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
	Ice-T	New York Undercover	^[1]
	Ossie Davis	The Client
	Bill Nunn	New York Undercover
	Richard Pryor	Chicago Hope
	Malcolm-Jamal Warner	Touched by an Angel
1997	—
1998
	Louis Gossett Jr.	Touched by an Angel	^[2]
	Michael Beach	ER
	Rocky Carroll	Chicago Hope
	James McDaniel	N.Y.P.D. Blue
	Clarence Williams III	Millennium
1999
	Ossie Davis	Promised Land	^[3]
	Charles S. Dutton	Oz
	Giancarlo Esposito	Homicide: Life on the Street
	Clark Johnson	Homicide: Life on the Street
	James McDaniel	N.Y.P.D. Blue

2000s

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
2000
	Clarence Gilyard Jr.	Walker, Texas Ranger	^[4]
	Dorian Harewood	The Hoop Life
	Richard T. Jones	Judging Amy
	Jesse L. Martin	Ally McBeal
	James McDaniel	N.Y.P.D. Blue
2001
	Ossie Davis	City of Angels	^[5]
	Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	Oz
	Hill Harper	City of Angels
	Dulé Hill	The West Wing
	Bokeem Woodbine	City of Angels
2002
	Ice-T	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	^[6]
	Babyface	Soul Food
	Charles S. Dutton	The Sopranos
	Dulé Hill	The West Wing
	Boris Kodjoe	Soul Food
2003
	Gary Dourdan	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	^[7]
	Charles S. Dutton	Without a Trace
	Boris Kodjoe	Soul Food
	Aaron Meeks	Soul Food
	Mekhi Phifer	ER
2004
	Mekhi Phifer	ER	^[8]
	Darrin Henson	Soul Food
	Dulé Hill	The West Wing
	Ice-T	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
	Boris Kodjoe	Soul Food
2005
	Mekhi Phifer	ER	^[9]
	Idris Elba	The Wire
	Omar Epps	House
	Darrin Henson	Soul Food
	Dulé Hill	The West Wing
2006
	Gary Dourdan	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	^[10]
	Dennis Haysbert	24
	Harry Lennix	Commander in Chief
	Mekhi Phifer	ER
	James Pickens Jr.	Grey's Anatomy
2007
	Omar Epps	House	^[11]
	Gary Dourdan	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
	James Pickens Jr.	Grey's Anatomy
	Wendell Pierce	The Wire
	Glynn Turman	The Wire
2008
	Omar Epps	House	^[12]
	Taye Diggs	Private Practice
	Mekhi Phifer	ER
	James Pickens Jr.	Grey's Anatomy
	Blair Underwood	Dirty Sexy Money
2009
	Taye Diggs	Private Practice	^[13]
	Laurence Fishburne	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
	James Pickens Jr.	Grey's Anatomy
	Blair Underwood	Dirty Sexy Money
	Michael K. Williams	The Wire

2010s

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
2010
	Delroy Lindo	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	^[14]
	Rocky Carroll	NCIS
	Mekhi Phifer	Lie to Me
	James Pickens Jr.	Grey's Anatomy
	Corey Reynolds	The Closer
2011
	Terrence Howard	Law & Order: Los Angeles	^[15]
	André Braugher	Men of a Certain Age
	Nelsan Ellis	True Blood
	Giancarlo Esposito	Breaking Bad
	James Pickens Jr.	Grey's Anatomy
2012
	James Pickens Jr.	Grey's Anatomy	^[16]
	Nelsan Ellis	True Blood
	Omar Epps	House
	Ice-T	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
	Corey Reynolds	The Closer
2013
	Omar Epps	House	^[17]
	Rocky Carroll	NCIS
	Rockmond Dunbar	Sons of Anarchy
	Dev Patel	The Newsroom
	Clarke Peters	Treme
2014
	Joe Morton	Scandal	^[18]
	Guillermo Díaz	Scandal
	Columbus Short	Scandal
	Michael K. Williams	Boardwalk Empire
	Jeffrey Wright	Boardwalk Empire
2015
	Joe Morton	Scandal	^[19]
	Guillermo Díaz	Scandal
	Alfred Enoch	How to Get Away with Murder
	Courtney B. Vance	Masters of Sex
	Jeffrey Wright	Boardwalk Empire
2016
	Joe Morton	Scandal	^[20]
	Guillermo Díaz	Scandal
	Alfred Enoch	How to Get Away with Murder
	Bryshere Y. Gray	Empire
	Jussie Smollett	Empire
2017
	Jussie Smollett	Empire	^[21]
	Trai Byers	Empire
	Alfred Enoch	How to Get Away with Murder
	Joe Morton	Scandal
	Jesse Williams	Grey's Anatomy
2018
	Joe Morton	Scandal
	Trai Byers	Empire
	Bryshere Gray
	Jussie Smollett
	Dondre Whitfield	Queen Sugar
2019
	Jesse Williams	Grey's Anatomy	^[22]
	Romany Malco	A Million Little Things
	Joe Morton	Scandal
	Wendell Pierce	Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
	Jussie Smollett	Empire

2020s

Year	Actress	Series	Ref
2020
	Harold Perrineau	Claws	^[23]
	Giancarlo Esposito	Godfather of Harlem
	Delroy Lindo	The Good Fight
	Wendell Pierce	Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
	Nigél Thatch	Godfather of Harlem
2021
	Cliff "Method Man" Smith	Power Book II: Ghost	^[24]
	Delroy Lindo	The Good Fight
	J. Alphonse Nicholson	P-Valley
	Michael K. Williams	Lovecraft Country
	Jeffrey Wright	Westworld
2022
	Cliff "Method Man" Smith	Power Book II: Ghost	^[25]
	Giancarlo Esposito	Godfather of Harlem
	Daniel Ezra	All American
	Alex Hibbert	The Chi
	Joe Morton	Our Kind of People

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

4 wins

Joe Morton

3 wins

Omar Epps

2 wins

Nominations

7 nominations

6 nominations

Mekhi Phifer

5 nominations

Omar Epps

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

References

^ Snow, Shauna (22 February 1996). "5 Films Head Nominations for NAACP Image Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ "1998 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. 1 April 1999. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ "2000 Image Awards". IMDb. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
^ "2001 Image Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
^ "2002 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2003 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2004 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2005 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2006 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2007 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2008 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2009 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2010 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2011 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2012 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). "2013 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Couch, Aaron (February 22, 2014). "2014 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015). "2015 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2016 Image Winners". Variety. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Hipes, Patrick (December 13, 2016). "Ruth Negga, Angela Bassett and Taraji P. Henson nominated". Deadline. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
^ Lewis, Hillary (February 13, 2019). "2019 NAACP Image Awards: Nominations Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
^ "NAACP Winners 2020: The Complete List". Variety. February 23, 2020.
^ "2021 NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List". Entertainment Tonight. March 29, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
^ "Jennifer Hudson, Will Smith, And Issa Rae Win Big At NAACP Image Awards 2022". Vibe.com. Feb 28, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2022.

[1] Snow, Shauna (22 February 1996). "5 Films Head Nominations for NAACP Image Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

[2] "1998 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[3] "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. 1 April 1999. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

[4] "2000 Image Awards". IMDb. Retrieved August 16, 2016.

[5] "2001 Image Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 16, 2016.

[6] "2002 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[7] "2003 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[8] "2004 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[9] "2005 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[10] "2006 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[11] "2007 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[12] "2008 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[13] "2009 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[14] "2010 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[15] "2011 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[16] "2012 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[17] Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). "2013 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[18] Couch, Aaron (February 22, 2014). "2014 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[19] Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015). "2015 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[20] "2016 Image Winners". Variety. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[21] Hipes, Patrick (December 13, 2016). "Ruth Negga, Angela Bassett and Taraji P. Henson nominated". Deadline. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

[22] Lewis, Hillary (February 13, 2019). "2019 NAACP Image Awards: Nominations Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

[23] "NAACP Winners 2020: The Complete List". Variety. February 23, 2020.

[24] "2021 NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List". Entertainment Tonight. March 29, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2021.

[25] "Jennifer Hudson, Will Smith, And Issa Rae Win Big At NAACP Image Awards 2022". Vibe.com. Feb 28, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2022.

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v t e NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
1990s	Ice-T (1995) No Award (1996) Louis Gossett Jr. (1997) Ossie Davis (1998) Clarence Gilyard (1999)
2000s	Ossie Davis (2000) Ice-T (2001) Gary Dourdan (2002) Mekhi Phifer (2003) Mekhi Phifer (2004) Gary Dourdan (2005) Omar Epps (2006) Omar Epps (2007) Taye Diggs (2008) Delroy Lindo (2009)
2010s	Terrence Howard (2010) James Pickens Jr. (2011) Omar Epps (2012) Joe Morton (2013) Joe Morton (2014) Joe Morton (2015) Jussie Smollett (2016) Joe Morton (2017) Jesse Williams (2018) Harold Perrineau (2019)
2020s	Cliff "Method Man" Smith (2020) Cliff "Method Man" Smith (2021) Cliff "Method Man" Smith (2022) Adrian Holmes (2023)