NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
{{Infobox award
| name = NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
| awarded_for = Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
| presenter = NAACP
| country = United States
| year =1972
| holder = Sterling K. Brown (2022)
| website = {{URL|naacpimageawards.net}}
}}
This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series. The award was first given in 1972. Not to be confused with the Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Currently, LL Cool J holds the record for most wins in the category with four.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
=1970s=
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! style="width:11%;"| Year ! style="width:42%;"| Actor ! style="width:42%;"| Series ! style="width:5%;"| Ref |
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1972 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000345/1972|title=1972 Image Awards|website=IMDb|access-date=August 14, 2016}} |
| align="center"| 1973 – 79
| colspan="3" {{n/a}} |
=1980s=
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! style="width:11%;"| Year ! style="width:42%;"| Actor ! style="width:42%;"| Series ! style="width:5%;"| Ref |
| align="center"| 1980 – 81
| colspan="3" {{n/a}} |
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1982 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| rowspan="2" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1983 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story | align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| align="center"| 1984 – 88
| colspan="3" {{n/a}} |
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1989 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| rowspan="2" align="center"| {{cite web|last=Snow|first=Shauna|title=Nominees for 21st Image Awards Announced|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-11-ca-885-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=21 January 2017|date=11 November 1988}} |
=1990s=
=2000s=
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| style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:11%;"| Year ! style="width:42%;"| Actor ! style="width:42%;"| Series ! style="width:5%;"| Ref |
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2000 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ER | rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
| Oz |
| Michael Beach |
| Steve Harris |
| Jesse L. Martin |
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2001 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| André Braugher |
| Steve Harris |
| Eriq La Salle
| ER |
| Jesse L. Martin |
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2002 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ER | rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| André Braugher |
| Steve Harris |
| Ving Rhames |
| Courtney B. Vance |
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2003 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Bill Bellamy
| Fastlane |
| André Braugher
| Hack |
| Dennis Haysbert
| 24 |
| Mykelti Williamson
| Boomtown |
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2004 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000345/2004|title=2004 Image Award Winners|website=IMDb|access-date=August 2, 2016}} |
| Gary Dourdan |
| Dennis Haysbert
| 24 |
| Jesse L. Martin |
| Wendell Pierce
| The Wire |
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2005 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Gary Dourdan |
| Hill Harper
| CSI: NY |
| Steve Harris |
| Jesse L. Martin |
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2006 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Omar Epps
| House |
| Hill Harper
| CSI: NY |
| Ice-T |
| Jesse L. Martin |
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2007 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Hill Harper
| CSI: NY |
| Dennis Haysbert
| The Unit |
| Jesse L. Martin |
| Michael K. Williams
| The Wire |
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2008 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| CSI: NY | rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Anthony Anderson
| K-Ville |
| Dennis Haysbert
| The Unit |
| Jesse L. Martin |
| Jimmy Smits
| Cane |
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 2009 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| CSI: NY | rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}} |
| Anthony Anderson |
| Omar Epps
| House |
| Dennis Haysbert
| The Unit |
| Blair Underwood |
=2010s=
=2020s=
Multiple wins and nominations
=Wins=
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; 4 wins
; 3 wins
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; 2 wins
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=Nominations=
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; 9 nominations
; 8 nominations
; 7 nominations
; 6 nominations
; 5 nominations
; 4 nominations
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; 3 nominations
; 2 nominations
- Michael Beach
- Avery Brooks
- Mike Colter
- Keith David
- Gary Dourdan
- Laurence Fishburne
- Shemar Moore
- Billy Porter
- Isaiah Washington
- Forest Whitaker
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References
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