This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture.
Winners and nominees
For each year in the tables below, the winner is listed first and highlighted in bold.
1960s
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!scope="col" style="width:3em;"| Year
!scope="col" style="width:11em;"| Actor
!scope="col"| Film
!scope="col" style="width:3em;"|
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 1969
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Raymond St. Jacques
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Change of Mind
| style="text-align:center;"|
|}
1970s
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
!scope="col" style="width:3em;"| Year
!scope="col" style="width:11em;"| Actor
!scope="col"| Film
!scope="col" style="width:3em;"|
|-
!scope="row"| 1970
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Jim Brown
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|El Condor
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"| 1971
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Donald Sutherland
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Klute
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Bill Cosby
| Man and Boy
|-
| Louis Gossett Jr.
| Skin Game
|-
| Moses Gunn
| Shaft
|-
| Tom Laughlin
| Billy Jack
|-
| Sidney Poitier
| The Organization
|-
| Richard Roundtree
| Shaft
|-
| Woody Strode
| Black Jesus
|-
!scope="row"| 1972
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Billy Dee Williams
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Lady Sings the Blues
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"| 1973
| No award was given
| colspan="3"
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1974
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Bernie Casey
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Maurie
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Carl Anderson
| Jesus Christ Superstar
|-
| Lawrence Cook
| The Spook Who Sat by the Door
|-
| Sidney Poitier
| A Warm December
|-
| Bo Svenson
| Maurie
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1975
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|James Earl Jones
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Claudine
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Bill Cosby
| Uptown Saturday Night
|-
| Leonard Jackson
| Five on the Black Hand Side
|-
| Roger Robinson
| Newman's Law
|-
| Jon Voight
| Conrack
|-
!scope="row"| 1976
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Bill Cosby
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Let's Do It Again
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"| 1977
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Billy Dee Williams
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"| 1978
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Paul Winfield
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"| 1979
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Michael Jackson
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|The Wiz
| style="text-align:center;"|
|}
1980s
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
!scope="col" style="width:3em;"| Year
!scope="col" style="width:11em;"| Actor
!scope="col"| Film
!scope="col" style="width:3em;"|
|-
!scope="row"| 1980
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|LeVar Burton
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|The Hunter
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"| 1981
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Richard Pryor
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Bustin' Loose
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"| 1982
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Louis Gossett Jr.
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|An Officer and a Gentleman
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"| 1983
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Eddie Murphy
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Trading Places
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"| 1984
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Prince
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Purple Rain
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"| 1985
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Adolph Caesar
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|A Soldier's Story
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"| 1986
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Gregory Hines
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Running Scared
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1987
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Danny Glover
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Lethal Weapon
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Robert Guillaume
| Wanted: Dead or Alive
|-
| Dexter Gordon
| Round Midnight
|-
| Robert Townsend
| Hollywood Shuffle
|-
| Eddie Murphy
| Beverly Hills Cop II
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1988
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Denzel Washington
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Cry Freedom
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Gregory Hines
| Off Limits
|-
| Eddie Murphy
| Coming to America
|-
| Sidney Poitier
| Shoot to Kill
|-
| Carl Weathers
| Action Jackson
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1989
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Morgan Freeman
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Lean on Me
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Spike Lee
| Do the Right Thing
|-
| Denzel Washington
| The Mighty Quinn
|-
| Gregory Hines
| Tap
|-
| Danny Glover
| Lethal Weapon 2
|}
1990s
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
!scope="col" style="width:3em;"| Year
!scope="col" style="width:11em;"| Actor
!scope="col"| Film
!scope="col" style="width:3em;"|
|-
!scope="row"| 1990
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Morgan Freeman
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Driving Miss Daisy
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
!scope="row"| 1991
| N/A
| N/A
|
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1992
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Wesley Snipes
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|New Jack City
| rowspan="5" align="center"|
|-
| Cuba Gooding, Jr.
| Boyz n the Hood
|-
| Ice Cube
| Boyz n the Hood
|-
| Laurence Fishburne
| Boyz n the Hood
|-
| Danny Glover
| To Sleep with Anger
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1993
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Denzel Washington
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Mississippi Masala
| rowspan="5" align="center"|
|-
| Eddie Murphy
| Boomerang
|-
| Laurence Fishburne
| Deep Cover
|-
| Wesley Snipes
| White Men Can't Jump
|-
| Danny Glover
| Grand Canyon
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1994
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Denzel Washington
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Malcolm X
| rowspan="5" align="center"|
|-
| Laurence Fishburne
| What's Love Got to Do with It
|-
| Danny Glover
| Bopha!
|-
| Sidney Poitier
| Sneakers
|-
| Tupac Shakur
| Poetic Justice
|-
!scope="row"| 1995
| No award was given
| colspan="3"
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1996
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Denzel Washington
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Crimson Tide
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Laurence Fishburne
| Othello
|-
| Morgan Freeman
| Se7en
|-
| Gregory Hines
| Waiting to Exhale
|-
| James Earl Jones
| Cry, the Beloved Country
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1997
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Denzel Washington
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Courage Under Fire
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Ossie Davis
| Get on the Bus
|-
| Cuba Gooding, Jr.
