NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series. It was known as the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series until 2000. Currently Anthony Anderson holds the record for most wins in this category with eight.

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Country	United States
Presented by	NAACP
First award	1972
Currently held by	Anthony Anderson Black-ish (2022)
Website	naacpimageawards.net

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1970s

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
1972
	Redd Foxx	Sanford and Son	[1]
1973 – 79	—

1980s

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
1980 – 81	—
1982
	Sherman Hemsley	The Jeffersons	[2]
1983
	Sherman Hemsley	The Jeffersons	[3]
1984 – 87	—
1988
	Roscoe Lee Browne	The Cosby Show	[4]
1989
	Tim Reid	Frank's Place	[5]
	Clifton Davis	Amen
	Kadeem Hardison	A Different World
	Lincoln Kilpatrick	Frank's Place
	William Thomas Jr.

1990s

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
1990
	Bill Cosby	The Cosby Show	[6]
1991	—
1992
	Kadeem Hardison	A Different World	[7][8][9]
	Bill Cosby	The Cosby Show
	Will Smith	The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
	Damon Wayans	In Living Color
	Jaleel White	Family Matters
1993
	Bill Cosby	The Cosby Show	[10]
1994
	Martin Lawrence	Martin	[11]
	Ossie Davis	Evening Shade
	Will Smith	The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
	Charles S. Dutton	Roc
	Kadeem Hardison	A Different World
1995	—
1996
	Martin Lawrence	Martin	[12]
	John Henton	Living Single
	LL Cool J	In the House
	Will Smith	The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
	Jaleel White	Family Matters
1997
	Jaleel White	Family Matters	[13]
	Terrence C. Carson	Living Single
	Martin Lawrence	Martin
	LL Cool J	In the House
	Will Smith	The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
1998
	Jamie Foxx	The Jamie Foxx Show	[14]
	Terrence C. Carson	Living Single
	Steve Harvey	The Steve Harvey Show
	Gregory Hines	The Gregory Hines Show
	LL Cool J	In the House
1999
	Steve Harvey	The Steve Harvey Show	[15]
	Jamie Foxx	The Jamie Foxx Show
	Robert Guillaume	Sports Night
	Isaac Hayes	South Park
	D. L. Hughley	The Hughleys

2000s

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
2000
	Steve Harvey	The Steve Harvey Show	[16]
	Jamie Foxx	The Jamie Foxx Show
	Eddie Griffin	Malcolm & Eddie
	D. L. Hughley	The Hughleys
	Steven Williams	Linc's
2001
	Steve Harvey	The Steve Harvey Show	[17]
	Jamie Foxx	The Jamie Foxx Show
	Robert Guillaume	Sports Night
	D. L. Hughley	The Hughleys
	Malcolm Jamal Warner	Malcolm & Eddie
2002
	Steve Harvey	The Steve Harvey Show	[18]
	Michael Boatman	Arliss
	D. L. Hughley	The Hughleys
	Bernie Mac	The Bernie Mac Show
	Damon Wayans	My Wife and Kids
2003
	Bernie Mac	The Bernie Mac Show	[19]
	Flex Alexander	One on One
	Cedric the Entertainer	Cedric the Entertainer Presents
	D. L. Hughley	The Hughleys
	Damon Wayans	My Wife and Kids
2004
	Bernie Mac	The Bernie Mac Show	[20]
	Flex Alexander	One on One
	Dave Chappelle	The Chappelle Show
	George Lopez	The George Lopez Show
	Damon Wayans	My Wife and Kids
2005
	Bernie Mac	The Bernie Mac Show	[21]
	Flex Alexander	One on One
	Dave Chappelle	The Chappelle Show
	George Lopez	The George Lopez Show
	Damon Wayans	My Wife and Kids
2006
	Bernie Mac	The Bernie Mac Show	[22]
	Donald Faison	Scrubs
	Omar Gooding	Barbershop
	George Lopez	The George Lopez Show
	Tyler James Williams	Everybody Hates Chris
2007
	Tyler James Williams	Everybody Hates Chris	[23]
	Donald Faison	Scrubs
	George Lopez	The George Lopez Show
	Bernie Mac	The Bernie Mac Show
	Duane Martin	All of Us
2008
	LaVan Davis	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	[24]
	Donald Faison	Scrubs
	Reggie Hayes	Girlfriends
	Dulé Hill	Psych
	Tyler James Williams	Everybody Hates Chris
2009
	LaVan Davis	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	[25]
	Terry Crews	Everybody Hates Chris
	Donald Faison	Scrubs
	Paul James	Greek
	Tyler James Williams	Everybody Hates Chris

