NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Currently Cedric the Entertainer holds the record for most wins in this category with five.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1990s

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
1996
	Alfonso Ribeiro	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	^[1]
	John Amos	In the House
	Thomas Mikal Ford	Martin
	Daryl Mitchell	The John Larroquette Show
	Carl Anthony Payne II	Martin
1997	—
1998
	Alfonso Ribeiro	In the House	^[2]
	Michael Boatman	Spin City
	Doug E. Doug	Cosby
	James Earl Jones	Frasier
	Tim Reid	Sister, Sister
1999
	Cedric the Entertainer	The Steve Harvey Show	^[3]
	Michael Boatman	Spin City
	Doug E. Doug	Cosby
	David Alan Grier	Damon
	Alfonso Ribeiro	In the House

2000s

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
2000
	Cedric the Entertainer	The Steve Harvey Show	^[4]
	Michael Boatman	Spin City
	Doug E. Doug	Cosby
	Robert Guillaume	Sports Night
	Tim Reid	Sister, Sister
2001
	Cedric the Entertainer	The Steve Harvey Show	^[5]
	Michael Boatman	Spin City
	John Henton	The Hughleys
	Merlin Santana	The Steve Harvey Show
	William Lee Scott	The Steve Harvey Show
2002
	Cedric the Entertainer	The Steve Harvey Show	^[6]
	Taye Diggs	Ally McBeal
	John Henton	The Hughleys
	Merlin Santana	The Steve Harvey Show
	Dorien Wilson	The Parkers
2003
	Cedric the Entertainer	The Proud Family	^[7]
	Michael Boatman	Arliss
	David Alan Grier	Life with Bonnie
	Ving Rhames	The Proud Family
	Jeremy Suarez	The Bernie Mac Show
2004
	Dorien Wilson	The Parkers	^[8]
	Chico Benymon	Half & Half
	George O. Gore II	My Wife and Kids
	Jeremy Suarez	The Bernie Mac Show
	Blair Underwood	Sex and the City
2005
	Reggie Hayes	Girlfriends	^[9]
	Chico Benymon	Half & Half
	Donald Faison	Scrubs
	Blair Underwood	Sex and the City
	Dorien Wilson	The Parkers
2006
	Reggie Hayes	Girlfriends	^[10]
	Chico Benymon	Half & Half
	Mehcad Brooks	Desperate Housewives
	Terry Crews	Everybody Hates Chris
	Kenan Thompson	Saturday Night Live
2007
	Reggie Hayes	Girlfriends	^[11]
	Terry Crews	Everybody Hates Chris
	Antonio Fargas	Everybody Hates Chris
	Romany Malco	Weeds
	Victor Williams	King of Queens
2008
	Lance Gross	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	^[12]
	Terry Crews	Everybody Hates Chris
	Romany Malco	Weeds
	Tracy Morgan	30 Rock
	Blair Underwood	The New Adventures of Old Christine
2009
	Lance Gross	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	^[13]
	Dulé Hill	Psych
	Tracy Morgan	30 Rock
	Doc Shaw	Tyler Perry's House of Payne
	Blair Underwood	The New Adventures of Old Christine

2010s

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
2010
	Lance Gross	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	^[14]
	Tracy Morgan	30 Rock
	Lamman Rucker	Meet the Browns
	Larenz Tate	Rescue Me
	Malcolm-Jamal Warner	Sherri
2011
	Ice Cube	Are We There Yet?	^[15]
	Lance Gross	Tyler Perry's House of Payne
	Tracy Morgan	30 Rock
	Craig Robinson	The Office
	Lamman Rucker	Meet the Browns
2012
	Nick Cannon	Up All Night	^[16]
	Tracy Morgan	30 Rock
	Craig Robinson	The Office
	J. B. Smoove	Curb Your Enthusiasm
	Damon Wayans Jr.	Happy Endings
2013
	Lance Gross	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	^[17]
	Aziz Ansari	Parks & Recreation
	Donald Glover	Community
	Tracy Morgan	30 Rock
	Craig Robinson	The Office
2014
	Morris Chestnut	Nurse Jackie	^[18]
	Nick Cannon	Real Husbands of Hollywood
	Boris Kodjoe	Real Husbands of Hollywood
	Tracy Morgan	30 Rock
	J. B. Smoove	Real Husbands of Hollywood
2015
	Laurence Fishburne	Black-ish	^[19]
	Terry Crews	Brooklyn Nine-Nine
	Boris Kodjoe	Real Husbands of Hollywood
	Marcus Scribner	Black-ish
	Glynn Turman	House of Lies
2016
	Mike Epps	Survivor's Remorse	^[20]
	Miles Brown	Black-ish
	Terry Crews	Brooklyn Nine-Nine
	Laurence Fishburne	Black-ish
	David Alan Grier	The Carmichael Show
2017
	Laurence Fishburne	Black-ish	^[21]
	Miles Brown	Black-ish
	Tituss Burgess	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
	Deon Cole	Black-ish
	David Alan Grier	The Carmichael Show
2018
	Jay Ellis	Insecure	^[22]
	Tituss Burgess	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
	Ernie Hudson	Grace and Frankie
	Omar Miller	Ballers
	John David Washington	Ballers
2019
	Marcus Scribner	Black-ish	^[23]
	Tituss Burgess	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
	Jay Ellis	Insecure
	Laurence Fishburne	Black-ish
	John David Washington	Ballers

