NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series explained

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Currently Cedric the Entertainer holds the record for most wins in this category with five.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1990s

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
1996
	Alfonso Ribeiro	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	^[1]
	John Amos	In the House
	Thomas Mikal Ford	Martin
	Daryl Mitchell	The John Larroquette Show
	Carl Anthony Payne II	Martin
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1998
	Alfonso Ribeiro	In the House	^[2]
	Michael Boatman	Spin City
	Doug E. Doug	Cosby
	James Earl Jones	Frasier
	Tim Reid	Sister, Sister
1999
	Cedric the Entertainer	The Steve Harvey Show	^[3]
	Michael Boatman	Spin City
	Doug E. Doug	Cosby
	David Alan Grier	Damon
	Alfonso Ribeiro	In the House

2000s

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
2000
	Cedric the Entertainer	The Steve Harvey Show	^[4]
	Michael Boatman	Spin City
	Doug E. Doug	Cosby
	Robert Guillaume	Sports Night
	Tim Reid	Sister, Sister
2001
	Cedric the Entertainer	The Steve Harvey Show	^[5]
	Michael Boatman	Spin City
	John Henton	The Hughleys
	Merlin Santana	The Steve Harvey Show
	William Lee Scott
2002
	Cedric the Entertainer	The Steve Harvey Show	^[6]
	Taye Diggs	Ally McBeal
	John Henton	The Hughleys
	Merlin Santana	The Steve Harvey Show
	Dorien Wilson	The Parkers
2003
	Cedric the Entertainer	The Proud Family	^[7]
	Michael Boatman	Arliss
	David Alan Grier	Life with Bonnie
	Ving Rhames	The Proud Family
	Jeremy Suarez	The Bernie Mac Show
2004
	Dorien Wilson	The Parkers	^[8]
	Chico Benymon	Half & Half
	George O. Gore II	My Wife and Kids
	Jeremy Suarez	The Bernie Mac Show
	Blair Underwood	Sex and the City
2005
	Reggie Hayes	Girlfriends	^[9]
	Chico Benymon	Half & Half
	Donald Faison	Scrubs
	Blair Underwood	Sex and the City
	Dorien Wilson	The Parkers
2006
	Reggie Hayes	Girlfriends	^[10]
	Chico Benymon	Half & Half
	Mehcad Brooks	Desperate Housewives
	Terry Crews	Everybody Hates Chris
	Kenan Thompson	Saturday Night Live
2007
	Reggie Hayes	Girlfriends	^[11]
	Terry Crews	Everybody Hates Chris
	Antonio Fargas
	Romany Malco	Weeds
	Victor Williams	King of Queens
2008
	Lance Gross	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	^[12]
	Terry Crews	Everybody Hates Chris
	Romany Malco	Weeds
	Tracy Morgan	30 Rock
	Blair Underwood	The New Adventures of Old Christine
2009
	Lance Gross	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	^[13]
	Dulé Hill	Psych
	Tracy Morgan	30 Rock
	Doc Shaw	Tyler Perry's House of Payne
	Blair Underwood	The New Adventures of Old Christine

2010s

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
2010
	Lance Gross	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	^[14]
	Tracy Morgan	30 Rock
	Lamman Rucker	Meet the Browns
	Larenz Tate	Rescue Me
	Malcolm-Jamal Warner	Sherri
2011
	Ice Cube	Are We There Yet?	^[15]
	Lance Gross	Tyler Perry's House of Payne
	Tracy Morgan	30 Rock
	Craig Robinson	The Office
	Lamman Rucker	Meet the Browns
2012
	Nick Cannon	Up All Night	^[16]
	Tracy Morgan	30 Rock
	Craig Robinson	The Office
	J. B. Smoove	Curb Your Enthusiasm
	Damon Wayans Jr.	Happy Endings
2013
	Lance Gross	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	^[17]
	Aziz Ansari	Parks & Recreation
	Donald Glover	Community
	Tracy Morgan	30 Rock
	Craig Robinson	The Office
2014
	Morris Chestnut	Nurse Jackie	^[18]
	Nick Cannon	Real Husbands of Hollywood
	Boris Kodjoe
	Tracy Morgan	30 Rock
	J. B. Smoove	Real Husbands of Hollywood
2015
	Laurence Fishburne	Black-ish	^[19]
	Terry Crews	Brooklyn Nine-Nine
	Boris Kodjoe	Real Husbands of Hollywood
	Marcus Scribner	Black-ish
	Glynn Turman	House of Lies
2016
	Mike Epps	Survivor's Remorse	^[20]
	Miles Brown	Black-ish
	Terry Crews	Brooklyn Nine-Nine
	Laurence Fishburne	Black-ish
	David Alan Grier	The Carmichael Show
2017
	Laurence Fishburne	Black-ish	^[21]
	Miles Brown	Black-ish
	Tituss Burgess	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
	Deon Cole	Black-ish
	David Alan Grier	The Carmichael Show
2018
	Jay Ellis	Insecure	^[22]
	Tituss Burgess	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
	Ernie Hudson	Grace and Frankie
	Omar Miller	Ballers
	John David Washington
2019
	Marcus Scribner	Black-ish	^[23]
	Tituss Burgess	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
		Insecure
		Black-ish
	John David Washington	Ballers

