# NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. The award was first given during the 1996 ceremony and since its conception, Joe Morton holds the record for the most wins with four.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

### 1990s

| Year | Actor | Series | Ref |
| 1996 |
| 1996 | Ice-T | New York Undercover | |
| 1996 | Ossie Davis | The Client | |
| 1996 | Bill Nunn | New York Undercover | |
| 1996 | Richard Pryor | Chicago Hope | |
| 1996 | Malcolm-Jamal Warner | Touched by an Angel | |
| 1997 | — | — | — |
| 1998 |
| 1998 | Louis Gossett Jr. | Touched by an Angel | |
| 1998 | Michael Beach | ER | |
| 1998 | Rocky Carroll | Chicago Hope | |
| 1998 | James McDaniel | N.Y.P.D. Blue | |
| 1998 | Clarence Williams III | Millennium | |
| 1999 | | | |
| 1999 | Ossie Davis | Promised Land | |
| 1999 | Charles S. Dutton | Oz | |
| 1999 | Giancarlo Esposito | Homicide: Life on the Street | |
| 1999 | Clark Johnson | Homicide: Life on the Street | |
| 1999 | James McDaniel | N.Y.P.D. Blue | |

### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Series |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | Clarence Gilyard Jr. | Walker, Texas Ranger |
| 2000 | Dorian Harewood | The Hoop Life |
| 2000 | Richard T. Jones | Judging Amy |
| 2000 | Jesse L. Martin | Ally McBeal |
| 2000 | James McDaniel | N.Y.P.D. Blue |
| 2001 | | |
| 2001 | Ossie Davis | City of Angels |
| 2001 | Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Oz |
| 2001 | Hill Harper | City of Angels |
| 2001 | Dulé Hill | The West Wing |
| 2001 | Bokeem Woodbine | City of Angels |
| 2002 | | |
| 2002 | Ice-T | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
| 2002 | Babyface | Soul Food |
| 2002 | Charles S. Dutton | The Sopranos |
| 2002 | Dulé Hill | The West Wing |
| 2002 | Boris Kodjoe | Soul Food |
| 2003 | | |
| 2003 | Gary Dourdan | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |
| 2003 | Charles S. Dutton | Without a Trace |
| 2003 | Boris Kodjoe | Soul Food |
| 2003 | Aaron Meeks | Soul Food |
| 2003 | Mekhi Phifer | ER |
| 2004 | | |
| 2004 | Mekhi Phifer | ER |
| 2004 | Darrin Henson | Soul Food |
| 2004 | Dulé Hill | The West Wing |
| 2004 | Ice-T | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
| 2004 | Boris Kodjoe | Soul Food |
| 2005 | | |
| 2005 | Mekhi Phifer | ER |
| 2005 | Idris Elba | The Wire |
| 2005 | Omar Epps | House |
| 2005 | Darrin Henson | Soul Food |
| 2005 | Dulé Hill | The West Wing |
| 2006 | | |
| 2006 | Gary Dourdan | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |
| 2006 | Dennis Haysbert | 24 |
| 2006 | Harry Lennix | Commander in Chief |
| 2006 | Mekhi Phifer | ER |
| 2006 | James Pickens Jr. | Grey's Anatomy |
| 2007 | | |
| 2007 | Omar Epps | House |
| 2007 | Gary Dourdan | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |
| 2007 | James Pickens Jr. | Grey's Anatomy |
| 2007 | Wendell Pierce | The Wire |
| 2007 | Glynn Turman | The Wire |
| 2008 | | |
| 2008 | Omar Epps | House |
| 2008 | Taye Diggs | Private Practice |
| 2008 | Mekhi Phifer | ER |
| 2008 | James Pickens Jr. | Grey's Anatomy |
| 2008 | Blair Underwood | Dirty Sexy Money |
| 2009 | | |
| 2009 | Taye Diggs | Private Practice |
| 2009 | Laurence Fishburne | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |
