Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series
Awarded forOutstanding Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series
CountryUnited States
Presented byBlack Reel Awards
First awarded2000
Currently held byLeslie Odom Jr.,
Hamilton (2021)
Websiteblackreelawards.com1

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series. The category was retired during the 2008 ceremony, but later returned in 2012. In May 2017 the category was moved from the film awards as part of the Black Reel Awards for Television honors thus resulting in two separate winners in 2017.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year Actor Film Network Ref
2000
Don Cheadle A Lesson Before Dying HBO [1]
Andre Braugher Love Songs Showtime
Louis Gossett Jr.
Delroy Lindo Strange Justice Showtime
Sidney Poitier The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn CBS
2001
T. K. Carter The Corner HBO [2]
Leon Little Richard NBC
Sean Nelson The Corner HBO
Ving Rhames Holiday Heart Showtime
Wesley Snipes Disappearing Acts HBO
2002
Roger Guenveur Smith A Huey P. Newton Story Starz [3]
Morris Chestnut The Killing Yard Showtime
Danny Glover 3 A.M. Showtime
Gregory Hines Bojangles Showtime
Jeffrey Wright Boycott HBO
2003
Harry J. Lennix Keep the Faith, Baby Showtime [4]
Andre Braugher 10,000 Black Men Named George Showtime
Ving Rhames Sins of the Father FX
2004
Forest Whitaker Deacons for Defense Showtime [5]
Danny Glover Good Fences Showtime
Carl Lumbly Sounder ABC
2005
Jamie Foxx Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story FX [6]
Mos Def Something the Lord Made HBO
Roger Guenveur Smith Justice Starz
2006
Michael Ealy Their Eyes Were Watching God ABC [7]
Idris Elba Sometimes in April HBO
Delroy Lindo The Exonerated truTV
Anthony Mackie Sucker Free City Showtime
Ving Rhames Kojak USA Network
2007
Andre Braugher Thief FX [8]
2008 —

2010s

Year Actor Film Network Ref
2010–11 —
2012
Idris Elba Luther BBC America [9]
Eric Benét Trinity Goodheart UP
Laurence Fishburne Thurgood HBO
Samuel L. Jackson The Sunset Limited HBO
Mykelti Williamson Have a Little Faith ABC
2013
Sean Patrick Thomas Murder on the 13th Floor Lifetime [10]
Rockmond Dunbar Raising Izzie UP
Cuba Gooding Jr. Firelight ABC
Trevor Jackson Let It Shine Disney Channel
Michael Jai White Somebody's Child UP
2014
Chiwetel Ejiofor Dancing on the Edge Starz [11]
Keith David Pastor Brown Lifetime
Omari Hardwick A Christmas Blessing TV One
Ernie Hudson Pastor Brown Lifetime
Mike Tyson Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth HBO
2015
Larenz Tate Gun Hill BET [12]
Charles S. Dutton Comeback Dad UP
David Alan Grier An En Vogue Christmas Lifetime
Ving Rhames A Day Late and a Dollar Short Lifetime
Keith Robinson Lyfe's Journey UP
2016
David Oyelowo Nightingale HBO [13]
Steve Harris Let the Church Say Amen BET
James Earl Jones Great Performances: "Driving Miss Daisy" PBS
Amin Joseph Stock Option TV One
Michael K. Williams The Spoils Before Dying IFC
2017
Courtney B. Vance The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story FX [14]
Michael Ealy Secrets and Lies ABC
Cuba Gooding Jr. The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story FX
Malachi Kirby Roots History Channel
Wendell Pierce Confirmation HBO
2017
Woody McClain The New Edition Story BET [15]
Bryshere Y. Gray The New Edition Story BET
Luke James The New Edition Story BET
Laurence Fishburne Madiba BET
Stephan James Shots Fired FOX
2018
Michael B. Jordan Fahrenheit 451 HBO [16]
Mike Colter Marvel's the Defenders Netflix
Dulé Hill Psych: The Movie USA Network
Terrence Howard Electric Dreams Amazon Prime Video
John Legend Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert NBC
2019
Jharrel Jerome When They See Us Netflix [17]
Mahershala Ali True Detective (season 3) HBO
Idris Elba Luther BBC One
Woody McClain The Bobby Brown Story BET
Ashton Sanders Native Son HBO Films

2020s

Year Actor Film Network Ref
2020
Blair Underwood Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker Netflix [18]
Andre Braugher Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' ABC
Andre Holland The Eddy Netflix
Alano Miller Cherish the Day OWN
Jeremy Pope Hollywood Netflix
2021
Leslie Odom Jr. Hamilton Disney+ [19][20]
Chris Rock Fargo FX
Nnamdi Asomugha Sylvie's Love Amazon Studios
Dulé Hill Psych 2: Lassie Come Home Peacock
Mamoudou Athie Black Box Amazon Studios

Superlatives

Superlative Outstanding Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series
Actor with most awards Multiple (1)
Actor with most nominations Andre Braugher
Ving Rhames (4)
Actor with most nominations
without ever winning 		Ving Rhames (4)

Programs with multiple awards

Performers with multiple awards

Programs with multiple nominations

Performers with multiple nominations

Total awards by network

References

  1. ^ 2000 Black Reel Awards
  2. ^ 2001 Black Reel Awards
  3. ^ 2002 Black Reel Awards
  4. ^ 2003 Black Reel Awards
  5. ^ 2004 Black Reel Awards
  6. ^ 2005 Black Reel Awards
  7. ^ 2006 Black Reel Awards
  8. ^ 2007 Black Reel Awards
  9. ^ 2012 Black Reel Awards
  10. ^ "Critics Wild About Beasts". Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  11. ^ "2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  12. ^ 2015 Black Reel Awards
  13. ^ 2016 Black Reel Awards
  14. ^ 2017 Black Reel Awards
  15. ^ 2017 Black Reel Awards for Television
  16. ^ 2018 Black Reel Awards for Television
  17. ^ 2019 Black Reel Awards for Television
  18. ^ 2020 Black Reel Awards for Television
  19. ^ "Black Reel Awards for Television (2021)". IMDb.
  20. ^ Gordon, Tim (17 June 2021). "PLENTY OF "LOVE" IN THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY!". blackreelawards.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
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