Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series. The category was retired during the 2008 ceremony, but later returned in 2013. In May 2017 the category was moved from the film awards as part of the Black Reel Awards for Television honors thus resulting in two separate winners in 2017.

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Black Reel Awards
First awarded	2000
Currently held by	John Boyega, Small Axe (2021)
Website	blackreelawards.com

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year	Actor	Film	Network	Ref
2000
	Mekhi Phifer	A Lesson Before Dying	HBO
	Obba Babatunde	Introducing Dorothy Dandridge	HBO
	Carl Gordon	Love Songs	Showtime
	Brent Jennings	Introducing Dorothy Dandridge	HBO
	James Earl Jones	Santa and Pete	CBS
2001
	Glenn Plummer	The Corner	HBO
	Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble	Showtime
	Vondie Curtis-Hall	Freedom Song	TNT
	Vicellous Reon Shannon
	Mykelti Williamson	Holiday Heart	Showtime
2002
	Terrence Howard	Boycott	HBO
	Reg E. Cathey	Boycott	HBO
	Erik Dellums
	Mekhi Phifer	Carmen: A Hip Hopera	MTV
	Vicellous Reon Shannon	Dancing in September	HBO
2003
	Charles S. Dutton	10,000 Black Men Named George	Showtime
	Peter Francis James	The Rosa Parks Story	CBS
	Russell Hornsby	Keep the Faith, Baby	Showtime
2004
	Jeffrey Wright	Angels in America	HBO
	Ossie Davis	Deacons for Defense	Showtime
	Paul Winfield	Sounder	ABC
2005
	Clayton LeBouef	Something the Lord Made	HBO
	Reg E. Cathey	Everyday People	HBO
	Stephen McKinley Henderson
2006
	Jeffrey Wright	Lackawanna Blues	HBO
	Oris Erhuero	Sometimes in April	HBO
	Terrence Howard	Lackawanna Blues	HBO
	Sean Nelson	Miracle's Boys	TeenNick
	Ruben Santiago-Hudson	Their Eyes Were Watching God	ABC
2007
	Michael Peña	Walkout	HBO
2008	—

2010s

Year	Actor	Film	Network	Ref
2010–12	—
2013
	Courtney B. Vance	Let It Shine	Disney Channel
	Danny Glover	Hannah's Law	Hallmark
	Louis Gossett Jr.	Smitty	UP
	Boris Kodjoe	A Killer Amongst Us	Lifetime
	Harry Lennix	A Beautiful Soul	TV One
2014
	Omari Hardwick	Being Mary Jane	BET
	Richard Brooks	Being Mary Jane	BET
	Danny Glover	Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight	HBO
	Wood Harris	The Watsons Go to Birmingham	Hallmark
	Ernie Hudson	Call Me Crazy: A Five Film	Lifetime
2015
	Blair Underwood	The Trip to Bountiful	Lifetime
	Richard T. Jones	Lyfe's Journey	UP
	Harry Lennix	The Fright Night Files	TV One
	Mekhi Phifer	A Day Late and a Dollar Short	Lifetime
	Bokeem Woodbine	The Fright Night Files	TV One
2016
	Bokeem Woodbine	Fargo	FX
	Charles S. Dutton	Bessie	HBO
	Cuba Gooding Jr.	The Book of Negroes	BET
	David Alan Grier	The Wiz Live!	NBC
	Michael K. Williams	Bessie	HBO
2017
	Sterling K. Brown	The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story	FX
	Andre Benjamin	American Crime	ABC
	Curtis Hamilton	Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le	Lifetime
	Tip "T.I." Harris	Roots	History Channel
	Michael K. Williams	The Night Of	HBO
2017
	Wood Harris	The New Edition Story	BET
	Caleb McLaughlin	The New Edition Story	BET
	Reg E. Cathey	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks	HBO
	Orlando Jones	Madiba	BET
	Idris Elba	Guerrilla	Showtime
2018
	Russell Hornsby	Seven Seconds	Netflix
	Corey Champagne	Seven Seconds	Netflix
	Brandon Victor Dixon	Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert	NBC
	Babs Olusanmokun	Black Mirror	Netflix
	Bokeem Woodbine	Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G	USA
2019
	Michael K. Williams	When They See Us	Netflix
	Asante Blackk	When They See Us	Netflix
	Caleel Harris	When They See Us	Netflix
	Marquis Rodriguez	When They See Us	Netflix
	Michael Ealy	Being Mary Jane: Becoming Pauletta	BET

2020s

Year	Actor	Film	Network	Ref
2020
	Yahya Abdul-Mateen II	Watchmen	HBO
	Jovan Adepo	Watchmen	HBO
	Bill Bellamy	Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker	Netflix
	Louis Gossett Jr.	Watchmen	HBO
	Tituss Burgess	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs the Reverend	Netflix
2021
	John Boyega	Small Axe	Amazon Prime Video
	Paapa Essiedu	I May Destroy You	HBO
	Courtney B. Vance	Genius	National Geographic
	Daveed Diggs	Hamilton	Disney+
	William Jackson Harper	The Underground Railroad	Amazon Prime Video

Superlatives

Superlative	Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series
Actor with most awards	Jeffrey Wright (2)
Actor with most nominations	Reg E. Cathey Mekhi Phifer Michael K. Williams Bokeem Woodbine (3)
Actor with most nominations without ever winning	Reg E. Cathey (3)

Performers with multiple awards

2 wins

• Jeffrey Wright

Programs with multiple nominations

4 nominations

• When They See Us

3 nominations

• Being Mary Jane
• Boycott
• Watchmen

2 nominations

• Bessie
• Everyday People
• Freedom Song
• Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
• Lackawanna Blues
• The New Edition Story
• Seven Seconds

Performers with multiple nominations

3 Nominations

• Reg E. Cathey
• Mekhi Phifer
• Michael K. Williams
• Bokeem Woodbine

2 Nominations

• Charles S. Dutton
• Danny Glover
• Louis Gossett Jr.
• Wood Harris
• Russell Hornsby
• Terrence Howard
• Harry Lennix
• Vicellous Reon Shannon
• Courtney B. Vance
• Jeffrey Wright

Total awards by network

• HBO - 8
• BET - 2
• FX - 2
• Netflix - 2
• Amazon Prime Video - 1
• Disney Channel - 1
• Lifetime - 1
• Showtime - 1