The Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor (Spanish: Premio Ariel a Mejor Coactuación Masculina) is an award presented by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas (AMACC) in Mexico. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the Mexican

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. In 1947, the 1st and 2nd Ariel Awards were held, with

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and Fernando Soto winning for the films '' La Barraca'' and ''Campeón Sin Corona'', respectively. With the exception of the years 1958 to 1971, when the Ariel Awards were suspended, the award has been given annually. Nominees and winners are determined by a committee formed every year consisting of academy members (active and honorary), previous winners and individuals with at least two Ariel nominations; the committee submit their votes through the official AMACC website. Since its inception, the award has been given to 49 actors.

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has received the most awards in this category with four Ariels.

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is the most nominated performer, with seven nominations which resulted in three wins. On two separate instances all the nominees in the category were selected from the same film; the first time in 1974, with

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, Andrés García, and Alejandro Parodi being nominated for the film ''El Principio'', with the award handed to Bustamante; the second time, in 1976, with Gómez Cruz, Eduardo López Rojas, and

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being nominated (and awarded) for their roles in the film '' Actas de Marusia''. Rojo Grau was nominated twice in 1986, for his performances in the films ''El Escuadrón de la Muerte'' and '' Gavilán o Paloma'', losing to José Carlos Ruiz for ''Toña Machetes''. In 1996,

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and Jesús Ochoa tied for their work in the films ''El Anzuelo'' and '' Entre Pancho Villa y Una Mujer Desnuda'', respectively. Fifteen films have featured two or more nominated performances for Best Supporting Actor, '' Doña Perfecta'' ( Carlos Navarro and

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), '' El Rebozo de Soledad'' ( Carlos López Moctezuma and Domingo Soler), '' Las Tres Perfectas Casadas'' (

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and José María Linares), ''Cadena Perpetua'' (Ernesto Gómez Cruz and Narciso Busquets), '' El Callejón de los Milagros'' ( Daniel Giménez Cacho and Esteban Soberanes), ''Por Si No Te Vuelvo a Ver'' (Max Kerlow and Justo Martínez), ''El Evangelio de las Maravillas'' (

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and Rafael Inclán), '' La Ley de Herodes'' ( Pedro Armendáriz and Salvador Sánchez), ''

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'' (

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and Raúl Méndez), '' La Zona'' (Mario Zaragoza and Alan Chávez), '' El Infierno'' (Cosío and Gómez Cruz), ''Días de Gracia'' ( Kristyan Ferrer and Zaragoza), ''Colosio: El Asesinato'' (Giménez Cacho and Dagoberto Gama), '' La Delgada Línea Amarilla'' (Cosío, Silverio Palacios and Gustavo Sánchez Parra), and ''La 4a Compañía'' (Manuel Ojeda, Dario T. Pie and Carlos Valencia); Navarro, López Moctezuma, Moreno, Gómez Cruz, Kerlow, Armendáriz, Zaragoza, Cosío (for ''El Infierno''), Giménez Cacho (for ''Colosio: El Asesinato'') won the award. As of the 2024 ceremony, Fernando Cuautle is the most recent winner in this category for his role in '' Heroico''.

Winners and nominees

Gerardo Taracena at Queen of the South at ATX

Multiple wins and nominations

The following individuals have received multiple Best Supporting Actor awards: The following actors received four or more Best Supporting Actor nominations:

References

{{Ariel Awards Ariel Awards Film awards for supporting actor

Winners and nominees

Multiple wins and nominations

See also

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