NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Awarded forOutstanding Actor in a Drama Series
CountryUnited States
Presented byNAACP
First awarded1972
Currently held byRegé-Jean Page
Bridgerton (2021)
Websitenaacpimageawards.net

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series. The award was first given in 1972. Not to be confused with the Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Currently, LL Cool J holds the record for most wins in the category with four.

Winners and nominees[]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1970s[]

Year Actor Series Ref
1972
Redd Foxx Sanford and Son [1]
1973 – 79 N/A

1980s[]

Year Actor Series Ref
1980 – 81 N/A
1982
Paul Winfield The Sophisticated Gents [2]
1983
Howard Rollins For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story [3]
1984 – 88 N/A
1989
Howard Rollins In the Heat of the Night [4]

1990s[]

Year Actor Series Ref
1990
Danny Glover Mandela [5]
1991 N/A
1992
Blair Underwood Murder in Mississippi [6]
1993
James Earl Jones Gabriel's Fire [7]
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs The Jacksons: An American Dream
1994
Dorian Harewood I'll Fly Away [8]
1995
Blair Underwood L.A. Law [9]
1996
Malik Yoba New York Undercover [10]
André Braugher Homicide: Life on the Street
Avery Brooks Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Yaphet Kotto Homicide: Life on the Street
Eriq La Salle ER
1997
Malik Yoba New York Undercover [11]
André Braugher Homicide: Life on the Street
Avery Brooks Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Yaphet Kotto Homicide: Life on the Street
Eriq La Salle ER
1998
Malik Yoba New York Undercover [12]
André Braugher Homicide: Life on the Street
Yaphet Kotto
Eriq La Salle ER
Richard Roundtree 413 Hope St.
1999
Eriq La Salle ER [13]
André Braugher Homicide: Life on the Street
Rocky Carroll Chicago Hope
Steve Harris The Practice
Yaphet Kotto Homicide: Life on the Street

2000s[]

Year Actor Series Ref
2000
Eriq La Salle ER [14]
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Oz
Michael Beach Third Watch
Steve Harris The Practice
Jesse L. Martin Law & Order
2001
Blair Underwood City of Angels [15]
André Braugher Gideon's Crossing
Steve Harris The Practice
Eriq La Salle ER
Jesse L. Martin Law & Order
2002
Eriq La Salle ER [16]
André Braugher Gideon's Crossing
Steve Harris The Practice
Ving Rhames UC: Undercover
Courtney B. Vance Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2003
Michael Beach Third Watch [17]
Bill Bellamy Fastlane
André Braugher Hack
Dennis Haysbert 24
Mykelti Williamson Boomtown
2004
Steve Harris The Practice [18]
Gary Dourdan CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dennis Haysbert 24
Jesse L. Martin Law & Order
Wendell Pierce The Wire
2005
Taye Diggs Kevin Hill [19]
Gary Dourdan CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Hill Harper CSI: NY
Steve Harris The Practice
Jesse L. Martin Law & Order
2006
Isaiah Washington Grey's Anatomy [20]
Omar Epps House
Hill Harper CSI: NY
Ice-T Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jesse L. Martin Law & Order
2007
Isaiah Washington Grey's Anatomy [21]
Hill Harper CSI: NY
Dennis Haysbert The Unit
Jesse L. Martin Law & Order
Michael K. Williams The Wire
2008
Hill Harper CSI: NY [22]
Anthony Anderson K-Ville
Dennis Haysbert The Unit
Jesse L. Martin Law & Order
Jimmy Smits Cane
2009
Hill Harper CSI: NY [23]
Anthony Anderson Law & Order
Omar Epps House
Dennis Haysbert The Unit
Blair Underwood In Treatment

2010s[]

Year Actor Series Ref
2010
Hill Harper CSI: NY [24]
Anthony Anderson Law & Order
Taye Diggs Private Practice
Laurence Fishburne CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
LL Cool J NCIS: Los Angeles
2011
LL Cool J NCIS: Los Angeles [25]
Anthony Anderson Law & Order
Laurence Fishburne CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Hill Harper CSI: NY
Blair Underwood The Event
2012
LL Cool J NCIS: Los Angeles [26]
André Braugher Men of a Certain Age
Taye Diggs Private Practice
Hill Harper CSI: NY
Wendell Pierce Treme
2013
LL Cool J NCIS: Los Angeles [27]
Michael Clarke Duncan The Finder
Hill Harper CSI: NY
Dulé Hill Psych
Wendell Pierce Treme
2014
LL Cool J NCIS: Los Angeles [28]
Michael Ealy Almost Human
Shemar Moore Criminal Minds
James Pickens Jr. Grey's Anatomy
Wendell Pierce Treme
2015
Shemar Moore Criminal Minds [29]
Taye Diggs Murder in the First
Omar Epps Resurrection
Omari Hardwick Being Mary Jane
LL Cool J NCIS: Los Angeles
2016
Terrence Howard Empire [30]
Morris Chestnut Rosewood
Omari Hardwick Power
LL Cool J NCIS: Los Angeles
Wesley Snipes The Player
2017
Sterling K. Brown This Is Us [31]
Mike Colter Marvel's Luke Cage
Omari Hardwick Power
Terrence Howard Empire
Kofi Siriboe Queen Sugar
2018
Omari Hardwick Power [32]
Kofi Siriboe Queen Sugar
Mike Colter Marvel's The Defenders
Sterling K. Brown This Is Us
Terrence Howard Empire
2019
Omari Hardwick Power [33]
Jason Mitchell The Chi
Keith David Greenleaf
Kofi Siriboe Queen Sugar
Sterling K. Brown This Is Us

2020s[]

Year Actor Series Ref
2020
Omari Hardwick Power [34]
Sterling K. Brown This Is Us
Billy Porter Pose
Kofi Siriboe Queen Sugar
Forest Whitaker Godfather of Harlem
2021
Regé-Jean Page Bridgerton [35]
Sterling K. Brown This Is Us
Jonathan Majors Lovecraft Country
Keith David Greenleaf
Nicco Annan P-Valley

Multiple wins and nominations[]

Wins[]

Nominations[]

References[]

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