AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is an award in the annual Australian Film Institute Awards. It has been awarded annually since 1974.

Winners and nominees

Year	Actor	Film	Role
1970s
1974	Barry Humphries	The Great Macarthy	Colonel Ball-Miller
1975	Reg Lye	Sunday Too Far Away	Old Garth
1976	Drew Forsythe	Caddie	Sonny
	Jonathan Hardy	The Devil's Playground	Brother Arnold
	Thomas Keneally		Father Marshall
	Tony Llewellyn-Jones	Picnic at Hanging Rock	Tom
1977	John Ewart	The Picture Show Man	Freddie
	John Ewart	Let the Balloon Go	Constable Baird
	Bill Hunter	Mad Dog Morgan	Sergeant Smith
	Christopher Pate	Raw Deal	Dick
1978	Ray Barrett	The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith	Farrell
	Peter Carroll	The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith	McCready
	Don Crosby	Newsfront	A.G. Marwood
	Chris Haywood		Chris Hewitt
1979	Alwyn Kurts	Tim	Ron Melville
	Michael Duffield	The Last of the Knucklemen	Methuselah
	Robert Grubb	My Brilliant Career	Frank Hawdon
	Hugh Keays-Byrne	Mad Max	Toecutter
1980s
1980	Bryan Brown	Breaker Morant	Lt. Peter Handcock
	Lewis Fitz-Gerald	Breaker Morant	Lt. George Ramsdale Witton
	Dennis Miller	Stir	Redford
	Charles 'Bud' Tingwell	Breaker Morant	Lt. Col. Denny
1981	Bill Hunter	Gallipoli	Major Barton
	Max Cullen	Hoodwink	Buster
	Harold Hopkins	The Club	Danny Rowe
	Bill Kerr	Gallipoli	Redford
1982	Warren Mitchell	Norman Loves Rose	Morris
	David Argue	Going Down	Greg / Trixie
	John Bell	Far East	Peter Reeves
	Garry McDonald	The Pirate Movie	Sergeant / Inspector
1983	John Hargreaves	Careful, He Might Hear You	Logan
	Simon Chilvers	Buddies	Alfred
	John Meillon	The Wild Duck	Old Ackland
	Martin Vaughan	The Winds of Jarrah	Ben
1984	Steve Bisley	Silver City	Victor
	David Argue	BMX Bandits	Whitey
	Steve Bisley	Fast Talking	Redback
	Peter Hehir		Ralph Carson
1985	Nique Needles	The Boy Who Had Everything	Graham Cummerford
	Bryan Brown	Rebel	Tiger
	Jon Ewing	Bliss	Aldo
	Mark Little	An Indecent Obsession	Benedict Maynard
1986	John Hargreaves	Malcolm	Frank Baker
	Maurie Fields	Death of a Soldier	Det. Sgt. Martin
	Mark Little	Short Changed	Curly
	John Walton	Kangaroo	Jack Calcott
1987	Ben Mendelsohn	The Year My Voice Broke	Trevor Leishman
	Donald Pleasence	Ground Zero	Prosper Gaffney
	Bobby Smith	Initiation	Kulu
	Steven Vidler	The Umbrella Woman	Sugar Hills
1988	Kim Gyngell	Boulevard of Broken Dreams	Ian McKenzie
	Bruno Lawrence	Grievous Bodily Harm	Mick
	Paul Livingston	The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey	Martin
	John Meillon	The Everlasting Secret Family	Judge
1989	Chris Haywood	Emerald City	Mike
	John Darling	Sweetie	Gordon
	Kym Gyngell	Heaven Tonight	Baz Schultz
	Bogdan Koca	Ghosts… of the Civil Dead	Waychek
1990s
1990	Steve Bisley	The Big Steal	Gordon Farkas
	John Polson	Blood Oath	Pvt. Jimmy Fenton
