BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

An annual British Academy Film Award honoring an outstanding supporting performance by an actor in a film.

British Academy Film Awards: Annual awards presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for achievement in film. This acting prize is one category within BAFTA’s broader film awards.
Daniel Kaluuya: A British actor whose film roles include Chris Washington in Get Out and Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah. His BAFTA supporting-actor win for Judas and the Black Messiah is a notable recent example.
BAFTA Awards voting process: The membership voting procedure used to select winners of BAFTA awards. The process explains how performances move from eligible films to the winning actor.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress: An annual Academy Award honoring an outstanding supporting performance by an actress in a film. Its parallel category helps distinguish BAFTA’s gendered acting categories from other award structures.
BAFTA: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, a UK organization supporting film, television, and games. BAFTA establishes the award’s institutional home and voting framework.
Heath Ledger: An Australian actor known for films including Brokeback Mountain and The Dark Knight. His posthumous BAFTA win for The Dark Knight became one of the category’s best-known outcomes.
BAFTA Awards eligibility rules: The requirements films and performances must meet to enter BAFTA award consideration. Eligibility rules define which supporting performances can compete in a given year.
BAFTA Rising Star Award: A BAFTA award recognizing an emerging screen performer, with its winner selected by public vote. Unlike this performance-specific prize, the Rising Star Award emphasizes emerging careers and public voting.
BAFTA Award for Best Actor: A British Academy Film Award honoring a leading performance by an actor. The leading-actor category clarifies the distinction built into this supporting award.
Alan Rickman: An English actor known for roles in Die Hard, Sense and Sensibility, and the Harry Potter films. His win for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves illustrates the category’s recognition of memorable character roles.

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