# Black Reel Award for Best Actor

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture. As of 2016, Denzel Washington has the most wins with 4 and nominations with 10. Chiwetel Ejiofor is also a multiple winner in this category with 2 wins. Both Bernie Mac and Jamie Foxx were the only recipients of the Outstanding Actor awards in Musical/Comedy and Drama.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
    † indicates an Academy Award–winning performance.
    ‡ indicates an Academy Award–nominated performance that same year.

### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Film |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | Denzel Washington ‡ | The Hurricane |
| 2000 | Taye Diggs | The Best Man |
| 2000 | Laurence Fishburne | The Matrix |
| 2000 | Eddie Murphy | Bowfinger |
| 2000 | Sean Nelson | The Wood |
| 2001 | | |
| 2001 | Denzel Washington | Remember the Titans |
| 2001 | Omar Epps | Love and Basketball |
| 2001 | Morgan Freeman | Nurse Betty |
| 2001 | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Men of Honor |
| 2001 | Samuel L. Jackson | Shaft |
| 2002 | | |
| 2002 | Denzel Washington † | Training Day |
| 2002 | Vin Diesel | The Fast and the Furious |
| 2002 | Tyrese Gibson | Baby Boy |
| 2002 | Samuel L. Jackson | The Caveman's Valentine |
| 2002 | Will Smith ‡ | Ali |
| 2003 | | |
| 2003 | Derek Luke | Antwone Fisher |
| 2003 | Ice Cube | Barbershop |
| 2003 | Samuel L. Jackson | Changing Lanes |
| 2003 | Wesley Snipes | Undisputed |
| 2003 | Denzel Washington | John Q |
| 2004 | | |
| 2004 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Dirty Pretty Things |
| 2004 | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Radio |
| 2004 | LL Cool J | Deliver Us from Eva |
| 2004 | Wentworth Miller | The Human Stain |
| 2004 | Denzel Washington | Out of Time |
| 2005 | Drama | Drama |
| 2005 | Jamie Foxx † | Ray |
| 2005 | Don Cheadle ‡ | Hotel Rwanda |
| 2005 | Mario Van Peebles | BAADASSSSS! |
| 2005 | Bernie Mac | Mr. 3000 |
| 2005 | Jamie Foxx | Breakin' All the Rules |
| 2005 | Ice Cube | Barbershop 2: Back in Business |
| 2006 | | |
| 2006 | Terrence Howard ‡ | Hustle & Flow |
| 2006 | Don Cheadle | Crash |
| 2006 | Idris Elba | The Gospel |
| 2006 | Samuel L. Jackson | Coach Carter |
| 2006 | Will Smith | Hitch |
| 2007 | | |
| 2007 | Forest Whitaker † | The Last King of Scotland |
| 2007 | Jamie Foxx | Dreamgirls |
| 2007 | Derek Luke | Catch a Fire |
| 2007 | Will Smith ‡ | The Pursuit of Happyness |
| 2007 | Denzel Washington | Inside Man |
| 2008 | | |
| 2008 | Dev Patel | Slumdog Millionaire |
| 2008 | Don Cheadle | Traitor |
| 2008 | Mos Def | Be Kind Rewind |
| 2008 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Redbelt |
| 2008 | Derek Luke | Miracle at St. Anna |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Film |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | Morgan Freeman ‡ | Invictus |
| 2010 | Quinton Aaron | The Blind Side |
| 2010 | Jamie Foxx | The Soloist |
| 2010 | Souléymane Sy Savané | Goodbye Solo |
| 2010 | Denzel Washington | The Taking of Pelham 123 |
| 2011 | | |
| 2011 | Anthony Mackie | Night Catches Us |
| 2011 | Don Cheadle | Brooklyn's Finest |
| 2011 | Jaden Smith | The Karate Kid |
| 2011 | Denzel Washington | The Book of Eli |
| 2011 | Denzel Washington | Unstoppable |
| 2012 | | |
| 2012 | John Boyega | Attack the Block |
| 2012 | Laz Alonso | Jumping the Broom |
| 2012 | Demián Bichir ‡ | A Better Life |
| 2012 | Oliver Litundo | The First Grader |
| 2012 | Evan Ross | Mooz-lum |
| 2013 | | |
| 2013 | Denzel Washington ‡ | Flight |
| 2013 | Jamie Foxx | Django Unchained |
| 2013 | Nate Parker | Red Tails |
| 2013 | Chris Rock | 2 Days in New York |
| 2013 | Omar Sy | The Intouchables |
| 2014 | | |
| 2014 | Chiwetel Ejiofor ‡ | 12 Years a Slave |
| 2014 | Idris Elba | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom |
| 2014 | Michael B. Jordan | Fruitvale Station |
| 2014 | Isaiah Washington | Blue Caprice |
| 2014 | Forest Whitaker | The Butler |
| 2015 | | |
| 2015 | David Oyelowo | Selma |
| 2015 | Chadwick Boseman | Get on Up |
| 2015 | Nate Parker | Beyond the Lights |
| 2015 | Chris Rock | Top Five |
| 2015 | Denzel Washington | The Equalizer |
| 2016 | | |
| 2016 | Michael B. Jordan | Creed |
| 2016 | Abraham Attah | Beasts of No Nation |
| 2016 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Z for Zachariah |
| 2016 | Samuel L. Jackson | The Hateful Eight |
| 2016 | Will Smith | Concussion |
| 2017 | | |
| 2017 | Denzel Washington ‡ | Fences |
| 2017 | Don Cheadle | Miles Ahead |
| 2017 | Nate Parker | The Birth of a Nation |
| 2017 | Parker Sawyers | Southside with You |
| 2017 | Denzel Washington | The Magnificent Seven |
| 2018 | | |
| 2018 | Daniel Kaluuya ‡ | Get Out |
| 2018 | Chadwick Boseman | Marshall |
| 2018 | Algee Smith | Detroit |
| 2018 | LaKeith Stanfield | Crown Heights |
| 2018 | Denzel Washington | Roman J. Israel, Esq. |
| 2019 | | |
| 2019 | Chadwick Boseman | Black Panther |
| 2019 | Michael B. Jordan | Creed II |
| 2019 | John David Washington | BlacKkKlansman |
| 2019 | LaKeith Stanfield | Sorry to Bother You |
| 2019 | Stephan James | If Beale Street Could Talk |