The Irish Film and 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.
Year | Winner | Film/Television Drama | Role |
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2003 | David Wilmot [1] | Intermission | Oscar |
Colin Farrell | Intermission | Lehiff | |
Ciarán Hinds | Veronica Guerin | John Traynor | |
Gerard McSorley | Veronica Guerin | John Gilligan | |
Owen Roe | Any Time Now | Frank O'Halloran | |
2004 | Peter O'Toole [2] | Troy | Priam, King of Troy |
Colum Convey | Holy Cross | Gerry McClure | |
Gary Lydon | The Clinic | Mr. Patrick Murray | |
Ciarán Nolan | Man About Dog | Scud Murphy | |
Jim Norton | Proof | Ronan Corcoran |
Year | Winner | Film | Role |
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2005 | David Kelly [3] | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Grandpa Joe |
Seán McGinley | On a Clear Day | Eddie | |
Cillian Murphy | Batman Begins | Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow | |
Tadgh Murphy | Boy Eats Girl | Diggs | |
2006 | Liam Cunningham [4] | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Dan |
Pádraic Delaney | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Teddy O'Donovan | |
Gerard McSorley | Middletown | Bill Hunter | |
Stephen Rea | Breakfast on Pluto | Bertie Vaughan | |
2007 | Brendan Conroy [5] | Kings | Git |
Donal O'Kelly | Kings | Jap Kavanagh | |
Conor J. Ryan | Garage | David | |
Don Wycherley | Speed Dating | Detective Noel Long | |
2008 | Liam Cunningham [6] | Hunger | Father Dominic Moran |
Stuart Graham | Hunger | Raymond Lohan | |
Gerard McSorley | Anton | Detective Lynch | |
Peter O'Toole | Dean Spanley | Fisk Senior (Horatio) | |
2009 | Aidan Quinn [7] | The Eclipse | Nicholas Holden |
Simon Delaney | Happy Ever Afters | Dessie | |
Michael Fassbender | Fish Tank | Connor O'Reily | |
Michael Gambon | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Albus Dumbledore |
Year | Winner | Film | Role |
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2020 | Barry Ward [17] | Dating Amber | Ian Cotter |
Brian Gleeson | Death of a Ladies' Man | Ben | |
Colm Meaney | Pixie | Dermot O'Brien | |
Conleth Hill | Herself | Aido | |
Ned Dennehy | Undergods | Harry | |
2021 | Ciarán Hinds [18] | Belfast | Pop |
Jamie Dornan | Belfast | Pa | |
Cillian Ó'Gairbhí | Foscadh | Dave | |
Dean Quinn | Who We Love | Simon | |
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor | The Bright Side | Andy | |
2022 [19] | Pierce Brosnan | Black Adam | Doctor Fate / Kent Nelson |
Colin Farrell | The Batman | Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin | |
Brendan Gleeson | The Banshees of Inisherin | Colm Doherty | |
Barry Keoghan | The Banshees of Inisherin | Dominic Kearney | |
Paul Mescal | God's Creatures | Brian O'Hara | |
Andrew Scott | Catherine Called Birdy | Lord Rollo | |
2023 [20] | Paul Mescal | All of Us Strangers | Harry |
Diarmuid Noyes | Double Blind | Ray | |
Chris Walley | Lies We Tell | Edward | |
Kenneth Branagh | Oppenheimer | Niels Bohr | |
Liam Carney | Sunlight | Iver | |
Lalor Roddy | That They May Face The Rising Sun | Patrick |
Year | Winner | Television Drama | Role |
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2005 | Garrett Lombard [3] | Pure Mule | Scobie |
Gary Lydon | The Clinic | Mr. Patrick Murray | |
John Lynch | The Baby War | Pierce O'Carroll | |
Chris O'Dowd | The Clinic | Brendan Davenport | |
2006 | Gary Lydon [4] | The Clinic | Mr. Patrick Murray |
Liam Cunningham | Murphy's Law | Drew Johnstone | |
Allen Leech | Legend | Willy | |
Chris O'Dowd | Showbands | Mervin Mooney | |
2007 | Nick Dunning [5] | The Tudors | Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire |
Leroy Harris | Prosperity | Conroy | |
Eamonn Hunt | The Running Mate | Paudie Counihan | |
Gary Lydon | The Clinic | Mr. Patrick Murray | |
2008 | Peter O'Toole [6] | The Tudors | Pope Paul III |
Michael Fassbender | The Devil's Whore | Thomas Rainsborough | |
David Herlihy | The Clinic | Nurse Liam Smith | |
John Kavanagh | George Gently | Doyle | |
2009 | Stephen Rea [7] | Father & Son | Augustine Flynn |
Declan Conlon | Fair City | Turlough Norris | |
Diarmuid Noyes | Pure Mule – The Last Weekend | Dean | |
Owen Roe | Val Falvey, TD | Pat Daly |
Year | Winner | Television Drama | Role |
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2020 | Fionn O'Shea [17] | Normal People | Jamie |
Desmond Eastwood | Normal People | Niall | |
Éanna Hardwicke | Smother | Joe Ryan | |
Colm Meaney | Gangs of London | Finn Wallace | |
Andrew Scott | His Dark Materials | Colonel John Parry | |
2021 | Ciarán Hinds [18] | Kin | Eamon Cunningham |
Peter Coonan | Hidden Assets | Fionn Brannigan | |
Owen McDonnell | Three Families | Mark Ryan | |
Emmett J. Scanlan | Kin | Jimmy Kinsella | |
Andrew Scott | The Pursuit of Love | Lord Merlin | |
2022 | Moe Dunford | The Dry | Jack |
Brian Gleeson | Bad Sisters | Tom Claffin | |
Ciarán Hinds | The Dry | Tom Sheridan | |
Daryl McCormack | Bad Sisters | Matt Claffin | |
Michael Smiley | Bad Sisters | Roger Muldoon | |
Tommy Tiernan | Conversations with Friends | Dennis Flynn | |
2023 [20] | Richard Dormer | Blue Lights | Gerry Cliff |
Jared Harris | Foundation | Hari Seldon | |
Aaron Monaghan | Hidden Assets | Sean Prender | |
Aidan Gillen | Kin | Frank Kinsella | |
Emmett J. Scanlan | Jimmy Kinsella | ||
Simon Delaney | The Woman in the Wall | Massey |
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