Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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Olivier Award category theatre award

The Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in West End productions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role	4
Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role canonical	4
Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2840364 — 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: Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Context triple: [Andrew Scott, awardReceived, Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]

A. Laurence Olivier Award
The Laurence Olivier Award is one of the most prestigious British theatre honors, recognizing outstanding achievements in London’s West End stage productions.
B. BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
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.
C. 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.
D. British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
The British Academy Television Award for Best Actor is a prestigious annual BAFTA honor recognizing outstanding leading performances by male actors in British television.
E. BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress
The BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress is a British Academy Film Award presented annually to honor an outstanding performance by an actress in a supporting role in film.
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: Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Target entity description: The Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in West End productions.

A. Laurence Olivier Award
The Laurence Olivier Award is one of the most prestigious British theatre honors, recognizing outstanding achievements in London’s West End stage productions.
B. BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
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.
C. 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.
D. British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
The British Academy Television Award for Best Actor is a prestigious annual BAFTA honor recognizing outstanding leading performances by male actors in British television.
E. BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress
The BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress is a British Academy Film Award presented annually to honor an outstanding performance by an actress in a supporting role in film.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olivier Award category ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ linked to: Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
associatedWith	London stage productions ⓘ West End theatre industry ⓘ linked to: West End theatre district
awardCategoryType	supporting performance ⓘ
awardedFor	best performance by an actor in a supporting role ⓘ
categoryOf	acting award ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibility	professional stage productions ⓘ supporting roles in West End productions ⓘ
field	theatre ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genderRestriction	men ⓘ
hasRecipientType	stage actor ⓘ supporting actor ⓘ
hasSuperlative	one of the most prestigious London theatre awards for supporting actors ⓘ
inception	1980s ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
namedAfter	Laurence Olivier ⓘ
notableFor	recognizing outstanding supporting performances by male actors in London theatre ⓘ
partOf	Laurence Olivier Awards ⓘ linked to: Laurence Olivier Award
presentedBy	Society of London Theatre ⓘ
presentedIn	London theatre awards ceremony ⓘ
scope	West End theatre ⓘ
selectionMethod	judged by theatre professionals ⓘ
status	active ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Andrew Scott → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ⓘ

Eddie Redmayne → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ⓘ

Rory Kinnear → awardReceived → Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ⓘ