| | | Year | Supporting Actor | Motion Picture | Nominees | |
| | | 1969 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1970 | Redd Foxx | Cotton Comes to Harlem | | |
| | | 1971 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1972 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1973 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1974 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1975 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1976 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1977 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1978 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1979 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1980 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1981 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1982 | Moses Gunn | Ragtime | | |
| | | 1983 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1984 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1985 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1986 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1987 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1988 | Denzel Washington | Power | | |
| | | 1989 | Mario Van Peebles | Heartbreak Ridge | | |
| | | 1990 | Arsenio Hall | Coming to America | | |
| | | 1991 | Ossie Davis | Do the Right Thing | | |
| | | 1992 | Denzel Washington | Glory | | |
| | | 1993 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1994 | NOT AWARDED | - | | |
| | | 1995 | Al Freeman, Jr. | Malcolm X | Delroy Lindo- Malcolm X Denzel Washington- Much Ado About Nothing Forest Whitaker- The Crying Game Wolfgang Bodison- A Few Good Men | |
| | | 1996 | Laurence Fishburne | Higher Learning | Charles S. Dutton- Cry, the Beloved Country Don Cheadle- Devil in a Blue Dress Ice Cube- Higher Learning Cuba Gooding Jr.- Outbreak | |
| | | 1997 | Samuel L. Jackson | A Time to Kill | Blair Underwood- Set it Off Charles S. Dutton- A Time to Kill Delroy Lindo- Ransom Forest Whitaker- Phenomenon | |
| | | 1998 | Morgan Freeman | Amistad | Clarence Williams III- Hoodlum Danny Glover- The Rainmaker Don Cheadle- Rosewood Vondie Curtis-Hall- Eve's Bayou | |
| | | 1999 | Morgan Freeman | Deep Impact | Andre Braugher- City of Angels Chris Rock- Lethal Weapon 4 Cuba Gooding Jr.- What Dreams May Come Don Cheadle- Bulworth | |
| | | 2000 | Terrence Howard | The Best Man | Charles S. Dutton- Cookie's Fortune Clarence Williams III- The General's Daughter Harold Perrineau- The Best Man LL Cool J- Deep Blue Sea | |
| | | 2001 | Blair Underwood | Rules of Engagement | Ving Rhames- Mission: Impossible II Morgan Freeman- Nurse Betty Wood Harris- Remember the Titans Billy Dee Williams- The Visit | |
| | | 2002 | Jamie Foxx | Ali | Mario Van Peebles- Ali Ving Rhames- Baby Boy Cedric the Entertainer- Kingdom Come Anthony Anderson-Two Can Play That Game | |
| | | 2003 | Denzel Washington | Antwone Fisher | Boris Kodjoe-Brown Sugar Mos Def-Brown Sugar Cedric the Entertainer-Barbershop Anthony Anderson-Barbershop | |
| | | 2004 | Morgan Freeman | Bruce Almighty | Djimon Hounsou-In America Forest Whitaker-Phone Booth Bernie Mac-Head of State Charles S. Dutton-Gothika | |
| | | 2005 | Morgan Freeman | Million Dollar Baby | Jamie Foxx-Collateral C.J. Sanders-Ray Clifton Powell-Ray Don Cheadle-Ocean's Twelve | |
| | | 2006 | Terrence Howard | Crash | Ludacris-Crash Larenz Tate-Crash Don Cheadle-Crash Anthony Anderson-Hustle & Flow | |
| | | 2007 | Djimon Hounsou | Blood Diamond | Eddie Murphy-Dreamgirls Danny Glover-Dreamgirls Harry Belafonte-Bobby Jaden Smith-The Pursuit of Happyness | |
| | | 2008 | Denzel Whitaker | The Great Debaters | Nate Parker-The Great Debaters Chiwetel Ejiofor-Talk to Me Tyler Perry-Why Did I Get Married? Forest Whitaker-The Great Debaters | |
| | | 2009 | Columbus Short | Cadillac Records | Dev Patel-Slumdog Millionaire Nate Parker-The Secret Life of Bees Cedric the Entertainer-Cadillac Records Mos Def-Cadillac Records | |
| | | 2010 | Adam Rodriguez | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | Anthony Mackie-The Hurt Locker Chiwetel Ejiofor-2012 Danny Glover-2012 Lenny Kravitz-Precious | |
| | | 2011 | Samuel L. Jackson | Mother and Child | Idris Elba-Takers Don Cheadle-Brooklyn's Finest Michael Ealy-For Colored Girls Justin Timberlake-The Social Network | |
| | | 2012 | Mike Epps | Jumping the Broom | Anthony Mackie – The Adjustment Bureau Charles Parnell – Pariah Don Cheadle – The Guard Jeffrey Wright – The Ides of March | |
| | | 2013 | Samuel L. Jackson | Django Unchained | Lenny Kravitz – The Hunger Games Don Cheadle – Flight David Oyelowo – Middle of Nowhere Dwight Henry-Beasts of the Southern Wild | |
| | | 2014 | David Oyelowo | Lee Daniels' The Butler | Terrence Howard - Lee Daniels' The Butler Cuba Gooding Jr. - Lee Daniels' The Butler Terrence Howard - The Best Man Holiday Morris Chestnut - The Best Man Holiday | |
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