Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to an actor for the best performance by an actor in a supporting role.

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
Awarded for	Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Country	Hong Kong
Presented by	Hong Kong Film Awards
First award	1985
Currently held by	Chu Pak Hong — The Last Dance (2025)

History

The award was established at the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards (1985) and the first winner was Shum Wai for his role in the film Long Arm of the Law. There are typically 5 or 6 nominations for the category of Best Supporting Actor from which one actor is chosen the winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.

The actors with most awards in this category are Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Paul Chun, Anthony Wong, Liu Kai-chi, and Eric Tsang with 2 times each. Tony Leung Chiu-wai also holds the record for the actor with the most awards in the Best Actor category.

Winners and nominees

Year	Actor	Film	Character name	Note
1985 (4th)	Shum Wai	Long Arm of the Law		[1]
	Chor Yuen	Cherie
	Tai Bo	Law with Two Phases
	Chang Kuo-chu	An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty
	Anthony Chan	Behind the Yellow Line
1986 (5th)	Mang Hoi	Yes, Madam		[2]
	Clarence Fok	Let's Make Laugh 2
	Lam Ching-ying	Mr. Vampire
	Billy Lau
1987 (6th)	Paul Chun	The Lunatics		[3]
	Waise Lee	A Better Tomorrow
	Wu Ma	Righting Wrongs
	Paul Chun	Peking Opera Blues
	Chow Yun-fat	Love Unto Waste
	Shing Fui-On	The Law Enforcer
1988 (7th)	Tony Leung Chiu-wai	People's Hero		[4]
	Wu Ma	A Chinese Ghost Story
	Roy Cheung	Prison on Fire
	Ho Ka-kui
	Tsui Hark	Final Victory
	Ronald Wong	People's Hero
1989 (8th)	Jacky Cheung	As Tears Go By		[5]
	Stephen Chow	Final Justice
	Alex Man	As Tears Go By
	Eric Tsang	The Other Half and the Other Half
	Wu Ma	Last Eunuch in China
1990 (9th)	Tony Leung Chiu-wai	My Heart Is That Eternal Rose		[6]
	Paul Chu	The Killer
	Shing Fui-On	Stars & Roses
	Wong Kwan-Yuen	All About Ah-Long
1991 (10th)	Ng Man-tat	A Moment of Romance		[7]
	Jacky Cheung	A Chinese Ghost Story II
	Jacky Cheung	The Swordsman
	Lau Shun
	Ng Man-tat	All for the Winner
	Derek Yee	Kawashima Yoshiko
1992 (11th)	Kwan Hoi-San	Lee Rock		[8]
	Jacky Cheung	Once Upon a Time in China
	Aaron Kwok	Saviour of the Soul
	Ng Man-tat	Fight Back to School
	Kent Tong	The Tigers
1993 (12th)	Liu Kai-chi	Cageman		[9]
	Tony Leung Chiu-wai	Hard Boiled
	Francis Ng	Handsome Siblings
	Anthony Wong	Now You See Love, Now You Don't
	Donnie Yen	Once Upon a Time in China II
1994 (13th)	Paul Chun	C'est la vie, mon chéri		[10]
	Kent Cheng	Crime Story
	Lawrence Cheng	Tom, Dick and Hairy
	Tsui Kam-Kong	All Men Are Brothers: Blood of the Leopard
	Michael Lee	Temptation of a Monk
	Anthony Wong	Legal Innocence
1995 (14th)	Jordan Chan	Twenty Something		[11]
	Power Chan	The Final Option
	Jordan Chan	He's a Woman, She's a Man
	Eric Kot	In Between
	Law Kar-ying	From Beijing with Love
1996 (15th)	Law Kar-ying	Summer Snow		[12]
	Chin Kar-lok	Full Throttle
	Jordan Chan	Heaven Can't Wait
	Eric Kot	Love in the Time of Twilight
	Dayo Wong	The Day that Doesn't Exist
1997 (16th)	Eric Tsang	Comrades: Almost a Love Story		[13]
	Jordan Chan	Big Bullet
	Jerry Lamb	The Log
	Tsui Kam-Kong	Viva Erotica
	Anthony Wong	Young and Dangerous 3
	Simon Yam	To Be No. 1
1998 (17th)	Jiang Wen	The Soong Sisters		[14]
	Chang Chen	Happy Together
	Law Kar-ying	Kitchen
	Eric Tsang	Task Force
	Poon Chang-Leung	The Mad Phoenix
1999 (18th)	Patrick Tam	Beast Cops		[15]
	Nick Cheung	The Conman
	Alex Fong	Your Place or Mine!
	Sam Lee	The Longest Summer
	Eric Tsang	Hold You Tight
2000 (19th)	Ti Lung	The Kid		[16]
	Hui Siu-Hung	Running Out of Time
	Lam Suet	The Mission
	Lo Bei	Little Cheung
	Tse Kwan-Ho	Ordinary Heroes
2001 (20th)	Francis Ng	2000 A.D.		[17]
