Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series
Awarded forOutstanding Actor, Comedy Series
Country United States
Presented by Black Reel Awards for Television
First awarded2017
Currently held by Anthony Anderson,
Black-ish (2021)
Website blackreelawards.com

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Television for Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series. This category was first introduced in 2017 and won by Donald Glover for Atlanta . Glover and Don Cheadle are currently tied with the most wins with 2. Anthony Anderson is currently the most nominated actor with 5 nominations.

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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2010s

YearActorSeriesNetworkRef
2017
Donald Glover Atlanta FX [1] [2] [3]
Dwayne Johnson Ballers HBO
Anthony Anderson Black-ish ABC
Brandon P. Bell Dear White People Netflix
Kevin Hart Real Husbands of Hollywood BET
2018
Donald Glover Atlanta FX [4] [5]
Anthony Anderson Black-ish ABC
Tracy Morgan The Last O.G. TBS
Dwayne Johnson Ballers HBO
Jerrod Carmichael The Carmichael Show NBC
2019
Don Cheadle Black Monday Showtime [6]
Anthony Anderson Black-ish ABC
Tracy Morgan The Last O.G. TBS
Idris Elba Turn Up Charlie Netflix
Keegan-Michael Key Friends from College Netflix

2020s

YearActorSeriesNetworkRef
2020
Don Cheadle Black Monday Showtime [7] [8] [9]
Anthony Anderson Black-ish ABC
Dwayne Johnson Ballers HBO
Tracy Morgan The Last O.G. TBS
DeRon Horton Dear White People Netflix
2021
Anthony Anderson Black-ish ABC [10] [11]
Michael Che That Damn Michael Che HBO Max
Lamorne Morris Woke HULU
Trevor Jackson grown-ish Freeform
Asante Blackk Social Distance Netflix

Superlatives

Superlative Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series
Actor with most awards Don Cheadle
Donald Glover (2)
Actor with most nominations Anthony Anderson (5)
Actor with most nominations
without ever winning
Dwayne Johnson
Tracy Morgan (3)

Programs with multiple awards

Performers with multiple awards

Programs with multiple nominations

Performers with multiple nominations

Total awards by network

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