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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
List of awards winners and nominees
List of awards winners and nominees
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
References
References
- "1980 Image Award Winners".
- "1990 Image Award Winners".
- "1992 Image Awards".
- "1993 Image Award Winners".
- "1994 Image Award Winners".
- "1995 Image Award Winners".
- Snow, Shauna. (22 February 1996). "5 Films Head Nominations for NAACP Image Awards".
- "1997 Image Award Winners".
- "1998 Image Award Winners".
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- "2000 Image Award Winners".
- "2001 Image Award Winners".
- "2002 Image Award Winners".
- "2003 Image Award Winners".
- "2004 Image Award Winners".
- "2005 Image Award Winners".
- "2006 Image Award Winners".
- "2007 Image Award Winners".
- "2008 Image Award Winners".
- "2009 Image Award Winners".
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- "2011 Image Award Winners".
- "2012 Image Award Winners".
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- Washington, Arlene. (February 6, 2015). "2015 Image Winners".
- "2016 Image Winners".
- Hipes, Patrick. (December 13, 2016). "Ruth Negga, Angela Bassett and Taraji P. Henson nominated".
- (January 14, 2018). "NAACP Image Awards: Full List of Winners".
- Lewis, Hilary. (February 13, 2019). "NAACP Image Awards: 'Black Panther' Tops Film Nominations".
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- Holub, Christian. (January 12, 2023). "'Wakanda Forever' and 'Abbott Elementary' top NAACP Image Award nominations".
- Brathwaite, Lester Fabian. (January 25, 2024). "Colman Domingo, Ayo Edebiri, and The Color Purple dominate 55th NAACP Image Awards".
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