	Eason Chan	Lavender
	Chang Chen	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
	Roy Cheung	Jiang hu: The Triad Zone
	Simon Yam	Juliet in Love
2002 (21st)	Wong Yat-fei	Shaolin Soccer		[18]
	Gordon Lam	Dance of a Dream
	David Lee	From the Queen to the Chief Executive
	Patrick Tam Kar-Ming	Born Wild
	Simon Yam	Midnight Fly
2003 (22nd)	Anthony Wong	Infernal Affairs		[19]
	Anthony Wong	Just One Look
		Princess D
	Chapman To	Infernal Affairs
	Eric Tsang
2004 (23rd)	Tony Leung Ka-fai	Men Suddenly in Black		[20]
	Eddie Cheung	Running on Karma
	Ronald Cheng	My Lucky Star
	Liu Kai-chi	Infernal Affairs II
	Chapman To
2005 (24th)	Yuen Wah	Kung Fu Hustle		[21]
	Daniel Wu	New Police Story
	Danny Chan Kwok Kwan	Kung Fu Hustle
	Jim Chim	Driving Miss Wealthy
	Tony Leung Ka-fai	Dumplings: Three...Extremes
2006 (25th)	Anthony Wong	Initial D		[22]
	Alex Fong	Drink-Drank-Drunk
	Wong Tin-lam	Election
	Hu Jun	Everlasting Regret
	Liu Kai-chi	SPL: Sha Po Lang
2007 (26th)	Ian Gouw	After This Our Exile		[23]
	Nick Cheung	Election 2
	Simon Yam
	Jay Chou	Curse of the Golden Flower
	Liu Ye
2008 (27th)	Andy Lau	Protégé		[24]
	Nick Cheung	Exodus
	Ronald Cheng	Mr. Cinema
	Chow Yun-fat	The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
	Louis Koo	Protégé
2009 (28th)	Liu Kai-chi	Beast Stalker		[25]
	Stephen Chow	CJ7
	Zhang Fengyi	Red Cliff
	Gordon Lam	Ip Man
	Louis Fan
2010 (29th)	Nicholas Tse	Bodyguards and Assassins		[26]
	Tony Leung Ka-fai	Bodyguards and Assassins
	Chang Chen	Red Cliff II
	Feng Tsui Fan	Accident
	Alex Fong	Overheard
2011 (30th)	Teddy Robin	Gallants		[27]
	Tony Leung Ka-fai	Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
	Deng Chao
	Wang Xueqi	Reign Of Assassins
	Liu Kai-chi	The Stool Pigeon
2012 (31st)	Lo Hoi Pang	Life Without Principle		[28]
	Jimmy Wang	Wu Xia
	Paul Chun	A Simple Life
	Nicholas Tse	Shaolin
	Kenneth Tsang	Overheard 2
2013 (32nd)	Ronald Cheng	Vulgaria		[29]
	Liu Kai-chi	The Bullet Vanishes
	Lam Ka Tung	Cold War
	Chapman To	Diva
	Alex Man	The Bounty
2014 (33rd)	Zhang Jin	The Grandmaster		[30]
	Tong Dawei	American Dreams In China
	Huang Bo	Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
	Eddie Peng	Unbeatable
	Anthony Chan	Rigor Mortis
2015 (34th)	Kenneth Tsang	Overheard 3		[31]
	Alex Fong	Overheard 3
	Ng Man-tat	Aberdeen
	Lam Suet	The Midnight After
	Wang Baoqiang	Kung Fu Jungle
2016 (35th)	Michael Ning	Port of Call		[32]
	Andrew Lam	Full Strike
	Louis Cheung	Keeper Of Darkness
	Zhang Jin	SPL II: A Time For Consequences
	Zhang Jin	Ip Man 3
2017 (36th)	Eric Tsang	Mad World		[33]
	Paul Chun	Book of Love
	Ng Man-tat	The Menu
	Philip Keung	Trivisa
	Liu Kai-chi	Weeds on Fire
2018 (37th)	Philip Keung	Shock Wave		[34]
	Philip Keung	Concerto Of The Bully
	Yasuaki Kurata	The Empty Hands
	Paul Chun	Love Off the Cuff
	Lam Ka Tung	Paradox
	Yasuaki Kurata	God of War
2019 (38th)	Ben Yuen	Tracey		[35]
	Kenny Wong	Men On The Dragon
	Poon Chan Leung
	Sam Lee	Still Human
	Liu Kai-chi	Project Gutenberg
2020 (39th)	Cheung Tat-ming	I'm Livin' It		[36]
	Philip Keung	A Witness Out of the Blue
	Siuyea Lo	Suk Suk
	Alex Man	I'm Livin' It
	Zhang Qi	The New King of Comedy
2022 (40th)	Mason Fung	Zero to Hero		[37]
	Louis Koo	Anita
	Lam Suet	Time
	Will Or	Drifting
	Tse Kwan-ho
2023 (41st)	Michael Hui	Where the Wind Blows		[38]
	Jan Lamb	The Sparring Partner
	Law Wing-cheung	Mama's Affair
	Louis Cheung	Table for Six
	Peter Chan
2024 (42nd)	David Chiang	In Broad Daylight		[39]
	Sean Wong	Time Still Turns the Pages
	Jiro Lee	Over My Dead Body
	Wu Kang-ren	Fly Me to the Moon
	Tse Kwan-ho	A Guilty Conscience
2025 (43rd)	Chu Pak Hong	The Last Dance		[40]
	Louis Koo	Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
	Philip Ng	Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
	Siuyea Lo	Montages of a Modern Motherhood
	Paul Chun	The Last Dance

