Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series. The category was retired during the 2008 ceremony, but later returned in 2012. In May 2017 the category was moved from the film awards as part of the Black Reel Awards for Television honors thus resulting in two separate winners in 2017.

Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 3 nominations
 * The New Edition Story


 * 2 nominations
 * American Crime Story
 * The Corner
 * Love Songs
 * Luther

Performers with multiple nominations

 * 4 nominations
 * Andre Braugher
 * Ving Rhames


 * 3 nominations
 * Idris Elba


 * 2 nominations
 * Laurence Fishburne
 * Danny Glover
 * Cuba Gooding Jr.
 * Dulé Hill
 * Roger Guenveur Smith
 * Delroy Lindo
 * Woody McClain

Total awards by network

 * HBO - 4
 * FX - 3
 * BET - 2
 * Netflix - 2
 * Showtime - 2
 * Starz - 2
 * ABC - 1
 * BBC America - 1
 * Disney+ - 1
 * Lifetime - 1