The AVN Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award that has been given annually by

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company ''AVN'' since the award's inception in 1984. Till 2008, the award was awarded annually for two different categoriesfilm and video. From year 2009, it is awarded annually for a single category. First recipient of the award was

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, who was awarded at 1st AVN Awards in 1984 for his performance in '' Nothing to Hide''. As of 2025,

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is the most honoured pornographic actor with seven awards followed by Xander Corvus with four awards, while four pornographic actors

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and

Tommy Pistol Aramis Sartorio (born 2 July 1976), better known by his stage name Tommy Pistol, is an American pornographic actor and director. He is known for his porn parody work, most notably as the lead actor in '' Evil Head'', ''Pee-Wee's XXX Adventure: ...

with three awards and nine pornographic actors

Ron Jeremy Ronald Jeremy Hyatt (born March 12, 1953) is an American former Pornographic film actor, pornographic actor, and actor. Nicknamed "The Hedgehog", Jeremy was ranked by AVN (magazine), ''AVN'' at No. 1 in their "50 Top Porn Stars of All Time" l ...

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, Mike Horner,

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, Michael J. Cox, Wilde Oscar,

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and Rick Savagehave won the award two times.

is the oldest recipient of the award at the age of 55 for his performance in ''Forever Night'' (1999) and Xander Corvus is the youngest recipient of the award at the age of 23 for his performance in ''Star Trek:The Next Generation - A XXX Parody'' (2012).

is the only pornographic actor to have won in three different decadesthe 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. The most recent recipient is Nathan Bronson, who was honoured at the 42nd AVN Awards in 2025 for his performance in ''Ulterior Motives''.

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