British Academy Film Award / Best Supporting Actor
Winners and nominees in the category Best Supporting Actor ( Supporting Actor ) at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA Awards) , which was introduced after restructuring the award ceremony in the 1968th The award is given to the most outstanding acting achievements of the past calendar year, with the number of nominations increased from four to five in 2000. The Australian Geoffrey Rush and the American George Clooney received double nominations for various film productions in 1999 and 2006 . As the only German-speaking actor to date, Christoph Waltz (2010 for Inglourious Basterds and 2013 for Django Unchained ) was able to enter the list of winners. In 1987 his compatriot Klaus Maria Brandauer ( Out of Africa ) won a nomination. In 2014, the German Daniel Brühl ( Rush - Alles für den Sieg ) and the German-Irish Michael Fassbender ( 12 Years a Slave ) also received nominations .
The winner agreed with the future Oscar winner thirteen times, most recently in 2019 with the victory of Mahershala Ali ( Green Book - A Special Friendship ). The Australian Heath Ledger ( The Dark Knight ) was awarded posthumously in 2009 . Posthumous nominations were received by the British Ralph Richardson (1985 for Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes ) and Oliver Reed (2001 for Gladiator ).
| statistics | Surname | number | year |
| Most frequent awards | Denholm Elliott | 3 | 1984, 1985, 1986 |
| Most frequent nominations | Denholm Elliott | 7th | 1974, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 |
| Most frequent nominations without a win | Alan Alda | 2 | 1991, 2005 |
| Martin Balsam | 2 | 1976, 1977 | |
| Ian Bannen | 2 | 1974, 1988 | |
| Simon Callow | 2 | 1987, 1995 | |
| George Clooney | 2 | 2006 , 2006 | |
| Sean Connery | 2 | 1988, 1990 | |
| Albert Finney | 2 | 2001, 2004 | |
| Ed Harris | 2 | 1999, 2003 | |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | 2 | 2008 , 2009 | |
| Tommy Lee Jones | 2 | 1993, 1994 | |
| Ralph Richardson | 2 | 1973, 1985 | |
| Jason Robards | 2 | 1977, 1979 |
The films listed below are given with their German distribution title (if this can be determined), followed by the foreign-language original title in brackets in italics. The original title is not mentioned if the German and foreign-language film titles are identical. The winners are highlighted first.
1960s
1969
Ian Holm - Events while Guarding the Bofors Gun ( The Bofors Gun )
- Anthony Hopkins - The Lion in Winter ( The Lion in Winter )
- John McEnery - Romeo and Juliet ( Romeo and Juliet! )
- George Segal - Bizarre Murders ( No Way to Treat a Lady )
1970s
1970
Laurence Olivier - Oh! What a lovely war
- Jack Klugman - To the devil with innocence ( Goodbye, Columbus )
- Jack Nicholson - Easy Rider
- Robert Vaughn - Bullitt
1971
- Bernard Cribbins - The Railway Children
- John Mills - Ryan's Daughter ( Ryan's Daughter )
- Gig Young - Only horses are given the coup de grace ( They Shoot Horses, Don't They? )
1972
Edward Fox - The Mediator ( The Go-Between )
- Michael Gough - The Mediator ( The Go-Between )
- Ian Hendry - Get Carter
- John Hurt - John Christie, the strangler of London ( 10 Rillington Place )
1973
Ben Johnson - The Last Picture Show ( The Last Picture Show )
- Max Adrian - Boyfriend ( The Boyfriend )
- Robert Duvall - The Godfather ( The Godfather )
- Ralph Richardson - The Great Love of Lady Caroline ( Lady Caroline Lamb )
1974
Arthur Lowe - The Successful ( O Lucky Man! )
- Ian Bannen - His Life in My Control ( The Offence )
- Denholm Elliott - A Doll's House ( A Doll's House )
- Michael Lonsdale - The Jackal ( The Day of the Jackal )
1975
John Gielgud - Murder on the Orient Express ( Murder on the Orient Express )
- Adam Faith - Stardust
- John Huston - Chinatown
- Randy Quaid - The Last Detail ( The Last Detail )
1976
Fred Astaire - The Towering Inferno ( The Towering Inferno )
- Martin Balsam - Stops the Death Ride of Subway 123 ( The Taking of Pelham 123 )
- Burgess Meredith - The Day of the Locust ( The Day of The Locust )
- Jack Warden - shampoo
1977
Brad Dourif - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ( One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest )
- Martin Balsam - The Incorruptible ( All the President's Men )
- Michael Hordern - Cinderella's Silver Shoe ( The Slipper and The Rose )
- Jason Robards - The Untouchables ( All the President's Men )
1978
Edward Fox - The Bridge of Arnhem ( A Bridge Too Far )
- Colin Blakely - Equus - Blind Horses ( Equus )
- Robert Duvall - Network
- Zero Mostel - Der Strohmann ( The Front )
1979
John Hurt - Midnight Express ( Midnight Express )
- Gene Hackman - Superman
