Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Location	England
Presented by	Society of London Theatre
First award	2015
Currently held by	Layton Williams for Titanique (2025)
Website	officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/

This award was created in 2015, along with the Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical, to replace the singular award for Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical, which existed from 1991 to 2014.

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year	Performer	Musical	Character
2015	George Maguire	Sunny Afternoon	Dave Davies
	Rolan Bell	Memphis	Delray
	Ian Mcintosh	Beautiful	Barry Mann
	Jason Pennycooke	Memphis	Bobby
2016
	David Bedella	In the Heights	Kevin Rosario
	Dan Burton	Gypsy	Tulsa
	Peter Davison		Herbie
	Gavin Spokes	Guys and Dolls	Nicely Nicely Johnson
2017
	Adam J. Bernard	Dreamgirls	James "Thunder" Early
	Ian Bartholomew	Half a Sixpence	Chitterlow
	Ben Hunter	The Girls	Danny
	Andrew Langtree	Groundhog Day	Ned Ryerson
2018
	Michael Jibson	Hamilton	King George III
	Ross Noble	Young Frankenstein	Igor
	Jason Pennycooke	Hamilton	Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson
	Cleve September		John Laurens / Philip Hamilton
2019
	Jonathan Bailey	Company	Jamie
	Clive Carter	Come from Away	Various
	Richard Fleeshman	Company	Andy
	Robert Hands	Come from Away	Various

2020s

Year	Performer	Musical	Character
2020
	David Bedella	& Juliet	Lance
	Stewart Clarke	Fiddler on the Roof	Perchik
	Jack Loxton	Dear Evan Hansen	Jared Kleinman
	Rupert Young		Larry Murphy
2021	Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic[A]
2022[A]
	Elliot Levey	Cabaret	Herr Schultz
	Clive Carter	Moulin Rouge!	Harold Zidler
	Hugh Coles	Back to the Future: The Musical	George McFly
	Gary Wilmot	Anything Goes	Elisha J. Whitney
2023
	Zubin Varla	Tammy Faye	Jerry Falwell
	Sharif Afifi	The Band's Visit	Haled
	Peter Polycarpou		Avrum
	Clive Rowe	Sister Act	Lt Eddie Souther
2024
	Jak Malone	Operation Mincemeat	Hester Leggett, Bernard Spilsbury and Others
	Cedric Neal	Guys and Dolls	Nicely Nicely Johnson
	David Thaxton	Sunset Boulevard	Max von Mayerling
	Jack Wolfe	Next to Normal	Gabe Goodman
2025
	Layton Williams	Titanique	Iceberg
	Andy Nyman	Hello, Dolly!	Horace Vandergelder
	Raphael Papo	Fiddler on the Roof	The Fiddler
	Tom Xander	Mean Girls	Damian Hubbard

1. Due to late March 2020^[1] to late July 2021^[2] closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022^[3]

Multiple awards and nominations for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Awards

Two awards

• David Bedella

Nominations

Two nominations

• David Bedella
• Clive Carter
• Jason Pennycooke

See also

• Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
• Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical