Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually at the Kerala Film Critics Association Awards. It is given in honour of a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role in a Malayalam film. The award was instituted in 2019 and succeeded the Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Second Best Actor which was awarded between the years 1979 and 2018. ^[1]

The following list includes the winners of both Best Supporting Actor and Second Best Actor awards.

Second Best Actor (1979 – 2018)

Year	Recipient	Film	Ref.
1979	Balan K. Nair	Aarattu	[1]
1980	Nedumudi Venu	Chamaram
1981	Bharat Gopy	Kallan Pavithran
1982	Mammootty	Yavanika
1983	Babu Namboothiri	Ashtapadi
1984	Karamana Janardanan Nair	Mukhamukham , Arorumariyathe
1985	Thilakan	Irakal , Yathra
1986	Jagathy Sreekumar	Sukhamo Devi , Ennennum Kannettante
1987	Ashokan	Jaalakam , Ashokante Aswathikuttikku
1988	T. G. Ravi	1921
1989	Suresh Gopi	Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha , Vachanam
1990	Innocent	Gajakesariyogam
1991	Jagadish	Mukha Chithram , Nettippattom
1992	Vineeth	Sargam , Daivathinte Vikrithikal
1993	Vijayaraghavan	Ekalavyan
1994	Ganesh	Nandini Oppol
1995	Babu Namboothiri	Kathapurushan
1996	Biju Menon	Azhakiya Ravanan
1997	Lal	Kaliyattam
1998	Lal	Ormacheppu, Kanmadam
1999	Kalabhavan Mani	Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum
2000	Oduvil Unnikrishnan	Oru Cheru Punchiri
	T. S. Raju	Joker
2001	Rajan P. Dev	Karumadikkuttan
2002	Prithviraj	Nandanam	[2]
2003	Lalu Alex	Mullavalliyum Thenmavum	[1]
	Siddique	Choonda
2004	Mamukkoya	Perumazhakkalam
2005	Lal	Thommanum Makkalum , Bungalowil Outha	[ citation needed ]
2006	Jagathy Sreekumar	Vaasthavam , Palunku , Classmates	[ citation needed ]
2007	Nedumudi Venu	Thaniye	[3]
2008	Ranjith	Gulmohar	[4]
2009	Pasupathy	Vairam	[5]
2010	Biju Menon	Marykkundoru Kunjaadu , Aagathan	[6]
2011	Anoop Menon	Traffic , Pranayam	[7]
2012	Vineeth	Aattakatha , Bavuttiyude Namathil	[8]
2013	Mukesh	English: An Autumn in London , Vasanthathinte Kanalvazhikal	[9]
2014	Nandhu	Ottamandaram, Kukkiliyar, Alroopangal	[10]
2015	Prem Prakash	Nirnayakam	[11]
2016	Siddique	Sukhamayirikkatte	[12]
	Renji Panicker	Jacobinte Swargarajyam
2017	Tovino Thomas	Mayaanadhi	[13]
2018	Joju George	Joseph	[14]

Best Supporting Actor (2019 – present)

Year	Recipient	Film	Ref.
2019	Vineeth Sreenivasan	Thanneer Mathan Dinangal	[15]
2020	Sudheesh	Ennivar	[16]
2021	Unni Mukundan	Meppadiyan	[17]
2022	Thampy Antony	Headmaster	[18]
	Alencier Ley Lopez	Appan

References

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