[Table] header: Year | Actor | Award | Series | Result row 1 : 1967 | Bill Cosby | Best TV Star – Male | I Spy | Nominated
row 2 : 1971 | Flip Wilson | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | The Flip Wilson Show | Won
row 3 : 1972 | Flip Wilson | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | The Flip Wilson Show | Nominated
row 4 : 1973 | Flip Wilson | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | The Flip Wilson Show | Nominated
row 5 : 1973 | Bill Cosby | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | The New Bill Cosby Show | Nominated
row 6 : 1973 | Redd Foxx | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | Sanford and Son | Won
row 7 : 1974 | Redd Foxx | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | Sanford and Son | Nominated
row 8 : 1975 | Redd Foxx | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | Sanford and Son | Nominated
row 9 : 1975 | Whitman Mayo | Best Supporting Actor | Sanford and Son | Nominated
row 10 : 1975 | Jimmie Walker | Best Supporting Actor | Good Times | Nominated
row 11 : 1976 | Jimmie Walker | Best Supporting Actor | Good Times | Nominated
row 12 : 1976 | Redd Foxx | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | Sanford and Son | Nominated
row 13 : 1977 | Sammy Davis Jr. | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | Sammy & Company | Nominated
row 14 : 1983 | Robert Guillaume | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | Benson | Nominated
row 15 : 1984 | Robert Guillaume | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | Benson | Nominated
row 16 : 1984 | Louis Gossett, Jr. | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television | Sadat | Nominated
row 17 : 1985 | Ben Vereen | Best Supporting Actor | Ellis Island | Nominated
row 18 : 1985 | Robert Guillaume | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | Benson | Nominated
row 19 : 1985 | Sherman Hemsley | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | The Jeffersons | Nominated
row 20 : 1985 | Bill Cosby | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | The Cosby Show | Won
row 21 : 1986 | Bill Cosby | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | The Cosby Show | Won
row 22 : 1986 | Philip Michael Thomas | Best Actor – Drama Series | Miami Vice | Nominated
row 23 : 1987 | Bill Cosby | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | The Cosby Show | Nominated
row 24 : 1991 | Blair Underwood | Best Supporting Actor | L.A. Law | Nominated
row 25 : 1991 | James Earl Jones | Best Actor – Drama Series | Gabriel's Fire | Nominated
row 26 : 1992 | James Earl Jones | Best Actor – Drama Series | Pros & Cons | Nominated
row 27 : 1992 | Louis Gossett, Jr. | Best Supporting Actor | The Josephine Baker Story | Won
row 28 : 1992 | Sidney Poitier | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television | Separate But Equal | Nominated
row 29 : 1993 | Will Smith | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Nominated
row 30 : 1994 | Will Smith | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Nominated
row 31 : 1995 | Samuel L. Jackson | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television | Against the Wall | Nominated
row 32 : 1997 | Charles S. Dutton | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television | The Piano Lesson | Nominated
row 33 : 1997 | Laurence Fishburne | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television | The Tuskegee Airmen | Nominated
row 34 : 1998 | Ving Rhames | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television | Don King: Only in America | Won
row 35 : 1998 | Eriq La Salle | Best Supporting Actor | ER | Nominated
row 36 : 1999 | Don Cheadle | Best Supporting Actor | The Rat Pack | Won
row 37 : 2001 | Andre Braugher | Best Actor – Drama Series | Gideon's Crossing | Nominated
row 38 : 2003 | Dennis Haysbert | Best Supporting Actor | 24 | Nominated
row 39 : 2003 | Bernie Mac | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | The Bernie Mac Show | Nominated
row 40 : 2004 | Bernie Mac | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | The Bernie Mac Show | Nominated
row 41 : 2004 | Jeffrey Wright | Best Supporting Actor | Angels in America | Won
row 42 : 2005 | Mos Def | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television | Something the Lord Made | Nominated
row 43 : 2005 | Jamie Foxx | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television | Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story | Nominated
row 44 : 2006 | Wentworth Miller | Best Actor – Drama Series | Prison Break | Nominated
row 45 : 2007 | Andre Braugher | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television | Thief | Nominated
row 46 : 2007 | Michael Ealy | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television | Sleeper Cell | Nominated
row 47 : 2007 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television | Tsunami: The Aftermath | Nominated
row 48 : 2009 | Blair Underwood | Best Supporting Actor | In Treatment | Nominated
row 49 : 2010 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television | Endgame | Nominated
row 50 : 2011 | Idris Elba | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television | Luther | Nominated
row 51 : 2012 | Idris Elba | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television | Luther | Won
row 52 : 2013 | Don Cheadle | Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series | House of Lies | Won [/Table] Answer this question based on the above table: What actor was nominated for or won an award before 1971?

Answer: Bill Cosby