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

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series. The category was retired during the 2008 ceremony, but later returned in 2012. 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 | Don Cheadle | A Lesson Before Dying | HBO | |
| 2000 | Andre Braugher | Love Songs | Showtime | |
| 2000 | Louis Gossett Jr. | Love Songs | Showtime | |
| 2000 | Delroy Lindo | Strange Justice | Showtime | |
| 2000 | Sidney Poitier | The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn | CBS | |
| 2001 | | | | |
| 2001 | T. K. Carter | The Corner | HBO | |
| 2001 | Leon | Little Richard | NBC | |
| 2001 | Sean Nelson | The Corner | HBO | |
| 2001 | Ving Rhames | Holiday Heart | Showtime | |
| 2001 | Wesley Snipes | Disappearing Acts | HBO | |
| 2002 | | | | |
| 2002 | Roger Guenveur Smith | A Huey P. Newton Story | Starz | |
| 2002 | Morris Chestnut | The Killing Yard | Showtime | |
| 2002 | Danny Glover | 3 A.M. | Showtime | |
| 2002 | Gregory Hines | Bojangles | Showtime | |
| 2002 | Jeffrey Wright | Boycott | HBO | |
| 2003 | | | | |
| 2003 | Harry J. Lennix | Keep the Faith, Baby | Showtime | |
| 2003 | Andre Braugher | 10,000 Black Men Named George | Showtime | |
| 2003 | Ving Rhames | Sins of the Father | FX | |
| 2004 | | | | |
| 2004 | Forest Whitaker | Deacons for Defense | Showtime | |
| 2004 | Danny Glover | Good Fences | Showtime | |
| 2004 | Carl Lumbly | Sounder | ABC | |
| 2005 | | | | |
| 2005 | Jamie Foxx | Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story | FX | |
| 2005 | Mos Def | Something the Lord Made | HBO | |
| 2005 | Roger Guenveur Smith | Justice | Starz | |
| 2006 | | | | |
| 2006 | Michael Ealy | Their Eyes Were Watching God | ABC | |
| 2006 | Idris Elba | Sometimes in April | HBO | |
| 2006 | Delroy Lindo | The Exonerated | truTV | |
| 2006 | Anthony Mackie | Sucker Free City | Showtime | |
| 2006 | Ving Rhames | Kojak | USA Network | |
| 2007 | | | | |
| 2007 | Andre Braugher | Thief | FX | |
| 2008 | — | — | — | — |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Film | Network | Ref |
| 2010–11 | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 |
| 2012 | Idris Elba | Luther | BBC America | |
| 2012 | Eric Benét | Trinity Goodheart | UP | |
| 2012 | Laurence Fishburne | Thurgood | HBO | |
| 2012 | Samuel L. Jackson | The Sunset Limited | HBO | |
| 2012 | Mykelti Williamson | Have a Little Faith | ABC | |
| 2013 | | | | |
| 2013 | Sean Patrick Thomas | Murder on the 13th Floor | Lifetime | |
| 2013 | Rockmond Dunbar | Raising Izzie | UP | |
| 2013 | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Firelight | ABC | |
| 2013 | Trevor Jackson | Let It Shine | Disney Channel | |
| 2013 | Michael Jai White | Somebody's Child | UP | |
| 2014 | | | | |
| 2014 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Dancing on the Edge | Starz | |
| 2014 | Keith David | Pastor Brown | Lifetime | |
| 2014 | Omari Hardwick | A Christmas Blessing | TV One | |
| 2014 | Ernie Hudson | Pastor Brown | Lifetime | |
| 2014 | Mike Tyson | Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth | HBO | |
| 2015 | | | | |
| 2015 | Larenz Tate | Gun Hill | BET | |
| 2015 | Charles S. Dutton | Comeback Dad | UP | |
| 2015 | David Alan Grier | An En Vogue Christmas | Lifetime | |
| 2015 | Ving Rhames | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Lifetime | |
| 2015 | Keith Robinson | Lyfe's Journey | UP | |
| 2016 | | | | |
| 2016 | David Oyelowo | Nightingale | HBO | |
| 2016 | Steve Harris | Let the Church Say Amen | BET | |
| 2016 | James Earl Jones | Great Performances: "Driving Miss Daisy" | PBS | |
| 2016 | Amin Joseph | Stock Option | TV One | |
| 2016 | Michael K. Williams | The Spoils Before Dying | IFC | |
| 2017 | | | | |
| 2017 | Courtney B. Vance | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | FX | |
| 2017 | Michael Ealy | Secrets and Lies | ABC | |
| 2017 | Cuba Gooding Jr. | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | FX | |
| 2017 | Malachi Kirby | Roots | History Channel | |
| 2017 | Wendell Pierce | Confirmation | HBO | |
| 2017 | | | | |
| 2017 | Woody McClain | The New Edition Story | BET | |
| 2017 | Bryshere Y. Gray | The New Edition Story | BET | |
| 2017 | Luke James | The New Edition Story | BET | |
| 2017 | Laurence Fishburne | Madiba | BET | |
| 2017 | Stephan James | Shots Fired | FOX | |
| 2018 | | | | |
| 2018 | Michael B. Jordan | Fahrenheit 451 | HBO | |
| 2018 | Mike Colter | Marvel's the Defenders | Netflix | |
| 2018 | Dulé Hill | Psych: The Movie | USA Network | |
| 2018 | Terrence Howard | Electric Dreams | Amazon Prime Video | |
| 2018 | John Legend | Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert | NBC | |
| 2019 | | | | |
| 2019 | Jharrel Jerome | When They See Us | Netflix | |
| 2019 | Mahershala Ali | True Detective (season 3) | HBO | |
| 2019 | Idris Elba | Luther | BBC One | |
| 2019 | Woody McClain | The Bobby Brown Story | BET | |
| 2019 | Ashton Sanders | Native Son | HBO Films | |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Film | Network |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Blair Underwood | Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker | Netflix |
| 2020 | Andre Braugher | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' | ABC |
| 2020 | Andre Holland | The Eddy | Netflix |
| 2020 | Alano Miller | Cherish the Day | OWN |
| 2020 | Jeremy Pope | Hollywood | Netflix |
| 2021 | | | |
| 2021 | Leslie Odom Jr. | Hamilton | Disney+ |
| 2021 | Chris Rock | Fargo | FX |
| 2021 | Nnamdi Asomugha | Sylvie's Love | Amazon Studios |
| 2021 | Dulé Hill | Psych 2: Lassie Come Home | Peacock |
| 2021 | Mamoudou Athie | Black Box | Amazon Studios |

## Superlatives

| Superlative | Outstanding Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series |
| Actor with most awards | Multiple (1) |
| Actor with most nominations | Andre Braugher Ving Rhames (4) |
| Actor with most nominations without ever winning | Ving Rhames (4) |

## Total awards by network

* HBO - 4
* FX - 3
* BET - 2
* Netflix - 2
* Showtime - 2
* Starz - 2
* ABC - 1
* BBC America - 1
* Disney+ - 1
* Lifetime - 1