BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
British film industry award
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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 recognise an actor who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film.
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| BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
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| 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 | Sean Penn for One Battle After Another (2025) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.
History
Since 1968, selected actors have been awarded with the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at an annual ceremony. The Best Supporting Actor award has been presented a total of 54 times to 48 different actors. No award was given out in this category in 1980, when no actors, male or female, were nominated for supporting roles. In addition, the award was replaced with a gender-neutral category for Best Supporting Artist, allotted for the year 1981 only, with all four nominees that year being male. The first winner was Ian Holm for his role in The Bofors Gun. The most recent winner is Sean Penn for his role in One Battle After Another. The record for most wins is three, held by Denholm Elliott, who won three consecutive times, while five other actors have won twice. Elliott also holds the record for most nominations, with seven.
Winners and nominees
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1960s
| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film | Ref. |
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1968 (22nd) |
Ian Holm | The Bofors Gun | Flynn | [1] |
| Anthony Hopkins | The Lion in Winter | King Richard I | ||
| John McEnery | Romeo and Juliet | Mercutio | ||
| George Segal | No Way to Treat a Lady | Morris Brummel | ||
1969 (23rd) |
Laurence Olivier | Oh! What a Lovely War | John French | [2] |
| Jack Klugman | Goodbye, Columbus | Ben Patimkin | ||
| Jack Nicholson | Easy Rider | George Hanson | ||
| Robert Vaughn | Bullitt | Chalmers |
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple wins and nominations
Multiple nominations
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Multiple wins
- 3 wins
- Denholm Elliott (3 consecutive)
- 2 wins
See also
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance
- Lists of acting awards
- List of awards for supporting actor
Notes
- A^: Eddie Murphy was nominated for a voice-only performance.