Awards & Winners

BET Award for Best Actor

BET Awards

Of the nominees for Best Actress Halle Berry holds the record with the most wins in this category. This category had two Oscar Winners and four Oscar nominees. Denzel Washington holds the record for the most wins in the category for Best Actor. This category has honored and nominated five Oscar winners and four Oscar Nominees.
This is a list of winners and nominees for the BET Award for Best Actor, given at the BET Awards.
Date Established : 2001

Check all the winners of BET Award for Best Actor presented under BET Awards since 2001 .


Chiwetel Ejiofor

Honored for : 12 Years a Slave

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave
Forest Whitaker The Butler
Idris Elba Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom","Thor: The Dark World
Kevin Hart Ride Along","About Last Night","Real Husbands of Hollywood
Michael B. Jordan Fruitvale Station

Jamie Foxx

Honored for : Django Unchained

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Don Cheadle Flight","House of Lies
Jamie Foxx Django Unchained
Common The Odd Life of Timothy Green","Hell on Wheels","Learning Uncle Vincent
Samuel L. Jackson The Avengers","Django Unchained
Denzel Washington Flight

Kevin Hart

Honored for : Think Like A Man

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Don Cheadle House of Lies
Common Happy Feet Two","New Year's Eve","Hell on Wheels
Idris Elba Luther
Kevin Hart Think Like A Man
Denzel Washington Safe House

Idris Elba

Honored for : Takers, Luther

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Chris Brown Takers
Idris Elba Takers","Luther
Laz Alonso Jumping the Broom
Don Cheadle Iron Man 2
Jamie Foxx Due Date

Idris Elba

Honored for : The Losers

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Denzel Washington The Taking of Pelham 123
Idris Elba The Losers
Quinton Aaron The Blind Side
Jamie Foxx Law Abiding Citizen
Don Cheadle Brooklyn's Finest

Will Smith

Honored for : Hancock, Seven Pounds

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Will Smith Seven Pounds","Hancock
Jamal Woolard Notorious
Common Wanted","Street Kings
Samuel L. Jackson Soul Men","Lakeview Terrace
Idris Elba RocknRolla","The Unborn

Denzel Washington

Honored for : The Great Debaters, American Gangster

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Anthony Anderson Transformers","K-Ville
Idris Elba This Christmas","American Gangster","28 Weeks Later
Denzel Washington The Great Debaters","American Gangster
Terrence Howard The Brave One","The Perfect Holiday
Don Cheadle Ocean's Thirteen","Talk to Me

Forest Whitaker

Honored for : The Last King of Scotland

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland
Will Smith The Pursuit of Happyness
Eddie Murphy Norbit","Dreamgirls
Jamie Foxx Dreamgirls
Idris Elba Daddy's Little Girls

Terrence Howard

Honored for : Lackawanna Blues, Crash, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Hustle & Flow, Four Brothers

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Don Cheadle Crash
Ludacris Crash","Hustle & Flow
Jamie Foxx Stealth","Miami Vice
Denzel Washington Inside Man
Terrence Howard Lackawanna Blues","Crash","Get Rich or Die Tryin'","Hustle & Flow","Four Brothers

Jamie Foxx

Honored for : Ray, Collateral, Breakin' All the Rules

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jamie Foxx Ray","Collateral","Breakin' All the Rules
Morgan Freeman Million Dollar Baby
Mos Def
Don Cheadle Ocean's Twelve","Hotel Rwanda","After the Sunset
Will Smith I, Robot","Shark Tale","Hitch

Denzel Washington

Honored for : Out of Time

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Denzel Washington Out of Time
Morgan Freeman
Mos Def The Italian Job
Will Smith
Don Cheadle
Laurence Fishburne Mystic River
Laurence Fishburne The Matrix Revolutions","The Matrix Reloaded
Samuel L. Jackson S.W.A.T.
Bernie Mac The Bernie Mac Show","Bad Santa","Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Derek Luke

Honored for : Antwone Fisher

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Derek Luke Antwone Fisher
Denzel Washington Antwone Fisher
Nick Cannon Drumline
Mos Def Brown Sugar
Samuel L. Jackson xXx","Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

Will Smith

Honored for : Ali

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Will Smith Ali
Denzel Washington Training Day","John Q
Eddie Murphy Showtime","Shrek","Dr. Dolittle 2
Chris Tucker Rush Hour 2
Morgan Freeman High Crimes

Denzel Washington

Honored for : Remember the Titans

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Omar Epps Love & Basketball
Samuel L. Jackson Rules of Engagement
Cuba Gooding, Jr. Men of Honor
Denzel Washington Remember the Titans