Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor explained

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor
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Awarded For:Outstanding Supporting Actor
Presenter:Black Reel Awards (BRAs)
Country:United States
Year:2000
Holder Label:Final winner
Holder:Brian Tyree Henry
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Most Awards:Don Cheadle, Jamie Foxx, Djimon Hounsou & Wesley Snipes (2)
Most Nominations:Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jamie Foxx & Jeffrey Wright (5)

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

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

YearActorFilmRef
2000
Michael Clarke DuncanThe Green Mile [2]
Jamie FoxxAny Given Sunday
Terrence HowardThe Best Man
Ice CubeThree Kings
Delroy LindoThe Cider House Rules
2001
Don CheadleTraffic[3]
Rob BrownFinding Forrester
Tommy DavidsonBamboozled
Chris RockNurse Betty
Marlon WayansRequiem of a Dream
2002
Jamie FoxxAli[4]
Anthony AndersonTwo Can Play That Game
Omar EppsBrother
Eddie MurphyShrek
Ving RhamesBaby Boy
2003
Dennis HaysbertFar from Heaven[5]
Cedric the EntertainerBarbershop
Morgan FreemanSum of All Fears
Denzel WashingtonAntwone Fisher
Forest WhitakerPanic Room
2004
Djimon HounsouIn America [6]
Mos DefThe Italian Job
Morgan FreemanBruce Almighty
Ving RhamesDark Blue
Forest WhitakerPhone Booth
2005
Jamie FoxxCollateral [7]
Cedric the Entertainer
Morgan FreemanMillion Dollar Baby
Clifton PowellRay
Jeffrey WrightThe Manchurian Candidate
2006
Terrence HowardCrash[8]
Anthony AndersonHustle & Flow
Chiwetel EjioforSerenity
LudacrisCrash
Jeffrey WrightSyriana
2007
Djimon HounsouBlood Diamond [9]
Chiwetel EjioforChildren of Men
Chiwetel EjioforKinky Boots
Laurence FishburneAkeelah and the Bee
Eddie MurphyDreamgirls
2008
Jeffrey WrightCadillac Records[10]
Mos DefCadillac Records
Terrence HowardIron Man
Brandon T. JacksonTropic Thunder
Eamonn WalkerCadillac Records

2010s

YearActorFilmRef
2010
Anthony MackieThe Hurt Locker[11]
Charles S. DuttonAmerican Violet
Chiwetel Ejiofor2012
Lenny KravitzPrecious
Derek LukeMadea Goes to Jail
2011
Wesley SnipesBrooklyn's Finest[12]
Sean CombsGet Him to the Greek
Laurence FishburnePredator
Brandon T. Jackson
Samuel L. JacksonMother and Child
2012
Don CheadleThe Guard[13]
Mike EppsJumping the Broom
Laurence FishburneContagion
Anthony MackieThe Adjustment Bureau
Isiah Whitlock Jr.Cedar Rapids
2013
Samuel L. JacksonDjango Unchained[14]
Mike EppsSparkle
Dwight HenryBeasts of the Southern Wild
David OyelowoMiddle of Nowhere
Nate ParkerArbitrage
2014
Barkhad AbdiCaptain Phillips [15]
David OyelowoThe Butler
Nate ParkerAin't Them Bodies Saints
Tequan RichmondBlue Caprice
Keith StanfieldShort Term 12
2015
Wendell PierceSelma[16]
Nelsan EllisGet On Up
David OyelowoA Most Violent Year
Tyler PerryGone Girl
Michael K. WilliamsThe Gambler
2016
Idris ElbaBeasts of No Nation[17]
Chiwetel EjioforThe Martian
Corey HawkinsStraight Outta Compton
Jason Mitchell
Forest WhitakerSouthpaw
2017
Mahershala AliMoonlight [18]
Jovan AdepoFences
Stephen Henderson
André HollandMoonlight
Ashton Sanders
2018
Jason MitchellMudbound[19] [20]
Idris ElbaMolly's Game
Jamie FoxxBaby Driver
Laurence FishburneLast Flag Flying
Lil Rel HoweryGet Out
Michael B. JordanBlack Panther[21] [22]
Daniel KaluuyaWidows
Mahershala AliGreen Book
Russell HornsbyThe Hate U Give
Brian Tyree HenryIf Beale Street Could Talk

2020s

YearActorFilmRef
2020
Wesley SnipesDolemite Is My Name[23]
Jonathan MajorsThe Last Black Man in San Francisco
Aldis HodgeClemency
Sterling K. BrownWaves
Jamie FoxxJust Mercy
2021
Daniel KaluuyaJudas and the Black Messiah[24]
Chadwick Boseman (posthumous)Da 5 Bloods
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Aldis HodgeOne Night in Miami...
Leslie Odom Jr.One Night in Miami...
2022
Colman DomingoZola [25]
Idris ElbaThe Harder They Fall
Andre HollandPassing
The Harder They Fall
Jeffrey WrightThe French Dispatch
2022
Brian Tyree HenryCauseway [26]
Micheal WardEmpire of Light
Breaking
Bokeem WoodbineThe Inspection
Jeffrey WrightThe Batman

Multiple nominations and wins

Multiple wins

2 Wins

Multiple nominations

5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

Multiple nominations from the same film

Age superlatives

RecordActorFilmAge (in years)
Oldest winnerSamuel L. JacksonDjango Unchained63
Oldest nomineeMorgan FreemanMillion Dollar Baby67
Youngest winnerBarkhad AbdiCaptain Phillips28
Youngest nomineeRob BrownFinding Forrester16

Notes and References

  1. News: ‘The Color Purple’ at the Top in 2024 Black Reel Awards . Brenda C. . Siler . . January 23, 2024 . March 12, 2024 .
  2. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2000 2000 Black Reel Awards
  3. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2001 2001 Black Reel Awards
  4. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2002 2002 Black Reel Awards
  5. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2003 2003 Black Reel Awards
  6. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2004 2004 Black Reel Awards
  7. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2005 2005 Black Reel Awards
  8. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2006 2006 Black Reel Awards
  9. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2007 2007 Black Reel Awards
  10. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2008 2008 Black Reel Awards
  11. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2010 2010 Black Reel Awards
  12. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2011 2011 Black Reel Awards
  13. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2012 2012 Black Reel Awards
  14. Web site: Critics Wild About Beasts. Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. August 1, 2016.
  15. Web site: 2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees. Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. August 1, 2016.
  16. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2015 2015 Black Reel Awards
  17. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2016 2016 Black Reel Awards
  18. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2017 2017 Black Reel Awards
  19. http://blackreelawards.com/get-out-dominate-the-black-reel-awards/ Get Out Dominates the Black Reel Awards
  20. http://blackreelawards.com/get-out-sinks-the-competition-at-the-black-reel-awards/ Get Out “Sinks” the Competition at The Black Reel Awards
  21. http://blackreelawards.com/black-panther-roars/
  22. http://blackreelawards.com/black-panther-reigns-supreme/
  23. Web site: Black Reel Awards (2020). IMDb.
  24. Web site: A Special "Night in Miami!" – the Black Reel Awards . February 22, 2021 . February 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210222074540/http://blackreelawards.com/a-special-night-in-miami/ . dead .
  25. Web site: 'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards . Black Girl Nerds . December 16, 2021 . BGN Staff . 2 January 2022.
  26. Web site: Black Reel Awards Reveals Winners of Film and Television Categories; 'American Fiction' and 'The Color Purple' Take Home Top Honors . Valerie . Complex . . January 16, 2024 . January 17, 2024.