Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor

{{short description|Award presented annually by the Black Reel Awards}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor

| image = Brian Tyree Henry by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| image_upright = 0.7

| caption = The 2023 recipient: Brian Tyree Henry

| awarded_for = Outstanding Supporting Actor

| presenter = Black Reel Awards (BRAs)

| country = United States

| year = 2000

| year2 = 2023

| holder_label = Final winner

| holder = Brian Tyree Henry
Causeway

| most_awards = Don Cheadle, Jamie Foxx, Djimon Hounsou & Wesley Snipes (2)

| most_nominations = Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jamie Foxx & Jeffrey Wright (5)

| website = {{url|http://blackreelawards.com/}}

}}

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.{{cite news |title=‘The Color Purple’ at the Top in 2024 Black Reel Awards |first=Brenda C. |last=Siler |work=The Washington Informer |date=January 23, 2024 |access-date=March 12, 2024 |url=https://www.washingtoninformer.com/black-reel-awards-color-purple-american-fiction/}}

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

=2000s=

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! style="width:35%;"| Actor

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! style="width:5%;"| Ref

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2000

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| Michael Clarke Duncan

| The Green Mile

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2000 2000 Black Reel Awards]

| The Best Man

| Three Kings

| The Cider House Rules

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2001

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| Don Cheadle

| Traffic

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2001 2001 Black Reel Awards]

Rob Brown

| Finding Forrester

Tommy Davidson

| Bamboozled

Chris Rock

| Nurse Betty

Marlon Wayans

| Requiem of a Dream

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2002

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| Jamie Foxx

| Ali

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2002 2002 Black Reel Awards]

Anthony Anderson

| Two Can Play That Game

Omar Epps

| Brother

Eddie Murphy

| Shrek

Ving Rhames

| Baby Boy

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2003

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| Dennis Haysbert

| Far from Heaven

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2003 2003 Black Reel Awards]

Cedric the Entertainer

| Barbershop

| Antwone Fisher

| Panic Room

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2004

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| Djimon Hounsou

| In America

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2004 2004 Black Reel Awards]

| The Italian Job

| Bruce Almighty

| Dark Blue

| Phone Booth

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2005

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| Jamie Foxx

| Collateral

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2005 2005 Black Reel Awards]

Cedric the Entertainer

| Barbershop 2: Back in Business

Morgan Freeman

| Million Dollar Baby

Clifton Powell

| Ray

Jeffrey Wright

| The Manchurian Candidate

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2006

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| Terrence Howard

| Crash

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2006 2006 Black Reel Awards]

| Hustle & Flow

| Serenity

| Crash

| Syriana

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2007

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| Djimon Hounsou

| Blood Diamond

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2007 2007 Black Reel Awards]

Chiwetel Ejiofor

| Children of Men

Chiwetel Ejiofor

| Kinky Boots

Laurence Fishburne

| Akeelah and the Bee

Eddie Murphy

| Dreamgirls

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2008

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| Jeffrey Wright

| Cadillac Records

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2008 2008 Black Reel Awards]

| Iron Man

| Tropic Thunder

=2010s=

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! style="width:35%;"| Actor

! style="width:49%;"| Film

! style="width:5%;"| Ref

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2010

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| Anthony Mackie

| The Hurt Locker

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2010 2010 Black Reel Awards]

| American Violet

| 2012

| Precious

| Madea Goes to Jail

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2011

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| Wesley Snipes

| Brooklyn's Finest

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2011 2011 Black Reel Awards]

Sean Combs

| Get Him to the Greek

Laurence Fishburne

| Predator

Brandon T. Jackson

| Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Samuel L. Jackson

| Mother and Child

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2012

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| Don Cheadle

| The Guard

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2012 2012 Black Reel Awards]

Mike Epps

| Jumping the Broom

Laurence Fishburne

| Contagion

Anthony Mackie

| The Adjustment Bureau

Isiah Whitlock Jr.

| Cedar Rapids

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2013

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| Samuel L. Jackson

| Django Unchained

| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{cite web|url=http://blackreelawards.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/critics-wild-about-beasts/|title=Critics Wild About Beasts|work=Black Reel Awards|date=February 8, 2013|accessdate=August 1, 2016}}

Mike Epps

| Sparkle

Dwight Henry

| Beasts of the Southern Wild

David Oyelowo

| Middle of Nowhere

Nate Parker

| Arbitrage

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2014

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| Barkhad Abdi

| Captain Phillips

| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://blackreelawards.wordpress.com/nominees/|title=2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees|work=Black Reel Awards|date=December 11, 2014|accessdate=August 1, 2016}}

David Oyelowo

| The Butler

Nate Parker

| Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Tequan Richmond

| Blue Caprice

Keith Stanfield

| Short Term 12

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2015

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| Wendell Pierce

| Selma

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2015 2015 Black Reel Awards]

Nelsan Ellis

| Get On Up

David Oyelowo

| A Most Violent Year

Tyler Perry

| Gone Girl

Michael K. Williams

| The Gambler

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2016

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| Idris Elba

| Beasts of No Nation

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2016 2016 Black Reel Awards]

