Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series
Awarded forOutstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series
Country United States
Presented by Black Reel Awards
First awarded2000
Currently held by John Boyega,
Small Axe (2021)
Website blackreelawards.com

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series. The category was retired during the 2008 ceremony, but later returned in 2013. 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.

Contents

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

YearActorFilmNetworkRef
2000
Mekhi Phifer A Lesson Before Dying HBO [1]
Obba Babatunde Introducing Dorothy Dandridge HBO
Carl Gordon Love Songs Showtime
Brent Jennings Introducing Dorothy Dandridge HBO
James Earl Jones Santa and Pete CBS
2001
Glenn Plummer The Corner HBO [2]
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble Showtime
Vondie Curtis-Hall Freedom Song TNT
Vicellous Reon Shannon
Mykelti Williamson Holiday Heart Showtime
2002
Terrence Howard Boycott HBO [3]
Reg E. Cathey Boycott HBO
Erik Dellums
Mekhi Phifer Carmen: A Hip Hopera MTV
Vicellous Reon Shannon Dancing in September HBO
2003
Charles S. Dutton 10,000 Black Men Named George Showtime [4]
Peter Francis James The Rosa Parks Story CBS
Russell Hornsby Keep the Faith, Baby Showtime
2004
Jeffrey Wright Angels in America HBO [5]
Ossie Davis Deacons for Defense Showtime
Paul Winfield Sounder ABC
2005
Clayton LeBouef Something the Lord Made HBO [6]
Reg E. Cathey Everyday People HBO
Stephen McKinley Henderson
2006
Jeffrey Wright Lackawanna Blues HBO [7]
Oris Erhuero Sometimes in April HBO
Terrence Howard Lackawanna Blues HBO
Sean Nelson Miracle's Boys TeenNick
Ruben Santiago-Hudson Their Eyes Were Watching God ABC
2007
Michael Peña Walkout HBO [8]
2008

2010s

YearActorFilmNetworkRef
2010–12
2013
Courtney B. Vance Let It Shine Disney Channel [9]
Danny Glover Hannah's Law Hallmark
Louis Gossett Jr. Smitty UP
Boris Kodjoe A Killer Amongst Us Lifetime
Harry Lennix A Beautiful Soul TV One
2014
Omari Hardwick Being Mary Jane BET [10]
Richard Brooks Being Mary Jane BET
Danny Glover Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight HBO
Wood Harris The Watsons Go to Birmingham Hallmark
Ernie Hudson Call Me Crazy: A Five Film Lifetime
2015
Blair Underwood The Trip to Bountiful Lifetime [11]
Richard T. Jones Lyfe's Journey UP
Harry Lennix The Fright Night Files TV One
Mekhi Phifer A Day Late and a Dollar Short Lifetime
Bokeem Woodbine The Fright Night Files TV One
2016
Bokeem Woodbine Fargo FX [12]
Charles S. Dutton Bessie HBO
Cuba Gooding Jr. The Book of Negroes BET
David Alan Grier The Wiz Live! NBC
Michael K. Williams Bessie HBO
2017
Sterling K. Brown The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story FX [13]
Andre Benjamin American Crime ABC
Curtis Hamilton Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le Lifetime
Tip "T.I." Harris Roots History Channel
Michael K. Williams The Night Of HBO
2017
Wood Harris The New Edition Story BET [14]
Caleb McLaughlin The New Edition Story BET
Reg E. Cathey The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks HBO
Orlando Jones Madiba BET
Idris Elba Guerrilla Showtime
2018
Russell Hornsby Seven Seconds Netflix [15]
Corey Champagne Seven Seconds Netflix
Brandon Victor Dixon Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert NBC
Babs Olusanmokun Black Mirror Netflix
Bokeem Woodbine Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G USA
2019
Michael K. Williams When They See Us Netflix [16]
Asante Blackk When They See Us Netflix
Caleel Harris When They See Us Netflix
Marquis Rodriguez When They See Us Netflix
Michael Ealy Being Mary Jane: Becoming Pauletta BET

2020s

YearActorFilmNetworkRef
2020
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Watchmen HBO [17]
Jovan Adepo Watchmen HBO
Bill Bellamy Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker Netflix
Louis Gossett Jr. Watchmen HBO
Tituss Burgess Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend Netflix
2021
John Boyega Small Axe Amazon Prime Video [18] [19]
Paapa Essiedu I May Destroy You HBO
Courtney B. Vance Genius National Geographic
Daveed Diggs Hamilton Disney+
William Jackson Harper The Underground Railroad Amazon Prime Video

Superlatives

Superlative Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series
Actor with most awards Jeffrey Wright (2)
Actor with most nominations Reg E. Cathey
Mekhi Phifer
Michael K. Williams
Bokeem Woodbine (3)
Actor with most nominations
without ever winning
Reg E. Cathey (3)

Programs with multiple awards

Performers with multiple awards

2 wins

Programs with multiple nominations

Performers with multiple nominations

Total awards by network

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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
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  11. 2015 Black Reel Awards
  12. 2016 Black Reel Awards
  13. 2017 Black Reel Awards
  14. 2017 Black Reel Awards for Television
  15. 2018 Black Reel Awards
  16. 2019 Black Reel Awards for Television
  17. 2020 Black Reel Awards for Television
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