Multiple wins and nominations

Multiple wins Wins Actor 2 Tony Leung Chiu-wai Paul Chun Anthony Wong Liu Kai-chi Eric Tsang

Multiple nominations Nominations Actor 8 Liu Kai-chi 7 Anthony Wong Paul Chun 6 Eric Tsang 5 Ng Man-tat 4 Jacky Cheung Jordan Chan Alex Fong Simon Yam Tony Leung Ka-fai Philip Keung Lam Ka Tung 3 Wu Ma Tony Leung Chiu-wai Alex Man Law Kar-ying Chang Chen Nick Cheung Lam Suet Louis Koo Chapman To Ronald Cheng Zhang Jin Tse Kwan-ho

Records

Items	Name	Statistics	Notes
Most wins	Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Paul Chun, Anthony Wong, Liu Kai-chi, and Eric Tsang	2 wins
Most nominations	Liu Kai-chi	8 nominations	2 wins
Oldest winner	Michael Hui	Age 80 years, 225 days	For Where the Wind Blows
Oldest nominee		Age 80 years, 159 days
Youngest winner	Ian Gouw	Age 10 years, 6 days	For After This Our Exile
Youngest nominee		Age 9 years, 298 days
Most nominations without a win	Simon Yam, Alex Fong and Lam Ka Tung	4 nominations

See also

• Hong Kong Film Award
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Cinematography
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer