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

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.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

### 2000s

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

### 2010s

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

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Film | Network |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Yahya Abdul-Mateen II | Watchmen | HBO |
| 2020 | Jovan Adepo | Watchmen | HBO |
| 2020 | Bill Bellamy | Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker | Netflix |
| 2020 | Louis Gossett Jr. | Watchmen | HBO |
| 2020 | Tituss Burgess | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend | Netflix |
| 2021 | | | |
| 2021 | John Boyega | Small Axe | Amazon Prime Video |
| 2021 | Paapa Essiedu | I May Destroy You | HBO |
| 2021 | Courtney B. Vance | Genius | National Geographic |
| 2021 | Daveed Diggs | Hamilton | Disney+ |
| 2021 | 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) |

## Performers with multiple awards
### 2 wins

* Jeffrey Wright

## Total awards by network

* HBO - 8
* BET - 2
* FX - 2
* Netflix - 2
* Amazon Prime Video - 1
* Disney Channel - 1
* Lifetime - 1
* Showtime - 1