Winners and Nominees
| Year | Actor | Motion Picture | Nominees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | NOT AWARDED | - | |
| 1968 | NOT AWARDED | - | |
| 1969 | Raymond St. Jacques | Change Of Mind | |
| 1970 | Jim Brown | El Condor | |
| 1971 | Donald Sutherland | Klute | |
| 1972 | Billy Dee Williams | Lady Sings The Blues | |
| 1974 | Bernie Casey | Maurie | |
| 1975 | James Earl Jones | Claudine | |
| 1976 | Bill Cosby | Let's Do It Again | |
| 1977 | Billy Dee Williams | Bingo Long Travelling All-Stars And Motor Kings | |
| 1978 | Paul Winfield | A Hero Ain't Nothing But A Sandwich | |
| 1979 | Michael Jackson | The Wiz | |
| 1980 | LeVar Burton | The Hunter | |
| 1981 | Richard Pryor | Bustin' Loose | |
| 1982 | Louis Gossett Jr. | An Officer and a Gentleman | |
| 1983 | Eddie Murphy | Trading Places | |
| 1984 | Prince | Purple Rain | |
| 1985 | Adolph Caesar | A Soldier's Story | |
| 1986 | Gregory Hines | Running Scared | |
| 1987 | Danny Glover | Lethal Weapon | |
| 1988 | Denzel Washington | Cry Freedom | |
| 1989 | Morgan Freeman | Lean on Me | |
| 1990 | Morgan Freeman | Driving Miss Daisy | |
| 1992 | Wesley Snipes | New Jack City | |
| 1993 | Denzel Washington | Mississippi Masala | |
| 1994 | Denzel Washington | Malcolm X | |
| 1996 | Denzel Washington | Crimson Tide | James Earl Jones-Cry, Beloved Freedom Gregory Hines-Waiting to Exhale Laurence Fishburne-Othello Morgan Freeman-Se7en |
| 1997 | Denzel Washington | Courage Under Fire | Ossie Davis-Get On the Bus Cuba Gooding Jr.-Jerry Maguire Eddie Murphy-The Nutty Professor Samuel L. Jackson-The Long Kiss Goodnight |
| 1998 | Djimon Hounsou | Amistad | Ving Rhames-Rosewood Samuel L. Jackson-Eve's Bayou Larenz Tate-Love Jones Laurence Fishburne-Hoodlum |
| 1999 | Danny Glover | Beloved | Chris Tucker-Rush Hour Samuel L. Jackson-The Negotiator Denzel Washington-He Got Game Will Smith-Enemy of the State |
| 2000 | Denzel Washington | The Hurricane | Morris Chestnut-The Best Man Taye Diggs-The Best Man Michael Clarke Duncan-The Green Mile Laurence Fishburne-The Matrix |
| 2001 | Denzel Washington | Remember the Titans | Omar Epps-Love & Basketball Will Smith-The Legend of Bagger Vance Cuba Gooding Jr.-Men of Honor Samuel L. Jackson-Shaft |
| 2002 | Denzel Washington | Training Day | Will Smith-Ali Chris Tucker-Rush Hour 2 Tyrese-Baby Boy Morgan Freeman-Along Came a Spider |
| 2003 | Denzel Washington | John Q | Ice Cube-Barbershop Taye Diggs-Brown Sugar Samuel L. Jackson-Changing Lanes Morgan Freeman-High Crimes |
| 2004 | Cuba Gooding, Jr. | Radio | Laurence Fishburne- The Matrix Revolutions Will Smith- Bad Boys II Denzel Washington-Out of Time Samuel L. Jackson-S.W.A.T. |
| 2005 | Jamie Foxx | Ray | Don Cheadle-Hotel Rwanda Will Smith-I, Robot Mario Van Peebles-Baaadasssss!!! Denzel Washington-Man on Fire |
| 2006 | Samuel L. Jackson | Coach Carter | Shemar Moore-Diary of a Mad Black Woman] Terrence Howard-Hustle & Flow Will Smith-Hitch Laurence Fishburne- Assault on Precinct 13 |
| 2007 | Forest Whitaker | The Last King of Scotland | Laurence Fishburne-Akeelah and the Bee Jamie Foxx-Dreamgirls Will Smith-The Pursuit of Happyness Denzel Washington-Inside Man |
| 2008 | Denzel Washington | The Great Debaters | Will Smith-I Am Legend Terrence Howard-Pride Columbus Short-Stomp the Yard Don Cheadle-Talk to Me |
| 2009 | Will Smith | Seven Pounds | Don Cheadle-Traitor Rob Brown-The Express Derek Luke-Miracle at St. Anna Jeffrey Wright-Cadillac Records |
| 2010 | Morgan Freeman | Invictus | Idris Elba-Obsessed Denzel Washington- The Taking of Pelham 123 Jamie Foxx-Law Abiding Citizen Quinton Aaron-The Blind Side |
| 2011 | Denzel Washington | The Book of Eli | Jaden Smith-The Karate Kid Morgan Freeman-RED Common (rapper)-Just Wright Anthony Mackie-Night Catches Us |
| 2012 | Laz Alonso | Jumping the Broom | Vin Diesel - Fast Five Laurence Fishburne - Contagion Oliver Litondo - The First Grader Eddie Murphy - Tower Heist |
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“The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don’t acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead.”
—Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922)