<Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Show </Th> <Th> Status </Th> <Th> Milestone </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> Yaphet Kotto </Td> <Td> Raid on Entebbe (The Big Event) </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> First black actor to be nominated in this category . Category was known as Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Moses Gunn </Td> <Td> Roots </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> First black actor to be nominated in this category . Category was known as Best Supporting Actor in a Drama or Comedy Series, Single Appearance . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1978 </Td> <Td> Ossie Davis </Td> <Td> King </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> Category was known as Best Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> Al Freeman </Td> <Td> Roots: The Next Generations </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paul Winfield </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1989 </Td> <Td> Danny Glover </Td> <Td> Lonesome Dove </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1990 </Td> <Td> James Earl Jones </Td> <Td> By Dawn's Early Light </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> Heat Wave </Td> <Td> Won </Td> <Td> First African American to win in this category . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1992 </Td> <Td> Ben Vereen </Td> <Td> Intruders </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Andre Braugher </Td> <Td> The Tuskegee Airmen </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1997 </Td> <Td> Obba Babatundé </Td> <Td> Miss Evers' Boys </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ossie Davis </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> Don Cheadle </Td> <Td> The Rat Pack </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 </Td> <Td> Danny Glover </Td> <Td> Freedom Song </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> Don Cheadle </Td> <Td> Things Behind the Sun </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jeffrey Wright </Td> <Td> Angels in America </Td> <Td> Won </Td> <Td> Second African American to win in this category . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> Michael Kenneth Williams </Td> <Td> Bessie </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> Category was known as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> Sterling K. Brown </Td> <Td> The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story </Td> <Td> Won </Td> <Td> Third African American to win in this category . Category was known as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bokeem Woodbine </Td> <Td> Fargo </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> Category was known as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> Michael Kenneth Williams </Td> <Td> The Night Of </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> Category was known as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Show </Th> <Th> Status </Th> <Th> Milestone </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> Yaphet Kotto </Td> <Td> Raid on Entebbe (The Big Event) </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> First black actor to be nominated in this category . Category was known as Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special . </Td> </Tr>

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