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Quick facts for kids BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
The 2024 winner: Kieran Culkin for his role in A Real Pain.
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Location	United Kingdom
Currently held by	Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain (2024)

The BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is a special prize given out every year. It is presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). The award honors an actor who gave an amazing performance in a supporting role in a movie.

A supporting actor helps tell the story but is not the main character. Their performance is still very important to the film.

BAFTA is a British group that celebrates the best in movies, television, and video games. They host exciting awards shows each year. The award for Best Supporting Actor has been a part of their film ceremony since 1968.

In the lists below, the names in bold are the talented actors who won the award. The year shown is when the movie was released, not the year of the awards show.

History of the Award
Famous Winners Through the Decades
Actors with Multiple Wins and Nominations
- Most Wins
- Most Nominations
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History of the Award

The Best Supporting Actor award has been given 54 times to 48 different actors. The very first winner was Ian Holm in 1968 for his role in the movie The Bofors Gun.

An interesting thing happened in 1980. That year, no award was given for supporting roles. In 1981, the award was open to both men and women, but all four people nominated were men.

The actor Denholm Elliott holds the record for the most wins. He won the award three years in a row! He also has the most nominations, with seven in total. The most recent winner was Kieran Culkin for his role in the 2024 film A Real Pain.

Famous Winners Through the Decades

Many famous actors have won this award. Here are some of the winners from different decades.

The 1960s and 1970s

The first decade of the award saw many great performances.

1968: Ian Holm won for The Bofors Gun.
1969: Laurence Olivier won for Oh! What a Lovely War.
1974: Sir John Gielgud won for playing a butler in Murder on the Orient Express.
1975: The famous dancer and actor Fred Astaire won for The Towering Inferno.
1978: Sir John Hurt won for his role in Midnight Express.
1979: Robert Duvall won for the war film Apocalypse Now.

The 1980s

This decade was dominated by one actor, but other stars won too.

1981: Ian Holm won his second award for Chariots of Fire.
1983: Denholm Elliott won the first of his three awards for Trading Places.
1984: Denholm Elliott won again for A Private Function.
1985: Denholm Elliott won for a third time in a row for Defence of the Realm.
1988: Michael Palin, known for his comedy, won for A Fish Called Wanda.

The 1990s

The 90s brought wins for actors in very memorable roles.

1991: Alan Rickman won for playing the Sheriff of Nottingham in ...: Prince of Thieves.
1993: Ralph Fiennes won for his powerful role in Schindler's List.
1994: Samuel L. Jackson won for the popular movie Pulp Fiction.
1997: Tom Wilkinson won for the comedy The ... Monty.
1998: Geoffrey Rush won for playing a theater owner in Shakespeare in Love.

The 2000s

This decade saw winners from fantasy films, dramas, and comedies.

2001: Jim Broadbent won for the musical Moulin Rouge!.
2002: Christopher Walken won for Catch Me If You Can.
2007: Javier Bardem won for playing the villain in No Country for Old Men.
2008: Heath Ledger won the award after he passed away for his famous role as the Joker in The Dark Knight. This is called a posthumous award.
2009: Christoph Waltz won for Inglourious Basterds.

The 2010s

The winners in this decade included actors from all over the world.

2010: Geoffrey Rush won his second award for The King's Speech.
2012: Christoph Waltz also won his second award for Django Unchained.
2014: J. K. Simmons won for playing a strict music teacher in Whiplash.
2018: Mahershala Ali won for his role as musician Don Shirley in Green Book.
2019: Brad Pitt won for playing a stuntman in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

The 2020s

The most recent decade has continued to celebrate incredible talent.

2020: Daniel Kaluuya won for playing activist Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah.
2021: Troy Kotsur made history as the first deaf actor to win this BAFTA. He won for his role in CODA.
2022: Barry Keoghan won for The Banshees of Inisherin.
2023: Robert Downey Jr. won for playing Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer.
2024: Kieran Culkin won for A Real Pain.

Actors with Multiple Wins and Nominations

Some actors have been recognized for their great supporting roles many times.

Most Wins

3 wins: Denholm Elliott (He won three years in a row!)
2 wins: Edward Fox, Ian Holm, Ray McAnally, Geoffrey Rush, and Christoph Waltz.

Most Nominations

7 nominations: Denholm Elliott
4 nominations: John Gielgud, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Tommy Lee Jones, and Jack Nicholson.

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Ian Holm won this award twice. First for The Bofors Gun (1968) and again for Chariots of Fire (1981).
Laurence Olivier won in 1969 for his role in Oh! What a Lovely War.
Sir John Gielgud won in 1974 for Murder on the Orient Express.
Fred Astaire won in 1975 for the action movie The Towering Inferno.
Sir John Hurt won in 1978 for Midnight Express.
Alan Rickman won in 1991 for playing the Sheriff of Nottingham in ...: Prince of Thieves.
Ralph Fiennes won in 1993 for his role in Schindler's List.
Samuel L. Jackson won in 1994 for Pulp Fiction.
Tom Wilkinson won in 1997 for the comedy The ... Monty.
Geoffrey Rush has won twice, for Shakespeare in Love (1998) and The King's Speech (2010).
Benicio del Toro won in 2000 for the movie Traffic.
Jim Broadbent won in 2001 for the musical Moulin Rouge!.
Christopher Walken won in 2002 for Catch Me If You Can.
Jake Gyllenhaal won in 2005 for Brokeback Mountain.
Alan Arkin won in 2006 for Little Miss Sunshine.
Javier Bardem won in 2007 for No Country for Old Men.
Heath Ledger won after his death in 2008 for his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight.
Christoph Waltz has won twice, for Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django Unchained (2012).
Christopher Plummer won in 2011 for the film Beginners.
Barkhad Abdi won in 2013 for Captain Phillips.
J. K. Simmons won in 2014 for Whiplash.
Mark Rylance won in 2015 for Bridge of Spies.
Dev Patel won in 2016 for the movie Lion.
Sam Rockwell won in 2017 for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Mahershala Ali won in 2018 for Green Book.
Brad Pitt won in 2019 for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Daniel Kaluuya won in 2020 for Judas and the Black Messiah.
Troy Kotsur won in 2021 for CODA.
Barry Keoghan won in 2022 for The Banshees of Inisherin.
Robert Downey Jr. won in 2023 for Oppenheimer.
Kieran Culkin was the 2024 winner for A Real Pain.