The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor was an award given annually by the

Los Angeles Film Critics Association The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) is an American film critic organization founded in 1975. Background Its membership comprises film critics from Los Angeles-based print and electronic media. In December of each year, the organiza ...

. It was first introduced in 1977 to reward the best performance by a

supporting actor A supporting actor is an actor who performs a role in a play or film below that of the leading actor(s), and above that of a bit part. In recognition of important nature of this work, the theater and film industries give separate awards to the ...

. In 2022, it was announced that the four acting categories would be retired and replaced with two

gender neutral Gender neutrality (adjective form: gender-neutral), also known as gender-neutralism or the gender neutrality movement, is the idea that policies, language, and other social institutions (social structures or gender roles) should avoid distinguish ...

categories, with both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress merging into the Best Supporting Performance category.

Winners

* † = Winner of the

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while worki ...

* ‡ = Nominated for the

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple winners

;2 wins *

Willem Dafoe Willem James Dafoe (; born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, in addition to receiving nominations for four Academy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, t ...

(2000, 2017) *

John Gielgud Sir Arthur John Gielgud, (; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the Brit ...

(1981, 1985) * Christopher Plummer (1999, 2011)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award For Best Supporting Actor Film awards for supporting actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Awards established in 1977 1977 establishments in California Awards disestablished in 2021