NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
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 awarded	1972
Currently held by	Anthony Anderson ; Black-ish (2022)
Website	naacpimageawards.net

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.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1970s

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

1980s

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

1990s

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
1990
1990	Bill Cosby	The Cosby Show	^[6]
1991	—
1992			^[6]
	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
1993	Bill Cosby	The Cosby Show	^[10]
1994			^[10]
	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

2 wins

Nominations

8 nominations

6 nominations

5 nominations

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

References

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^ "1980 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "1983 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "1988 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Snow, Shauna (11 November 1988). "Nominees for 21st Image Awards Announced". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ "1990 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "1992 Image Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
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^ Fox, David J. (October 16, 1991). "1991 Image Award Winners". LA Times. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
^ "1993 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "Martin Lawrence wins OAIACS NAACP Award". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
^ Snow, Shauna (22 February 1996). "5 Films Head Nominations for NAACP Image Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ "1997 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "1998 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. 1 April 1999. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ "2000 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2001 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2002 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2003 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2004 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2005 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2006 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2007 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2008 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2009 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2010 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2011 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2012 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). "2013 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Couch, Aaron (February 22, 2014). "2014 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015). "2015 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ "2016 Image Winners". Variety. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ Hipes, Patrick (December 13, 2016). "Ruth Negga, Angela Bassett and Taraji P. Henson nominated". Deadline. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
^ Gettell, Oliver (January 15, 2018). "NAACP Image Awards 2018: Ava DuVernay, black-ish among winners". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
^ "NAACP Awards: 'Black-ish,' 'Black Panther' Top Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. March 30, 2019.
^ "51st NAACP Image Awards". January 10, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
^ Gibbs, Adrienne. "Netflix, HBO Lead NAACP Image Awards 2021 Nominations". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
^ "NAACP Image Awards". NAACP Image Awards. February 26, 2022.

[1] "1972 Image Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 24, 2016.

[2] "1980 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[3] "1983 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[4] "1988 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[5] Snow, Shauna (11 November 1988). "Nominees for 21st Image Awards Announced". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

[6] "1990 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[7] "1992 Image Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 12, 2016.

[8] "NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced". Associated Press. October 16, 1991.

[9] Fox, David J. (October 16, 1991). "1991 Image Award Winners". LA Times. Retrieved August 21, 2016.

[10] "1993 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[11] "Martin Lawrence wins OAIACS NAACP Award". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved July 20, 2018.

[12] Snow, Shauna (22 February 1996). "5 Films Head Nominations for NAACP Image Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

[13] "1997 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[14] "1998 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[15] "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. 1 April 1999. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

[16] "2000 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[17] "2001 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[18] "2002 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[19] "2003 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[20] "2004 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[21] "2005 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[22] "2006 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[23] "2007 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[24] "2008 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[25] "2009 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[26] "2010 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[27] "2011 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[28] "2012 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[29] Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). "2013 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[30] Couch, Aaron (February 22, 2014). "2014 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[31] Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015). "2015 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[32] "2016 Image Winners". Variety. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[33] Hipes, Patrick (December 13, 2016). "Ruth Negga, Angela Bassett and Taraji P. Henson nominated". Deadline. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

[34] Gettell, Oliver (January 15, 2018). "NAACP Image Awards 2018: Ava DuVernay, black-ish among winners". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 27, 2018.

[35] "NAACP Awards: 'Black-ish,' 'Black Panther' Top Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. March 30, 2019.

[36] "51st NAACP Image Awards". January 10, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.

[37] Gibbs, Adrienne. "Netflix, HBO Lead NAACP Image Awards 2021 Nominations". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-02-05.

[38] "NAACP Image Awards". NAACP Image Awards. February 26, 2022.

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v t e NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
1970s	Redd Foxx (1972) No Award (1973–1979)
1980s	No Award (1980) Sherman Hemsley (1981) Sherman Hemsley (1982) No Award (1983–1986) Roscoe Lee Browne (1987) Tim Reid (1988) Bill Cosby (1989)
1990s	No Award (1990) Kadeem Hardison (1991) Bill Cosby (1992) No Award (1993) Martin Lawrence (1994) Martin Lawrence (1995) Jaleel White (1996) Jamie Foxx (1997) Steve Harvey (1998) Steve Harvey (1999)
2000s	Steve Harvey (2000) Steve Harvey (2001) Bernie Mac (2002) Bernie Mac (2003) Bernie Mac (2004) Bernie Mac (2005) Tyler James Williams (2006) LaVan Davis (2007) LaVan Davis (2008) Daryl Mitchell (2009)
2010s	David Mann (2010) Malcolm-Jamal Warner (2011) Don Cheadle (2012) Kevin Hart (2013) Anthony Anderson (2014) Anthony Anderson (2015) Anthony Anderson (2016) Anthony Anderson (2017) Anthony Anderson (2018) Anthony Anderson (2019)
2020s	Anthony Anderson (2020) Anthony Anderson (2021) Cedric the Entertainer (2022) Mike Epps (2023)