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 &ndash; Ian Holm &ndash; *The Bofors Gun* as Flynn*'
*Anthony Hopkins &ndash; *The Lion in Winter* as King Richard I
*John McEnery &ndash; *Romeo and Juliet* as Mercutio
*George Segal &ndash; *No Way to Treat a Lady* as Morris Brummel
*Lee Van Cleef  &ndash; *For a Few Dollars More
as Col.Douglas Mortimor 

*'1969 &ndash; Laurence Olivier &ndash; *Oh! What a Lovely War* as John French'*
*Jack Klugman &ndash; *Goodbye, Columbus* as Ben Patimkin
*Jack Nicholson &ndash; *Easy Rider* as George Hanson
*Robert Vaughn &ndash; *Bullitt* as Chalmers

### 1970s
*'1970 &ndash; Colin Welland &ndash; *Kes* as Mr Farthing'*
*Bernard Cribbins &ndash; *The Railway Children* as Albert Perks
*John Mills &ndash; *Ryan's Daughter* as Michael
*Gig Young &ndash; *They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* as Rocky

*'1971 &ndash; Edward Fox &ndash; *The Go-Between* as Hugh Trimingham'*
*Michael Gough &ndash; *The Go-Between* as Mr Maudsley
*Ian Hendry &ndash; *Get Carter* as Eric Paice
*John Hurt &ndash; *10 Rillington Place* as Timothy Evans

*'1972 &ndash; Ben Johnson &ndash; *The Last Picture Show* as Sam the Lion'*
*Max Adrian &ndash; *The Boy Friend* as Mr Max/Lord Hubert Brockhurst
*Robert Duvall &ndash; *The Godfather* as Tom Hagen
*Ralph Richardson &ndash; *Lady Caroline Lamb* as King George IV

*'1973 &ndash; Arthur Lowe &ndash; *O Lucky Man!* as Mr Duff/Charlie Johnson/Dr Munda'*
*Ian Bannen &ndash; *The Offence* as Kenneth Baxter
*Denholm Elliott &ndash; *A Doll's House* as Nils Krogstad
*Michael Lonsdale &ndash; *The Day of the Jackal* as Lebel

*'1974 &ndash; John Gielgud &ndash; *Murder on the Orient Express* as Mr Beddoes'*
*Adam Faith &ndash; *Stardust* as Mike Menary
*John Huston &ndash; *Chinatown* as Noah Cross
*Randy Quaid &ndash; *The Last Detail* as Seaman Larry Meadows

*'1975 &ndash; Fred Astaire &ndash; *The Towering Inferno* as Harlee Claiborne'*
*Martin Balsam &ndash; *The Taking of Pelham One Two Three* as Harold Longman
*Burgess Meredith &ndash; *The Day of the Locust* as Harry Greener
*Jack Warden &ndash; *Shampoo* as Lester Carp

*'1976 &ndash; Brad Dourif &ndash; ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* as Billy Bibbit*'
*Martin Balsam &ndash; ''All the President's Men* as Howard Simons
*Michael Hordern &ndash; *The Slipper and the Rose* as The King
*Jason Robards &ndash; *All the President's Men* as Ben Bradlee

*'1977 &ndash; Edward Fox &ndash; *A Bridge Too Far* as Brian Horrocks'*
*Colin Blakely &ndash; *Equus* as Frank Strang
*Robert Duvall &ndash; *Network* as Frank Hackett
*Zero Mostel &ndash; *The Front* as Hecky Brown

*'1978 &ndash; John Hurt &ndash; *Midnight Express* as Max'*
*Gene Hackman &ndash; *Superman* as Lex Luthor
*Jason Robards &ndash; *Julia* as Dashiell Hammett
*François Truffaut &ndash; *Close Encounters of the Third Kind* as Claude Lacombe

