Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor

It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the Mexican film industry.

In 1947, the 1st and 2nd Ariel Awards were held, with José Baviera and Fernando Soto winning for the films La Barraca and Campeón Sin Corona, respectively.

[4] Rojo Grau was nominated twice in 1986, for his performances in the films El Escuadrón de la Muerte and Gavilán o Paloma, losing to José Carlos Ruiz for Toña Machetes.

In 1996, Damián Alcázar and Jesús Ochoa tied for their work in the films El Anzuelo and Entre Pancho Villa y Una Mujer Desnuda, respectively.

Fifteen films have featured two or more nominated performances for Best Supporting Actor, Doña Perfecta (Carlos Navarro and Julio Villarreal), El Rebozo de Soledad (Carlos López Moctezuma and Domingo Soler), Las Tres Perfectas Casadas (José Elías Moreno and José María Linares), Cadena Perpetua (Ernesto Gómez Cruz and Narciso Busquets), El Callejón de los Milagros (Daniel Giménez Cacho and Esteban Soberanes), Por Si No Te Vuelvo a Ver (Max Kerlow and Justo Martínez), El Evangelio de las Maravillas (Bruno Bichir and Rafael Inclán), La Ley de Herodes (Pedro Armendáriz and Salvador Sánchez), Matando Cabos (Joaquín Cosío and Raúl Méndez), La Zona (Mario Zaragoza and Alan Chávez), El Infierno (Cosío and Gómez Cruz), Días de Gracia (Kristyan Ferrer 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.

Color photo of Claudio Obregón.
Claudio Obregón was nominated twice, winning for Actas de Marusia in 1976.
Color photo of Roberto Sosa.
Roberto Sosa was nominated twice, winning for Lola in 1990.
Color photo of Eduardo Palomo.
Eduardo Palomo won in 1990 for his role in La Mujer de Benjamín .
Color photo of Jesús Ochoa.
Jesús Ochoa won twice for Entre Pancho Villa y Una Mujer Desnuda (1996) and Bajo California, el Límite del Tiempo (1999).
Black-and-white photo of Pedro Armendáriz.
Pedro Armendáriz was nominated three times and won for La Ley de Herodes in 2000.
Color photo of Daniel Giménez.
Daniel Giménez Cacho (left) was nominated three times and won twice for Nicotina (2004) and Colosio: El Asesinato (2013).
Color photo of Carlos Cobos.
Carlos Cobos won twice for Conejo en la Luna (2005) and Pastorela (2012).
Color photo of Gerardo Taracena.
Gerardo Taracena won the award for El Violín in 2007.
Color photo of Mario Zaragoza.
Mario Zaragoza won the award for La Zona in 2008.
Color photo of Joaquín Cosío.
Joaquín Cosío was nominated three times and won for El Infierno in 2011.
Color photo of Noe Hernandez.
Noé Hernández won twice for La Tirisia (2015) and 600 Millas (2016).