The BET Award for Best ActorDenzel Washington holds the record for most wins in this category with four.
Winners and nominees [ edit ] Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold .
Year Actor Work Ref 2001 Denzel Washington Remember the Titans [citation needed Omar Epps Love & Basketball Cuba Gooding Jr. Men of Honor Samuel L. Jackson Rules of Engagement 2002 Will Smith Ali [citation needed Morgan Freeman High Crimes Eddie Murphy Shrek Dr. Dolittle 2 Showtime Chris Tucker Rush Hour 2 Denzel Washington Training Day John Q. 2003 Derek Luke Antwone Fisher [citation needed Nick Cannon Drumline Mos Def Brown Sugar Samuel L. Jackson XXX Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Denzel Washington Antwone Fisher 2004 Denzel Washington Out of Time [citation needed Mos Def The Italian Job Laurence Fishburne Mystic River The Matrix Reloaded The Matrix Revolutions Morgan Freeman Bruce Almighty Samuel L. Jackson S.W.A.T. Bernie Mac Bad Santa Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle The Bernie Mac Show 2005 Jamie Foxx Ray Collateral Breakin' All the Rules [citation needed Don Cheadle Ocean's Twelve Hotel Rwanda After the Sunset Morgan Freeman Million Dollar Baby Samuel L. Jackson The Incredibles Coach Carter Will Smith I, Robot Shark Tale Hitch 2006 Terrence Howard Crash Four Brothers Get Rich or Die Tryin' Lackawanna Blues Hustle & Flow [citation needed Don Cheadle Crash Jamie Foxx Stealth Miami Vice Ludacris Crash Hustle & Flow Denzel Washington Inside Man 2007 Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland [citation needed Idris Elba Daddy's Little Girls Jamie Foxx Dreamgirls Eddie Murphy Norbit Dreamgirls Will Smith The Pursuit of Happyness 2008 Denzel Washington American Gangster The Great Debaters [citation needed Anthony Anderson Transformers K-Ville Don Cheadle Ocean's Thirteen Talk to Me Idris Elba American Gangster This Christmas 28 Weeks Later Terrence Howard The Brave One The Perfect Holiday 2009 Will Smith Hancock Seven Pounds [citation needed Common Wanted Street Kings Idris Elba RocknRolla The Unborn Samuel L. Jackson Lakeview Terrace Soul Men Jamal Woolard Notorious
Year Actor Work Ref 2010 Idris Elba The Losers [citation needed Quinton Aaron The Blind Side Don Cheadle Brooklyn's Finest Jamie Foxx Law Abiding Citizen Denzel Washington The Taking of Pelham 123 2011 Idris Elba Takers Luther [citation needed Laz Alonso Jumping the Broom Chris Brown Takers Don Cheadle Iron Man 2 Jamie Foxx Due Date 2012 Kevin Hart Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain [citation needed Don Cheadle House of Lies The Guard Common New Year's Eve Hell on Wheels Idris Elba Thor Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Luther Denzel Washington Safe House 2013 Jamie Foxx Django Unchained [ 1] Don Cheadle House of Lies Flight Common Hell on Wheels LUV The Odd Life of Timothy Green Samuel L. Jackson Django Unchained The Avengers Denzel Washington Flight 2014 Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave [ 2] Idris Elba Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Thor: The Dark World Kevin Hart Ride Along Real Husbands of Hollywood About Last Night Michael B. Jordan Fruitvale Station Forest Whitaker The Butler 2015 Terrence Howard Empire Lullaby St. Vincent Sabotage [ 3] Anthony Anderson Black-ish Idris Elba Luther No Good Deed Kevin Hart The Wedding Ringer Think Like a Man Too Real Husbands of Hollywood Top Five Jussie Smollett Empire 2016 Michael B. Jordan Fantastic Four Creed [ 4] Anthony Anderson Black-ish Idris Elba Zootopia Beasts of No Nation Luther O'Shea Jackson Jr. Straight Outta Compton Courtney B. Vance American Crime Story 2017 Mahershala Ali Luke Cage Free State of Jones Kicks Hidden Figures Moonlight [ 5] Donald Glover Atlanta Bryshere Y. Gray Empire The New Edition Story Omari Hardwick Power Denzel Washington Fences The Magnificent Seven 2018 Chadwick Boseman Black Panther Marshall [ 6] Denzel Washington Roman J. Israel, Esq. Sterling K. Brown Marshall This Is Us Black Panther Michael B. Jordan Black Panther Daniel Kaluuya Get Out Black Panther Donald Glover Atlanta Spider-Man: Homecoming 2019 Michael B. Jordan Creed II [ 7] Anthony Anderson Black-ish Chadwick Boseman Avengers: Infinity War Avengers: Endgame Denzel Washington The Equalizer 2 Mahershala Ali Green Book Omari Hardwick Power
Year Actor Work Ref 2020 Michael B. Jordan Just Mercy [ 8] Billy Porter Pose Eddie Murphy Dolemite Is My Name Forest Whitaker Finding Steve McQueen Godfather of Harlem Jamie Foxx Just Mercy Omari Hardwick Power 2021 Chadwick Boseman (Posthumous)Da 5 Bloods Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Aldis Hodge One Night in Miami... Damson Idris Snowfall Daniel Kaluuya Judas and the Black Messiah Eddie Murphy Coming 2 America LaKeith Stanfield Judas and the Black Messiah 2022 Will Smith King Richard Adrian Holmes Bel-Air Anthony Anderson Black-ish Damson Idris Snowfall Denzel Washington The Tragedy of Macbeth Forest Whitaker Godfather of Harlem Jabari Banks Bel-Air Sterling K. Brown This Is Us 2023 Damson Idris Snowfall Amin Joseph Snowfall Brian Tyree Henry Atlanta Bullet Train Causeway Daniel Kaluuya Nope Demetrius Flenory Jr. BMF Donald Glover Atlanta Michael B. Jordan Creed III 2024 Denzel Washington The Equalizer 3 Anthony Mackie If You Were the Last Twisted Metal We Have a Ghost Colman Domingo Euphoria Fear the Walking Dead Rustin Sing Sing The Color Purple Damson Idris Snowfall Donald Glover Mr. & Mrs. Smith Idris Elba Hijack Luther: The Fallen Sun Jeffrey Wright Asteroid City Atrabilious American Fiction Rustin LaKeith Stanfield The Changeling Haunted Mansion The Book of Clarence
Multiple wins and nominations [ edit ] 14 nominations 10 nominations 7 nominations 6 nominations 5 nominations 4 nominations
3 nominations 2 nominations
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