BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor

British film award

British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor

Awarded for| Best Supporting Actor
Country| United Kingdom
Presented by| BIFA
First awarded| 2008
Last awarded| 2021
Currently held by| Talid Ariss – After Love (2021)
Website| www.bifa.org.uk

The British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best supporting performance by an actor in a British independent film.

From 2003 to 2007, only one award was presented for supporting performances named Best Supporting Actor/Actress. Since 2008, two categories named Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress are presented.

Actors Eddie Marsan and Sean Harris are the most nominated actors in this category since its creation in 2008 with three nominations each.

In July 2022, it was announced that the performance categories would be replaced with gender-neutral categories, with both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress merging into the Best Lead Performance category. Additionally, a category named Best Joint Lead Performance was created for "two (or exceptionally three) performances that are the joint focus of the film, especially where performances share a large number of scenes and screen time".[1]

## Winners and nominees

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### 2000s

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Best Supporting Actor/Actress
Year  | Actor/Actress  | Film  | Character

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2003
(6th)
[2][3] | Susan Lynch | 16 Years of Alcohol | Mary
Benedict Wong | Dirty Pretty Things | Guo Yi
Sophie Okonedo | Juliette
Adrian Rawlins | Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself | Harbour
Shirley Henderson | Alice
2004
(7th)
[4] | Eddie Marsan | Vera Drake | Reg
Gary Stretch | Dead Man's Shoes | Sonny
Samantha Morton | Enduring Love | Claire
Romola Garai | Rory O'Shea Was Here | Siobhán
Paddy Considine | My Summer of Love | Phil
2005
(8th)
[5] | Rosamund Pike | The Libertine | Elizabeth Wilmot, Countess of Rochester
Bill Nighy | The Constant Gardener | Sir Bernard Pellegrin
Tom Hollander | The Libertine | George Etherege
Kelly Reilly | Mrs Henderson Presents | Maureen Ashford
Rob Brydon | A Cock and Bull Story | Captain Toby Shandy / Rob Brydon
2006
(9th)
[6][7] | Leslie Phillips | Venus | Ian
Martin Compston | Red Road | Stevie
Joseph Gilgun as Woody  | This Is England | Woody
Stephen Graham | Combo
Vanessa Redgrave | Venus | Valerie
2007
(10th)
[8][9] | Toby Kebbell | Control | Rob Gretton
Colin Firth | And When Did You Last See Your Father? | Blake Morrison
Samantha Morton | Control | Deborah Curtis
Armin Mueller-Stahl | Eastern Promises | Vor Semyon
Cate Blanchett | Notes on a Scandal | Sheba Hart

Best Supporting Actor
Year  | Actor  | Film  | Character

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2008
(11th)
[10][11] | Eddie Marsan | Happy-Go-Lucky | Scott
Liam Cunningham | Hunger | Father Dominic Moran
Ralph Fiennes | In Bruges | Harry Waters
The Duchess | William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
Daniel Mays | Shifty | Chris
2009
(12th)
[12][13] | John Henshaw | Looking for Eric | Meatballs
Alfred Molina | An Education | Jack Mellor
Tom Hollander | In the Loop | Simon Foster
Michael Fassbender | Fish Tank | Connor
Jim Broadbent | The Damned United | Sam Longson

### 2010s

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Year  | Actor  | Film  | Character

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2010
(13th)
[14][15] | Geoffrey Rush | The King's Speech | Lionel Logue
Kayvan Novak | Four Lions | Waj
Bob Hoskins | Made in Dagenham | Albert Passingham
Andrew Garfield | Never Let Me Go | Tommy D
Guy Pearce | The King's Speech | King Edward VIII
2011
(14th)
[16][17] | Michael Smiley | Kill List | Gal
Benedict Cumberbatch | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Peter Guilliam
Tom Hardy | Ricki Tarr
Eddie Marsan | Tyrannosaur | James
Ezra Miller | We Need to Talk about Kevin | Kevin Khatchadourian
2012
(15th)
[18][19] | Rory Kinnear | Broken | Bob Oswald
Billy Connolly | Quartet | Wilfred "Wilf" Bond
Cillian Murphy | Broken | Mike Kiernan
Tom Wilkinson | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Graham Dashwood
Domhnall Gleeson | Shadow Dancer | Connor McVeigh
2013
(16th)
[20][21] | Ben Mendelsohn | Starred Up | Neville Love
John Arcilla | Metro Manila | Douglas Ong
Rupert Friend | Starred Up | Oliver Baumer
Jeff Goldblum | Le Week-End | Morgan
Eddie Marsan | Filth | Clifford Blades
2014
(17th)
[22][23] | Andrew Scott | Pride | Gethin Roberts
Michael Fassbender | Frank | Frank
Sean Harris | '71 | Captain Sandy Brown
Ben Schnetzer | Pride | Mark Ashton
Rafe Spall | X+Y | Martin Humphreys
2015
(18th)
[24][25] | Brendan Gleeson | Suffragette | Arthur Steed
Luke Evans | High-Rise | Richard Wilder
Domhnall Gleeson | Brooklyn | Jim Farrell
Sean Harris | Macbeth | Macduff
Ben Whishaw | The Lobster | The Limping Man
2016
(19th)
[26][27] | Brett Goldstein | Adult Life Skills | Brendan
Jamie Dornan | Anthropoid | Jan Kubiš
Sean Harris | Trespass Against Us | Gordon Bennett
Arinze Kene | The Pass | Ade
Christopher Lloyd | I Am Not a Serial Killer | Bill Crowley
2017
(20th)
[28][29] | Simon Russell Beale | The Death of Stalin | Lavrentiy Beria
Woody Harrelson | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Bill Willoughby
Sam Rockwell | Jason Dixon
Ian Hart | God's Own Country | Martin Saxby
Steve Buscemi | The Death of Stalin | Nikita Khrushchev
2018
(21st)
[30][31] | Alessandro Nivola | Disobedience | Dovid Kuperman
Steve Buscemi | Lean on Pete | Del Montgomery
Barry Keoghan | American Animals | Spencer Reinhard
Evan Peters | Warren Lipka
Dominic West | Colette | Henry Gauthier-Villars
2019
(22nd)
[32][33] | Hugh Laurie | The Personal History of David Copperfield | Mr. Dick
Chiwetel Ejiofor | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | Trywell Kamkwamba
Edlison Manuel Olbera Núñez  | Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story | Young Carlos Acosta
Peter Mullan | The Vanishing | Thomas Marshall
Bluey Robinson  | Dirty God | Naz

