Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
| Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
| Location |
 United Kingdom |
| Presented by | The Society of London Theatre |
| Currently held by | Mark Gatiss for Three Days in the Country (2016) |
| Official website | Olivier Awards.com |
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is an annual award presented by The Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and, renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor Lord Olivier.
The award was first given in 1977 but in the years following was often given as a singular award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role.
Winners and nominees
1970s
| Year | Actor | Play | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | |||
| Nigel Hawthorne | Privates on Parade | Major Giles Flack | |
| Michael Pennington | Romeo and Juliet | Mercutio | |
| Paul Rogers | The Madras House | Henry Huxtable | |
| Patrick Ryecart | Candida | Eugene Marchbanks | |
| 1978 | |||
| Robert Eddison | Twelfth Night | Andrew Aguecheek / Feste | |
| Michael Bryant | The Double Dealer | Sir Paul Plyant | |
| Julian Glover | Coriolanus | Aufidius | |
| Robert Stephens | Brand | Mayor | |
| 1979 | |||
| Patrick Stewart | Antony and Cleopatra | Mark Antony | |
| Michael Bryant | Undiscovered Country | Dr. von Aigner | |
| Stephen Greif | Death of a Salesman | Biff | |
| David Suchet | Once in a Lifetime | Herman Glogauer |
1980s
| Year | Actor | Play | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | |||
| David Threlfall | Nicholas Nickleby | Angry Gentleman / Smike | |
| Simon Callow | Amadeus | Schikaneder | |
| Edward Petherbridge | Nicholas Nickleby | Newman Noggs | |
| John Rogan | Juno and the Paycock | Joxer Daly | |
| 1981 | |||
| Joe Melia | Good | Maurice | |
| Tony Church | Hamlet | Polonius | |
| Norman Rodway | Shadow of a Gunman | Seuman Shields | |
| Tom Wilkinson | Hamlet | Horatio | |
| 1982 | |||
| David Healy | Guys and Dolls | Nicely Nicely Johnson | |
| Geoffrey Hutchings | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Bottom | |
| Stephen Moore | All's Well That Ends Well | Parolles | |
| Paul Rogers | The Importance of Being Earnest | Rev. Canon Chasuble | |
| 1983 | |||
| Alan Devlin | A Moon for the Misbegotten | Phil Hogan | |
| Ian McDiarmid | Tales from Hollywood | Bertolt Brecht | |
| Mark Rylance | Arden of Faversham | Michael | |
| Antony Sher | King Lear | Fool | |
| 1984 | |||
| Edward Petherbridge | Strange Interlude | Charles Marsden | |
| Ramolao Makhene | "Master Harold"...and the Boys | Sam | |
| Richard O'Callaghan | Twelfth Night | Feste | |
| Timothy Spall | Saint Joan | Charles, the Dauphin |
1990s
2000s
| Year | Actor | Play | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | |||
| Roger Allam | Money | Henry Graves | |
| Michael Bryant | Summerfolk | Semyon Dvoetochie | |
| Ron Cook | Juno and the Paycock | Joxer Daly | |
| Michael Williams | The Forest | Arkadiy Schastlivtsev | |
| 2001 | |||
| Ben Daniels | All My Sons | Chris Keller | |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor | Blue/Orange | Christopher | |
| Douglas Hodge | The Caretaker | Aston | |
| Jason Watkins | A Servant to Two Masters | Truffaldino | |
| 2002 | |||
| Toby Jones | The Play What I Wrote | Arthur | |
| Desmond Barrit | Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 | Sir John Falstaff | |
| Ned Beatty | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Daddy | |
| Adam Godley | Mouth to Mouth | Gompertz | |
| Malcolm Sinclair | Privates on Parade | Major Giles Flack |
2010s
See also
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
References
- London Theatre Guide (2008). "The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976-2008" (.PDF). 1976-2008. The Society of London Theatre: 20. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
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