Called Wanda_ as Ken Pile**
- Joss Ackland – _White Mischief_ as Jock Delves Broughton
- Peter O'Toole – _The Last Emperor_ as Reginald Johnston
- David Suchet – _A World Apart_ as Muller

**1989 – Ray McAnally – _My Left Foot – The Story of Christy Brown_ as Mr Brown **
- Marlon Brando – _A Dry White Season_ as Ian McKenzie
- Sean Connery – _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade_ as Henry Jones, Sr.
- Jack Nicholson – _Batman_ as The Joker

### 1990s

**1990 – Salvatore Cascio – _Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)_ as Salvatore (young)**
- Alan Alda – _Crimes and Misdemeanors_ as Lester
- John Hurt – _The Field_ as The 'Bird' O'Donnell
- Al Pacino – _Dick Tracy_ as Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice

**1991 – Alan Rickman – _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ as Sheriff of Nottingham**
- Alan Bates – _Hamlet_ as Claudius
- Derek Jacobi – _Dead Again_ as Franklyn Madson
- Andrew Strong – _The Commitments_ as Deco Cuffe

**1992 – Gene Hackman – _Unforgiven_ as Little Bill Daggett**
- Jaye Davidson – _The Crying Game_ as Dil
- Tommy Lee Jones – _JFK_ as Clay Shaw
- Samuel West – _Howards End_ as Leonard Bast

**1993 – Ralph Fiennes – _Schindler's List_ as Amon Göth**
- Ben Kingsley – _Schindler's List_ as Itzhak Stern
- John Malkovich – _In the Line of Fire_ as Mitch Leary
- Tommy Lee Jones – _The Fugitive_ as Samuel Gerard

**1994 – Samuel L. Jackson – _Pulp Fiction_ as Jules Winnfield**
- Simon Callow – _Four Weddings and a Funeral_ as Gareth
- John Hannah – _Four Weddings and a Funeral_ as Matthew
- Paul Scofield – _Quiz Show_ as Mark Van Doren

**1995 – Tim Roth – _Rob Roy_ as Archibald Cunningham**
- Ian Holm – _The Madness of King George_ as Dr. Willis
- Martin Landau – _Ed Wood_ as Bela Lugosi
- Alan Rickman – _Sense and Sensibility_ as Christopher Brandon

**1996 – Paul Scofield – _The Crucible_ as Thomas Danforth**
- John Gielgud – _Shine_ as Cecil Parkes
- Edward Norton – _Primal Fear_ as Aaron Stampler
- Alan Rickman – _Michael Collins_ as Éamon de Valera

**1997 – Tom Wilkinson – _The Full Monty_ as Gerald**
- Mark Addy – _The Full Monty_ as Dave
- Rupert Everett – _My Best Friend's Wedding_ as George Downes
- Burt Reynolds – _Boogie Nights_ as Jack Horner

**1998 – Geoffrey Rush – _Elizabeth_ as Francis Walsingham**
- Ed Harris – _The Truman Show_ as Christof
- Geoffrey Rush – _Shakespeare in Love_ as Philip Henslowe
- Tom Wilkinson – _Shakespeare in Love_ as Hugh Fennyman

**1999 – Jude Law – _The Talented Mr. Ripley_ as Dickie Greenleaf**
- Wes Bentley – _American Beauty_ as Ricky Fitts
- Michael Caine – _The Cider House Rules_ as Wilbur Larch
- Rhys Ifans – _Notting Hill_ as Spike
- Timothy Spall – _Topsy-Turvy_ as Richard Temple

### 2000s

**2000 – Benicio del Toro – _Traffic_ as Javier Rodriguez**
- Albert Finney – _Erin Brockovich_ as Edward L. Masry
- Gary Lewis – _Billy Elliot_ as Mr Elliot
- Joaquin Phoenix – _Gladiator_ as Commodus
- Oliver Reed – _Gladiator_ as Proximo

**2001 – Jim Broadbent – _Moulin Rouge!_ as Harold Zidler **
- Hugh Bonneville – _Iris_ as John Bayley (young)
- Robbie Coltrane – _Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone_ as Rubeus Hagrid
- Colin Firth – _Bridget Jones's Diary_ as Mark Darcy
- Eddie Murphy – _Shrek_ as Donkey

**2002 – Christopher Walken – _Catch Me If You Can_ as Frank Abagnale, Sr.**
- Chris Cooper – _Adaptation._ as John Laroche
- Ed Harris – _The Hours_ as Richard Brown
- Alfred Molina – _Frida_ as Diego Rivera
- Paul Newman – _Road to Perdition_ as John Rooney