*'1979 &ndash; Robert Duvall &ndash; *Apocalypse Now* as Bill Kilgore'*
*Denholm Elliott &ndash; *Saint Jack* as William Leigh
*John Hurt &ndash; *Alien* as Kane
*Christopher Walken &ndash; *The Deer Hunter* as Nikanor "Nick" Chevotarevich

### 1980s
*'1981 &ndash; Ian Holm &ndash; *Chariots of Fire* as Sam Mussabini'*
*Denholm Elliott &ndash; *Raiders of the Lost Ark* as Marcus Brody
*John Gielgud &ndash; *Arthur* as Hobson
*Nigel Havers &ndash; *Chariots of Fire* as Andrew Lindsay

*'1982 &ndash; Jack Nicholson &ndash; *Reds* as Eugene O'Neill'*
*Frank Finlay &ndash; *The Return of the Soldier* as William Grey
*Edward Fox &ndash; *Gandhi* as Reginald Dyer
*Roshan Seth &ndash; *Gandhi* as Jawaharlal Nehru

*'1983 &ndash; Denholm Elliott &ndash; *Trading Places* as Coleman'*
*Bob Hoskins &ndash; *The Honorary Consul* as Colonel Perez
*Burt Lancaster &ndash; *Local Hero* as Felix Happer
*Jerry Lewis &ndash; *The King of Comedy* as Jerry Langford

*'1984 &ndash; Denholm Elliott &ndash; *A Private Function* as Charles Swaby'*
*Michael Elphick &ndash; *Gorky Park* as Pasha
*Ian Holm &ndash; *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes'' as Phillippe D'Arnot
*Ralph Richardson &ndash; *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* as The Earl of Greystoke

'*1985 &ndash; Denholm Elliott &ndash; *Defence of the Realm* as Vernon Bayliss*'
*James Fox &ndash; *A Passage to India* as Richard Fielding
*John Gielgud &ndash; *Plenty* as Leonard Darwin
*Saeed Jaffrey &ndash; *My Beautiful Laundrette* as Nasser

'*1986 &ndash; Ray McAnally &ndash; *The Mission* as Altamirano*'
*Klaus Maria Brandauer &ndash; *Out of Africa* as Bror Blixen
*Simon Callow &ndash; *A Room with a View* as Arthur Beebe
*Denholm Elliott &ndash; *A Room with a View* as Mr Emerson

'*1987 &ndash; Daniel Auteuil &ndash; *Jean de Florette* as Ugolin*'
*Ian Bannen &ndash; *Hope and Glory* as Grandfather George
*Sean Connery &ndash; *The Untouchables* as Jimmy Malone
*John Thaw &ndash; *Cry Freedom* as Kruger

'*1988 &ndash; Michael Palin &ndash; *A Fish Called Wanda* as Ken Pile*'
*Joss Ackland &ndash; *White Mischief* as Jock Delves Broughton
*Peter O'Toole &ndash; *The Last Emperor* as Reginald Johnston
*David Suchet &ndash; *A World Apart* as Muller

'*1989 &ndash; Ray McAnally &ndash; *My Left Foot &ndash; The Story of Christy Brown* as Mr Brown *'
*Marlon Brando &ndash; *A Dry White Season* as Ian McKenzie
*Sean Connery &ndash; *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* as Henry Jones, Sr.
*Jack Nicholson &ndash; *Batman* as The Joker

### 1990s
'*1990 &ndash; Salvatore Cascio &ndash; *Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)* as Salvatore (young)*'
*Alan Alda &ndash; *Crimes and Misdemeanors* as Lester
*John Hurt &ndash; *The Field* as The 'Bird' O'Donnell
*Al Pacino &ndash; *Dick Tracy* as Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice

'*1991 &ndash; Alan Rickman &ndash; *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* as Sheriff of Nottingham*'
*Alan Bates &ndash; *Hamlet* as Claudius
*Derek Jacobi &ndash; *Dead Again* as Franklyn Madson
*Andrew Strong &ndash; *The Commitments* as Deco Cuffe

