# Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. Oscar-nominated or winning performances also honored with nominations or wins at the Black Reel Awards include Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby), Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile), Jamie Foxx (Collateral), Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond, In America) and Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls).
The award was discontinued at the 24th Black Reel Awards and merged with Outstanding Supporting Actress in favor of a single gender-neutral award, Outstanding Supporting Performance.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Film |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | Michael Clarke Duncan | The Green Mile |
| 2000 | Jamie Foxx | Any Given Sunday |
| 2000 | Terrence Howard | The Best Man |
| 2000 | Ice Cube | Three Kings |
| 2000 | Delroy Lindo | The Cider House Rules |
| 2001 | | |
| 2001 | Don Cheadle | Traffic |
| 2001 | Rob Brown | Finding Forrester |
| 2001 | Tommy Davidson | Bamboozled |
| 2001 | Chris Rock | Nurse Betty |
| 2001 | Marlon Wayans | Requiem of a Dream |
| 2002 | | |
| 2002 | Jamie Foxx | Ali |
| 2002 | Anthony Anderson | Two Can Play That Game |
| 2002 | Omar Epps | Brother |
| 2002 | Eddie Murphy | Shrek |
| 2002 | Ving Rhames | Baby Boy |
| 2003 | | |
| 2003 | Dennis Haysbert | Far from Heaven |
| 2003 | Cedric the Entertainer | Barbershop |
| 2003 | Morgan Freeman | Sum of All Fears |
| 2003 | Denzel Washington | Antwone Fisher |
| 2003 | Forest Whitaker | Panic Room |
| 2004 | | |
| 2004 | Djimon Hounsou | In America |
| 2004 | Mos Def | The Italian Job |
| 2004 | Morgan Freeman | Bruce Almighty |
| 2004 | Ving Rhames | Dark Blue |
| 2004 | Forest Whitaker | Phone Booth |
| 2005 | | |
| 2005 | Jamie Foxx | Collateral |
| 2005 | Cedric the Entertainer | Barbershop 2: Back in Business |
| 2005 | Morgan Freeman | Million Dollar Baby |
| 2005 | Clifton Powell | Ray |
| 2005 | Jeffrey Wright | The Manchurian Candidate |
| 2006 | | |
| 2006 | Terrence Howard | Crash |
| 2006 | Anthony Anderson | Hustle & Flow |
| 2006 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Serenity |
| 2006 | Ludacris | Crash |
| 2006 | Jeffrey Wright | Syriana |
| 2007 | | |
| 2007 | Djimon Hounsou | Blood Diamond |
| 2007 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Children of Men |
| 2007 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Kinky Boots |
| 2007 | Laurence Fishburne | Akeelah and the Bee |
| 2007 | Eddie Murphy | Dreamgirls |
| 2008 | | |
| 2008 | Jeffrey Wright | Cadillac Records |
| 2008 | Mos Def | Cadillac Records |
| 2008 | Terrence Howard | Iron Man |
| 2008 | Brandon T. Jackson | Tropic Thunder |
| 2008 | Eamonn Walker | Cadillac Records |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Film |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | Anthony Mackie | The Hurt Locker |
| 2010 | Charles S. Dutton | American Violet |
| 2010 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | 2012 |
| 2010 | Lenny Kravitz | Precious |
| 2010 | Derek Luke | Madea Goes to Jail |
| 2011 | | |
| 2011 | Wesley Snipes | Brooklyn's Finest |
| 2011 | Sean Combs | Get Him to the Greek |
| 2011 | Laurence Fishburne | Predator |
| 2011 | Brandon T. Jackson | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief |
| 2011 | Samuel L. Jackson | Mother and Child |
| 2012 | | |
| 2012 | Don Cheadle | The Guard |
| 2012 | Mike Epps | Jumping the Broom |
| 2012 | Laurence Fishburne | Contagion |
| 2012 | Anthony Mackie | The Adjustment Bureau |
| 2012 | Isiah Whitlock Jr. | Cedar Rapids |
| 2013 | | |
| 2013 | Samuel L. Jackson | Django Unchained |
| 2013 | Mike Epps | Sparkle |
| 2013 | Dwight Henry | Beasts of the Southern Wild |
| 2013 | David Oyelowo | Middle of Nowhere |
| 2013 | Nate Parker | Arbitrage |
| 2014 | | |
| 2014 | Barkhad Abdi | Captain Phillips |
| 2014 | David Oyelowo | The Butler |
| 2014 | Nate Parker | Ain't Them Bodies Saints |
| 2014 | Tequan Richmond | Blue Caprice |
| 2014 | Keith Stanfield | Short Term 12 |
| 2015 | | |
| 2015 | Wendell Pierce | Selma |
| 2015 | Nelsan Ellis | Get On Up |
| 2015 | David Oyelowo | A Most Violent Year |
| 2015 | Tyler Perry | Gone Girl |
| 2015 | Michael K. Williams | The Gambler |
| 2016 | | |
| 2016 | Idris Elba | Beasts of No Nation |
| 2016 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | The Martian |
| 2016 | Corey Hawkins | Straight Outta Compton |
| 2016 | Jason Mitchell | Straight Outta Compton |
| 2016 | Forest Whitaker | Southpaw |
| 2017 | | |
| 2017 | Mahershala Ali | Moonlight |
| 2017 | Jovan Adepo | Fences |
| 2017 | Stephen Henderson | Fences |
| 2017 | André Holland | Moonlight |
| 2017 | Ashton Sanders | Moonlight |
| 2018 | | |
| 2018 | Jason Mitchell | Mudbound |
| 2018 | Idris Elba | Molly's Game |
| 2018 | Jamie Foxx | Baby Driver |
| 2018 | Laurence Fishburne | Last Flag Flying |
| 2018 | Lil Rel Howery | Get Out |
| 2019 | | |
| 2019 | Michael B. Jordan | Black Panther |
| 2019 | Daniel Kaluuya | Widows |
| 2019 | Mahershala Ali | Green Book |
| 2019 | Russell Hornsby | The Hate U Give |
| 2019 | Brian Tyree Henry | If Beale Street Could Talk |

