BET Award for Best Actor
The BET Award for Best Actor is awarded to actors from both television and film. Some nominees have been nominated based on their performances in multiple bodies of work within the eligibility period. Denzel Washington holds the record for most wins in this category with three.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
2000s
Year |
Actor |
Work |
Ref |
2001 |
Denzel Washington |
Remember the Titans |
[1] |
Omar Epps |
Love & Basketball |
Cuba Gooding Jr. |
Men of Honor |
Samuel L. Jackson |
Rules of Engagement |
2002 |
Will Smith |
Ali |
[2] |
Morgan Freeman |
High Crimes |
Eddie Murphy |
Shrek, Dr. Dolittle 2 and Showtime |
Chris Tucker |
Rush Hour 2 |
Denzel Washington |
Training Day and John Q. |
2003 |
Derek Luke |
Antwone Fisher |
[3] |
Nick Cannon |
Drumline |
Mos Def |
Brown Sugar |
Samuel L. Jackson |
XXX and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones |
Denzel Washington |
Antwone Fisher |
2004 |
Denzel Washington |
Out of Time |
[4] |
Mos Def |
The Italian Job |
Laurence Fishburne |
Mystic River, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions |
Morgan Freeman |
Bruce Almighty |
Samuel L. Jackson |
S.W.A.T. |
Bernie Mac |
Bad Santa, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and The Bernie Mac Show |
2005 |
Jamie Foxx |
Ray, Collateral and Breakin' All the Rules |
[5] |
Don Cheadle |
Ocean's Twelve, Hotel Rwanda and After the Sunset |
Morgan Freeman |
Million Dollar Baby |
Samuel L. Jackson |
The Incredibles and Coach Carter |
Will Smith |
I, Robot, Shark Tale and Hitch |
2006 |
Terrence Howard |
Crash, Four Brothers, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Lackawanna Blues and Hustle & Flow |
[6] |
Don Cheadle |
Crash |
Jamie Foxx |
Stealth and Miami Vice |
Ludacris |
Crash and Hustle & Flow |
Denzel Washington |
Inside Man |
2007 |
Forest Whitaker |
The Last King of Scotland |
[7] |
Idris Elba |
Daddy's Little Girls |
Jamie Foxx |
Dreamgirls |
Eddie Murphy |
Norbit and Dreamgirls |
Will Smith |
The Pursuit of Happyness |
2008 |
Denzel Washington |
American Gangster and The Great Debaters |
[8] |
Anthony Anderson |
Transformers and K-Ville |
Don Cheadle |
Ocean's Thirteen and Talk to Me |
Idris Elba |
American Gangster, This Christmas and 28 Weeks Later |
Terrence Howard |
The Brave One and The Perfect Holiday |
2009 |
Will Smith |
Hancock and Seven Pounds |
[9] |
Common |
Wanted and Street Kings |
Idris Elba |
RocknRolla and The Unborn |
Samuel L. Jackson |
Lakeview Terrace and Soul Men |
Jamal Woolard |
Notorious |
2010s
Year |
Actor |
Work |
Ref |
2010 |
Idris Elba |
The Losers |
[10] |
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 and Luther |
[11] |
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 |
[12] |
Don Cheadle |
House of Lies and The Guard |
Common |
New Year's Eve and Hell on Wheels |
Idris Elba |
Thor, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and Luther |
Denzel Washington |
Safe House |
2013 |
Jamie Foxx |
Django Unchained |
[13] |
Don Cheadle |
House of Lies and Flight |
Common |
Hell on Wheels, LUV and The Odd Life of Timothy Green |
Samuel L. Jackson |
Django Unchained and The Avengers |
Denzel Washington |
Flight |
2014 |
Chiwetel Ejiofor |
12 Years a Slave |
[14] |
Idris Elba |
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and Thor: The Dark World |
Kevin Hart |
Ride Along, Real Husbands of Hollywood and About Last Night |
Michael B. Jordan |
Fruitvale Station |
Forest Whitaker |
The Butler |
2015 |
Terrence Howard |
Empire, Lullaby, St. Vincent and Sabotage |
[15] |
Anthony Anderson |
Black-ish |
Idris Elba |
Luther and No Good Deed |
Kevin Hart |
The Wedding Ringer, Think Like a Man Too, Real Husbands of Hollywood and Top Five |
Jussie Smollett |
Empire |
2016 |
Michael B. Jordan |
Fantastic Four and Creed |
[16] |
Anthony Anderson |
Black-ish |
Idris Elba |
Zootopia, Beasts of No Nation and 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 and Moonlight |
[17] |
Donald Glover |
Atlanta |
Bryshere Y. Gray |
Empire and The New Edition Story |
Omari Hardwick |
Power |
Denzel Washington |
Fences and The Magnificent Seven |
Multiple wins and nominations
Wins
Nominations
- 10 nominations
- 9 nominations
- 7 nominations
- 6 nominations
- 4 nominations
|
- 3 nominations
- 2 nominations
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See also
References
- ↑ "2001 BET Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ↑ "2002 BET Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ↑ "2003 BET Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ↑ "2004 BET Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ↑ "2005 BET Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ↑ "2006 BET Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ↑ "2007 BET Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ↑ "2008 BET Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ↑ "2009 BET Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ↑ "2010 BET Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ↑ "2011 BET Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ↑ "2012 BET Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ↑ Andy Swift. "BET Awards Nominees 2013 – Full List Of Hip-Hop Nominations". Hollywood Life. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
- ↑ Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. "BET Award 2014 Nominations Announced". nokiatheatrelalive.com. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj Lead BET Awards Nominations". Rap-Up. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
- ↑ Konerman, Jennifer (May 20, 2016). "Drake Leads BET Awards with 9 Nominations". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ↑ "Beyoncé and Bruno Mars Top 2017 BET Awards Nominees Slate". Billboard. May 15, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.