2020s

Year	Actor	Series	Ref
2020
	Deon Cole	Black-ish	^[24]
	Andre Braugher	Brooklyn Nine-Nine
	Tituss Burgess	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
	Terry Crews	Brooklyn Nine-Nine
	Laurence Fishburne	Black-ish
2021
	Deon Cole	Black-ish	^[25]
	Andre Braugher	Brooklyn Nine-Nine
	Jay Ellis	Insecure
	Laurence Fishburne	Black-ish
	Kenan Thompson	Saturday Night Live
2022
	Deon Cole	Black-ish	^[26]
	Andre Braugher	Brooklyn Nine-Nine
	Laurence Fishburne	Black-ish
	Kendrick Sampson	Insecure
	Kenan Thompson	Saturday Night Live
2023
	Tyler James Williams	Abbott Elementary	^[27]
	Brian Tyree Henry	Atlanta
	Deon Cole	Black-ish
	Kenan Thompson	Saturday Night Live
	William Stanford Davis	Abbott Elementary

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins

5 wins

Cedric the Entertainer

4 wins

Lance Gross

3 wins

2 wins

Nominations

7 nominations

6 nominations

Terry Crews

5 nominations

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

References

^ Snow, Shauna (22 February 1996). "5 Films Head Nominations for NAACP Image Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ "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.
^ "2018 NAACP Image Award Winners: Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter. January 14, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
^ "2019 NAACP Image Award Winners: Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter. March 30, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
^ "NAACP Winners 2020: The Complete List". Variety. February 23, 2020.
^ Bosselman, Haley (March 28, 2021). "NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List". Variety.
^ "NAACP Image Awards". NAACP Image Awards. February 26, 2022.
^ France, Lisa Respers (February 26, 2023). "NAACP Image Awards 2023: See the complete list of winners". CNN.com. Retrieved February 26, 2023.

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

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

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

[4] "2000 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[5] "2001 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[6] "2002 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[7] "2003 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[8] "2004 Image Award Winners". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[9] "2005 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[10] "2006 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[11] "2007 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[12] "2008 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[13] "2009 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[14] "2010 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[15] "2011 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[16] "2012 Image Award Winners". Awards and Winners. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

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

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

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

[20] "2016 Image Winners". Variety. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

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

[22] "2018 NAACP Image Award Winners: Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter. January 14, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018.

[23] "2019 NAACP Image Award Winners: Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter. March 30, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

[24] "NAACP Winners 2020: The Complete List". Variety. February 23, 2020.

[25] Bosselman, Haley (March 28, 2021). "NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List". Variety.

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

[27] France, Lisa Respers (February 26, 2023). "NAACP Image Awards 2023: See the complete list of winners". CNN.com. Retrieved February 26, 2023.

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v t e NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
1990s	Alfonso Ribeiro (1995) No Award (1996) Alfonso Ribeiro (1997) Cedric the Entertainer (1998) Cedric the Entertainer (1999)
2000s	Cedric the Entertainer (2000) Cedric the Entertainer (2001) Cedric the Entertainer (2002) Dorien Wilson (2003) Reggie Hayes (2004) Reggie Hayes (2005) Reggie Hayes (2006) Lance Gross (2007) Lance Gross (2008) Lance Gross (2009)
2010s	Ice Cube (2010) Nick Cannon (2011) Lance Gross (2012) Morris Chestnut (2013) Laurence Fishburne (2014) Mike Epps (2015) Laurence Fishburne (2016) Jay Ellis (2017) Marcus Scribner (2018) Deon Cole (2019)
2020s	Deon Cole (2020) Deon Cole (2021) Tyler James Williams (2022) William Stanford Davis (2023)