	Bartholomew Rose	Flirting	'Gilby' Fryer
	Toshi Shioya	Blood Oath	Lt. Tanaka
1991	Russell Crowe	Proof	Andy
	Chris Haywood	Aya	Mac
	Alwyn Kurts	Spotswood	Mr. Ball
	John Moore	Deadly	Eddie
1992	Barry Otto	Strictly Ballroom	Doug Hastings
	Bill Hunter	The Last Days of Chez Nous	Beth's Father
	Daniel Pollock	Romper Stomper	Davey
	August Schellenberg	Black Robe	Chomina
1993	David Ngoombujarra	Blackfellas	Floyd "Pretty Boy" Davies
	Nico Lathouris	The Heartbreak Kid	George
	Sam Neill	The Piano	Alisdair Stewart
	Barry Otto	The Custodian	Ferguson
1994	Max Cullen	Spider & Rose	Jack
	Bill Hunter	Muriel's Wedding	Bill Heslop
	Kiet Lam	Traps	Tuan
	John Polson	The Sum of Us	Greg
1995	Ray Barrett	Hotel Sorrento	Wal Moynihan
	Ben Mendelsohn	Metal Skin	Dazey
	Noah Taylor	Dad and Dave: On Our Selection	Joe Rudd
	Ben Thomas	Hotel Sorrento	Troy Moynihan
1996	Armin Mueller-Stahl	Shine	Peter
	Ray Barrett	Brilliant Lies	Brian Connor
	Robert Morgan	Life	Snakey
	Barry Otto	Cosi	Roy
1997	Andrew S. Gilbert	Kiss or Kill	Detective Crean
	Chris Haywood	Kiss or Kill	Detective Inspector Hummer
	Simon Lyndon	Blackrock	Ricko
	Charles 'Bud' Tingwell	The Castle	Lawrence Hammill QC
1998	John Polson	The Boys	Glenn Sprague
	Paul Capsis	Head On	Johnny/Tula
	Anthony Hayes	The Boys	Stevie Sprague
	Geoffrey Rush	A Little Bit of Soul	Godfrey Usher
1999	Bryan Brown	Two Hands	Pando
	Roy Billing	Siam Sunset	Bill Leach
	Mitchell Butel	Strange Fits of Passion	Jimmy
	Andrew S. Gilbert	Paperback Hero	Hamish
2000s
2000	Simon Lyndon	Chopper	Jimmy Loughnan
	Martin Henderson	Kick	Tom Bradshaw
	Sam Neill	My Mother Frank	Professor Mortlock
	Terry Norris	Innocence	John
2001	Vince Colosimo	Lantana	Nik D'Amato
	Alex Dimitriades	La Spagnola	Stefano
	Andrew S. Gilbert	Mullet	Peter Maloney
	Richard Roxburgh	Moulin Rouge!	The Duke of Monroth
2002	Nathaniel Dean	Walking on Water	Simon
	Luke Carroll	Australian Rules	Dumby Red
	Joel Edgerton	The Hard Word	Shane Twentyman
	David Gulpilil	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Moodoo the Tracker
2003	David Ngoombujarra	Black and White	Young Max Stuart
	Orlando Bloom	Ned Kelly	Joe Byrne
	Tony Bonner	Liquid Bridge	Bob McCallum
	Mitchell Butel	Gettin' Square	Con Katsakis
	David Field		Arnie DeViers
2004	Erik Thomson	Somersault	Richard
	Nathaniel Dean	Somersault	Stuart
	Dan Spielman	Tom White	Matt
	Hugo Weaving	The Old Man Who Read Love Stories	Rubicondo the dentist
2005	Anthony Hayes	Look Both Ways	Andy Walker
	Martin Henderson	Little Fish	Ray Heart
	John Hurt	The Proposition	Jellon Lamb
	Robert Menzies	Three Dollars	Nick
2006	Anthony Hayes	Suburban Mayhem	Kenny
	Tom Budge	Last Train to Freo	Trev
	Ronald Jacobson	Kenny	Bill Smyth
	Geoffrey Rush	Candy	Casper
2007	Marton Csokas	Romulus, My Father	Hora
	Russell Dykstra	Romulus, My Father	Mitru