| Jerry Maguire
|-
| Samuel L. Jackson
| The Long Kiss Goodnight
|-
| Eddie Murphy
| The Nutty Professor
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1998
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Djimon Hounsou
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Amistad
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Laurence Fishburne
| Hoodlum
|-
| Samuel L. Jackson
| Eve's Bayou
|-
| Ving Rhames
| Rosewood
|-
| Larenz Tate
| Love Jones
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 1999
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Danny Glover
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Beloved
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Samuel L. Jackson
| The Negotiator
|-
| Will Smith
| Enemy of the State
|-
| Chris Tucker
| Rush Hour
|-
| Denzel Washington
| He Got Game
|}
2000s
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
!scope="col" style="width:3em;"| Year
!scope="col" style="width:11em;"| Actor
!scope="col"| Film
!scope="col" style="width:3em;"|
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2000
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Denzel Washington
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|The Hurricane
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Morris Chestnut
| The Best Man
|-
| Taye Diggs
| The Best Man
|-
| Michael Clarke Duncan
| The Green Mile
|-
| Laurence Fishburne
| The Matrix
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2001
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Denzel Washington
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Remember the Titans
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Omar Epps
| Love & Basketball
|-
| Cuba Gooding Jr.
| Men of Honor
|-
| Samuel L. Jackson
| Shaft
|-
| Will Smith
| The Legend of Bagger Vance
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2002
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Denzel Washington
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Training Day
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Morgan Freeman
| Along Came a Spider
|-
| Will Smith
| Ali
|-
| Chris Tucker
| Rush Hour 2
|-
| Tyrese
| Baby Boy
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2003
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Denzel Washington
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|John Q
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Taye Diggs
| Brown Sugar
|-
| Morgan Freeman
| High Crimes
|-
| Ice Cube
| Barbershop
|-
| Samuel L. Jackson
| Changing Lanes
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2004
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Cuba Gooding Jr.
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Radio
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Laurence Fishburne
| The Matrix Revolutions
|-
| Samuel L. Jackson
| S.W.A.T.
|-
| Will Smith
| Bad Boys II
|-
| Denzel Washington
| Out of Time
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2005
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Jamie Foxx
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Ray
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Don Cheadle
| Hotel Rwanda
|-
| Will Smith
| I, Robot
|-
| Mario Van Peebles
| Baadasssss!
|-
| Denzel Washington
| Man on Fire
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2006
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Samuel L. Jackson
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Coach Carter
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Laurence Fishburne
| Assault on Precinct 13
|-
| Terrence Howard
| Hustle & Flow
|-
| Shemar Moore
| Diary of a Mad Black Woman
|-
| Will Smith
| Hitch
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2007
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Forest Whitaker
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| The Last King of Scotland
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Laurence Fishburne
| Akeelah and the Bee
|-
| Jamie Foxx
| Dreamgirls
|-
| Will Smith
| The Pursuit of Happyness
|-
| Denzel Washington
| Inside Man
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2008
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Denzel Washington
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|The Great Debaters
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Don Cheadle
| Talk to Me
|-
| Terrence Howard
| Pride
|-
| Columbus Short
| Stomp the Yard
|-
| Will Smith
| I Am Legend
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2009
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Will Smith
| style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Seven Pounds
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Rob Brown
| The Express: The Ernie Davis Story
|-
| Don Cheadle
| Traitor
|-
| Derek Luke
| Miracle at St. Anna
|-
| Jeffrey Wright
| Cadillac Records
|}
2010s
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
!scope="col" style="width:3em;"| Year
!scope="col" style="width:11em;"| Actor
!scope="col"| Film
!scope="col" style="width:3em;"|
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2010
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Morgan Freeman
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Invictus
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Quinton Aaron
| The Blind Side
|-
| Idris Elba
| Obsessed
|-
| Jamie Foxx
| Law Abiding Citizen
|-
| Denzel Washington
| The Taking of Pelham 123
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2011
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Denzel Washington
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| The Book of Eli
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Common
| Just Wright
|-
| Morgan Freeman
| RED
|-
| Anthony Mackie
| Night Catches Us
|-
| Jaden Smith
| The Karate Kid
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2012
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Laz Alonso
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Jumping the Broom
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Vin Diesel
| Fast Five
|-
| Laurence Fishburne
| Contagion
|-
| Oliver Litondo
| The First Grader
|-
| Eddie Murphy
| Tower Heist
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2013
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Denzel Washington
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Flight
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Jamie Foxx
| Django Unchained
|-
| Morgan Freeman
| The Magic of Belle Isle
|-
| Tyler Perry
| Alex Cross
|-
| Suraj Sharma
| Life of Pi
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2014
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Forest Whitaker
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Lee Daniels' The Butler
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Chadwick Boseman
| 42
|-
| Chiwetel Ejiofor
| 12 Years a Slave
|-
| Idris Elba
| Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
|-
| Michael B. Jordan
| Fruitvale Station
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2015
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| David Oyelowo
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Selma
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Chadwick Boseman
| Get On Up
|-
| Idris Elba
| No Good Deed
|-
| Nate Parker
| Beyond the Lights
|-
| Denzel Washington
| The Equalizer
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2016
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Michael B. Jordan
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Creed
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Abraham Attah
| Beasts of No Nation
|-
| Michael Ealy
| The Perfect Guy
|-
| Chiwetel Ejiofor
| Secret in Their Eyes
|-
| Will Smith
| Concussion
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2017
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Denzel Washington
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Fences
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Don Cheadle
| Miles Ahead
|-
| Stephan James
| Race
|-
| Nate Parker
| The Birth of a Nation
|-
| Will Smith
| Collateral Beauty
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2018
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Daniel Kaluuya
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Get Out
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Chadwick Boseman
| Marshall
|-
| Idris Elba
| The Mountain Between Us
|-
| Algee Smith
| Detroit
|-
| Denzel Washington
| Roman J. Israel, Esq.
