This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. The award was first given during the 1996 ceremony and since its conception, Joe Morton holds the record for the most wins with four.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
1990s Year Actor Series Ref 1996 Ice-T New York Undercover Ossie Davis The Client Bill Nunn New York Undercover Richard Pryor Chicago Hope Malcolm-Jamal Warner Touched by an Angel 1997 colspan="3" 1998 Louis Gossett Jr. Touched by an Angel Michael Beach ER Rocky Carroll Chicago Hope James McDaniel N.Y.P.D. Blue Clarence Williams III Millennium 1999 Ossie Davis Promised Land Charles S. Dutton Oz Giancarlo Esposito Homicide: Life on the Street Clark Johnson James McDaniel N.Y.P.D. Blue
2000s Year Actor Series Ref 2000 Clarence Gilyard Jr. Walker, Texas Ranger Dorian Harewood The Hoop Life Richard T. Jones Judging Amy Jesse L. Martin Ally McBeal James McDaniel N.Y.P.D. Blue 2001 Ossie Davis City of Angels Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Oz Hill Harper City of Angels Dulé Hill The West Wing Bokeem Woodbine City of Angels 2002 Ice-T Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Babyface Soul Food Charles S. Dutton The Sopranos Dulé Hill The West Wing Boris Kodjoe Soul Food 2003 Gary Dourdan CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Charles S. Dutton Without a Trace Boris Kodjoe Soul Food Aaron Meeks Mekhi Phifer ER 2004 Mekhi Phifer ER Darrin Henson Soul Food Dulé Hill The West Wing Ice-T Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Boris Kodjoe Soul Food 2005 Mekhi Phifer ER Idris Elba The Wire Omar Epps House Darrin Henson Soul Food Dulé Hill The West Wing 2006 Gary Dourdan CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Dennis Haysbert 24 Harry Lennix Commander in Chief Mekhi Phifer ER James Pickens Jr. Grey's Anatomy 2007 Omar Epps House Gary Dourdan CSI: Crime Scene Investigation James Pickens Jr. Grey's Anatomy Wendell Pierce The Wire Glynn Turman 2008 Omar Epps House Taye Diggs Private Practice Mekhi Phifer ER James Pickens Jr. Grey's Anatomy Blair Underwood Dirty Sexy Money 2009 Taye Diggs Private Practice Laurence Fishburne CSI: Crime Scene Investigation James Pickens Jr. Grey's Anatomy Blair Underwood Dirty Sexy Money Michael K. Williams The Wire
2010s Year Actor Series Ref 2010 Delroy Lindo Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Rocky Carroll NCIS Mekhi Phifer Lie to Me James Pickens Jr. Grey's Anatomy Corey Reynolds The Closer 2011 Terrence Howard Law & Order: Los Angeles André Braugher Men of a Certain Age Nelsan Ellis True Blood Giancarlo Esposito Breaking Bad James Pickens Jr. Grey's Anatomy 2012 James Pickens Jr. Grey's Anatomy Nelsan Ellis True Blood Omar Epps House Ice-T Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Corey Reynolds The Closer 2013 Omar Epps House Rocky Carroll NCIS Rockmond Dunbar Sons of Anarchy Dev Patel The Newsroom Clarke Peters Treme 2014 Joe Morton Scandal Guillermo Díaz Scandal Columbus Short Michael K. Williams Boardwalk Empire Jeffrey Wright 2015 Joe Morton Scandal Guillermo Díaz Scandal Alfred Enoch How to Get Away with Murder Courtney B. Vance Masters of Sex Jeffrey Wright Boardwalk Empire 2016 Joe Morton Scandal Guillermo Díaz Scandal Alfred Enoch How to Get Away with Murder Bryshere Y. Gray Empire Jussie Smollett 2017 Jussie Smollett Empire Trai Byers Empire Alfred Enoch How to Get Away with Murder Joe Morton Scandal Jesse Williams Grey's Anatomy 2018 Joe Morton Scandal Trai ByersEmpire Bryshere Gray Jussie Smollett Dondre Whitfield Queen Sugar 2019 Jesse Williams Grey's Anatomy Romany Malco A Million Little Things Joe Morton Scandal Wendell Pierce Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Jussie Smollett Empire
2020s Year Actress Series Ref 2020 Harold Perrineau Claws Giancarlo Esposito Godfather of Harlem Delroy Lindo The Good Fight Wendell Pierce Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Nigél Thatch Godfather of Harlem 2021 Cliff "Method Man" Smith Power Book II: Ghost Delroy Lindo The Good Fight J. Alphonse Nicholson P-Valley Michael K. Williams Lovecraft Country Jeffrey Wright Westworld 2022 Cliff "Method Man" Smith Power Book II: Ghost Giancarlo Esposito Godfather of Harlem Daniel Ezra All American Alex Hibbert The Chi Joe Morton Our Kind of People
Multiple wins and nominations Wins
4 wins Joe Morton 3 wins Omar Epps
2 wins Ossie Davis Gary Dourdan Ice-T Mekhi Phifer Cliff "Method Man" Smith
Nominations
7 nominations Joe Morton James Pickens Jr.
6 nominations Mekhi Phifer
5 nominations Omar Epps
4 nominations Dulé Hill Ice-T Giancarlo Esposito Jussie Smollett
3 nominations Rocky Carroll Ossie Davis Guillermo Díaz Gary Dourdan Charles S. Dutton Alfred Enoch Boris Kodjoe Delroy Lindo James McDaniel Wendell Pierce Michael K. Williams Jeffrey Wright
2 nominations Trai Byers Taye Diggs Nelsan Ellis Bryshere Y. Gray Darrin Henson Corey Reynolds Cliff "Method Man" Smith Blair Underwood Jesse Williams
References