**2003 – Bill Nighy – _Love Actually_ as Billy Mack**
- Paul Bettany – _Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World_ as Stephen Maturin
- Albert Finney – _Big Fish_ as Ed Bloom (old)
- Ian McKellen – _The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King_ as Gandalf
- Tim Robbins – _Mystic River_ as Dave Boyle

**2004 – Clive Owen – _Closer_ as Larry **
- Alan Alda – _The Aviator_ as Ralph Owen Brewster
- Phil Davis – _Vera Drake_ as Stan
- Jamie Foxx – _Collateral_ as Max Durocher
- Rodrigo de la Serna – _The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)_ as Alberto Granado

**2005 – Jake Gyllenhaal – _Brokeback Mountain_ as Jack Twist**
- Don Cheadle – _Crash_ as Graham Waters
- George Clooney – _Good Night, and Good Luck_ as Fred W. Friendly
- George Clooney – _Syriana_ as Bob Barnes
- Matt Dillon – _Crash_ as John Ryan

**2006 – Alan Arkin – _Little Miss Sunshine_ as Edwin Hoover**
- James McAvoy – _The Last King of Scotland_ as Nicholas Garrigan
- Jack Nicholson – _The Departed_ as Frank Costello
- Leslie Phillips – _Venus_ as Ian
- Michael Sheen – _The Queen_ as Tony Blair

**2007 – Javier Bardem – _No Country for Old Men_ as Anton Chigurh**
- Paul Dano – _There Will Be Blood_ as Eli Sunday
- Philip Seymour Hoffman – _Charlie Wilson's War_ as Gust Avrakotos
- Tommy Lee Jones – _No Country for Old Men_ as Ed Tom Bell
- Tom Wilkinson – _Michael Clayton_ as Arthur Edens

**2008 – Heath Ledger – _The Dark Knight_ as The Joker**
- Robert Downey Jr. – _Tropic Thunder_ as Kirk Lazarus
- Brendan Gleeson – _In Bruges_ as Ken
- Philip Seymour Hoffman – _Doubt_ as Father Brendan Flynn
- Brad Pitt – _Burn After Reading_ as Chad Feldheimer

**2009** – **Christoph Waltz – _Inglorious Basterds_ as  Col. Hans Landa**
- Alec Baldwin – _It's Complicated_ as Jacob Adler
- Christian McKay – _Me and Orson Welles_ as Orson Welles
- Alfred Molina – _An Education_ as Jack Miller
- Stanley Tucci – _The Lovely Bones_ as George Harvey

### 2010s

**2010 – Geoffrey Rush – _The King's Speech_ as Lionel Logue**
- Christian Bale – _The Fighter_ as Dicky Eklund
- Andrew Garfield – _The Social Network_ as Eduardo Saverin
- Pete Postlethwaite – _The Town_ as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
- Mark Ruffalo – _The Kids Are All Right_ as Paul

**2011 – Christopher Plummer – _Beginners_ as Hal**
- Jim Broadbent – _The Iron Lady_ as Denis Thatcher
- Jonah Hill – _Moneyball_ as Peter Brandt
- Kenneth Branagh – _My Week with Marilyn_ as Laurence Olivier
- Philip Seymour Hoffman – _The Ides of March'' as Paul Zara

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Award|Category|Work|Result|Ref||||
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|rowspan="6"||Detroit Film Critics Society|Breakthrough Performance|rowspan="14"|_C'mon C'mon_||style="text-align: center;"||
|rowspan=2|Indiana Film Journalists Association|Best Supporting Actor||style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|||||
|Breakout of the Year|||||||||
|Las Vegas Film Critics Society|Youth in Film - Male||style="text-align: center;"||||||
|Online Association of Female Film Critics|Breakthrough Performance||style="text-align: center;"||||||
|Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association|Best Youth Performance||style="text-align: center;"||||||
|rowspan="8"||British Academy Film Awards|Best Actor in a Supporting Role||style="text-align: center;"||||
|Critics' Choice Movie Awards|Best Young Actor/Actress||style="text-align: center;"||||||
|London Film Critics Circle Awards|Young British/Irish Performer of the Year||style="text-align: center;"||||||
|Music City Film Critics Association|Best Young Actor||style="text-align: center;"||||||
|rowspan=2|North Carolina Film Critics Association|Best Supporting Actor||style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|||||
|Best Breakthrough Performance|||||||||
|Online Film & Television Association|Best Youth Performance||style="text-align: center;"||||||
|Seattle Film Critics Society|Best Youth Performance||style="text-align: center;"||||||

## Other websites

- BAFTA Awards Database