Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor

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film award

The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor is a major Australian film accolade recognizing outstanding performances by male actors in supporting roles.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role	5
AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role	4
AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor	1
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor canonical	1
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for Richard Roxburgh	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5136713 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor
Context triple: [The Devil's Playground, awardReceived, Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor]

A. Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role is a major Australian film accolade recognizing the year’s most outstanding performance by a male lead actor in an Australian feature film.
B. Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role is a major Australian film accolade recognizing outstanding performances by actresses in supporting roles in Australian cinema.
C. Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role is a major Australian film accolade recognizing outstanding performances by leading actresses in feature films.
D. Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film is a prestigious Australian accolade presented annually to recognize the most outstanding feature film produced in the country.
E. Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award is a major Australian accolade recognizing excellence in film and television, often regarded as the nation's equivalent of the Oscars.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor
Target entity description: The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor is a major Australian film accolade recognizing outstanding performances by male actors in supporting roles.

A. Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role is a major Australian film accolade recognizing the year’s most outstanding performance by a male lead actor in an Australian feature film.
B. Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role is a major Australian film accolade recognizing outstanding performances by actresses in supporting roles in Australian cinema.
C. Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role is a major Australian film accolade recognizing outstanding performances by leading actresses in feature films.
D. Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film is a prestigious Australian accolade presented annually to recognize the most outstanding feature film produced in the country.
E. Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award is a major Australian accolade recognizing excellence in film and television, often regarded as the nation's equivalent of the Oscars.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film award ⓘ
administeredBy	Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	AFI Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ⓘ
awardedFor	best performance by a male actor in a supporting role ⓘ
categoryOf	acting award ⓘ
ceremonyLocation	various cities in Australia ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
eligibility	male supporting actors in Australian films ⓘ
field	cinema ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasAwardType	supporting actor award ⓘ
hasFormat	trophy ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.aacta.org ⓘ
inception	1970s ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	film ⓘ
notableRecipient	Ben Mendelsohn ⓘ Bryan Brown ⓘ Geoffrey Rush ⓘ Hugo Weaving ⓘ
parentOrganization	Australian Film Institute ⓘ
partOf	AFI Awards ⓘ linked to: AFI Award Australian Film Institute Awards ⓘ linked to: Australian Film Institute Award
positionInCast	supporting role ⓘ
presentedBy	AFI \| AACTA ⓘ linked to: Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Australian Film Institute ⓘ
region	Australasia ⓘ linked to: Asia-Pacific
relatedAward	Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor ⓘ linked to: Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress ⓘ linked to: Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ linked to: Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
scope	national ⓘ
selectionProcess	judged by industry jury ⓘ
shortName	AFI Best Supporting Actor ⓘ linked to: AFI Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
successor	AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ⓘ linked to: Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Devil's Playground → awardReceived → Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ

Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role → hasRelatedAward → Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ⓘ