Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series explained

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series
Awarded For:	Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series
Presenter:	Black Reel Awards for Television
Country:	United States
Year:	2017
Holder:	Anthony Anderson, Black-ish (2021)

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Television for Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series. This category was first introduced in 2017 and won by Donald Glover for Atlanta. Glover and Don Cheadle are currently tied with the most wins with 2. Anthony Anderson is currently the most nominated actor with 5 nominations.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2010s

Year	Actor	Series	Network	Ref
2017
	Donald Glover	Atlanta	FX	^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
	Dwayne Johnson	Ballers	HBO
	Anthony Anderson	Black-ish	ABC
	Brandon P. Bell	Dear White People	Netflix
	Kevin Hart	Real Husbands of Hollywood	BET
2018
	Donald Glover	Atlanta	FX	^[4] ^[5]
	Anthony Anderson	Black-ish	ABC
	Tracy Morgan	The Last O.G.	TBS
	Dwayne Johnson	Ballers	HBO
	Jerrod Carmichael	The Carmichael Show	NBC
2019
	Don Cheadle	Black Monday	Showtime	^[6]
	Anthony Anderson	Black-ish	ABC
	Tracy Morgan	The Last O.G.	TBS
	Idris Elba	Turn Up Charlie	Netflix
	Keegan-Michael Key	Friends from College	Netflix

2020s

Year	Actor	Series	Network	Ref
2020
	Don Cheadle	Black Monday	Showtime	^[7] ^[8] ^[9]
	Anthony Anderson	Black-ish	ABC
	Dwayne Johnson	Ballers	HBO
	Tracy Morgan	The Last O.G.	TBS
	DeRon Horton	Dear White People	Netflix
2021
	Anthony Anderson	Black-ish	ABC	^[10] ^[11]
	Michael Che	That Damn Michael Che	HBO Max
	Lamorne Morris	Woke	HULU
	Trevor Jackson	grown-ish	Freeform
	Asante Blackk	Social Distance	Netflix

Superlatives

Superlative	Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series
Actor with most awards	Don Cheadle Donald Glover (2)
Actor with most nominations	Anthony Anderson (5)
Actor with most nominations without ever winning	Dwayne Johnson Tracy Morgan (3)

Programs with multiple awards

2 awards

• Atlanta
• Black Monday

Performers with multiple awards

2 awards

• Don Cheadle (2 consecutive)
• Donald Glover (2 consecutive)

Programs with multiple nominations

5 nominations

• Black-ish

3 nominations

• Ballers
• The Last O.G.

2 nominations

• Atlanta
• Black Monday
• Dear White People

Performers with multiple nominations

5 nominations

• Anthony Anderson

3 nominations

• Dwayne Johnson
• Tracy Morgan

2 nominations

• Don Cheadle
• Donald Glover

Total awards by network

• FX – 2
• Showtime – 2
• ABC – 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.imdb.com/event/ev0004817/2019/1/?ref_=ev_eh 2020 Black Reel Awards for Television
8. https://awardswatch.com/watchmen-insecure-top-black-reel-awards-for-television-winners/ ‘Watchmen,’ ‘Insecure’ top Black Reel Awards for Television winners
9. http://blackreelawards.com/watchmen-insecure-pace-the-black-reel-awards-for-tv-nominations/ WATCHMEN & INSECURE PACE THE BLACK REEL AWARDS FOR TV NOMINATIONS
10. Web site: Black Reel Awards for Television (2021). IMDb.
11. 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 .