The Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor (Spanish: Premio Ariel a Mejor Coactuación Masculina) is an award presented by the

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(AMACC) in Mexico. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the Mexican

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. In 1947, the 1st and 2nd Ariel Awards were held, with

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and Fernando Soto winning for the films ''

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'' and ''Campeón Sin Corona'', respectively. With the exception of the years 1958 to 1971, when the Ariel Awards were suspended, the award has been given annually. Nominees and winners are determined by a committee formed every year consisting of academy members (active and honorary), previous winners and individuals with at least two Ariel nominations; the committee submit their votes through the official AMACC website. Since its inception, the award has been given to 48 actors.

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has received the most awards in this category with four Ariels.

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is the most nominated performer, with seven nominations which resulted in three wins. On two separate instances all the nominees in the category were selected from the same film; the first time in 1974, with

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, and Alejandro Parodi being nominated for the film ''El Principio'', with the award handed to Bustamante; the second time, in 1976, with Gómez Cruz, Eduardo López Rojas, and

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being nominated (and awarded) for their roles in the film ''

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''. Rojo Grau was nominated twice in 1986, for his performances in the films ''El Escuadrón de la Muerte'' and ''

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'', losing to José Carlos Ruiz for ''Toña Machetes''. In 1996,

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and Jesús Ochoa tied for their work in the films ''El Anzuelo'' and ''

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'', respectively. Fifteen films have featured two or more nominated performances for Best Supporting Actor, ''

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'' (Carlos Navarro and

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), ''

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'' (

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and

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), ''

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'' (

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and José María Linares), ''Cadena Perpetua'' (Ernesto Gómez Cruz and

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), ''

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'' (

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and Esteban Soberanes), ''Por Si No Te Vuelvo a Ver'' (Max Kerlow and Justo Martínez), ''El Evangelio de las Maravillas'' (

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and

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), ''

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and Salvador Sánchez), ''

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'' (

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and

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), '' La Zona'' (Mario Zaragoza and Alan Chávez), ''

El Infierno ''El Infierno'' ( en, Hell) is a 2010 Mexican crime film produced by Bandidos Films, directed by Luis Estrada and following the line of ''La ley de Herodes''. The film is a political satire about drug trafficking, organized crime, and the Mexica ...

'' (Cosío and Gómez Cruz), ''Días de Gracia'' (

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and Zaragoza), ''Colosio: El Asesinato'' (Giménez Cacho and Dagoberto Gama), '' La Delgada Línea Amarilla'' (Cosío, Silverio Palacios and Gustavo Sánchez Parra), and ''La 4a Compañía'' (Manuel Ojeda, Dario T. Pie and Carlos Valencia); Navarro, López Moctezuma, Moreno, Gómez Cruz, Kerlow, Armendáriz, Zaragoza, Cosío (for ''El Infierno''), Giménez Cacho (for ''Colosio: El Asesinato'') won the award. As of the 2022 ceremony,

is the most recent winner in this category for his role in ''Los Minutos Negros''.

Winners and nominees

Gerardo Taracena at Queen of the South at ATX

Noé Hernández - FotoFilm Tijuana - Julio 2017

Multiple wins and nominations

The following individuals have received multiple Best Supporting Actor awards: The following actors received four or more Best Supporting Actor nominations:

References

{{Ariel Awards Ariel Awards Film awards for supporting actor

Winners and nominees

Multiple wins and nominations

See also

References