Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor, Drama Series explained

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor, Drama Series
Awarded For:	Outstanding Actor, Drama Series
Presenter:	Black Reel Awards for Television
Country:	United States
Year:	2017
Holder:	Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us (2022)

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Television for Outstanding Actor, Drama Series. This category was first introduced in 2017 and won by Sterling K. Brown for This Is Us. Brown currently holds the record for most wins in this category with 4 and is the most nominated person in this category with 5 nominations.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2010s

Year	Actor	Series	Network	Ref
2017
	Sterling K. Brown	This Is Us	NBC	^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
	Mike Colter	Luke Cage	Netflix
	Aldis Hodge	Underground	WGN America
	Terrence Howard	Empire	FOX
	Kofi Siriboe	Queen Sugar	OWN
2018
	Sterling K. Brown	This Is Us	NBC	^[4] ^[5]
	Omari Hardwick	Power	Starz
	Kofi Siriboe	Queen Sugar	OWN
	Cress Williams	Black Lightning	The CW
	Jeffrey Wright	Westworld	HBO
2019
	Billy Porter	Pose	FX	^[6] ^[7]
	Sterling K. Brown	This Is Us	NBC
	Brandon Micheal Hall	God Friended Me	CBS
	Damson Idris	Snowfall	FX
	Kofi Siriboe	Queen Sugar	OWN

2020s

Year	Actor	Series	Network	Ref
2020
	Sterling K. Brown	This Is Us	NBC	^[8] ^[9] ^[10]
	Nicholas Pinnock	For Life	ABC
	Billy Porter	Pose	FX
	Kofi Siriboe	Queen Sugar	OWN
	Forest Whitaker	Godfather of Harlem	Epix
2021
	Jonathan Majors	Lovecraft Country	HBO	^[11] ^[12]
	Billy Porter	Pose	FX
	Damson Idris	Snowfall	FX
	Regé-Jean Page	Bridgerton	Netflix
	Anthony Mackie	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier	Disney+
2022
	Sterling K. Brown	This Is Us	NBC	^[13] ^[14] ^[15]
	Chiwetel Ejiofor	The Man Who Fell to Earth	Showtime
	Damson Idris	Snowfall	FX
	Omar Sy	Lupin	Netflix
	Forest Whitaker	Godfather of Harlem	EPIX

Superlatives

Superlative	Outstanding Actor, Drama Series
Actor with most awards	Sterling K. Brown (3)
Actor with most nominations	Sterling K. Brown Kofi Siriboe (4)
Actor with most nominations without ever winning	Kofi Siriboe (4)

Programs with multiple awards

4 awards

• This Is Us

Performers with multiple awards

4 awards

• Sterling K. Brown (2 consecutive)

Programs with multiple nominations

5 nominations

• This Is Us

4 nominations

• Queen Sugar

3 nominations

• Pose
• Snowfall

2 nominations

• Godfather of Harlem
• Lupin

Performers with multiple nominations

5 nominations

• Sterling K. Brown

4 nominations

• Kofi Siriboe

3 nominations

• Damson Idris
• Billy Porter

2 nominations

• Omar Sy
• Forest Whitaker

Total awards by network

• NBC - 4
• FX - 1
• HBO - 1

Notes and References

1. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0004817/2017/1/?ref_=ev_eh 2017 Black Reel Awards for Television
2. http://blackreelawards.com/blackish-paces-the-black-reel-awards-for-telvision/ BLACK*ISH PACES THE BLACK REEL AWARDS FOR TELEVISION FIELD
3. https://www.blackfilm.com/read/2017/08/1st-annual-black-reel-awards-television-winners/ NEW EDITION STORY AND THIS IS US DOMINATE THE BLACK REEL AWARDS FOR TELEVISION
4. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0004817/2018/1/?ref_=ev_eh 2018 Black Reel Awards for Television
5. http://blackreelawards.com/historic-night-for-queen-sugar/ VOTERS ARE “SWEET” ON QUEEN SUGAR
6. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0004817/2019/1/?ref_=ev_eh 2019 Black Reel Awards for Television
7. https://www.indiewire.com/2019/09/billy-porter-wins-emmy-outstanding-actor-drama-series-pose-1202175093/ Billy Porter Makes History as First Openly Gay Black Man to Win Emmy for Outstanding Actor in Drama Series
8. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0004817/2019/1/?ref_=ev_eh 2020 Black Reel Awards for Television
9. https://awardswatch.com/watchmen-insecure-top-black-reel-awards-for-television-winners/ ‘Watchmen,’ ‘Insecure’ top Black Reel Awards for Television winners
10. http://blackreelawards.com/watchmen-insecure-pace-the-black-reel-awards-for-tv-nominations/ WATCHMEN & INSECURE PACE THE BLACK REEL AWARDS FOR TV NOMINATIONS
11. Web site: Black Reel Awards for Television (2021). IMDb.
12. Web site: Gordon . Tim . PLENTY OF "LOVE" IN THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY! . blackreelawards.com . 17 June 2021 . 5 July 2021 . 28 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210628001413/http://blackreelawards.com/plenty-of-love-in-the-heart-of-the-country/ . dead .
13. Web site: 6th Annual Black Reel TV Awards . 4 September 2022.
14. News: Complex . Valerie . 6th Annual Black Reel Television Awards Nominations Announced . 4 September 2022 . Deadline . June 16, 2022.
15. News: Tinoco . Armando . Black Reel TV Awards: Quinta Brunson & 'Abbott Elementary' Lead Winners List . 4 September 2022 . Deadline . August 14, 2022.