NAACP Image Award For Outstanding Actor In A Motion Picture
The NAACP Image Award winners for Outstanding African-American Actors in a Motion Picture:
- of Performances that have won or been nominated for an Academy Award (Bold= Oscar winning performances)
- 1. Louis Gossett Jr.- An Officer and a Gentleman
- 2. Morgan Freeman- Driving Miss Daisy
- 3. Denzel Washington- Malcolm X
- 4. Cuba Gooding Jr.- Jerry Maguire
- 5. Denzel Washington- The Hurricane
- 6. Michael Clarke Duncan- The Green Mile
- 7. Denzel Washington- Training Day
- 8. Will Smith- Ali
- 9. Jamie Foxx- Ray
- 10. Don Cheadle- Hotel Rwanda
- 11. Terrence Howard- Hustle & Flow
- 12. Forest Whitaker- The Last King of Scotland
- 13. Will Smith- The Pursuit of Happyness
- 14. Morgan Freeman - Invictus
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