This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Currently Blair Underwood holds the record for most wins in this category with four.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
1980s Year Actor Movie / Series Ref 1982 Paul Winfield The Sophisticated Gents 1983 Howard Rollins For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story 1984 – 89 colspan="3"
1990s Year Actor Movie / Series Ref 1990 Danny Glover Mandela 1991 colspan="3" 1992 Blair Underwood Murder in Mississippi 1993 James Earl Jones Gabriel's Fire Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs The Jacksons: An American Dream 1994 Dorian Harewood I'll Fly Away 1995 Danny Glover Alex Haley's Queen 1996 Laurence Fishburne The Tuskegee Airmen Andre Braugher The Tuskegee Airmen Charles S. Dutton The Piano Lesson Cuba Gooding Jr. The Tuskegee Airmen Sidney Poitier Children of the Dust 1997 Wesley Snipes America's Dream Don Cheadle Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault Louis Gossett Jr. Captive Heart: The James Mink Story Delroy Lindo Soul of the Game Blair Underwood 1998 Laurence Fishburne Miss Evers' Boys Danny Glover Buffalo Soldiers Carl Lumbly Sidney Poitier Mandela and de Klerk Ving Rhames Don King: Only in America 1999 Blair Underwood Mama Flora's Family Don Cheadle The Rat Pack Laurence Fishburne Always Outnumbered Leon The Temptations Charles Malik Whitfield
2000s Year Actor Movie / Series Ref 2000 Sidney Poitier The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn Obba Babatundé Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Andre Braugher Passing Glory Don Cheadle A Lesson Before Dying Mekhi Phifer 2001 Danny Glover Freedom Song T. K. Carter The Corner Charles S. Dutton Deadlocked Leon Littler Richard Sean Nelson The Corner 2002 Gregory Hines Bojangles Terrence Howard Boycott Roger Guenveur Smith A Huey P. Newton Story Isaiah Washington Dancing in September Jeffrey Wright Boycott 2003 Charles S. Dutton 10,000 Black Men Named George Andre Braugher 10,000 Black Men Named George Omar Epps Conviction Harry Lennix Keep the Faith, Baby Ving Rhames Sins of the Father 2004 Charles S. Dutton D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear Ossie Davis Deacons for Defense Danny Glover Good Fences Louis Gossett Jr. Jasper, Texas Forest Whitaker Deacons for Defense 2005 Jamie Foxx Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story Flex Alexander Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story Yasiin Bey Something the Lord Made Wayne Brady Going to the Mat Dulé Hill 10.5 2006 Terrence Howard Lackawanna Blues Michael Ealy Their Eyes Were Watching God Idris Elba Sometimes in April Ruben Santiago-Hudson Their Eyes Were Watching God Jeffrey Wright Lackawanna Blues 2007 Kadeem Hardison Life Is Not a Fairy Tale Andre Braugher Thief Michael Ealy Sleeper Cell Chiwetel Ejiofor Tsunami: The Aftermath Clarence Williams III Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery 2008 Wendell Pierce Life Support Adam Beach Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Wayne Brady The List Evan Ross Life Support Daniel Sunjata The Bronx Is Burning 2009 Sean Combs A Raisin in the Sun Andre Braugher The Andromeda Strain Charles S. Dutton Racing for Time Sean Patrick Thomas A Raisin in the Sun Ben Vereen Accidental Friendship
2010s Year Actor Movie / Series Ref 2010 Cuba Gooding Jr. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Jaishon Fisher Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Gus Hoffman Philip Johnson America Eriq La Salle Relative Stranger 2011 Idris Elba Luther Mahershala Ali The Wronged Man Benito Martinez Lies in Plain Sight Jon Seda The Pacific Michael Jai White One Angry Juror 2012 Laurence Fishburne Thurgood Idris Elba Luther Louis Gossett Jr. The Least Among You Samuel L. Jackson The Sunset Limited Esai Morales We Have Your Husband 2013 Cuba Gooding Jr. Firelight Rockmond Dunbar Raising Izzie Tory Kittles Steel Magnolias Afemo Omilami Michael Jai White Somebody's Child 2014 Idris Elba Luther Chiwetel Ejiofor Dancing on the Edge Danny Glover Muhammad Ali's Greatest Malik Yoba Betty & Coretta Omari Hardwick Being Mary Jane 2015 Blair Underwood The Trip to Bountiful Charles S. Dutton Comeback Dad Mekhi Phifer A Day Late and a Dollar Short Ving Rhames Larenz Tate Gun Hill 2016 David Alan Grier The Wiz Live! Idris Elba Luther Cuba Gooding Jr. The Book of Negroes David Oyelowo Nightingale Michael Kenneth Williams Bessie 2017 Courtney B. Vance The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Sterling K. Brown The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Cuba Gooding Jr. Malachi Kirby Roots Jeffrey Wright Confirmation 2018 Idris Elba Guerrilla Laurence Fishburne Madiba Bryshere Gray The New Edition Story Woody McClain Mack Wilds Shots Fired 2019 Michael B. Jordan Fahrenheit 451 Brandon Victor Dixon Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert John Legend Russell Hornsby Seven Seconds Woody McClain The Bobby Brown Story
2020s Year Actor Movie / Series Ref 2020 Jharrel Jerome When They See Us Mahershala Ali True Detective Idris Elba Luther Caleel Harris When They See Us Ethan Henry Herisse 2021 Blair Underwood Self Made Chris Rock Fargo Daveed Diggs Hamilton Leslie Odom Jr. Nnamdi Asomugha Sylvie's Love 2022 Kevin Hart True Story William Jackson Harper Love Life Anthony Mackie Solos Jaden Michael Colin in Black & White Wesley Snipes True Story 2023 Morris Chestnut The Best Man: The Final Chapters Samuel L. Jackson The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey Terrence Howard The Best Man: The Final Chapters Trevante Rhodes Mike Wendell Pierce Don't Hang Up 2024 Brian Tyree Henry Class of '09 Courtney B. Vance Heist 88 Keith Powers The Perfect Find Lance Reddick The Caine Mutiny Court–Martial Samuel L. Jackson Secret Invasion
Multiple wins and nominations Wins
4 wins Blair Underwood 3 wins Idris Elba Laurence Fishburne Danny Glover
2 wins Charles S. Dutton Cuba Gooding Jr.
Nominations
7 nominations Idris Elba 6 nominations Charles S. Dutton Danny Glover
5 nominations Andre Braugher Laurence Fishburne Cuba Gooding Jr. Blair Underwood
3 nominations Don Cheadle Louis Gossett Jr. Terrence Howard Samuel L. Jackson Sidney Poitier Ving Rhames Jeffrey Wright
2 nominations Mahershala Ali Wayne Brady Michael Ealy Chiwetel Ejiofor Leon Woody McClain Mekhi Phifer Wendell Pierce Wesley Snipes Courtney B. Vance Michael Jai White
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