David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor

The David di Donatello Award for Best Supporting Actor (Italian: David di Donatello per il migliore attore non protagonista) is a film award presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize the outstanding performance in a supporting role of an actor who has worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony.^[1] It has been awarded every year since 1981.^[1][2]

David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor
Country	Italy
Presented by	Accademia del Cinema Italiano
First award	1981 (for performances in films released during the 1980/1981 film season)
Currently held by	Francesco Di Leva Notalgia (2023)
Website	daviddidonatello.it

Actors Giuseppe Battiston and Leo Gullotta are the record holders in this category, with three awards each.^[3]

Winners and nominees

Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees.^[1]

1980s

Year	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
1980/81 (26th)
	Charles Vanel	Donato Giuranna	Three Brothers
	Bruno Ganz	Count of Perrigaux	The Lady of the Camellias
	Néstor Garay	Cesare De Blasi	Camera d'albergo
1981/82 (27th)
	Angelo Infanti	Manuel Fantoni	Talcum Powder
	Alessandro Haber	Father	Piso pisello
	Paolo Stoppa	Pope Pius VII	Il marchese del Grillo
1982/83 (28th)
	Lello Arena	Tonino	Scusate il ritardo
	Tino Schirinzi	Nicolino	Sciopèn
	Paolo Stoppa	Savino Capogreco	All My Friends Part 2
1983/84 (29th)
	Carlo Giuffrè	Falcone	Son contento
	Aldo Giuffrè	Cocò	Where's Picone?
	Stefano Satta Flores	Captain Ferrara	One Hundred Days in Palermo
1984/85 (30th)
	Ricky Tognazzi	Michele Orcini	Aurora
	Paolo Bonacelli	Leonardo da Vinci	Nothing Left to Do But Cry
	Ruggero Raimondi	Escamillo	Carmen
1985/86 (31st)
	Bernard Blier	Uncle Gugo	Let's Hope It's a Girl
	Ferruccio De Ceresa	Giulio's father	The Mass Is Ended
	Franco Fabrizi	Television host	Ginger and Fred
	Philippe Noiret	Leonardo	Let's Hope It's a Girl
1986/87 (32nd)
	Leo Gullotta	Commissioner Iervolino	The Professor
	Justino Díaz	Iago	Otello
	Gigi Reder	Filini	Superfantozzi
	Mattia Sbragia	1st Brigadist	The Moro Affair
1987/88 (33rd)
	Peter O'Toole	Reginald Fleming Johnston	The Last Emperor
	Galeazzo Benti	Sironi	Io e mia sorella
	Gabriele Ferzetti	Paolo's father	Julia and Julia
1988/89 (34th)
	Carlo Croccolo	Rafele	'O Re
	Massimo Dapporto	Aldo	Mignon Has Come to Stay
	Paolo Panelli	Paolo	Splendor

1990s

Year	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
1989/90 (35th)
	Sergio Castellitto	Quinto	Tre colonne in cronaca
	Vittorio Caprioli	Psychoanalyst	Dark Illness
	Roberto Citran	Giuliano	Little Misunderstandings
	Ennio Fantastichini	Tommaso Scalia	Open Doors
	Alessandro Haber	Ugo Signori	Willy Signori e vengo da lontano
1990/91 (36th)
	Ciccio Ingrassia	Marshal Gaetano Scarfi	Condominio
	Enzo Cannavale	Lawyer	The House of Smiles
	Sergio Castellitto	Filippo	Stasera a casa di Alice
	Giuseppe Cederna	Antonio Farina	Mediterraneo
	Ricky Memphis	Red	Ultrà
1991/92 (37th)
	Angelo Orlando	Amedeo	Pensavo fosse amore, invece era un calesse
	Giancarlo Dettori	Attilio	Damned the Day I Met You
	Giorgio Gaber	Domenico Barbaia	Rossini! Rossini!
1992/93 (38th)
	Claudio Amendola	Mauro	Un'altra vita
	Renato Carpentieri	Old Massimo	Fiorile
	Leo Gullotta	Polizzi	The Escort
1993/94 (39th)
	Alessandro Haber	Socrates	For Love, Only for Love
	Giancarlo Giannini	Paolo Borsellino	Giovanni Falcone
	Leopoldo Trieste	Livatino's father	Law of Courage
1994/95 (40th)
	Giancarlo Giannini	Pietro Fraschini	Like Two Crocodiles
	Roberto Citran	Loris	The Bull
	Philippe Noiret	Pablo Neruda	Il Postino: The Postman
1995/96 (41st)
	Leopoldo Trieste	The Mute	The Star Maker
	Raul Bova	Nino Di Venanzio	Palermo - Milan One Way
	Alessandro Haber	Professor Galliano	The Graduates
1996/97 (42nd)
	Leo Gullotta	Carlo Gabbiadini	The Game Bag
	Diego Abatantuono	Solo	Nirvana
	Antonio Albanese	Antonio	Vesna Goes Fast
	Claudio Amendola	Sandro Nardella	An Eyewitness Account
	Massimo Ceccherini	Libero Quarini	The Cyclone
1997/98 (43rd)
	Silvio Orlando	Himself	April
	Sergio Bustric	Ferruccio Papini	Life Is Beautiful
	Massimo Ceccherini	Germano	Fuochi d'artificio
1998/99 (44th)
	Fabrizio Bentivoglio	Antonio	Of Lost Love
	Mario Scaccia	Old Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies	Ferdinando and Carolina
	Emilio Solfrizzi	Sergio	Marriages

