NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Actor_in_a_Drama_Series

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Country	United States
Presented by	NAACP
First awarded	1972
Currently held by	Sterling K. Brown (2022)
Website	naacpimageawards.net

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

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This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series. The award was first given in 1972. Not to be confused with the Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Currently, LL Cool J holds the record for most wins in the category with four.

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Year	Actor	Series	Ref
1972
1972	Redd Foxx	Sanford and Son	^[1]
1973 – 79	—

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
1980 – 81	—
1982
1982	Paul Winfield	The Sophisticated Gents	^{[citation needed]}
1983			^{[citation needed]}
1983	Howard Rollins	For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story	^{[citation needed]}
1984 – 88	—
1989
1989	Howard Rollins	In the Heat of the Night	^[2]

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
1990
1990	Danny Glover	Mandela	^[3]
1991	—
1992
1992	Blair Underwood	Murder in Mississippi	^{[citation needed]}
1993			^{[citation needed]}
	James Earl Jones	Gabriel's Fire	^{[citation needed]}
	Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs	The Jacksons: An American Dream
1994
1994	Dorian Harewood	I'll Fly Away	^[4]
1995			^[4]
1995	Blair Underwood	L.A. Law	^[5]
1996			^[5]
	Malik Yoba	New York Undercover	^[6]
	André Braugher	Homicide: Life on the Street
	Avery Brooks	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
	Yaphet Kotto	Homicide: Life on the Street
	Eriq La Salle	ER
1997
	Malik Yoba	New York Undercover	^[7]
	André Braugher	Homicide: Life on the Street
	Avery Brooks	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
	Yaphet Kotto	Homicide: Life on the Street
	Eriq La Salle	ER
1998
	Malik Yoba	New York Undercover	^{[citation needed]}
	André Braugher	Homicide: Life on the Street
	Yaphet Kotto	Homicide: Life on the Street
	Eriq La Salle	ER
	Richard Roundtree	413 Hope St.
1999
	Eriq La Salle	ER	^[8]
	André Braugher	Homicide: Life on the Street
	Rocky Carroll	Chicago Hope
	Steve Harris	The Practice
	Yaphet Kotto	Homicide: Life on the Street

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
2000
	Eriq La Salle	ER	^{[citation needed]}
	Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	Oz
	Michael Beach	Third Watch
	Steve Harris	The Practice
	Jesse L. Martin	Law & Order
2001
	Blair Underwood	City of Angels	^{[citation needed]}
	André Braugher	Gideon's Crossing
	Steve Harris	The Practice
	Eriq La Salle	ER
	Jesse L. Martin	Law & Order
2002
	Eriq La Salle	ER	^{[citation needed]}
	André Braugher	Gideon's Crossing
	Steve Harris	The Practice
	Ving Rhames	UC: Undercover
	Courtney B. Vance	Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2003
	Michael Beach	Third Watch	^{[citation needed]}
	Bill Bellamy	Fastlane
	André Braugher	Hack
	Dennis Haysbert	24
	Mykelti Williamson	Boomtown
2004
	Steve Harris	The Practice	^[9]
	Gary Dourdan	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
	Dennis Haysbert	24
	Jesse L. Martin	Law & Order
	Wendell Pierce	The Wire
2005
	Taye Diggs	Kevin Hill	^{[citation needed]}
	Gary Dourdan	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
	Hill Harper	CSI: NY
	Steve Harris	The Practice
	Jesse L. Martin	Law & Order
2006
	Isaiah Washington	Grey's Anatomy	^{[citation needed]}
	Omar Epps	House
	Hill Harper	CSI: NY
	Ice-T	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
	Jesse L. Martin	Law & Order
2007
	Isaiah Washington	Grey's Anatomy	^{[citation needed]}
	Hill Harper	CSI: NY
	Dennis Haysbert	The Unit
	Jesse L. Martin	Law & Order
	Michael K. Williams	The Wire
2008
	Hill Harper	CSI: NY	^{[citation needed]}
	Anthony Anderson	K-Ville
	Dennis Haysbert	The Unit
	Jesse L. Martin	Law & Order
	Jimmy Smits	Cane
2009
	Hill Harper	CSI: NY	^{[citation needed]}
	Anthony Anderson	Law & Order
	Omar Epps	House
	Dennis Haysbert	The Unit
	Blair Underwood	In Treatment

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
2010
	Hill Harper	CSI: NY	^{[citation needed]}
	Anthony Anderson	Law & Order
	Taye Diggs	Private Practice
	Laurence Fishburne	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
	LL Cool J	NCIS: Los Angeles
2011
	LL Cool J	NCIS: Los Angeles	^{[citation needed]}
	Anthony Anderson	Law & Order
	Laurence Fishburne	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
	Hill Harper	CSI: NY
	Blair Underwood	The Event
2012
	LL Cool J	NCIS: Los Angeles	^{[citation needed]}
	André Braugher	Men of a Certain Age
	Taye Diggs	Private Practice
	Hill Harper	CSI: NY
	Wendell Pierce	Treme
2013
	LL Cool J	NCIS: Los Angeles	^[10]
	Michael Clarke Duncan	The Finder
	Hill Harper	CSI: NY
	Dulé Hill	Psych
	Wendell Pierce	Treme
2014
	LL Cool J	NCIS: Los Angeles	^[11]
	Michael Ealy	Almost Human
	Shemar Moore	Criminal Minds
	James Pickens Jr.	Grey's Anatomy
	Wendell Pierce	Treme
2015
	Shemar Moore	Criminal Minds	^[12]
	Taye Diggs	Murder in the First
	Omar Epps	Resurrection
	Omari Hardwick	Being Mary Jane
	LL Cool J	NCIS: Los Angeles
2016
	Terrence Howard	Empire	^[13]
	Morris Chestnut	Rosewood
	Omari Hardwick	Power
	LL Cool J	NCIS: Los Angeles
	Wesley Snipes	The Player
2017
	Sterling K. Brown	This Is Us	^[14]
	Mike Colter	Marvel's Luke Cage
	Omari Hardwick	Power
	Terrence Howard	Empire
	Kofi Siriboe	Queen Sugar
2018
	Omari Hardwick	Power	^[15]

	Kofi Siriboe	Queen Sugar
	Mike Colter	The Defenders
	Sterling K. Brown	This Is Us
Terrence Howard	Empire
2019
	Omari Hardwick	Power	^[16]

	Jason Mitchell	The Chi
	Keith David	Greenleaf
	Kofi Siriboe	Queen Sugar
Sterling K. Brown	This Is Us

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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

Winners and nominees

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Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

Nominations

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Year	Actor	Series	Ref
2020
	Omari Hardwick	Power	^[17]
	Sterling K. Brown	This Is Us
	Billy Porter	Pose
	Kofi Siriboe	Queen Sugar
	Forest Whitaker	Godfather of Harlem
2021
	Regé-Jean Page	Bridgerton	^[18]
	Sterling K. Brown	This Is Us
	Jonathan Majors	Lovecraft Country
	Keith David	Greenleaf
	Nicco Annan	P-Valley
2022
	Sterling K. Brown	This Is Us	^[19]
	Damson Idris	Snowfall
	Billy Porter	Pose
	Kofi Siriboe	Queen Sugar
	Forest Whitaker	Godfather of Harlem
2023
	Nicco Annan	P-Valley	^[20]
	Jabari Banks	Bel-Air
	Kofi Siriboe	Queen Sugar
	Sterling K. Brown	This Is Us
	Damson Idris	Snowfall