British Academy Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
British Academy Film Awards · 258 nominations across 57 ceremonies · 57 wins
79th BAFTA Film Awards · 2026
- Winner Sean Penn · One Battle After Another
- Nominee Peter Mullan · I Swear
- Nominee Jacob Elordi · Frankenstein
- Nominee Paul Mescal · Hamnet
- Nominee Stellan Skarsgård · Sentimental Value
- Nominee Benicio del Toro · One Battle After Another
78th BAFTA Film Awards · 2025
- Winner Kieran Culkin · A Real Pain
- Nominee Guy Pearce · The Brutalist
- Nominee Jeremy Strong · The Apprentice
- Nominee Yura Borisov · Anora
- Nominee Edward Norton · A Complete Unknown
- Nominee Clarence Maclin · Sing Sing
77th BAFTA Film Awards · 2024
- Winner Robert Downey Jr. · Oppenheimer
- Nominee Paul Mescal · All of Us Strangers
- Nominee Robert De Niro · Killers of the Flower Moon
- Nominee Jacob Elordi · Saltburn
- Nominee Ryan Gosling · Barbie
- Nominee Dominic Sessa · The Holdovers
76th BAFTA Film Awards · 2023
- Winner Barry Keoghan · The Banshees of Inisherin
- Nominee Albrecht Schuch · All Quiet on the Western Front
- Nominee Micheal Ward · Empire of Light
- Nominee Eddie Redmayne · The Good Nurse
- Nominee Brendan Gleeson · The Banshees of Inisherin
- Nominee Ke Huy Quan · Everything Everywhere All at Once
75th BAFTA Film Awards · 2022
- Winner Troy Kotsur · CODA
- Nominee Mike Faist · West Side Story
- Nominee Jesse Plemons · The Power of the Dog
- Nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee · The Power of the Dog
- Nominee Woody Norman · C'mon C'mon
- Nominee Ciarán Hinds · Belfast
74th BAFTA Film Awards · 2021
- Winner Daniel Kaluuya · Judas and the Black Messiah
- Nominee Leslie Odom Jr. · One Night in Miami...
- Nominee Clarke Peters · Da 5 Bloods
- Nominee Paul Raci · Sound of Metal
- Nominee Barry Keoghan · Calm with Horses
- Nominee Alan Kim · Minari
73rd BAFTA Film Awards · 2020
- Winner Brad Pitt · Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Nominee Joe Pesci · The Irishman
- Nominee Al Pacino · The Irishman
- Nominee Anthony Hopkins · The Two Popes
- Nominee Tom Hanks · A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
72nd BAFTA Film Awards · 2019
- Winner Mahershala Ali · Green Book
- Nominee Sam Rockwell · Vice
- Nominee Adam Driver · BlacKkKlansman
- Nominee Richard E. Grant · Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Nominee Timothée Chalamet · Beautiful Boy
71st BAFTA Film Awards · 2018
- Winner Sam Rockwell · Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Nominee Woody Harrelson · Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Nominee Hugh Grant · Paddington 2
- Nominee Willem Dafoe · The Florida Project
- Nominee Christopher Plummer · All the Money in the World
70th BAFTA Film Awards · 2017
- Winner Dev Patel · Lion
- Nominee Aaron Taylor-Johnson · Nocturnal Animals
- Nominee Mahershala Ali · Moonlight
- Nominee Hugh Grant · Florence Foster Jenkins
- Nominee Jeff Bridges · Hell or High Water
69th BAFTA Film Awards · 2016
- Winner Mark Rylance · Bridge of Spies
- Nominee Christian Bale · The Big Short
- Nominee Mark Ruffalo · Spotlight
- Nominee Idris Elba · Beasts of No Nation
- Nominee Benicio del Toro · Sicario
68th BAFTA Film Awards · 2015
- Winner J. K. Simmons · Whiplash
- Nominee Mark Ruffalo · Foxcatcher
- Nominee Ethan Hawke · Boyhood
- Nominee Edward Norton · Birdman
- Nominee Steve Carell · Foxcatcher
67th BAFTA Film Awards · 2014
- Winner Barkhad Abdi · Captain Phillips
- Nominee Bradley Cooper · American Hustle
- Nominee Daniel Brühl · Rush
- Nominee Michael Fassbender · 12 Years a Slave
- Nominee Matt Damon · Behind the Candelabra
66th BAFTA Film Awards · 2013
- Winner Christoph Waltz · Django Unchained
- Nominee Alan Arkin · Argo
- Nominee Tommy Lee Jones · Lincoln
- Nominee Javier Bardem · Skyfall
- Nominee Philip Seymour Hoffman · The Master
65th BAFTA Film Awards · 2012
- Winner Christopher Plummer · Beginners
- Nominee Philip Seymour Hoffman · The Ides of March
- Nominee Kenneth Branagh · My Week with Marilyn
- Nominee Jonah Hill · Moneyball
- Nominee Jim Broadbent · The Iron Lady
64th BAFTA Film Awards · 2011
- Winner Geoffrey Rush · The King's Speech
- Nominee Pete Postlethwaite · The Town
- Nominee Andrew Garfield · The Social Network
- Nominee Christian Bale · The Fighter
- Nominee Mark Ruffalo · The Kids Are All Right
63rd BAFTA Film Awards · 2010
- Winner Christoph Waltz · Inglourious Basterds
- Nominee Alfred Molina · An Education
- Nominee Christian McKay · Me and Orson Welles
- Nominee Alec Baldwin · It's Complicated
- Nominee Stanley Tucci · The Lovely Bones
62nd BAFTA Film Awards · 2009
- Winner Heath Ledger · The Dark Knight
- Nominee Brendan Gleeson · In Bruges
- Nominee Robert Downey Jr. · Tropic Thunder
- Nominee Philip Seymour Hoffman · Doubt
- Nominee Brad Pitt · Burn After Reading
61st BAFTA Film Awards · 2008
- Winner Javier Bardem · No Country for Old Men
- Nominee Paul Dano · There Will Be Blood
- Nominee Tommy Lee Jones · No Country for Old Men
- Nominee Philip Seymour Hoffman · Charlie Wilson's War
- Nominee Tom Wilkinson · Michael Clayton
60th BAFTA Film Awards · 2007
- Winner Alan Arkin · Little Miss Sunshine
- Nominee Leslie Phillips · Venus
- Nominee James McAvoy · The Last King of Scotland
- Nominee Michael Sheen · The Queen
- Nominee Jack Nicholson · The Departed
59th BAFTA Film Awards · 2006
- Winner Jake Gyllenhaal · Brokeback Mountain
- Nominee Matt Dillon · Crash
- Nominee George Clooney · Syriana
- Nominee George Clooney · Good Night, and Good Luck.
- Nominee Don Cheadle · Crash
58th BAFTA Film Awards · 2005
- Winner Clive Owen · Closer
- Nominee Rodrigo de la Serna · The Motorcycle Diaries
- Nominee Alan Alda · The Aviator
- Nominee Phil Davis · Vera Drake
- Nominee Jamie Foxx · Collateral
57th BAFTA Film Awards · 2004
- Winner Bill Nighy · Love Actually
- Nominee Paul Bettany · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Nominee Ian McKellen · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Nominee Tim Robbins · Mystic River
- Nominee Albert Finney · Big Fish
56th BAFTA Film Awards · 2003
- Winner Christopher Walken · Catch Me If You Can
- Nominee Alfred Molina · Frida
- Nominee Ed Harris · The Hours
- Nominee Paul Newman · Road to Perdition
- Nominee Chris Cooper · Adaptation.
55th BAFTA Film Awards · 2002
- Winner Jim Broadbent · Moulin Rouge!
- Nominee Colin Firth · Bridget Jones's Diary
- Nominee Eddie Murphy · Shrek
- Nominee Hugh Bonneville · Iris
- Nominee Robbie Coltrane · Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
54th BAFTA Film Awards · 2001
- Winner Benicio del Toro · Traffic
- Nominee Gary Lewis · Billy Elliot
- Nominee Joaquin Phoenix · Gladiator
- Nominee Oliver Reed · Gladiator
- Nominee Albert Finney · Erin Brockovich
53rd BAFTA Film Awards · 2000
- Winner Jude Law · The Talented Mr. Ripley
- Nominee Timothy Spall · Topsy-Turvy
- Nominee Michael Caine · The Cider House Rules
- Nominee Wes Bentley · American Beauty
- Nominee Rhys Ifans · Notting Hill
52nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1999
- Winner Geoffrey Rush · Shakespeare in Love
- Nominee Geoffrey Rush · Elizabeth
- Nominee Tom Wilkinson · Shakespeare in Love
- Nominee Ed Harris · The Truman Show
51st BAFTA Film Awards · 1998
- Winner Tom Wilkinson · The Full Monty
- Nominee Rupert Everett · My Best Friend's Wedding
- Nominee Mark Addy · The Full Monty
- Nominee Burt Reynolds · Boogie Nights
50th BAFTA Film Awards · 1997
- Winner Paul Scofield · The Crucible
- Nominee Alan Rickman · Michael Collins
- Nominee John Gielgud · Shine
- Nominee Edward Norton · Primal Fear
49th BAFTA Film Awards · 1996
- Winner Tim Roth · Rob Roy
- Nominee Martin Landau · Ed Wood
- Nominee Ian Holm · The Madness of King George
- Nominee Alan Rickman · Sense and Sensibility
48th BAFTA Film Awards · 1995
- Winner Samuel L. Jackson · Pulp Fiction
- Nominee John Hannah · Four Weddings and a Funeral
- Nominee Simon Callow · Four Weddings and a Funeral
- Nominee Paul Scofield · Quiz Show
47th BAFTA Film Awards · 1994
- Winner Ralph Fiennes · Schindler's List
- Nominee Tommy Lee Jones · The Fugitive
- Nominee Ben Kingsley · Schindler's List
- Nominee John Malkovich · In the Line of Fire
46th BAFTA Film Awards · 1993
- Winner Gene Hackman · Unforgiven
- Nominee Jaye Davidson · The Crying Game
- Nominee Tommy Lee Jones · JFK
- Nominee Samuel West · Howards End
45th BAFTA Film Awards · 1992
- Winner Alan Rickman · Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- Nominee Alan Bates · Hamlet
- Nominee Andrew Strong · The Commitments
- Nominee Derek Jacobi · Dead Again
44th BAFTA Film Awards · 1991
- Winner Salvatore Cascio · Cinema Paradiso
- Nominee Alan Alda · Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Nominee John Hurt · The Field
- Nominee Al Pacino · Dick Tracy
43rd BAFTA Film Awards · 1990
- Winner Ray McAnally · My Left Foot
- Nominee Marlon Brando · A Dry White Season
- Nominee Jack Nicholson · Batman
- Nominee Sean Connery · Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
42nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1989
- Winner Michael Palin · A Fish Called Wanda
- Nominee Peter O'Toole · The Last Emperor
- Nominee Joss Ackland · White Mischief
- Nominee David Suchet · A World Apart
41st BAFTA Film Awards · 1988
- Winner Daniel Auteuil · Jean de Florette
- Nominee John Thaw · Cry Freedom
- Nominee Sean Connery · The Untouchables
- Nominee Ian Bannen · Hope and Glory
40th BAFTA Film Awards · 1987
- Winner Ray McAnally · The Mission
- Nominee Denholm Elliott · A Room with a View
- Nominee Simon Callow · A Room with a View
- Nominee Klaus Maria Brandauer · Out of Africa
39th BAFTA Film Awards · 1986
- Winner Denholm Elliott · Defence of the Realm
