BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
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![]() The 2019 recipient: Brad Pitt | |
Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role |
Location | United Kingdom |
Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
Currently held by | Brad Pitt for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) |
Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film. Actors of all nationalities are eligible to receive the award.
Winner and nominees
indicates the winner
1960s

Laurence Olivier won in 1969 for his role in Oh! What a Lovely War
Year | Actor | Film | Role(s) | Ref. |
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1968 22nd | ||||
Ian Holm | The Bofors Gun | Flynn | [1] | |
Anthony Hopkins | The Lion in Winter | King Richard I | [2] | |
John McEnery | Romeo and Juliet | Mercutio | ||
George Segal | No Way to Treat a Lady | Morris Brummel | [3] | |
1969 23rd | ||||
Laurence Olivier | Oh! What a Lovely War | John French | [4][5][6][7] | |
Jack Klugman | Goodbye, Columbus | Ben Patimkin | ||
Jack Nicholson | Easy Rider | George Hanson | [8][9][10] | |
Robert Vaughn | Bullitt | Chalmers |
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
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Jim Broadbent won for his performance in Moulin Rouge! (2001)

Christopher Walken won for his performance in Catch Me If You Can (2002)
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Heath Ledger won posthumously for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight (2008) and also the first win for portraying a comic book character[11]

J. K. Simmons won for his role in Whiplash (2014)
2010s
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Benicio del Toro won for his role in 2000's Traffic
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Dev Patel won for his performance as Saroo Brierley in Lion (2016)

Mark Rylance won for portraying Rudolf Abel in Bridge of Spies (2015)
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Sam Rockwell won for his performance as Jason Dixon in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(2017)

Javier Bardem won for his performance in No Country for Old Men (2007)

Christoph Waltz won twice for his roles in Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django Unchained (2012)

At age 82, Christopher Plummer became the oldest acting Oscar winner for his performance in Beginners (2011)
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Mahershala Ali won for his performance as Don Shirley in Green Book (2018)
Year | Actor | Film | Role(s) |
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2010 64th | |||
Geoffrey Rush | The King's Speech | Lionel Logue | |
Christian Bale | The Fighter | Dicky Eklund | |
Andrew Garfield | The Social Network | Eduardo Saverin | |
Pete Postlethwaite (posthumous) | The Town | Fergus "Fergie" Colm | |
Mark Ruffalo | The Kids Are All Right | Paul Hatfield | |
2011 65th | |||
Christopher Plummer | Beginners | Hal Fields | |
Kenneth Branagh | My Week with Marilyn | Laurence Olivier | |
Jim Broadbent | The Iron Lady | Denis Thatcher | |
Jonah Hill | Moneyball | Peter Brand | |
Philip Seymour Hoffman | The Ides of March | Paul Zara | |
2012 66th | |||
Christoph Waltz | Django Unchained | Dr. King Schultz | |
Alan Arkin | Argo | Lester Siegel | |
Javier Bardem | Skyfall | Raoul Silva | |
Philip Seymour Hoffman | The Master | Lancaster Dodd | |
Tommy Lee Jones | Lincoln | Thaddeus Stevens | |
2013 67th | |||
Barkhad Abdi | Captain Phillips | Abduwali Muse | |
Daniel Brühl | Rush | Niki Lauda | |
Bradley Cooper | American Hustle | Richard "Richie" DiMaso | |
Matt Damon | Behind the Candelabra | Scott Thorson | |
Michael Fassbender | 12 Years a Slave | Edwin Epps | |
2014 68th | |||
J. K. Simmons | Whiplash | Terrence Fletcher | |
Steve Carell | Foxcatcher | John du Pont | |
Ethan Hawke | Boyhood | Mason Evans Sr. | |
Edward Norton | Birdman | Mike Shiner | |
Mark Ruffalo | Foxcatcher | David Schultz | |
2015 69th | |||
Mark Rylance | Bridge of Spies | Rudolf Abel | |
Christian Bale | The Big Short | Michael Burry | |
Benicio del Toro | Sicario | Alejandro Gillick | |
Idris Elba | Beasts of No Nation | The Commandant | |
Mark Ruffalo | Spotlight | Michael Rezendes | |
2016 70th | |||
Dev Patel | Lion | Saroo Brierley | |
Mahershala Ali | Moonlight | Juan | |
Jeff Bridges | Hell or High Water | Marcus Hamilton | |
Hugh Grant | Florence Foster Jenkins | St. Clair Bayfield | |
Aaron Taylor-Johnson | Nocturnal Animals | Ray Marcus | |
2017 71st | |||
Sam Rockwell | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Jason Dixon | |
Willem Dafoe | The Florida Project | Bobby Hicks | |
Hugh Grant | Paddington 2 | Phoenix Buchanan | |
Woody Harrelson | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Bill Willoughby | |
Christopher Plummer | All the Money in the World | J. Paul Getty | |
2018 72nd | |||
Mahershala Ali | Green Book | Don Shirley | |
Timothée Chalamet | Beautiful Boy | Nic Sheff | |
Adam Driver | BlacKkKlansman | Flip Zimmerman | |
Richard E. Grant | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Jack Hock | |
Sam Rockwell | Vice | George W. Bush | |
2019 73rd | |||
Brad Pitt | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Cliff Booth | |
Tom Hanks | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | Fred Rogers | |
Anthony Hopkins | The Two Popes | Pope Benedict XVI | |
Al Pacino | The Irishman | Jimmy Hoffa | |
Joe Pesci | Russell Bufalino |
Note: No award for Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress was presented in 1980. In 1981, the award was for Best Supporting Artist. All four nominees were male.
Multiple nominations
Multiple wins
- 3 wins
- Denholm Elliott (consecutive)
- 2 wins
- Edward Fox
- Ian Holm
- Ray McAnally
- Geoffrey Rush
- Christoph Waltz
See also
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
References
- ^ Holm, Ian; Jacobi, Steven (2004). "Ian Holm: A Select CV". Acting My Life. Bantam Books. p. 327. ISBN 9780593052143.
- ^ Green, Matt. Celebrity Biographies - The Amazing Life of Sir Anthony Hopkins - Famous Actors.
- ^ O'Neill, William L. (January 1, 2003). The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: M-Z. C. Scribner's Sons. p. 406. ISBN 9780684312224.
- ^ Mayer, Geoff (2003). Guide to British Cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 295. ISBN 9780313303074.
- ^ Block, Maxine; Rothe, Anna Herthe; Candee, Marjorie Dent; Moritz, Charles (2002). Current Biography Yearbook. H. W. Wilson Company. p. 238.
- ^ Thompson, Clifford; Wilson, H. W. (2002). Current Biography Yearbook, 2003. H.W. Wilson Company. p. 238. ISBN 9780824210267.
- ^ Sight and Sound. British Film Institute. 2006.
- ^ Karli, Shaun R. (2012). Becoming Jack Nicholson: The Masculine Persona from Easy Rider to The Shining. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 184. ISBN 9780810885981.
- ^ Gritten, David (2008). The Movies That Matter: From Bogart to Bond and All the Latest Film Releases. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 711. ISBN 9780007271061.
- ^ Parker, John (April 6, 2017). Jack Nicholson - The Biography. John Blake Publishing Ltd. p. 223. ISBN 9781786064998.
- ^ Kinn, Gail; Piazza, Jim (2014). The Academy Awards: The Complete Unofficial History (5 ed.). New York, United States: Workman Publishing Company. p. 345. ISBN 978-1-57912-986-6.