### 2020s

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Year  | Actor  | Film  | Character

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2020
(23rd)
[34][35] | D'angelou Osei Kissiedu | Rocks | Emmanuel Omotoso
Barry Keoghan | Calm with Horses | Dymphna
Harris Dickinson | County Lines | Simon
Merab Ninidze | The Courier | Oleg Penkovsky
Alyy Khan | Mogul Mowgli | Bashir
2021
(24th)
[36] | Talid Ariss | After Love | Solomon
Richard Ayoade | The Souvenir Part II | Patrick
Lucian River-Chauhan  | Encounter | Jay Kahn
Ciarán Hinds | Belfast | Pop
Ray Panthaki | Boiling Point | Freeman

## Multiple nominations

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3 nominations

* Eddie Marsan
* Sean Harris

2 nominations

* Domhnall Gleeson
* Ralph Fiennes
* Michael Fassbender
* Steve Buscemi
* Barry Keoghan

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## See also

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* Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
* BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
* Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor
* Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
* Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

## References

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11. ^ Kemp, Stuart (December 1, 2008). "'Slumdog' wins big at British indie awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
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14. ^ Child, Ben (November 2, 2010). "The King's Speech rings out in Bifa awards nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
15. ^ Masters, Tim (December 6, 2010). "King's Speech reigns at British Independent Film awards". BBC News. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
16. ^ Knegt, Peter (October 31, 2011). ""Shame," "Tyrannosaur" and "Tinker Tailor" Lead British Independent Film Award Nominations". IndieWire. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
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24. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (November 3, 2015). "'The Lobster', '45 Years', 'Macbeth' Lead British Independent Film Award Nominations". Deadline. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
25. ^ Lee, Benjamin (December 7, 2015). "Ex Machina triumphs at British independent film awards". The Guardian. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
26. ^ Evans, Alan (November 1, 2016). "I, Daniel Blake leads British independent film award nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
27. ^ Barranclough, Leo (December 4, 2016). "'American Honey' Triumphs at British Independent Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
28. ^ Clarke, Stewart (November 1, 2017). "'Lady Macbeth' Tops Nominations for British Independent Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
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## External links

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* Official website

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Categories|

* British Independent Film
* Director
* Lead Performance
* Joint Lead Performance
* Supporting Performance
* Screenplay
* Breakthrough Performance
* Documentary
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* International Independent Film
* Casting
* Cinematography
* Costume Design
* Editing
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* Make-Up & Hair Design
* Original Music
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* Sound
* The Richard Harris Award
* The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)
* Debut Screenwriter
* Breakthrough Producer
* Raindance Discovery Award
* Special Jury Prize
* Variety Award

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* Actor in a British Independent Film
* Actress in a British Independent Film
* Supporting Actor
* Supporting Actress

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British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor

Actor/Actress

* Susan Lynch (2003)
* Eddie Marsan (2004)
* Rosamund Pike (2005)
* Leslie Phillips (2006)
* Toby Kebbell (2007)

Actor

* Eddie Marsan (2008)
* John Henshaw (2009)
* Geoffrey Rush (2010)
* Michael Smiley (2011)
* Rory Kinnear (2012)
* Ben Mendelsohn (2013)
* Andrew Scott (2014)
* Brendan Gleeson (2015)
* Brett Goldstein (2016)
* Simon Russell Beale (2017)
* Alessandro Nivola (2018)
* Hugh Laurie (2019)
* D’angelou Osei Kissiedu (2020)
* Talid Ariss (2021)

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