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2019
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Chadwick Boseman
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Black Panther
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Stephan James
| If Beale Street Could Talk
|-
| Michael B. Jordan
|Creed II
|-
| Denzel Washington
| The Equalizer 2
|-
| John David Washington
| BlacKkKlansman
|}
2020s
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
!scope="col" style="width:3em;"| Year
!scope="col" style="width:11em;"| Actor
!scope="col"| Film
!scope="col" style="width:3em;"|
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2020
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Michael B. Jordan
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Just Mercy
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Chadwick Boseman
| 21 Bridges
|-
| Winston Duke
| Us
|-
| Daniel Kaluuya
| Queen & Slim
|-
| Eddie Murphy
| Dolemite Is My Name
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2021
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Chadwick Boseman
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Anthony Mackie
| The Banker
|-
| Delroy Lindo
| Da 5 Bloods
|-
| Forest Whitaker
| Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
|-
| Will Smith
| Bad Boys for Life
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2022
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Will Smith
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| King Richard
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Denzel Washington
| The Tragedy of Macbeth
|-
| Jonathan Majors
| The Harder They Fall
|-
| Lakeith Stanfield
| Judas and the Black Messiah
|-
| Mahershala Ali
| Swan Song
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" | 2023
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Will Smith
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Emancipation
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Joshua Boone
| A Jazzman's Blues
|-
| Sterling K. Brown
| Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
|-
| Daniel Kaluuya
| Nope
|-
| Jonathan Majors
| Devotion
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" | 2024
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Colman Domingo
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Rustin
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| John Boyega
| They Cloned Tyrone
|-
| Jamie Foxx
| The Burial
|-
| Denzel Washington
| The Equalizer 3
|-
| Jeffrey Wright
| American Fiction
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" | 2025
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Martin Lawrence
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Bad Boys: Ride or Die
| rowspan="5" |
|-
| André Holland
| Exhibiting Forgiveness
|-
| Colman Domingo
| Sing Sing
|-
| John David Washington
| The Piano Lesson
|-
| Kingsley Ben-Adir
| Bob Marley: One Love
|-
! rowspan="5" scope="row" | 2026
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"| Michael B. Jordan
|style="background:#B0C4DE; font-weight:bold;"|Sinners
| rowspan="5" |
|-
| André Holland
| Love, Brooklyn
|-
| Denzel Washington
| Highest 2 Lowest
|-
| Nnamdi Asomugha
| The Knife
|-
| Tyriq Withers
| Him
|}
Multiple wins and nominations
Wins
; 13 wins
- Denzel Washington
; 3 wins
- Morgan Freeman
- Michael B. Jordan
- Will Smith
; 2 wins
- Chadwick Boseman
- Danny Glover
- Forest Whitaker
- Billy Dee Williams
Nominations
; 24 nominations
- Denzel Washington
; 14 nominations
- Will Smith
; 10 nominations
- Laurence Fishburne
; 9 nominations
- Morgan Freeman
; 7 nominations
- Danny Glover
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Eddie Murphy
; 6 nominations
- Chadwick Boseman
; 5 nominations
- Michael B. Jordan
; 4 nominations
- Don Cheadle
- Idris Elba
- Jamie Foxx
- Cuba Gooding, Jr.
- Gregory Hines
- Sidney Poitier
; 3 nominations
- Bill Cosby
- Daniel Kaluuya
- Forest Whitaker
- Billy Dee Williams
; 2 nominations
- Ice Cube
- Taye Diggs
- Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Louis Gossett Jr.
- André Holland
- Terrence Howard
- Stephan James
- James Earl Jones
- Anthony Mackie
- Jonathan Majors
- Nate Parker
- Wesley Snipes
- Chris Tucker
- Colman Domingo
- John David Washington