BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor

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The BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor is a British Academy Film Award presented annually to honor an outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role in film.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role	52
BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor canonical	10
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Denholm Elliott)	1
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (to Javier Bardem)	1
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Rush	1
BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor (Jude Law)	1
BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for Lion	1
BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Dark Knight	1
BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role	1
BAFTA film acting awards	1
British Academy Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T98402 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
Context triple: [The King’s Speech, awardReceived, BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor]

A. BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
The BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is a prestigious British film accolade presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to honor outstanding performances by male actors in leading roles.
B. BAFTA Award for Best Film
The BAFTA Award for Best Film is a prestigious British Academy of Film and Television Arts honor presented annually to recognize the outstanding feature film of the year.
C. Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by actresses in motion pictures.
D. Academy Award
The Academy Award is a prestigious film industry honor presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements.
E. Emmy Award
The Emmy Award is a prestigious American television accolade recognizing excellence in various sectors of the television industry, including entertainment, news, and documentary programming.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
Target entity description: The BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor is a British Academy Film Award presented annually to honor an outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role in film.

A. BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
The BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is a prestigious British film accolade presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to honor outstanding performances by male actors in leading roles.
B. BAFTA Award for Best Film
The BAFTA Award for Best Film is a prestigious British Academy of Film and Television Arts honor presented annually to recognize the outstanding feature film of the year.
C. Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture is a major film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding supporting performances by actresses in motion pictures.
D. Academy Award
The Academy Award is a prestigious film industry honor presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements.
E. Emmy Award
The Emmy Award is a prestigious American television accolade recognizing excellence in various sectors of the television industry, including entertainment, news, and documentary programming.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	BAFTA Award ⓘ film award ⓘ supporting actor award ⓘ
awardCategoryType	supporting role ⓘ
awardedFor	outstanding supporting performance in a feature film ⓘ
awardFor	best supporting performance by a male actor in a film ⓘ
category	Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
domain	cinema ⓘ
eligibilityRegion	any country, released in the UK ⓘ
field	film acting ⓘ
firstAwarded	1969 ⓘ
formerName	BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	film ⓘ
hasAwardedWorkType	feature film ⓘ
hasEquivalent	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasWinnerGenderRestriction	male ⓘ
inception	1968 ⓘ
isPartOfSeries	BAFTA film acting awards ⓘ linked to: BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
locationOfCeremony	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
notableRecipient	Christoph Waltz ⓘ Daniel Kaluuya ⓘ Heath Ledger ⓘ Javier Bardem ⓘ Mahershala Ali ⓘ
officialName	BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ⓘ linked to: BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
organizer	British Academy of Film and Television Arts ⓘ
parentOrganization	British Academy of Film and Television Arts ⓘ
partOf	British Academy Film Awards ⓘ linked to: BAFTA awards
presentedBy	BAFTA ⓘ linked to: British Academy of Film and Television Arts British Academy of Film and Television Arts ⓘ
scope	international cinema ⓘ
selectionMethod	voting by BAFTA members ⓘ
sexOrGenderRequirement	male ⓘ

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Referenced by (71)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The King’s Speech → awardReceived → BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role → relatedAward → BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ⓘ