Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor
The 2023 recipient: Brian Tyree Henry
Awarded forOutstanding Supporting Actor
CountryUnited States
Presented byBlack Reel Awards (BRAs)
First awarded2000
Last awarded2023
Final winnerBrian Tyree Henry
Causeway
Most awardsDon Cheadle, Jamie Foxx, Djimon Hounsou & Wesley Snipes (2)
Most nominationsChiwetel Ejiofor, Jamie Foxx & Jeffrey Wright (5)
Websiteblackreelawards.com

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. Oscar-nominated or winning performances also honored with nominations or wins at the Black Reel Awards include Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby), Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile), Jamie Foxx (Collateral), Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond, In America) and Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls).

The award was discontinued at the 24th Black Reel Awards and merged with Outstanding Supporting Actress in favor of a single gender-neutral award, Outstanding Supporting Performance.[1]

Winners and nominees

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Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

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Year Actor Film Ref
2000
Michael Clarke Duncan The Green Mile [2]
Jamie Foxx Any Given Sunday
Terrence Howard The Best Man
Ice Cube Three Kings
Delroy Lindo The Cider House Rules
2001
Don Cheadle Traffic [3]
Rob Brown Finding Forrester
Tommy Davidson Bamboozled
Chris Rock Nurse Betty
Marlon Wayans Requiem of a Dream
2002
Jamie Foxx Ali [4]
Anthony Anderson Two Can Play That Game
Omar Epps Brother
Eddie Murphy Shrek
Ving Rhames Baby Boy
2003
Dennis Haysbert Far from Heaven [5]
Cedric the Entertainer Barbershop
Morgan Freeman Sum of All Fears
Denzel Washington Antwone Fisher
Forest Whitaker Panic Room
2004
Djimon Hounsou In America [6]
Mos Def The Italian Job
Morgan Freeman Bruce Almighty
Ving Rhames Dark Blue
Forest Whitaker Phone Booth
2005
Jamie Foxx Collateral [7]
Cedric the Entertainer Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Morgan Freeman Million Dollar Baby
Clifton Powell Ray
Jeffrey Wright The Manchurian Candidate
2006
Terrence Howard Crash [8]
Anthony Anderson Hustle & Flow
Chiwetel Ejiofor Serenity
Ludacris Crash
Jeffrey Wright Syriana
2007
Djimon Hounsou Blood Diamond [9]
Chiwetel Ejiofor Children of Men
Chiwetel Ejiofor Kinky Boots
Laurence Fishburne Akeelah and the Bee
Eddie Murphy Dreamgirls
2008
Jeffrey Wright Cadillac Records [10]
Mos Def Cadillac Records
Terrence Howard Iron Man
Brandon T. Jackson Tropic Thunder
Eamonn Walker Cadillac Records

2010s

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Year Actor Film Ref
2010
Anthony Mackie The Hurt Locker [11]
Charles S. Dutton American Violet
Chiwetel Ejiofor 2012
Lenny Kravitz Precious
Derek Luke Madea Goes to Jail
2011
Wesley Snipes Brooklyn's Finest [12]
Sean Combs Get Him to the Greek
Laurence Fishburne Predator
Brandon T. Jackson Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Samuel L. Jackson Mother and Child
2012
Don Cheadle The Guard [13]
Mike Epps Jumping the Broom
Laurence Fishburne Contagion
Anthony Mackie The Adjustment Bureau
Isiah Whitlock Jr. Cedar Rapids
2013
Samuel L. Jackson Django Unchained [14]
Mike Epps Sparkle
Dwight Henry Beasts of the Southern Wild
David Oyelowo Middle of Nowhere
Nate Parker Arbitrage
2014
Barkhad Abdi Captain Phillips [15]
David Oyelowo The Butler
Nate Parker Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Tequan Richmond Blue Caprice
Keith Stanfield Short Term 12
2015
Wendell Pierce Selma [16]
Nelsan Ellis Get On Up
David Oyelowo A Most Violent Year
Tyler Perry Gone Girl
Michael K. Williams The Gambler
2016
Idris Elba Beasts of No Nation [17]
Chiwetel Ejiofor The Martian
Corey Hawkins Straight Outta Compton
Jason Mitchell
Forest Whitaker Southpaw
2017
Mahershala Ali Moonlight [18]
Jovan Adepo Fences
Stephen Henderson
André Holland Moonlight
Ashton Sanders
2018
Jason Mitchell Mudbound [19][20]
Idris Elba Molly's Game
Jamie Foxx Baby Driver
Laurence Fishburne Last Flag Flying
Lil Rel Howery Get Out
2019
Michael B. Jordan Black Panther [21][22]
Daniel Kaluuya Widows
Mahershala Ali Green Book
Russell Hornsby The Hate U Give
Brian Tyree Henry If Beale Street Could Talk

