Black-ish star and Emmy-nominated actor Anthony Anderson has been announced as the host of the 53rd NAACP Image Awards.
The awards show will air live on Saturday, February 26th, 2022 at 8:00 PM ET/ 8:00 PM PT on BET. Anderson has hosted the NAACP Image Awards for the past eight years, including the 47th, 48th and 49th issues and won a trophy multiple times for his role on black-ish.
In addition, voting is open to for the NAACP Image Awards “Outstanding International Song” of the Year. The winners will be revealed during the two-hour telecast in February. The six nominees are: “Essence” – Wizkid feat. Tems and Justin Bieber, “Peru” – Fireboy DML, “Somebody’s Son” – Tiwa Savage feat. Brandy, “Touch It” – KiDi and “Understand – Omah Lay”.
Voting is now open to the public to determine the winners of the 53rd NAACP Image Awards by visiting www.naacpimageawards.net – voting closes on February 5, 2022.
Anderson has numerous other television and over twenty film credits including TRANSFORMERS, THE DEPARTED and HUSTLE & FLOW.
Anderson has received seven Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series as producer, three Golden Globe nominations and three Critics Choice nominations for his role on “black-ish.” He has won seven Image Awards and a total of 16 nominations in his career.
He has been nominated for four Screen Actors Guild awards, BET Awards, and Teen Choice awards as well as one People’s Choice Awards and one Kids’ Choice Awards. Anderson has also hosted the NAACP Image Awards for the past eight years. In 2020 he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
