Irish Film & Television Award for Best Supporting Actor
# Irish Film & Television Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Irish Film & Television Award for Best Supporting Actor was an award bestowed by the Irish Film & Television Academy celebrating outstanding performances by actors in supporting roles in films and television dramas. It was a joint category until 2005, where actors were nominated from films and television dramas for the same award. The 3rd Irish Film & Television Awards introduced the current separate categories: Irish Film & Television Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Film and Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Television.

## Winners

### 2003-2004

| Year | Winner | Film/Television Drama | Role |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2003 | David Wilmot | Intermission | Oscar |
| 2004 | Peter O'Toole | Troy | Priam, King of Troy |

## Winners in Film

### 2000s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | David Kelly | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Grandpa Joe |
| 2006 | Liam Cunningham | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Dan |
| 2007 | Brendan Conroy | Kings (2007 film) | Git |
| 2008 | Liam Cunningham | Hunger | Father Dominic Moran |
| 2009 | Aidan Quinn | The Eclipse | Nicholas Holden |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | Pierce Brosnan | The Ghost | Adam Peter Bennett |
| 2011 | Chris O'Dowd | Bridesmaids | Officer Nathan Rhodes |
| 2012 | Domhnall Gleeson | Anna Karenina | Konstantin "Kostya" Dmitrievich Levin |
| 2013 | Michael Fassbender | 12 Years a Slave | Edwin Epps |
| 2014 | Domhnall Gleeson | Frank | Jon Burroughs |
| 2015 | Jack Reynor | Sing Street | Brendan Lalor |
| 2016 | Jason O'Mara | The Siege of Jadotville | Company Sergeant Jack Prendergast |
| 2017 | Barry Keoghan | The Killing of a Sacred Deer | Martin Lang |
| 2018-2019 | David Wilmot | Ordinary Love | |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | Barry Ward | Dating Amber | |
| 2021 | Ciarán Hinds | Belfast | pop |

## Winners in Television Drama

### 2000s

| Year | Winner | Television Drama | Role |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | Garrett Lombard | Pure Mule | Scobie |
| 2006 | Gary Lydon | The Clinic | Mr. Patrick Murray |
| 2007 | Nick Dunning | The Tudors | Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire |
| 2008 | Peter O'Toole | The Tudors | Pope Paul III |
| 2009 | Stephen Rea | Father & Son | Augustine Flynn |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner | Television Drama | Role |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | Stephen Rea | Single Handed | |
| 2011 | Tom Vaughan-Lawlor | Love/Hate | Nigel "Nidge" Delaney |
| 2012 | Andrew Scott | Sherlock | Jim Moriarty |
| 2013 | Peter Coonan | Love/Hate | Fran Cooney |
| 2014 | Stephen Rea | The Honourable Woman | Sir Hugh Hayden |
| 2015 | Moe Dunford | Vikings | Aethelwulf |
| 2016 | Ned Dennehy | An Klondike | Captain Pat Galvin |
| 2017 | Liam Cunningham | Game of Thrones | Davos Seaworth |
| 2018-2019 | Mark O'Halloran | The Virtues | |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | Television Drama | Role |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | Fionn O'Shea | Normal People | Jamie |
| 2021 | Ciarán Hinds | Kin | Eamon Cunningham |