2020s

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Year Actor Film Ref
2020
Wesley Snipes Dolemite Is My Name [23]
Jonathan Majors The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Aldis Hodge Clemency
Sterling K. Brown Waves
Jamie Foxx Just Mercy
2021
Daniel Kaluuya Judas and the Black Messiah [24]
Chadwick Boseman (posthumous) Da 5 Bloods
Colman Domingo Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Aldis Hodge One Night in Miami...
Leslie Odom Jr. One Night in Miami...
2022
Colman Domingo Zola [25]
Idris Elba The Harder They Fall
Andre Holland Passing
LaKeith Stanfield The Harder They Fall
Jeffrey Wright The French Dispatch
2022
Brian Tyree Henry Causeway [26]
Micheal Ward Empire of Light
Michael K. Williams (posthumous) Breaking
Bokeem Woodbine The Inspection
Jeffrey Wright The Batman

Multiple nominations and wins

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Multiple wins

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2 Wins

Multiple nominations

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Multiple nominations from the same film

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Age superlatives

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Record Actor Film Age (in years)
Oldest winner Samuel L. Jackson Django Unchained 63
Oldest nominee Morgan Freeman Million Dollar Baby 67
Youngest winner Barkhad Abdi Captain Phillips 28
Youngest nominee Rob Brown Finding Forrester 16

References

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  2. ^ 2000 Black Reel Awards
  3. ^ 2001 Black Reel Awards
  4. ^ 2002 Black Reel Awards
  5. ^ 2003 Black Reel Awards
  6. ^ 2004 Black Reel Awards
  7. ^ 2005 Black Reel Awards
  8. ^ 2006 Black Reel Awards
  9. ^ 2007 Black Reel Awards
  10. ^ 2008 Black Reel Awards
  11. ^ 2010 Black Reel Awards
  12. ^ 2011 Black Reel Awards
  13. ^ 2012 Black Reel Awards
  14. ^ "Critics Wild About Beasts". Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  15. ^ "2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  16. ^ 2015 Black Reel Awards
  17. ^ 2016 Black Reel Awards
  18. ^ 2017 Black Reel Awards
  19. ^ Get Out Dominates the Black Reel Awards Archived December 19, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Black Reel Awards. 13 December 2017.
  20. ^ Get Out “Sinks” the Competition at The Black Reel Awards Archived February 28, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Black Reel Awards. 23 February 2018.
  21. ^ [1] Archived April 26, 2019, at the Wayback Machine Black Reel Awards. 13 December 2017.
  22. ^ [2] Archived October 23, 2019, at the Wayback Machine Black Reel Awards. 9 February 2019.
  23. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2020)". IMDb.
  24. ^ "A Special "Night in Miami!" – the Black Reel Awards". Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  25. ^ "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. December 16, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  26. ^ Complex, Valerie (January 16, 2024). "Black Reel Awards Reveals Winners of Film and Television Categories; 'American Fiction' and 'The Color Purple' Take Home Top Honors". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 17, 2024.