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.

Winner and nominees
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 
YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef  Detroit Film Critics Society Breakthrough Performance C'mon C'mon Indiana Film Journalists Association Best Supporting Actor  Breakout of the Year  Las Vegas Film Critics Society Youth in Film - Male  Online Association of Female Film Critics Breakthrough Performance  Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Youth Performance   British Academy Film Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role  Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Young Actor/Actress  London Film Critics Circle Awards Young British/Irish Performer of the Year  Music City Film Critics Association Best Young Actor  North Carolina Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor   Best Breakthrough Performance  Online Film & Television Association Best Youth Performance   Seattle Film Critics Society Best Youth Performance 

References

 Other websites 
 BAFTA Awards Database 

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