Chiwetel Ejiofor

| The Martian

Corey Hawkins

| rowspan="2"| Straight Outta Compton

Jason Mitchell

Forest Whitaker

| Southpaw

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2017

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| Mahershala Ali

| Moonlight

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2017 2017 Black Reel Awards]

Jovan Adepo

| rowspan=2| Fences

Stephen Henderson

André Holland

| rowspan=2|Moonlight

Ashton Sanders

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2018

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| Jason Mitchell

| Mudbound

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [http://blackreelawards.com/get-out-dominate-the-black-reel-awards/ Get Out Dominates the Black Reel Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219052740/http://blackreelawards.com/get-out-dominate-the-black-reel-awards/ |date=December 19, 2017 }} Black Reel Awards. 13 December 2017.[http://blackreelawards.com/get-out-sinks-the-competition-at-the-black-reel-awards/ Get Out “Sinks” the Competition at The Black Reel Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228052857/http://blackreelawards.com/get-out-sinks-the-competition-at-the-black-reel-awards/ |date=February 28, 2018 }} Black Reel Awards. 23 February 2018.

| Molly's Game

| Baby Driver

| Get Out

rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2019

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| Michael B. Jordan

| Black Panther

| rowspan="5" align="center"| [http://blackreelawards.com/black-panther-roars/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426215520/http://blackreelawards.com/black-panther-roars/ |date=April 26, 2019 }} Black Reel Awards. 13 December 2017.[http://blackreelawards.com/black-panther-reigns-supreme/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023090647/http://blackreelawards.com/black-panther-reigns-supreme/ |date=October 23, 2019 }} Black Reel Awards. 9 February 2019.

| Widows

| Green Book

| The Hate U Give

| If Beale Street Could Talk

2020s

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rowspan="6" align="center"| 2020

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| Wesley Snipes

| Dolemite Is My Name

| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2020?ref_=nmawd_awd_12|title = Black Reel Awards (2020)|website = IMDb}}

Jonathan Majors

| The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Aldis Hodge

| Clemency

Sterling K. Brown

| Waves

Jamie Foxx

| Just Mercy

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2021

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| Daniel Kaluuya

| Judas and the Black Messiah

| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{Cite web |url=http://blackreelawards.com/a-special-night-in-miami/ |title=A Special "Night in Miami!" – the Black Reel Awards |access-date=February 22, 2021 |archive-date=February 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222074540/http://blackreelawards.com/a-special-night-in-miami/ |url-status=dead }}

Chadwick Boseman (posthumous)

| Da 5 Bloods

Colman Domingo

| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Aldis Hodge

| One Night in Miami...

Leslie Odom Jr.

| One Night in Miami...

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2022

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| Colman Domingo

| Zola

| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{cite web |title='The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards |url=https://blackgirlnerds.com/the-harder-they-fall-sets-record-with-20-nominations-from-the-black-reel-awards/ |website=Black Girl Nerds |date=December 16, 2021 |publisher=BGN Staff |access-date=2 January 2022}}

Idris Elba

| The Harder They Fall

Andre Holland

| Passing

LaKeith Stanfield

| The Harder They Fall

Jeffrey Wright

| The French Dispatch

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2022

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| Brian Tyree Henry

| Causeway

| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/black-reel-awards-reveals-winners-film-and-television-categories-american-fiction-the-color-purple-1235794783/ |title=Black Reel Awards Reveals Winners of Film and Television Categories; 'American Fiction' and 'The Color Purple' Take Home Top Honors |first=Valerie |last=Complex |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=January 16, 2024 |access-date=January 17, 2024}}

Micheal Ward

| Empire of Light

Michael K. Williams {{small|(posthumous)}}

| Breaking

Bokeem Woodbine

| The Inspection

Jeffrey Wright

| The Batman

Multiple nominations and wins

=Multiple wins=

; 2 Wins

=Multiple nominations=

; 5 nominations

; 4 nominations

Laurence Fishburne

; 3 nominations

; 2 nominations

Multiple nominations from the same film

Terrence Howard (winner) and Ludacris in Crash (2006)
Jeffrey Wright (winner), Mos Def and Eamonn Walker in Cadillac Records (2008)
Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell in Straight Outta Compton (2016)
Mahershala Ali (winner), Andre Holland & Ashton Sanders in Moonlight (2017)
Jovan Adepo & Stephen Henderson in Fences (2017)
Aldis Hodge & Leslie Odom Jr. in One Night in Miami... (2021)
Idris Elba & LaKeith Stanfield in The Harder They Fall (2022)

Age superlatives

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scope="col" \| Record ! scope="col" \| Actor ! scope="col" \| Film ! scope="col" \| Age (in years)
style="height:4.5em;" \| Oldest winner \| Samuel L. Jackson \| Django Unchained \| 63
style="height:4.5em;" \| Oldest nominee \| Morgan Freeman \| Million Dollar Baby \| 67
style="height:4.5em;" \| Youngest winner \| Barkhad Abdi \| Captain Phillips \| 28
style="height:4.5em;" \| Youngest nominee \| Rob Brown \| Finding Forrester \| 16

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scope="col" | Record

! scope="col" | Actor

! scope="col" | Film

! scope="col" | Age (in years)

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| Oldest winner

| Samuel L. Jackson

| Django Unchained

| 63

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| Oldest nominee