AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role explained

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.

Previous winners

Year	Film	Subject	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	The Devil's Playground	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	Newsfront	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	Fast Talking	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		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		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	Gettin' Square	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	Clubland	Mark
2008	Luke Ford	*The Black Balloon*	Charlie Mollison
	Joel Edgerton	The Square	Billy
	Anthony Hayes	The Square	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	Boy Erased	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	High Ground	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