NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Acting award
NAACP Image Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture | |
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The 2024 recipient Colman Domingo | |
Awarded for | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture |
Location | Los Angeles, California |
Presented by | NAACP |
First awarded | Raymond St. Jacques for "Change of Mind" (1969) |
Currently held by | Colman Domingo for Rustin (2023) |
This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture.
Winners and nominees
For each year in the tables below, the winner is listed first and highlighted in bold.
1960s
Year | Actor | Film | Ref |
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1969 | Raymond St. Jacques | Change of Mind | [citation needed] |
1970s
Year | Actor | Film | Ref | |
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1970 | Jim Brown | El Condor | [citation needed] | |
1971 | Donald Sutherland | Klute | [1] | |
Bill Cosby | Man and Boy | |||
Louis Gossett Jr. | Skin Game | |||
Moses Gunn | Shaft | |||
Tom Laughlin | Billy Jack | |||
Sidney Poitier | The Organization | |||
Richard Roundtree | Shaft | |||
Woody Strode | Black Jesus | |||
1972 | Billy Dee Williams | Lady Sings the Blues | [citation needed] | |
1973 | No award was given | — | ||
1974 | Bernie Casey | Maurie | [2] | |
Carl Anderson | Jesus Christ Superstar | |||
Lawrence Cook | The Spook Who Sat by the Door | |||
Sidney Poitier | A Warm December | |||
Bo Svenson | Maurie | |||
1975 | James Earl Jones | Claudine | [3] | |
Bill Cosby | Uptown Saturday Night | |||
Leonard Jackson | Five on the Black Hand Side | |||
Roger Robinson | Newman's Law | |||
Jon Voight | Conrack | |||
1976 | Bill Cosby | Let's Do It Again | [citation needed] | |
1977 | Billy Dee Williams | The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | [citation needed] | |
1978 | Paul Winfield | A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich | [citation needed] | |
1979 | Michael Jackson | The Wiz | [4] |
1980s
Year | Actor | Film | Ref |
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1980 | LeVar Burton | The Hunter | [citation needed] |
1981 | Richard Pryor | Bustin' Loose | [citation needed] |
1982 | Louis Gossett Jr. | An Officer and a Gentleman | [citation needed] |
1983 | Eddie Murphy | Trading Places | [citation needed] |
1984 | Prince | Purple Rain | [citation needed] |
1985 | Adolph Caesar | A Soldier's Story | [citation needed] |
1986 | Gregory Hines | Running Scared | [citation needed] |
1987 | Danny Glover | Lethal Weapon | [5] |
Robert Guillaume | Wanted: Dead or Alive | ||
Dexter Gordon | 'Round Midnight | ||
Robert Townsend | Hollywood Shuffle | ||
Eddie Murphy | Beverly Hills Cop II | ||
1988 | Denzel Washington | Cry Freedom | [6][7] |
Gregory Hines | Off Limits | ||
Eddie Murphy | Coming to America | ||
Sidney Poitier | Shoot to Kill | ||
Carl Weathers | Action Jackson | ||
1989 | Morgan Freeman | Lean on Me | [8][9] |
Spike Lee | Do the Right Thing | ||
Denzel Washington | The Mighty Quinn | ||
Gregory Hines | Tap | ||
Danny Glover | Lethal Weapon 2 |
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Year | Actor | Film | Ref |
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2020 | Michael B. Jordan | Just Mercy | [22] |
Chadwick Boseman | 21 Bridges | ||
Winston Duke | Us | ||
Daniel Kaluuya | Queen & Slim | ||
Eddie Murphy | Dolemite Is My Name | ||
2021 | Chadwick Boseman | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | [23] |
Anthony Mackie | The Banker | ||
Delroy Lindo | Da 5 Bloods | ||
Forest Whitaker | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | ||
Will Smith | Bad Boys for Life | ||
2022 | Will Smith | King Richard | [24] |
Denzel Washington | The Tragedy of Macbeth | ||
Jonathan Majors | The Harder They Fall | ||
Lakeith Stanfield | Judas and the Black Messiah | ||
Mahershala Ali | Swan Song | ||
2023 | Will Smith | Emancipation | [25] |
Joshua Boone | A Jazzman's Blues | ||
Sterling K. Brown | Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. | ||
Daniel Kaluuya | Nope | ||
Jonathan Majors | Devotion | ||
2024 | Colman Domingo | Rustin | [26] |
John Boyega | They Cloned Tyrone | ||
Jamie Foxx | The Burial | ||
Denzel Washington | The Equalizer 3 | ||
Jeffrey Wright | American Fiction |
Multiple wins and nominations
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Nominations
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References
- ^ "1971 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ "1974 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
- ^ "1975 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ "Michael Jackson, 'Wiz', Sweep Image Awards". Jet: 60. 21 February 1980.
- ^ "NAACP Announces Nominees for Show Business Honors". The Associated Press. October 30, 1987. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ Snow, Shaun. "1988 Image Award Nominees". LA Times. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ^ "Nominees for 21st Image Awards Announced - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. 11 November 1988.
- ^ Snow, Shauna (11 November 1988). "Nominees for 21st Image Awards Announced". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ "NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced". Associated Press.
- ^ "1992 Image Award Winners". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ^ "1994 Image Award Winners". LA Times. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ^ Snow, Shauna (22 February 1996). "5 Films Head Nominations for NAACP Image Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ "1997 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. 1 April 1999. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ "2004 Image Award Winners". IMDb. 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. 6 February 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (December 13, 2016). "Ruth Negga, Angela Bassett and Taraji P. Henson nominated". Deadline. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees & Winners". NAACP Image Awards. January 15, 2018. Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
- ^ Schafstall, Katherine; Howard, Annie (February 22, 2020). "NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; 'Just Mercy,' 'Black-ish' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ Bosselman, Haley (March 28, 2021). "NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List". Variety. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ "NAACP Image Awards". NAACP Image Awards. February 26, 2022.
- ^ "Nominees". NAACP Image Awards. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
- ^ "Nominees". NAACP Image Awards. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
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