- Jason Robards - Julia
- François Truffaut - Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( Close Encounters of the Third Child )
1980s
1980
Robert Duvall - Apocalypse Now
- Denholm Elliott - Saint Jack
- John Hurt - Alien - The uncanny creature from a strange world ( Alien )
- Christopher Walken - Those Going Through Hell ( The Deer Hunter )
1981
Prize not awarded
1982
Ian Holm - The Victory's Hour ( Chariots of Fire )
- Denholm Elliott - Raiders of the Lost Ark ( Raiders of the Lost Ark )
- John Gielgud - Arthur - No Child of Sadness ( Arthur )
- Nigel Havers - The Hour of the Victory ( Chariots of Fire )
1983
- Frank Finlay - Dead Again ( The Return of the Soldier )
- Edward Fox - Gandhi
- Roshan Seth - Gandhi
1984
Denholm Elliott - The Soldiers of Fortune ( Trading Places )
- Bob Hoskins - The Honorary Consul ( The Honorary Consul )
- Burt Lancaster - Local Hero
- Jerry Lewis - The King of Comedy
1985
Denholm Elliott - Lean Times - The Movie With the Pig ( A Private Function )
- Michael Elphick - Gorky Park
- Ian Holm - Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes ( Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes )
- Ralph Richardson - Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes ( Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes )
1986
Denholm Elliott - Button - In the swamp of the atomic mafia ( Defense of the Realm )
- James Fox - Journey to India ( A Passage to India )
- John Gielgud - A Demancipated Woman ( Plenty )
- Saeed Jaffrey - My Beautiful Laundrette ( My Beautiful Laundrette )
1987
Ray McAnally - Mission ( The Mission )
- Klaus Maria Brandauer - Out of Africa ( Out of Africa )
- Simon Callow - Room with a View ( A Room with a View )
- Denholm Elliott - Room with a View ( A Room with a View )
1988
Daniel Auteuil - Jean Florette ( Jean de Florette )
- Ian Bannen - Hope and Glory
- Sean Connery - The Untouchables ( The Untouchables )
- John Thaw - Cry Freedom ( Cry Freedom )
1989
Michael Palin - A Fish Called Wanda ( A Fish Called Wanda )
- Joss Ackland - The Last Days in Kenya ( White Mischief )
- Peter O'Toole - The Last Emperor ( The Last Emperor )
- David Suchet - Two Worlds ( A World Apart )
1990s
1990
Ray McAnally - My Left Foot ( My Left Foot )
- Marlon Brando - A Dry White Season ( A Dry White Season )
- Sean Connery - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade )
- Jack Nicholson - Batman
1991
Salvatore Cascio - Cinema Paradiso ( Nuovo cinema Paradiso )
- Alan Alda - Crimes and Misdemeanors ( Crimes and Misdemeanors )
- John Hurt - The field ( The Field )
- Al Pacino - Dick Tracy
1992
Alan Rickman - Robin Hood - King of Thieves ( Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves )
- Alan Bates - Hamlet
- Derek Jacobi - Shadows of the Past ( Dead Again )
- Andrew Strong - The Commitments ( The Commitments )
1993
Gene Hackman - Merciless ( Unforgiven )
- Jaye Davidson - The Crying Game
- Tommy Lee Jones - JFK - Crime Scene Dallas ( JFK )
- Samuel West - Howards End ( Howards End )
1994
Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List ( Schindler's List )
- Tommy Lee Jones - The Fugitive ( The Fugitive )
- Ben Kingsley - Schindler's List ( Schindler's List )
- John Malkovich - In the Line of Fire - The Second Chance ( In the Line of Fire )
1995
Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction
- Simon Callow - Four Weddings and a Funeral ( Four Weddings and a Funeral )
- John Hannah - Four Weddings and a Funeral ( Four Weddings and a Funeral )
- Paul Scofield - Quiz Show
1996
- John Gielgud - King George - A Madness ( The Madness of King George )
- Martin Landau - Ed Wood
- Alan Rickman - Sense and Sensibility ( Sense and Sensibility )
1997
Paul Scofield - Witch Hunt ( The Crucible )
- John Gielgud - Shine
- Edward Norton - Twilight ( Primal Fear )
- Alan Rickman - Michael Collins
1998
Tom Wilkinson - All Or Not ( The Full Monty )
- Mark Addy - All Or Not ( The Full Monty )
- Rupert Everett - The Best Friend's Wedding ( My Best Friend's Wedding )
- Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights
1999
Geoffrey Rush - Shakespeare in Love
- Ed Harris - The Truman Show ( The Truman Show )
- Geoffrey Rush - Elizabeth
- Tom Wilkinson - Shakespeare in Love
2000s
2000
Jew Law - The Talented Mr. Ripley ( The Talented Mr. Ripley )
- Wes Bentley - American Beauty
- Michael Caine - God's Work and the Devil's Contribution ( The Cider House Rules )
- Rhys Ifans - Notting Hill
- Timothy Spall - Topsy-Turvy - Upside Down ( Topsy-Turvy )
2001
Benicio del Toro - Traffic - Power of the Cartel ( Traffic )
- Albert Finney - Erin Brockovich
- Gary Lewis - Billy Elliot - I Will Dance ( Billy Elliot )
- Joaquín Phoenix - gladiator