	Frankie J. Holden	Clubland	John Maitland
	Richard Wilson		Mark
2008	Luke Ford	The Black Balloon	Charlie Mollison
	Joel Edgerton	The Square	Billy
	Anthony Hayes		Greg "Smithy" Smith
	Erik Thomson	The Black Balloon	Simon Mollison
2009	Oscar Isaac	Balibo	José Ramos-Horta
	Bryan Brown	Beautiful Kate	Bruce Kendall
	Damon Gameau	Balibo	Greg Shackleton
	Brandon Walters	Australia	Nullah
2010s
2010	Joel Edgerton	Animal Kingdom	Barry 'Baz' Brown
	Guy Pearce	Animal Kingdom	Nathan Leckie
	Kodi Smit-McPhee	Matching Jack	Finn
	Sullivan Stapleton	Animal Kingdom	Craig Cody
AACTA Awards
2011 (1st)	Hugo Weaving	Oranges and Sunshine	Jack
	John Gaden	The Eye of the Storm	Arnold Wyburd
	Sam Neill	The Hunter	Jack Mindy
	Robert Rabiah	Face to Face	Hakim Slimon
2012 (2nd)	Antony Starr	Wish You Were Here	Jeremy King
	Ryan Corr	Not Suitable for Children	Gus
	Liev Schreiber	Mental	Trevor Blundell
	Gary Waddell	The King is Dead	King
2013 (3rd)	Joel Edgerton	The Great Gatsby	Tom Buchanan
	Marton Csokas	Dead Europe	Nico
	Suthep Po-ngam	The Rocket	Purple
	Angus Sampson	100 Bloody Acres	Lindsay Morgan
2014 (4th)	Yılmaz Erdoğan	The Water Diviner	Major Hasan
	Patrick Brammall	The Little Death	Richard
	Robert Pattinson	The Rover	Reynolds
	T.J. Power	The Little Death	Sam
2015 (5th)	Hugo Weaving	The Dressmaker	Sergeant Farrat
	Mark Coles Smith	Last Cab to Darwin	Tilly
	Alex Dimitriades	Ruben Guthrie	Damian
	Anthony LaPaglia	Holding the Man	Bob Caleo
2016 (6th)	Hugo Weaving	Hacksaw Ridge	Tom Doss
	Mark Coles Smith	Pawno	Pauly
	Damon Herriman	Down Under	Jason
	Sam Neill	The Daughter	Walter
2017 (7th)	Dev Patel	Lion	Saroo Brierley
	Don Hany	Ali's Wedding	Mehdi
	Jack Thompson	Don't Tell	Bob Myers
	Hugo Weaving	Jasper Jones	Mad Jack Lionel
2018 (8th)	Simon Baker	Breath	Sando
	Fayssal Bazzi	The Merger	Sayyid
	Russell Crowe	Boy Erased	Marshall Eamons
	Joel Edgerton		Victor Sykes
	Josh McConville	1%	Skink
2019 (9th)	Joel Edgerton	The King	Fastolf
	Damon Herriman	The Nightingale	Ruse
	Andrew Luri	Hearts and Bones	Sebastian Ahmed
	Ben Mendelsohn	The King	King Henry IV
	Michael Sheasby	The Nightingale	Aidan Carroll
2020 (10th)	Ben Mendelsohn	Babyteeth	Henry Finlay
	Fayssal Bazzi	Measure for Measure	Farouk
	Russell Crowe	True History of the Kelly Gang	Harry Power
	Aaron Jeffery	The Flood	William 'Minto' Minton
	Wesley Patten	H is for Happiness	Douglas Benson
2021 (11th)	Anthony LaPaglia	Nitram	Nitram’s father
	Michael Caton	Rams	Les
	Baykali Ganambarr	The Furnace	Woorak
	Sean Mununggurr	High Ground	Baywara
	Jack Thompson		Moran
2022 (12th)	Sean Harris	The Stranger	Henry Teague
	Simon Baker	Blaze	Luke
	Jemaine Clement	Nude Tuesday	Bjorg Rasmussen
	Malachi Dower-Roberts	The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson	Danny Johnson
	Tom Hanks	Elvis	Colonel Tom Parker

References

• Afi.org.au — AFI Award Winners