'*1992 &ndash; Gene Hackman &ndash; *Unforgiven* as Little Bill Daggett*'
*Jaye Davidson &ndash; *The Crying Game* as Dil
*Tommy Lee Jones &ndash; *JFK* as Clay Shaw
*Samuel West &ndash; *Howards End* as Leonard Bast

'*1993 &ndash; Ralph Fiennes &ndash; *Schindler's List* as Amon Göth*'
*Ben Kingsley &ndash; ''Schindler's List* as Itzhak Stern
*John Malkovich &ndash; *In the Line of Fire* as Mitch Leary
*Tommy Lee Jones &ndash; *The Fugitive* as Samuel Gerard

*'1994 &ndash; Samuel L. Jackson &ndash; *Pulp Fiction* as Jules Winnfield'*
*Simon Callow &ndash; *Four Weddings and a Funeral* as Gareth
*John Hannah &ndash; *Four Weddings and a Funeral* as Matthew
*Paul Scofield &ndash; *Quiz Show* as Mark Van Doren

*'1995 &ndash; Tim Roth &ndash; *Rob Roy* as Archibald Cunningham'*
*Ian Holm &ndash; *The Madness of King George* as Dr. Willis
*Martin Landau &ndash; *Ed Wood* as Bela Lugosi
*Alan Rickman &ndash; *Sense and Sensibility* as Christopher Brandon

*'1996 &ndash; Paul Scofield &ndash; *The Crucible* as Thomas Danforth'*
*John Gielgud &ndash; *Shine* as Cecil Parkes
*Edward Norton &ndash; *Primal Fear* as Aaron Stampler
*Alan Rickman &ndash; *Michael Collins* as Éamon de Valera

*'1997 &ndash; Tom Wilkinson &ndash; *The Full Monty* as Gerald'*
*Mark Addy &ndash; *The Full Monty* as Dave
*Rupert Everett &ndash; *My Best Friend's Wedding* as George Downes
*Burt Reynolds &ndash; *Boogie Nights* as Jack Horner

*'1998 &ndash; Geoffrey Rush &ndash; *Elizabeth* as Francis Walsingham'*
*Ed Harris &ndash; *The Truman Show* as Christof
*Geoffrey Rush &ndash; *Shakespeare in Love* as Philip Henslowe
*Tom Wilkinson &ndash; *Shakespeare in Love* as Hugh Fennyman

*'1999 &ndash; Jude Law &ndash; *The Talented Mr. Ripley* as Dickie Greenleaf'*
*Wes Bentley &ndash; *American Beauty* as Ricky Fitts
*Michael Caine &ndash; *The Cider House Rules* as Wilbur Larch
*Rhys Ifans &ndash; *Notting Hill* as Spike
*Timothy Spall &ndash; *Topsy-Turvy* as Richard Temple

### 2000s
*'2000 &ndash; Benicio del Toro &ndash; *Traffic* as Javier Rodriguez'*
*Albert Finney &ndash; *Erin Brockovich* as Edward L. Masry
*Gary Lewis &ndash; *Billy Elliot* as Mr Elliot
*Joaquin Phoenix &ndash; *Gladiator* as Commodus
*Oliver Reed &ndash; *Gladiator* as Proximo

*'2001 &ndash; Jim Broadbent &ndash; *Moulin Rouge!* as Harold Zidler '*
*Hugh Bonneville &ndash; *Iris* as John Bayley (young)
*Robbie Coltrane &ndash; *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* as Rubeus Hagrid
*Colin Firth &ndash; *Bridget Jones's Diary* as Mark Darcy
*Eddie Murphy &ndash; *Shrek* as Donkey

*'2002 &ndash; Christopher Walken &ndash; *Catch Me If You Can* as Frank Abagnale, Sr.'*
*Chris Cooper &ndash; *Adaptation.* as John Laroche
*Ed Harris &ndash; *The Hours* as Richard Brown
*Alfred Molina &ndash; *Frida* as Diego Rivera
*Paul Newman &ndash; *Road to Perdition* as John Rooney