2000s

Year	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
1999/00 (45th)
	Giuseppe Battiston	Costantino Caponangeli	Bread and Tulips
	Leo Gullotta	Giovanni Pandico	A Respectable Man
	Emilio Solfrizzi	Lojacono	Outlaw
2000/01 (46th)
	Tony Sperandeo	Gaetano Badalamenti	One Hundred Steps
	Silvio Orlando	Oscar	The Son's Room
	Claudio Santamaria	Paolo	The Last Kiss
2001/02 (47th)
	Libero De Rienzo	Bartolomeo 'Bart' Vanzetti	Santa Maradona
	Leo Gullotta	Eng. Mario Pancini	Vajont
	Silvio Orlando	Saverio	Light of My Eyes
2002/03 (48th)
	Ernesto Mahieux	Peppino Profeta	The Embalmer
	Antonio Catania	Ernesto	It Can't Be All Our Fault
	Pierfrancesco Favino	Sergeant Rizzo	El Alamein: The Line of Fire
	Giancarlo Giannini	Cesare Balocchi	Incantato
	Kim Rossi Stuart	Candlewick	Pinocchio
2003/04 (49th)
	Roberto Herlitzka	Aldo Moro	Good Morning, Night
	Diego Abatantuono	Sergio	I'm Not Scared
	Elio Germano	Manuel	What Will Happen to Us
	Fabrizio Gifuni	Carlo Tommasi	The Best of Youth
	Emilio Solfrizzi	Gustavo Torregiani	Agata and the Storm
2004/05 (50th)
	Carlo Verdone	Goffredo Liguori	Manual of Love
	Johnny Dorelli	Gianca's father	When Do the Girls Show Up?
	Silvio Muccino	Tommaso	Manual of Love
	Raffaele Pisu	Carlo	The Consequences of Love
	Fabio Troiano	The Angel	After Midnight
2005/06 (51st)
	Pierfrancesco Favino	The Libanese	Romanzo criminale
	Giorgio Faletti	Professor Antonio Martinelli	Night Before The Exams
	Neri Marcorè	Nino Ricci	The Second Wedding Night
	Nanni Moretti	Himself / Silvio Berlusconi	The Caiman
	Sergio Rubini	Tonino	Our Land
2006/07 (52nd)
	Giorgio Colangeli	Luigi Sparti	Salty Air
	Ninetto Davoli	Giovanni	One Out of Two
	Ennio Fantastichini	Sergio	Saturn in Opposition
	Valerio Mastandrea	Ferrante Papucci	Napoleon and Me
	Riccardo Scamarcio	Manico Benassi	My Brother is an Only Child
2007/08 (53rd)
	Alessandro Gassmann	Carlo Paladini	Quiet Chaos
	Giuseppe Battiston	Vito	Days and Clouds
	Fabrizio Gifuni	Corrado Canali	The Girl by the Lake
	Ahmed Hafiene	Hassan	The Right Distance
	Umberto Orsini	Uncle Lino	The Early Bird Catches the Worm
2008/09 (54th)
	Giuseppe Battiston	Alberto Nardini	Don't Think About It
	Claudio Bisio	Sergio	Many Kisses Later
	Carlo Buccirosso	Paolo Cirino Pomicino	Il Divo
	Luca Lionello	Michele	Cover Boy
	Filippo Nigro	Remo	Different from Whom?