| 2009 | James Pickens Jr. | Grey's Anatomy |
| 2009 | Blair Underwood | Dirty Sexy Money |
| 2009 | Michael K. Williams | The Wire |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Series |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | Delroy Lindo | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
| 2010 | Rocky Carroll | NCIS |
| 2010 | Mekhi Phifer | Lie to Me |
| 2010 | James Pickens Jr. | Grey's Anatomy |
| 2010 | Corey Reynolds | The Closer |
| 2011 | | |
| 2011 | Terrence Howard | Law & Order: Los Angeles |
| 2011 | André Braugher | Men of a Certain Age |
| 2011 | Nelsan Ellis | True Blood |
| 2011 | Giancarlo Esposito | Breaking Bad |
| 2011 | James Pickens Jr. | Grey's Anatomy |
| 2012 | | |
| 2012 | James Pickens Jr. | Grey's Anatomy |
| 2012 | Nelsan Ellis | True Blood |
| 2012 | Omar Epps | House |
| 2012 | Ice-T | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
| 2012 | Corey Reynolds | The Closer |
| 2013 | | |
| 2013 | Omar Epps | House |
| 2013 | Rocky Carroll | NCIS |
| 2013 | Rockmond Dunbar | Sons of Anarchy |
| 2013 | Dev Patel | The Newsroom |
| 2013 | Clarke Peters | Treme |
| 2014 | | |
| 2014 | Joe Morton | Scandal |
| 2014 | Guillermo Díaz | Scandal |
| 2014 | Columbus Short | Scandal |
| 2014 | Michael K. Williams | Boardwalk Empire |
| 2014 | Jeffrey Wright | Boardwalk Empire |
| 2015 | | |
| 2015 | Joe Morton | Scandal |
| 2015 | Guillermo Díaz | Scandal |
| 2015 | Alfred Enoch | How to Get Away with Murder |
| 2015 | Courtney B. Vance | Masters of Sex |
| 2015 | Jeffrey Wright | Boardwalk Empire |
| 2016 | | |
| 2016 | Joe Morton | Scandal |
| 2016 | Guillermo Díaz | Scandal |
| 2016 | Alfred Enoch | How to Get Away with Murder |
| 2016 | Bryshere Y. Gray | Empire |
| 2016 | Jussie Smollett | Empire |
| 2017 | | |
| 2017 | Jussie Smollett | Empire |
| 2017 | Trai Byers | Empire |
| 2017 | Alfred Enoch | How to Get Away with Murder |
| 2017 | Joe Morton | Scandal |
| 2017 | Jesse Williams | Grey's Anatomy |
| 2018 | | |
| 2018 | Joe Morton | Scandal |
| 2018 | Trai Byers | Empire |
| 2018 | Bryshere Gray | Empire |
| 2018 | Jussie Smollett | Empire |
| 2018 | Dondre Whitfield | Queen Sugar |
| 2019 | | |
| 2019 | Jesse Williams | Grey's Anatomy |
| 2019 | Romany Malco | A Million Little Things |
| 2019 | Joe Morton | Scandal |
| 2019 | Wendell Pierce | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan |
| 2019 | Jussie Smollett | Empire |

### 2020s

| Year | Actress | Series |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Harold Perrineau | Claws |
| 2020 | Giancarlo Esposito | Godfather of Harlem |
| 2020 | Delroy Lindo | The Good Fight |
| 2020 | Wendell Pierce | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan |
| 2020 | Nigél Thatch | Godfather of Harlem |
| 2021 | | |
| 2021 | Cliff "Method Man" Smith | Power Book II: Ghost |
| 2021 | Delroy Lindo | The Good Fight |
| 2021 | J. Alphonse Nicholson | P-Valley |
| 2021 | Michael K. Williams | Lovecraft Country |
| 2021 | Jeffrey Wright | Westworld |
| 2022 | | |
| 2022 | Cliff "Method Man" Smith | Power Book II: Ghost |
| 2022 | Giancarlo Esposito | Godfather of Harlem |
| 2022 | Daniel Ezra | All American |
| 2022 | Alex Hibbert | The Chi |
| 2022 | Joe Morton | Our Kind of People |