NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

The NAACP Image Award winners for Outstanding African-American Actors in a Motion Picture:

Actors with multiple wins

12 wins

• Denzel Washington

3 wins

• Morgan Freeman

2 wins

• Danny Glover
• Forest Whitaker
• Billy Dee Williams

Actors with multiple nominations

17 nominations

• Denzel Washington

10 nominations

• Will Smith

9 nominations

• Laurence Fishburne

8 nominations

• Morgan Freeman

7 nominations

• Samuel L. Jackson

4 nominations

• Jamie Foxx

3 nominations

• Don Cheadle
• Idris Elba
• Danny Glover
• Cuba Gooding, Jr.
• Eddie Murphy

2 nominations

• Chadwick Boseman
• Ice Cube
• Taye Diggs
• Chiwitel Ejiofor
• Gregory Hines
• Terrence Howard
• Michael B. Jordan
• Chris Tucker
• Forest Whitaker

Winners and nominees

Year	Actor	Film	Other nominees
1967	N/A	-	-
1968	N/A	-	-
1969	Raymond St. Jacques	Change of Mind	-
1970	Jim Brown	El Condor	-
1971	N/A	-	-
1972	Billy Dee Williams	Lady Sings The Blues	-
1974	Bernie Casey	Maurie	Bo Svenson — Maurie
1975	James Earl Jones	Claudine	-
1976	Bill Cosby	Let's Do It Again	-
1977	Billy Dee Williams	The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings	-
1978	Paul Winfield	A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich	-
1979	Michael Jackson	The Wiz	-
1980	LeVar Burton	The Hunter	-
1981	Richard Pryor	Bustin' Loose	-
1982	Louis Gossett Jr.	An Officer and a Gentleman	-
1983	Eddie Murphy	Trading Places	-
1984	Prince	Purple Rain	-
1985	Adolph Caesar	A Soldier's Story	-
1986	Gregory Hines	Running Scared	-
1987	Danny Glover	Lethal Weapon	-
1988	Denzel Washington	Cry Freedom	-
1989	Morgan Freeman	Lean on Me	-
1990	Morgan Freeman	Driving Miss Daisy	-
1992	Wesley Snipes	New Jack City	-
1993	Denzel Washington	Mississippi Masala	-
1994	Denzel Washington	Malcolm X	Laurence Fishburne — What's Love Got to Do with It Danny Glover — Bopha! Sidney Poitier — Sneakers Tupac Shakur — Poetic Justice
1996	Denzel Washington	Crimson Tide	James Earl Jones — Cry, Beloved Freedom Gregory Hines — Waiting to Exhale Laurence Fishburne — Othello Morgan Freeman — Se7en
1997	Denzel Washington	Courage Under Fire	Ossie Davis — Get on the Bus Cuba Gooding, Jr. — Jerry Maguire Eddie Murphy — The Nutty Professor Samuel L. Jackson — The Long Kiss Goodnight
1998	Djimon Hounsou	Amistad	Ving Rhames — Rosewood Samuel L. Jackson — Eve's Bayou Larenz Tate — Love Jones Laurence Fishburne — Hoodlum
1999	Danny Glover	Beloved	Chris Tucker — Rush Hour Samuel L. Jackson — The Negotiator Denzel Washington — He Got Game Will Smith — Enemy of the State
2000	Denzel Washington	The Hurricane	Morris Chestnut — The Best Man Taye Diggs — The Best Man Michael Clarke Duncan — The Green Mile Laurence Fishburne — The Matrix
2001	Denzel Washington	Remember the Titans	Omar Epps — Love & Basketball Will Smith — The Legend of Bagger Vance Cuba Gooding, Jr. — Men of Honor Samuel L. Jackson — Shaft
2002	Denzel Washington	Training Day	Will Smith — Ali Chris Tucker — Rush Hour 2 Tyrese — Baby Boy Morgan Freeman — Along Came a Spider
2003	Denzel Washington	John Q	Ice Cube — Barbershop Taye Diggs — Brown Sugar Samuel L. Jackson — Changing Lanes Morgan Freeman — High Crimes
2004	Cuba Gooding, Jr.	Radio	Laurence Fishburne — The Matrix Revolutions Will Smith — Bad Boys II Denzel Washington — Out of Time Samuel L. Jackson — S.W.A.T.
2005	Jamie Foxx	Ray	Don Cheadle — Hotel Rwanda Will Smith — I, Robot Mario Van Peebles — Baadasssss! Denzel Washington — Man on Fire
2006	Samuel L. Jackson	Coach Carter	Shemar Moore — Diary of a Mad Black Woman Terrence Howard — Hustle & Flow Will Smith — Hitch Laurence Fishburne — Assault on Precinct 13
2007	Forest Whitaker	The Last King of Scotland	Laurence Fishburne — Akeelah and the Bee Jamie Foxx — Dreamgirls Will Smith — The Pursuit of Happyness Denzel Washington — Inside Man
2008	Denzel Washington	The Great Debaters	Will Smith — I Am Legend Terrence Howard — Pride Columbus Short — Stomp the Yard Don Cheadle — Talk to Me
2009	Will Smith	Seven Pounds	Don Cheadle — Traitor Rob Brown — The Express Derek Luke — Miracle at St. Anna Jeffrey Wright — Cadillac Records
2010	Morgan Freeman	Invictus	Idris Elba — Obsessed Denzel Washington — The Taking of Pelham 123 Jamie Foxx — Law Abiding Citizen Quinton Aaron — The Blind Side
2011	Denzel Washington	The Book of Eli	Jaden Smith — The Karate Kid Morgan Freeman — RED Common — Just Wright Anthony Mackie — Night Catches Us
2012	Laz Alonso	Jumping the Broom	Vin Diesel — Fast Five Laurence Fishburne — Contagion Oliver Litondo — The First Grader Eddie Murphy — Tower Heist
2013	Denzel Washington	Flight	Jamie Foxx — Django Unchained Suraj Sharma — Life of Pi Morgan Freeman — The Magic of Belle Isle Tyler Perry — Alex Cross
2014	Forest Whitaker	Lee Daniels' The Butler	Chadwick Boseman — 42 Chiwetel Ejiofor — 12 Years a Slave Idris Elba — Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Michael B. Jordan — Fruitvale Station
2015	David Oyelowo	Selma	Chadwick Boseman — Get On Up Denzel Washington — The Equalizer Idris Elba — No Good Deed Nate Parker — Beyond the Lights
2016	Michael B. Jordan	Creed	Abraham Attah — Beasts of No Nation Chiwetel Ejiofor — Secret in Their Eyes Michael Ealy — The Perfect Guy Will Smith — Concussion

Performances that have won or been nominated for an Academy Award

Oscar-winning performances are indicated in bold.

1. Louis Gossett Jr. — An Officer and a Gentleman
2. Morgan Freeman — Driving Miss Daisy
3. Denzel Washington — Malcolm X
4. Laurence Fishburne — What's Love Got to Do with It
5. Cuba Gooding Jr. — Jerry Maguire (did not win Image Award for this performance)
6. Denzel Washington — The Hurricane
7. Michael Clarke Duncan — The Green Mile
8. Denzel Washington — Training Day
9. Will Smith — Ali
10. Jamie Foxx — Ray
11. Don Cheadle — Hotel Rwanda
12. Terrence Howard — Hustle & Flow
13. Forest Whitaker — The Last King of Scotland
14. Will Smith — The Pursuit of Happyness
15. Morgan Freeman — Invictus
16. Denzel Washington — Flight
17. Chiwetel Ejiofor — 12 Years a Slave

References