2010s

Year	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
2009/10 (55th)
	Ennio Fantastichini	Vincenzo Cantone	Loose Cannons
	The supporting ensemble of Baarìa		Baarìa
	Pierfrancesco Favino	Marco	Kiss Me Again
	Marco Giallini	Luigi Mascolo	Me, Them and Lara
	Marco Messeri	Loredano 'Loriano' Nesi	The First Beautiful Thing
2010/11 (56th)
	Giuseppe Battiston	Claudio	La Passione
	Raoul Bova	Piero	La nostra vita
	Francesco Di Leva	Edoardo	A Quiet Life
	Rocco Papaleo	Lionello Frustace	Escort in Love
	Alessandro Siani	Mattia Volpe	Benvenuti al Sud
2011/12 (57th)
	Pierfrancesco Favino	Giuseppe Pinelli	Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
	Giuseppe Battiston	Devis	Shun Li and the Poet
	Marco Giallini	Mazinga	ACAB - All Cops Are Bastards
	Fabrizio Gifuni	Aldo Moro	Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy
	Renato Scarpa	Cardinal Gregori	We Have a Pope
2012/13 (58th)
	Valerio Mastandrea	Andrea Bottini	Long Live Freedom
	Stefano Accorsi	Andrea	A Five Star Life
	Giuseppe Battiston	Amanzio	Garibaldi's Lovers
	Marco Giallini	Enzo Brighi	Out of the Blue
	Claudio Santamaria	Max Flamini	Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood
2013/14 (59th)
	Fabrizio Gifuni	Giovanni Bernaschi	Human Capital
	Valerio Aprea	Mattia Argeri	I Can Quit Whenever I Want
	Giuseppe Battiston	Father Weiner	The Chair of Happiness
	Libero De Rienzo	Bartolomeo Bonelli	I Can Quit Whenever I Want
	Stefano Fresi	Alberto Petrelli	I Can Quit Whenever I Want
	Carlo Verdone	Romano	The Great Beauty
2014/15 (60th)
	Carlo Buccirosso	Vito	The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles
	Claudio Amendola	Sergio	The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles
	Fabrizio Bentivoglio	Basili	The Invisible Boy
	Luigi Lo Cascio	Sandro De Luca	An Italian Name
	Nanni Moretti	Giovanni	Mia madre
2015/16 (61st)
	Luca Marinelli	Fabio Cannizzaro / Zingaro	They Call Me Jeeg
	Giuseppe Battiston	Carlo Bernini	The Complexity of Happiness
	Fabrizio Bentivoglio	Antonio Zanzotto	The Last Will Be the Last
	Valerio Binasco	Sandro	Alaska
	Alessandro Borghi	Aureliano Adami / Number 8	Suburra
2016/17 (62nd)
	Valerio Mastandrea	Ascanio	Fiore
	Roberto De Francesco	Sergio	Le ultime cose
	Ennio Fantastichini	Chief Warden De Caro	La stoffa dei sogni
	Pierfrancesco Favino	Italian Minister of Economy	The Confessions
	Massimiliano Rossi	Peppe	Indivisible
2017/18 (63rd)
	Giuliano Montaldo	Giorgio Gherarducci	Friends by Chance
	Peppe Barra	Pasquale	Naples in Veils
	Alessandro Borghi	Chicano	Fortunata
	Carlo Buccirosso	Don Vincenzo Strozzalone	Love and Bullets
	Elio Germano	Fabio	Tenderness
2018/19 (64th)
	Edoardo Pesce	Simone	Dogman
	Fabrizio Bentivoglio	Santino Recchia	Loro
	Ennio Fantastichini	Giuseppe De André	Fabrizio De André - Principe libero
	Massimo Ghini	Sandro	There's No Place Like Home
	Valerio Mastandrea	Ettore	Euphoria

2020s

Year	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
2019/20 (65th)
	Luigi Lo Cascio	Salvatore Contorno	The Traitor
	Carlo Buccirosso	Totò o' Macellaio	5 Is the Perfect Number
	Stefano Accorsi	Valerio Fioretti	The Champion
	Fabrizio Ferracane	Pippo Calò	The Traitor
	Roberto Benigni	Geppetto	Pinocchio
2020/21 (66th)
	Fabrizio Bentivoglio	Franco Restivo	Rose Island
	Gabriel Montesi	Amelio Guerrini	Bad Tales
	Lino Musella	Professor Bernardini	Bad Tales
Giuseppe Cederna	Vincenzo Sartori	Hammamet
Silvio Orlando	Aldo	The Ties
2021/22 (67th)
	Eduardo Scarpetta	Vincenzo Scarpetta	The King of Laughter
	Fabrizio Ferracane	Franco Coletti	The Inner Cage
	Valerio Mastandrea	Inspector Ginko	Diabolik
	Toni Servillo	Saverio Schisa	The Hand of God
	Pietro Castellitto	Cencio	Freaks Out
2022/23 (68th)
	Francesco Di Leva	Don Luigi Rega	Nostalgia
	Fausto Russo Alesi	Francesco Cossiga	Exterior Night
	Toni Servillo	Pope Paul VI	Exterior Night
	Elio Germano	Ennio Scribani	Lord of the Ants
	Filippo Timi	Giovanni	The Eight Mountains

See also

• Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor
• Cinema of Italy