- Nominee John Gielgud · Plenty
- Nominee Saeed Jaffrey · My Beautiful Laundrette
- Nominee James Fox · A Passage to India
38th BAFTA Film Awards · 1985
- Winner Denholm Elliott · A Private Function
- Nominee Ralph Richardson · Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- Nominee Ian Holm · Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- Nominee Michael Elphick · Gorky Park
37th BAFTA Film Awards · 1984
- Winner Denholm Elliott · Trading Places
- Nominee Bob Hoskins · The Honorary Consul
- Nominee Jerry Lewis · The King of Comedy
- Nominee Burt Lancaster · Local Hero
36th BAFTA Film Awards · 1983
- Winner Jack Nicholson · Reds
- Nominee Roshan Seth · Gandhi
- Nominee Frank Finlay · The Return of the Soldier
- Nominee Edward Fox · Gandhi
35th BAFTA Film Awards · 1982
- Winner Ian Holm · Chariots of Fire
33rd BAFTA Film Awards · 1980
- Winner Robert Duvall · Apocalypse Now
- Nominee Christopher Walken · The Deer Hunter
- Nominee John Hurt · Alien
- Nominee Denholm Elliott · Saint Jack
32nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1979
- Winner John Hurt · Midnight Express
- Nominee Jason Robards · Julia
- Nominee François Truffaut · Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Nominee Gene Hackman · Superman
31st BAFTA Film Awards · 1978
- Winner Edward Fox · A Bridge Too Far
- Nominee Robert Duvall · Network
- Nominee Zero Mostel · The Front
- Nominee Colin Blakely · Equus
30th BAFTA Film Awards · 1977
- Winner Brad Dourif · One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Nominee Jason Robards · All the President's Men
- Nominee Michael Hordern · The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella
- Nominee Martin Balsam · All the President's Men
29th BAFTA Film Awards · 1976
- Winner Fred Astaire · The Towering Inferno
- Nominee Jack Warden · Shampoo
- Nominee Burgess Meredith · The Day of the Locust
- Nominee Martin Balsam · The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
28th BAFTA Film Awards · 1975
- Winner John Gielgud · Murder on the Orient Express
- Nominee John Huston · Chinatown
- Nominee Adam Faith · Stardust
- Nominee Randy Quaid · The Last Detail
27th BAFTA Film Awards · 1974
- Winner Arthur Lowe · O Lucky Man!
- Nominee Michael Lonsdale · The Day of the Jackal
- Nominee Ian Bannen · The Offence
- Nominee Denholm Elliott · A Doll's House
26th BAFTA Film Awards · 1973
- Winner Ben Johnson · The Last Picture Show
- Nominee Robert Duvall · The Godfather
- Nominee Ralph Richardson · Lady Caroline Lamb
- Nominee Max Adrian · The Boy Friend
25th BAFTA Film Awards · 1972
- Winner Edward Fox · The Go-Between
- Nominee Ian Hendry · Get Carter
- Nominee Michael Gough · The Go-Between
- Nominee John Hurt · 10 Rillington Place
24th BAFTA Film Awards · 1971
- Winner Colin Welland · Kes
- Nominee John Mills · Ryan's Daughter
- Nominee Bernard Cribbins · The Railway Children
- Nominee Gig Young · They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
23rd BAFTA Film Awards · 1970
- Winner Laurence Olivier · Oh! What a Lovely War
- Nominee Jack Nicholson · Easy Rider
- Nominee Robert Vaughn · Bullitt
- Nominee Jack Klugman · Goodbye, Columbus
22nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1969
- Winner Ian Holm · The Bofors Gun
- Nominee John McEnery · Romeo and Juliet
- Nominee George Segal · No Way to Treat a Lady
- Nominee Anthony Hopkins · The Lion in Winter