## 2020s

| Year | Actor | Film |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Wesley Snipes | Dolemite Is My Name |
| 2020 | Jonathan Majors | The Last Black Man in San Francisco |
| 2020 | Aldis Hodge | Clemency |
| 2020 | Sterling K. Brown | Waves |
| 2020 | Jamie Foxx | Just Mercy |
| 2021 | | |
| 2021 | Daniel Kaluuya | Judas and the Black Messiah |
| 2021 | Chadwick Boseman (posthumous) | Da 5 Bloods |
| 2021 | Colman Domingo | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom |
| 2021 | Aldis Hodge | One Night in Miami... |
| 2021 | Leslie Odom Jr. | One Night in Miami... |
| 2022 | | |
| 2022 | Colman Domingo | Zola |
| 2022 | Idris Elba | The Harder They Fall |
| 2022 | Andre Holland | Passing |
| 2022 | LaKeith Stanfield | The Harder They Fall |
| 2022 | Jeffrey Wright | The French Dispatch |
| 2022 | | |
| 2022 | Brian Tyree Henry | Causeway |
| 2022 | Micheal Ward | Empire of Light |
| 2022 | Michael K. Williams (posthumous) | Breaking |
| 2022 | Bokeem Woodbine | The Inspection |
| 2022 | Jeffrey Wright | The Batman |

## Multiple nominations and wins
### Multiple wins
#### 2 Wins

* Don Cheadle
* Jamie Foxx
* Djimon Hounsou
* Wesley Snipes

### Multiple nominations
## Multiple nominations from the same film

* Terrence Howard (winner) and Ludacris in Crash (2006)
* Jeffrey Wright (winner), Mos Def and Eamonn Walker in Cadillac Records (2008)
* Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell in Straight Outta Compton (2016)
* Mahershala Ali (winner), Andre Holland & Ashton Sanders in Moonlight (2017)
* Jovan Adepo & Stephen Henderson in Fences (2017)
* Aldis Hodge & Leslie Odom Jr. in One Night in Miami... (2021)
* Idris Elba & LaKeith Stanfield in The Harder They Fall (2022)

## Age superlatives

| Record | Actor | Film | Age (in years) |
| Oldest winner | Samuel L. Jackson | Django Unchained | 63 |
| Oldest nominee | Morgan Freeman | Million Dollar Baby | 67 |
| Youngest winner | Barkhad Abdi | Captain Phillips | 28 |
| Youngest nominee | Rob Brown | Finding Forrester | 16 |