Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor, Drama Series

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Television for Outstanding Actor, Drama Series. This category was first introduced in 2017 and won by Sterling K. Brown for This Is Us. Brown currently holds the record for most wins in this category with 4 and is the most nominated person in this category with 5 nominations.

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor, Drama Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Actor, Drama Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Black Reel Awards for Television
First award	2017
Currently held by	Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us (2022)
Website	blackreelawards.com

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2010s

Year	Actor	Series	Network	Ref
2017
	Sterling K. Brown	This Is Us	NBC	[1][2][3]
	Mike Colter	Luke Cage	Netflix
	Aldis Hodge	Underground	WGN America
	Terrence Howard	Empire	FOX
Kofi Siriboe	Queen Sugar	OWN
2018
	Sterling K. Brown	This Is Us	NBC	[4][5]
	Omari Hardwick	Power	Starz
	Kofi Siriboe	Queen Sugar	OWN
	Cress Williams	Black Lightning	The CW
	Jeffrey Wright	Westworld	HBO
2019
	Billy Porter	Pose	FX	[6][7]
	Sterling K. Brown	This Is Us	NBC
	Brandon Micheal Hall	God Friended Me	CBS
	Damson Idris	Snowfall	FX
	Kofi Siriboe	Queen Sugar	OWN

2020s

Year	Actor	Series	Network	Ref
2020
	Sterling K. Brown	This Is Us	NBC	[8][9][10]
	Nicholas Pinnock	For Life	ABC
	Billy Porter	Pose	FX
	Kofi Siriboe	Queen Sugar	OWN
Forest Whitaker	Godfather of Harlem	Epix
2021
	Jonathan Majors	Lovecraft Country	HBO	[11][12]
	Billy Porter	Pose	FX
	Damson Idris	Snowfall	FX
	Regé-Jean Page	Bridgerton	Netflix
Anthony Mackie	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier	Disney+
2022
	Sterling K. Brown	This Is Us	NBC	[13][14][15]
	Chiwetel Ejiofor	The Man Who Fell to Earth	Showtime
	Damson Idris	Snowfall	FX
	Omar Sy	Lupin	Netflix
	Forest Whitaker	Godfather of Harlem	EPIX

Superlatives

Superlative	Outstanding Actor, Drama Series
Actor with most awards	Sterling K. Brown (3)
Actor with most nominations	Sterling K. Brown Kofi Siriboe (4)
Actor with most nominations without ever winning	Kofi Siriboe (4)

Programs with multiple awards

4 awards This Is Us

Performers with multiple awards

4 awards Sterling K. Brown (2 consecutive)

Programs with multiple nominations

5 nominations This Is Us 4 nominations Queen Sugar 3 nominations Pose Snowfall 2 nominations Godfather of Harlem Lupin

Performers with multiple nominations

5 nominations Sterling K. Brown 4 nominations Kofi Siriboe 3 nominations Damson Idris Billy Porter 2 nominations Omar Sy Forest Whitaker

Total awards by network

• NBC - 4
• FX - 1
• HBO - 1