BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor

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British Academy Television Award category television award

The BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor is a British Academy Television Award recognizing outstanding performances by male actors in supporting roles on television.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor canonical	4
BAFTA TV Award nomination	2
British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2666167 — 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: BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor
Context triple: [Martin Freeman, awardReceived, BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor]

A. BAFTA TV Award for Best Male Comedy Performance
The BAFTA TV Award for Best Male Comedy Performance is a British television accolade presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to honor outstanding comedic acting by a male performer.
B. British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
The British Academy Television Award for Best Actor is a prestigious annual BAFTA honor recognizing outstanding leading performances by male actors in British television.
C. BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress
The BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress is a prestigious British television accolade presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to honor outstanding leading performances by an actress.
D. BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
The BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor is a British Academy Film Award presented annually to honor an outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role in film.
E. BAFTA Award for Best Entertainment Performance
The BAFTA Award for Best Entertainment Performance is a British Academy Television Award recognizing outstanding individual performances in entertainment programming such as comedy and variety shows.
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: BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor
Target entity description: The BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor is a British Academy Television Award recognizing outstanding performances by male actors in supporting roles on television.

A. BAFTA TV Award for Best Male Comedy Performance
The BAFTA TV Award for Best Male Comedy Performance is a British television accolade presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to honor outstanding comedic acting by a male performer.
B. British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
The British Academy Television Award for Best Actor is a prestigious annual BAFTA honor recognizing outstanding leading performances by male actors in British television.
C. BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress
The BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress is a prestigious British television accolade presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to honor outstanding leading performances by an actress.
D. BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
The BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor is a British Academy Film Award presented annually to honor an outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role in film.
E. BAFTA Award for Best Entertainment Performance
The BAFTA Award for Best Entertainment Performance is a British Academy Television Award recognizing outstanding individual performances in entertainment programming such as comedy and variety shows.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Academy Television Award category ⓘ television award ⓘ
awardCategoryOf	British Academy Television Awards ⓘ surface form: BAFTA TV Awards
awardedFor	best performance by a male actor in a supporting role on television ⓘ outstanding supporting performance in television ⓘ
awardType	competitive award ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
field	television acting ⓘ
firstAwarded	2010 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	acting award ⓘ
givenTo	individual persons ⓘ
hasCategoryType	supporting actor ⓘ
hasEquivalentAward	BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
inception	2010 ⓘ
locationOfCeremony	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
medium	television ⓘ
notableRecipient	Andrew Scott ⓘ Ben Whishaw ⓘ Martin Freeman ⓘ Stephen Graham ⓘ
officialName	BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor
organizer	British Academy of Film and Television Arts ⓘ
partOf	British Academy Television Awards ⓘ
presentedBy	British Academy of Film and Television Arts ⓘ
scope	British television ⓘ programmes broadcast in the United Kingdom ⓘ
selectionProcess	voted on by BAFTA members ⓘ
sexOrGenderRestriction	male actors ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Martin Freeman → awardReceived → BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ

Andrew Scott → awardReceived → BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ

A Very English Scandal → awardReceived → BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ

BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress → hasSeparateCategory → BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ

British Academy Television Award for Best Actor → relatedAward → BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor

Michael Kitchen → awardReceived → BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ

this entity surface form: BAFTA TV Award nomination

Lennie James → awardReceived → BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