This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture.
NAACP Image Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture |
Location | Los Angeles, California |
Presented by | NAACP |
First awarded | Raymond St. Jacques for "Change of Mind" (1969) |
Currently held by | Colman Domingo for Rustin (2023) |
For each year in the tables below, the winner is listed first and highlighted in bold.
Year | Actor | Film | Ref |
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1969 | Raymond St. Jacques | Change of Mind | [citation needed] |
Year | Actor | Film | Ref | |
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1970 | Jim Brown | El Condor | [citation needed] | |
1971 | Donald Sutherland | Klute | [1] | |
Bill Cosby | Man and Boy | |||
Louis Gossett Jr. | Skin Game | |||
Moses Gunn | Shaft | |||
Tom Laughlin | Billy Jack | |||
Sidney Poitier | The Organization | |||
Richard Roundtree | Shaft | |||
Woody Strode | Black Jesus | |||
1972 | Billy Dee Williams | Lady Sings the Blues | [citation needed] | |
1973 | No award was given | — | ||
1974 | Bernie Casey | Maurie | [2] | |
Carl Anderson | Jesus Christ Superstar | |||
Lawrence Cook | The Spook Who Sat by the Door | |||
Sidney Poitier | A Warm December | |||
Bo Svenson | Maurie | |||
1975 | James Earl Jones | Claudine | [3] | |
Bill Cosby | Uptown Saturday Night | |||
Leonard Jackson | Five on the Black Hand Side | |||
Roger Robinson | Newman's Law | |||
Jon Voight | Conrack | |||
1976 | Bill Cosby | Let's Do It Again | [citation needed] | |
1977 | Billy Dee Williams | The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | [citation needed] | |
1978 | Paul Winfield | A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich | [citation needed] | |
1979 | Michael Jackson | The Wiz | [citation needed] |
Year | Actor | Film | Ref |
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1980 | LeVar Burton | The Hunter | [citation needed] |
1981 | Richard Pryor | Bustin' Loose | [citation needed] |
1982 | Louis Gossett Jr. | An Officer and a Gentleman | [citation needed] |
1983 | Eddie Murphy | Trading Places | [citation needed] |
1984 | Prince | Purple Rain | [citation needed] |
1985 | Adolph Caesar | A Soldier's Story | [citation needed] |
1986 | Gregory Hines | Running Scared | [citation needed] |
1987 | Danny Glover | Lethal Weapon | [4] |
Robert Guillaume | Wanted: Dead or Alive | ||
Dexter Gordon | 'Round Midnight | ||
Robert Townsend | Hollywood Shuffle | ||
Eddie Murphy | Beverly Hills Cop II | ||
1988 | Denzel Washington | Cry Freedom | [5][6] |
Gregory Hines | Off Limits | ||
Eddie Murphy | Coming to America | ||
Sidney Poitier | Shoot to Kill | ||
Carl Weathers | Action Jackson | ||
1989 | Morgan Freeman | Lean on Me | [7][8] |
Spike Lee | Do the Right Thing | ||
Denzel Washington | The Mighty Quinn | ||
Gregory Hines | Tap | ||
Danny Glover | Lethal Weapon 2 |
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