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unusual facts about supporting actor



Deepak Tijori

He became a famed supporting actor of Bollywood during the early 1990s and acted in many superhit movies including Aashiqui (1990), Khiladi (1992), Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992), Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1993), Anjaam (1994) and Baadshah (1999).

Kanako Fukaura

Born in Tokyo, she developed fame largely through many performances as a supporting actress.


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1982 Metro Manila Film Festival

ECP's Himala captured nine awards in the 1982 Metro Manila Film Festival--- Best Picture, Best Actress (Nora Aunor), Best Supporting Actor (Spanky Manikan), Best Supporting Actress (Gigi Duenas), Best Director (Ishmael Bernal), Best Cinematography (Sergio Lobo), Best Art Direction (Racquel Villavicencio), Best Sound Engineering (Rolly Ruta) and Best Editing (Ike Jarlego, Jr.).

1991 Metro Manila Film Festival

FLT Film International’s Juan Tamad at Mister Shooli sa Mongolian Barbeque (The Movie) received seven awards--- Best Actor (Eric Quizon); Best Supporting Actor (Leo Martinez); Best Cinematography (Johnny Arajo); Best Sound Recording (Gaudencio Barredo); Best Production Design (Edel Templonuevo); the festival’s Second Best Picture and the Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards.

1995 Metro Manila Film Festival

Viva Films' Muling Umawit ang Puso romped away with 11 awards--- Best Picture; Best Actress (Nora Aunor); Best Supporting Actor (Albert Martinez); Best Supporting Actress (Donna Cruz); Best Director (Joel Lamangan); Best Story; Best Screenplay; Best Musical Score; Best Theme Song; Best Production Design and the Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards.

2001 Metro Manila Film Festival

Assunta’s younger sister Alessandra de Rossi was named Best Supporting Actress for Hubog, while Ronnie Lazaro bagged the Best Supporting Actor award for Bagong Buwan.

2010 Sundance Film Festival

The Kids Are All Right, which screened in the Premieres category, was nominated for 4 Oscars: Best Picture, Annette Bening for Best Actress, Mark Ruffalo for Best Supporting Actor, and Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg for Best Original Screenplay.

Winter's Bone, which won the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, was nominated for 4 Oscars: Best Picture, Jennifer Lawrence for Best Actress, John Hawkes as Best Supporting Actor, and Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Aidan Devine

Since then he has worked steadily in Canadian and American television and cinema capturing two Gemini Awards; a best actor award in 1997 for his performance as Ted Lindsay in Net Worth and in 1998, a best supporting actor Gemini for his performance as airframe engineer, Jim Chamberlin in The Arrow.

Babar Khan

He is best known for his role in Hum TV serial Ek Tamanna Lahasil Si which earned him a nomination for best supporting actor at 1st Hum Awards.

Chandni Bar

Atul Kulkarni also received a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the Star Screen Awards.

Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries Supporting Actor

The Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries Supporting Actor is one of the award categories presented annually by the Critics' Choice Television Awards (BTJA) to recognize the work done by television actors.

David Oliveras

Jury also awarded "Best Actor" award for the leading Tye Olson and "Best Supporting Actor" for Kyle Clare.

Erik Thomson

2004: FCCA Award for the Best Supporting Actor - Male (for Somersault)

Etsushi Toyokawa

He also won the Japanese Academy Award as best supporting actor three times, the Hochi Film Award for Love Letter, No Way Back and Hanako.

Fausto Miño

He also participated in the movie "Qué tan lejos", directed by Tania Hermida, in which he was a supporting actor playing an egotistical and superficial character.

Ghosts Can't Do It

It was awarded Razzie Awards for "Worst Picture" (tied with The Adventures of Ford Fairlane), "Worst Actress" (Bo Derek), "Worst Director" and "Worst Supporting Actor" (Donald Trump, who appeared in a small cameo role).

Giles Terera

He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his appearance in Jailhouse Rock and for Best Takeover in a Role in a theatrical production of The Rat Pack as Sammy Davis, Jr. and Best Ensemble Performance in Avenue Q.

Golden Door Film Festival

Night Club (2011) by director Sam Borowski won awards for best feature, best director of a feature, best male lead in a feature (Ernest Borgnine), best female lead in a feature (Natasha Lyonne), and best acting by a supporting actor/actress (Sally Kellerman).

Grayson McCouch

In 2003, McCouch landed the role as Dusty Donovan on the now-ended soap opera, As the World Turns, a role for which he earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for in 2006 for the Supporting Actor category

Gregg Marx

Marx won the award as Outstanding Supporting Actor at the 14th Daytime Emmy Awards in 1987.