*'2003 &ndash; Bill Nighy &ndash; *Love Actually* as Billy Mack'*
*Paul Bettany &ndash; *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* as Stephen Maturin
*Albert Finney &ndash; *Big Fish* as Ed Bloom (old)
*Ian McKellen &ndash; *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* as Gandalf
*Tim Robbins &ndash; *Mystic River* as Dave Boyle

*'2004 &ndash; Clive Owen &ndash; *Closer* as Larry '*
*Alan Alda &ndash; *The Aviator* as Ralph Owen Brewster
*Phil Davis &ndash; *Vera Drake* as Stan
*Jamie Foxx &ndash; *Collateral* as Max Durocher
*Rodrigo de la Serna &ndash; *The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)* as Alberto Granado

*'2005 &ndash; Jake Gyllenhaal &ndash; *Brokeback Mountain* as Jack Twist'*
*Don Cheadle &ndash; *Crash* as Graham Waters
*George Clooney &ndash; *Good Night, and Good Luck* as Fred W. Friendly
*George Clooney &ndash; *Syriana* as Bob Barnes
*Matt Dillon &ndash; *Crash* as John Ryan

*'2006 &ndash; Alan Arkin &ndash; *Little Miss Sunshine* as Edwin Hoover'*
*James McAvoy &ndash; *The Last King of Scotland* as Nicholas Garrigan
*Jack Nicholson &ndash; *The Departed* as Frank Costello
*Leslie Phillips &ndash; *Venus* as Ian
*Michael Sheen &ndash; *The Queen* as Tony Blair

*'2007 &ndash; Javier Bardem &ndash; *No Country for Old Men* as Anton Chigurh'*
*Paul Dano &ndash; *There Will Be Blood* as Eli Sunday
*Philip Seymour Hoffman &ndash; *Charlie Wilson's War* as Gust Avrakotos
*Tommy Lee Jones &ndash; *No Country for Old Men* as Ed Tom Bell
*Tom Wilkinson &ndash; *Michael Clayton* as Arthur Edens

*'2008 &ndash; Heath Ledger &ndash; *The Dark Knight* as The Joker'*
*Robert Downey Jr. &ndash; *Tropic Thunder* as Kirk Lazarus
*Brendan Gleeson &ndash; *In Bruges* as Ken
*Philip Seymour Hoffman &ndash; *Doubt* as Father Brendan Flynn
*Brad Pitt &ndash; *Burn After Reading* as Chad Feldheimer

**2009** &ndash; *'Christoph Waltz &ndash; *Inglorious Basterds* as  Col. Hans Landa'*
*Alec Baldwin &ndash; *It's Complicated* as Jacob Adler
*Christian McKay &ndash; *Me and Orson Welles* as Orson Welles
*Alfred Molina &ndash; *An Education* as Jack Miller
*Stanley Tucci &ndash; *The Lovely Bones* as George Harvey

### 2010s
*'2010 &ndash; Geoffrey Rush &ndash; ''The King's Speech* as Lionel Logue*' 
*Christian Bale &ndash; *The Fighter* as Dicky Eklund
*Andrew Garfield &ndash; *The Social Network* as Eduardo Saverin
*Pete Postlethwaite &ndash; *The Town* as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
*Mark Ruffalo &ndash; *The Kids Are All Right* as Paul

'*2011 &ndash; Christopher Plummer &ndash; *Beginners* as Hal*'
* Jim Broadbent &ndash; *The Iron Lady* as Denis Thatcher
* Jonah Hill &ndash; *Moneyball* as Peter Brandt
* Kenneth Branagh &ndash; *My Week with Marilyn* as Laurence Olivier
* Philip Seymour Hoffman &ndash; *The Ides of March* as Paul Zara

## Awards and nominations 
## References
## Other websites 
* BAFTA Awards Database