2010s

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
2010
	Daryl Mitchell	Brothers	[26]
	LaVan Davis	Tyler Perry's House of Payne
	Donald Faison	Scrubs
	Dulé Hill	Psych
	Tyler James Williams	Everybody Hates Chris
2011
	David Mann	Meet the Browns	[27]
	Terry Crews	Are We There Yet?
	LaVan Davis	Tyler Perry's House of Payne
	Dulé Hill	Psych
	Phil Morris	Love That Girl!
2012
	Malcolm-Jamal Warner	Reed Between the Lines	[28]
	Terry Crews	Are We There Yet?
	Dulé Hill	Psych
	Pooch Hall	The Game
	Phil Morris	Love That Girl!
2013
	Don Cheadle	House of Lies	[29]
	Anthony Anderson	Guys with Kids
	Hosea Chanchez	The Game
	Donald Faison	The Exes
	Damon Wayans Jr.	Happy Endings
2014
	Kevin Hart	Real Husbands of Hollywood	[30]
	André Braugher	Brooklyn Nine-Nine
	Cedric the Entertainer	The Soul Man
	Don Cheadle	House of Lies
	Dulé Hill	Psych
2015
	Anthony Anderson	Black-ish	[31]
	André Braugher	Brooklyn Nine-Nine
	Don Cheadle	House of Lies
	Kevin Hart	Real Husbands of Hollywood
	Keegan-Michael Key	Key & Peele
2016
	Anthony Anderson	Black-ish	[32]
	André Braugher	Brooklyn Nine-Nine
	Don Cheadle	House of Lies
	Dwayne Johnson	Ballers
	RonReaco Lee	Survivor's Remorse
2017
	Anthony Anderson	Black-ish	[33]
	Don Cheadle	House of Lies
	Donald Glover	Atlanta
	Kevin Hart	Real Husbands of Hollywood
	Dwayne Johnson	Ballers
2018
	Anthony Anderson	Black-ish	[34]
	Aziz Ansari	Master of None
	Dwayne Johnson	Ballers
	Keegan-Michael Key	Friends from College
	RonReaco Lee	Survivor's Remorse
2019
	Anthony Anderson	Black-ish	[35]
	Donald Glover	Atlanta
	Cedric the Entertainer	The Neighborhood
	Dwayne Johnson	Ballers
	Tracy Morgan	The Last O.G.

2020s

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
2020
	Anthony Anderson	Blackish	[36]
	Cedric the Entertainer	The Neighborhood
	Don Cheadle	Black Monday
	Dwayne Johnson	Ballers
	Tracy Morgan	The Last O.G.
2021
	Anthony Anderson	Blackish	[37]
	Cedric the Entertainer	The Neighborhood
	Don Cheadle	Black Monday
	Tracy Morgan	The Last O.G.
	Idris Elba	In the Long Run
2022
	Anthony Anderson	Blackish	[38]
	Cedric the Entertainer	The Neighborhood
	Don Cheadle	Black Monday
	Jay Ellis	Insecure
	Elisha 'EJ' Williams	The Wonder Years

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

8 wins Anthony Anderson 4 wins Steve Harvey Bernie Mac

2 wins Bill Cosby LaVan Davis Kadeem Hardison Martin Lawrence

Nominations

9 nominations Anthony Anderson 8 nominations Don Cheadle 6 nominations Cedric the Entertainer Don Cheadle Donald Faison Bernie Mac 5 nominations Steve Harvey Dulé Hill D. L. Hughley Dwayne Johnson Tyler James Williams 4 nominations Cedric the Entertainer LaVan Davis Jamie Foxx George Lopez Damon Wayans 3 nominations Flex Alexander André Braugher Terry Crews LL Cool J Kevin Hart Martin Lawrence Tracy Morgan

2 nominations Terrence C. Carson Dave Chappelle Bill Cosby Donald Glover Robert Guillaume Kadeem Hardison Keegan-Michael Key Phil Morris Will Smith Malcolm-Jamal Warner Jaleel White