In the Name of the King

The film was nominated for five Razzie Awards, including Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay, Worst Supporting Actor (Burt Reynolds) and Worst Supporting Actress (Leelee Sobieski), with Uwe Boll winning Worst Director.

ITFA Best Supporting Actor Award

The ITFA Best Supporting Actor Award is given by the state government as part of its annual International Tamil Film Awards for Tamil (Kollywood) films.

Jack Gilford

He was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor in (1973) for his role as Phil Green in Save the Tiger (his co-star Jack Lemmon won for Best Actor).

Jesse Calderón

As show host of El Show del Mediodia, Calderon has shared with Luis Francisco Ojeda, Milly Cangiano, comedian and former telenovela supporting actor: Junior Alvarez, a Christian actress,, Maribel Quiñones known as Sor Tata, and chef Cielito Rosado, among others.

John Callen

He has performed in and/or directed more than 100 stage plays including performances as Macbeth, Shylock, Polonius and Claudius, and has won best actor and best supporting actor for his theatre work.

Judah Katz

Winning an ACTRA award (now called a Gemini Award) for his very first foray in front of a camera in 1983 as "best new actor in Canadian Television", he also received a Gemini for "best supporting actor" for his role as Alan Eagleson in the CBC mini-series Canada Russia '72.

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards.

Kazuki Kitamura

He won the award for best supporting actor at the 14th Yokohama Film Festival for Minazuki, Kyohansha and Kanzen-naru shiiku.

Kestie Morassi

She has worked in both local and international television, including BeastMaster, Stingers and The Secret Life of Us before making the transition to films in 2002 alongside an all-star cast including Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, Sam Neill, Sam Worthington, and John Goodman in Dirty Deeds which saw her nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award by the Film Critics Circle of Australia.

Larry Gates

He played the role of Lewis from 1983 to 1996 and received the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor at the 1985 awards.

Lee Jung-jae

Lee next played Prince Suyang opposite Song Kang-ho in the period film The Face Reader, for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the Blue Dragon Film Awards.

Look Both Ways

2005 Won Australian Film Institute Awards: Best Film, Best Direction, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Hayes)

Marco Messeri

The same year, he received a Ciak d'oro for best supporting actor thanks to his performance in Massimo Troisi's Le vie del Signore sono finite.

My Heart Is That Eternal Rose

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 9th Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in the film.

My School Daze

Darren Lim was nominated as the Best Supporting Actor award, but lost to Zhu Houren in Reunion Dinner.

Patrick Tovatt

He was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 1994 for his work on As the World Turns.

Peter Coonan

He was nominated as Best Supporting Actor TV for his role as Fran at the 10th Irish Film & Television Awards.

Piolo Pascual

He collected eight awards in the Best Supporting Actor category and was given special recognition for rare gram slam award as a Best Supporting Actor for the same role by the GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards.

Purgatory Comics

The film became a major winner at the 2010 Long Island International Film Expo where it won "Best Long Island Feature Film," "Best Actress (Angela Benedict), "Best Supporting Actor (Jonathan Zungre)," and "Best Song (In the Spin by Fox Vulpini).

Quickie Express

Quickie Express won two Indonesian Movie Awards, for Best Supporting Actor and Favourite Newcomer.

Rajesh Krishnan

Rajesh Krishnan made his debut as an actor in Telugu and then acted the Kannada movies like Santosha and Gaalipata which also starred "Comedy Time" Ganesh and Diganth which was the biggest hit in the year 2008 and for which he was even nominated for the Filmfare for the best supporting actor award.

Rehan Sheikh

Rehan Sheikh is a Pakistani / British TV Actor, director, producer and theater artist, He is best known for his role, in Haseena Moin's PTV classic serial The Castle-Aik Nae Umeed and for his role in Hum TV play Sanjha, which earned him a nomination for best supporting actor at 1st Hum Awards.

Russell Dykstra

In 2007 Dykstra was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Romulus, My Father directed by Richard Roxburgh.

Tom Brooke

Brooke the TMA Award for best supporting actor for his performance in The Long and the Short and the Tall at the Sheffield Lyceum in 2006.

Tony Sperandeo

In 2001, Sperandeo won the David di Donatello award for Best Supporting Actor in "I cento passi" ("One Hundred Steps"), directed by Marco Tullio Giordana, in which he played the role of Mafia boss Tano Badalamenti.

Total Corruption

1994 AVN Awards winner of Best Supporting Actor - Gay Video: Zak Spears in Total Corruption.

William San

He has acted in several Singapore-Malaysia co-productions and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 2010 Golden Awards for his role in Lion.Hearts.