British Academy Games Award for Performer in a Supporting Role

British Academy Video Games Award for Performer in a Supporting Role
Awarded forBest supporting performance in a game
Presented byBAFTA
First awarded2020
Currently held byAndrew Wincott (Baldur's Gate 3)
Most nominationsTroy Baker
Websitewww.bafta.org/games

The British Academy Video Games Award for Performer in a Supporting Role is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in honor of the best supporting performance featured in a game "from voice artistry through to motion capture".[1]

BAFTA has honoured video game performances since the 8th British Academy Video Games Awards ceremony in 2012, with Mark Hamill winning the inaugural award for his performance as the Joker in Batman: Arkham City.[2] From 2012 to 2019, performers in both leading and supporting roles were considered together in the merged category of British Academy Games Award for Performer but, as of the 16th British Academy Games Awards, during a reconfiguration of categories, BAFTA announced that the Performer award would be split into both Leading and Supporting categories.[3]

The inaugural winner in the Supporting category was Martti Suosalo for his role as Ahti the Janitor in Remedy Entertainment's Control.[4] Troy Baker has received the most nominations, with two, one for his role as Higgs in Death Stranding and one for portraying Joel in The Last of Us Part II.

The current holder of the award is Andrew Wincott for his role as Raphael in Baldur's Gate 3, who won at the 20th British Academy Games Awards in 2024.

Winners and nominees

Inaugural recipient Martti Suosalo
Kimberly Brooks won the award in 2021.

In the following table, the years are listed as per BAFTA convention, and generally correspond to the year of game release in the United Kingdom.

Table key
Indicates the winner
Year Performer Game Role(s) Ref.
2019

(16th)

Martti Suosalo Control Ahti the Janitor [5]
Jolene Andersen Life Is Strange 2 Karen Reynolds
Sarah Bartholomew Cassidy (Lucy Rose Jones)
Troy Baker Death Stranding Higgs
Léa Seydoux Fragile
Ayisha Issa The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan Fliss
2020

(17th)

Logan Cunningham Hades Hades, Achilles, Poseidon, Asterius, Charon, and the Storyteller [6]
Troy Baker The Last of Us Part II Joel
Jeffrey Pierce Tommy
Shannon Woodward Dina
Patrick Gallagher Ghost of Tsushima Khotun Khan
Carla Tassara Cyberpunk 2077 Judy Alvarez
2021

(18th)

Kimberly Brooks Psychonauts 2 Hollis Forsythe [7]
Laura Bailey Call of Duty: Vanguard Polina Petrova
Jason Cavalier Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Drax the Destroyer
Alex Weiner Rocket Raccoon
Maggie Robertson Resident Evil Village Lady Dimitrescu
Han Soto Life Is Strange: True Colors Gabe Chen
2022

(19th)

Laya Deleon Hayes God of War Ragnarök Angrboða [8]
Adam J. Harrington God of War Ragnarök Sindri
Danielle Bisutti Freya
Ryan Hurst Thor
Alison Jaye Horizon Forbidden West Alva
Charlotta Mohlin Immortality The One
2023

(20th)

Andrew Wincott Baldur's Gate 3 Raphael [9]
Debra Wilson Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Cere Junda
Ralph Ineson Final Fantasy XVI Cidolfus Telamon
Sam Lake Alan Wake 2 Alex Casey
Tony Todd Spider-Man 2 Venom
Tracy Wiles Baldur's Gate 3 Jaheira

Multiple wins and nominations

Performers

Performer Nominations Wins
Troy Baker 2 0

Series

Series / game Nominations Wins
God of War Ragnarök 4 1
The Last of Us Part II 3 0
Life Is Strange
Death Stranding 2
Life Is Strange 2
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

References

  1. ^ "British Academy Games Awards Rules and Guidelines 2015" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Games in 2012". BAFTA Awards. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  3. ^ "BAFTA announces new categories for 2020 video game awards, submissions now open". Eurogamer.net. 9 September 2019.
  4. ^ "'Outer Wilds' Wins Best Game at BAFTA Games Awards". 2 April 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 BAFTA Games Awards: The Winners". 3 March 2020.
  6. ^ "2021 BAFTA Games Awards: The Winners". March 2021.
  7. ^ "2022 BAFTA Games Awards Winners". 3 March 2022.
  8. ^ "2023 BAFTA Games Awards: The Winners". BAFTA Games Awards. 30 March 2023. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  9. ^ "2024 BAFTA Games Awards: The Winners". BAFTA Games Awards. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.