- Oliver Reed - Gladiator
2002
Jim Broadbent - Moulin Rouge ( Moulin Rouge! )
- Hugh Bonneville - Iris
- Robbie Coltrane - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ( Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone )
- Colin Firth - Bridget Jones - Chocolate for Breakfast ( Bridget Jones's Diary )
- Eddie Murphy - Shrek - The Daredevil Hero ( Shrek )
2003
Christopher Walken - Catch Me If You Can
- Ed Harris - The Hours - From Eternity to Eternity ( The Hours )
- Chris Cooper - Adaptation - The Orchid Thief ( Adaptation )
- Alfred Molina - Frida
- Paul Newman - Road to Perdition
2004
Bill Nighy - Actually ... love ( Love Actually )
- Paul Bettany - Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World ( Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World )
- Albert Finney - Big Fish
- Ian McKellen - The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King ( The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King )
- Tim Robbins - Mystic River
2005
Clive Owen - Up Close ( Closer )
- Phil Davis - Vera Drake
- Alan Alda - Aviator ( The Aviator )
- Rodrigo de la Serna - The Journey of Young Che ( Diarios de motocicleta )
- Jamie Foxx - Collateral
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
- Don Cheadle - LA Crash (Crash)
- George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck (Good Night, and Good Luck.)
- George Clooney - Syriana
- Matt Dillon - LA Crash (Crash)
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
- James McAvoy - The Last King of Scotland - In the clutches of power ( The Last King of Scotland )
- Jack Nicholson - Departed ( The Departed )
- Leslie Phillips - Venus
- Michael Sheen - The Queen ( The Queen )
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
- Paul Dano - There Will Be Blood
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War ( Charlie Wilson's War )
- Tommy Lee Jones - No Country for Old Men
- Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
- Robert Downey junior - Tropic Thunder
- Brendan Gleeson - See Bruges ... and die? ( In Bruges )
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - Question of Faith ( Doubt )
- Brad Pitt - Burn After Reading - Who's Burning Their Fingers Here? ( Burn After Reading )
2010s
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
- Alec Baldwin - If Love Was That Easy ( It's Complicated )
- Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles ( Me and Orson Welles )
- Alfred Molina - An Education
- Stanley Tucci - In my Heaven ( The Lovely Bones )
Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech
- Christian Bale - The Fighter
- Andrew Garfield - The Social Network
- Pete Postlethwaite - The Town - without mercy ( The Town )
- Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right
Christopher Plummer - Beginners
- Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn
- Jim Broadbent - The Iron Lady (The Iron Lady)
- Jonah Hill - The Art of Winning - Moneyball (Moneyball)
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Ides of March (The Ides of March)
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
- Alan Arkin - Argo
- Javier Bardem - James Bond 007 - Skyfall (Skyfall)
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
- Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips
- Matt Damon - Liberace - Too Much of a Good is Wonderful (Behind the Candelabra)
- Bradley Cooper - American Hustle
- Daniel Brühl - Rush - Everything for victory (Rush)
- Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
- Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
- Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
- Edward Norton - Birdman or ( The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance))
- Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies - The Negotiator (Bridge of Spies)
- Benicio del Toro - Sicario
- Christian Bale - The Big Short
- Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
- Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
Dev Patel - Lion - The Long Way Home (Lion)
- Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
- Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
- Hugh Grant - Florence Foster Jenkins
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson - Nocturnal Animals
Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
- Hugh Grant - Paddington 2
- Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Christopher Plummer - All the money in the world (All the Money in the World)
Mahershala Ali - Green Book - A Special Friendship (Green Book)
- Timothée Chalamet - Beautiful Boy
- Adam Driver - BlacKkKlansman
- Richard E. Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Sam Rockwell - Vice - The Second Man (Vice)