2020s

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
2020
	Deon Cole	Black-ish	^[24]
	Andre Braugher	Brooklyn Nine-Nine
		Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
		Brooklyn Nine-Nine
	Laurence Fishburne	Black-ish
2021
	Deon Cole	Black-ish	^[25]
	Andre Braugher	Brooklyn Nine-Nine
		Insecure
	Laurence Fishburne	Black-ish
		Saturday Night Live
2022
	Deon Cole	Black-ish	^[26]
	Andre Braugher	Brooklyn Nine-Nine
	Laurence Fishburne	Black-ish
	Kendrick Sampson	Insecure
	Kenan Thompson	Saturday Night Live
2023
	Tyler James Williams	Abbott Elementary	^[27]
	Brian Tyree Henry	Atlanta
	Deon Cole	Black-ish
	Kenan Thompson	Saturday Night Live
	William Stanford Davis	Abbott Elementary

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

5 wins

• Cedric the Entertainer

4 wins

• Lance Gross

3 wins

• Reggie Hayes
• Deon Cole

2 wins

• Laurence Fishburne
• Alfonso Ribeiro

Nominations

7 nominations

• Laurence Fishburne
• Tracy Morgan

6 nominations

• Terry Crews

5 nominations

• Michael Boatman
• Cedric the Entertainer
• Deon Cole
• Lance Gross

4 nominations

• Tituss Burgess
• David Alan Grier
• Kenan Thompson
• Blair Underwood

3 nominations

• Chico Benymon
• Andre Braugher
• Doug E. Doug
• Jay Ellis
• Reggie Hayes
• Alfonso Ribeiro
• Craig Robinson
• Dorien Wilson

2 nominations

• Miles Brown
• Nick Cannon
• John Henton
• Boris Kodjoe
• Romany Malco
• Tim Reid
• Lamman Rucker
• Merlin Santana
• J. B. Smoove
• Marcus Scribner
• Jeremy Suarez
• John David Washington

Notes and References

1. Web site: Snow. Shauna. 5 Films Head Nominations for NAACP Image Awards. Los Angeles Times. 21 January 2017. 22 February 1996.
2. Web site: 1998 Image Award Winners. Awards and Winners. August 2, 2016.
3. News: The Crisis. 21 January 2017. The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.. 1 April 1999. en.
4. Web site: 2000 Image Award Winners. Awards and Winners. August 2, 2016.
5. Web site: 2001 Image Award Winners. Awards and Winners. August 2, 2016.
6. Web site: 2002 Image Award Winners. Awards and Winners. August 2, 2016.
7. Web site: 2003 Image Award Winners. Awards and Winners. August 2, 2016.
8. Web site: 2004 Image Award Winners. IMDb. August 2, 2016.
9. Web site: 2005 Image Award Winners. Awards and Winners. August 2, 2016.
10. Web site: 2006 Image Award Winners. Awards and Winners. August 2, 2016.
11. Web site: 2007 Image Award Winners. Awards and Winners. August 2, 2016.
12. Web site: 2008 Image Award Winners. Awards and Winners. August 2, 2016.
13. Web site: 2009 Image Award Winners. Awards and Winners. August 2, 2016.
14. Web site: 2010 Image Award Winners. Awards and Winners. August 2, 2016.
15. Web site: 2011 Image Award Winners. Awards and Winners. August 2, 2016.
16. Web site: 2012 Image Award Winners. Awards and Winners. August 2, 2016.
17. Web site: 2013 Image Winners. Couch. Aaron . February 1, 2013. The Hollywood Reporter. August 2, 2016.
18. Web site: 2014 Image Winners. Couch. Aaron. February 22, 2014. The Hollywood Reporter. August 2, 2016.
19. Web site: 2015 Image Winners. Washington. Arlene . February 6, 2015. The Hollywood Reporter. August 2, 2016.
20. Web site: 2016 Image Winners. Variety. August 2, 2016.
21. Web site: Ruth Negga, Angela Bassett and Taraji P. Henson nominated. Hipes. Patrick. December 13, 2016. Deadline. January 2, 2017.
22. 2018 NAACP Image Award Winners: Complete List . . January 14, 2018 . April 15, 2018.
23. 2019 NAACP Image Award Winners: Complete List . . March 30, 2019 . April 15, 2019.
24. Web site: NAACP Winners 2020: The Complete List . . February 23, 2020.
25. Web site: Bosselman . Haley . NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List . . March 28, 2021.
26. Web site: NAACP Image Awards. NAACP Image Awards. February 26, 2022.
27. Web site: France . Lisa Respers . NAACP Image Awards 2023: See the complete list of winners . . February 26, 2023 . February 26, 2023.