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Film award for lead actor at the Black Reel Awards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Lead Performance. The award recognizes an actor or actress who delivers an outstanding performance in a leading role within the given eligible period.[1]
Black Reel Award for Outstanding Performance | |
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![]() The 2024 recipient: Jeffrey Wright | |
Awarded for | Outstanding Performance |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Black Reel Awards (BRAs) |
First awarded | 2024 |
Most recent winner | Jeffrey Wright American Fiction |
Website | blackreelawards |
The award was first presented at the 24th Annual Black Reel Awards as a result of a merger between the Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Actress awards into a single gender-neutral award, with a total of ten nominees being selected. Jeffrey Wright is the inaugural winner for his performance in American Fiction, for which he was also nominated at the Academy Awards.
Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film |
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2024 [2] | |||
Jeffrey Wright | Thelonious "Monk" Ellison | American Fiction | |
Fantasia Barrino | Celie Harris-Johnson | The Color Purple | |
John Boyega | Fontaine / Tyrone | They Cloned Tyrone | |
Colman Domingo | Bayard Rustin | Rustin | |
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor | Isabel Wilkerson | Origin | |
Jamie Foxx | Willie E. Gary | The Burial | |
Kelvin Harrison Jr. | Chevalier de Saint-Georges | Chevalier | |
Michael B. Jordan | Adonis Creed | Creed III | |
Teyana Taylor | Inez de la Paz | A Thousand and One | |
Sophie Wilde | Mia | Talk to Me |
Record | Actor | Film | Age (in years) |
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Oldest winner | Jeffrey Wright | American Fiction | 58 |
Oldest nominee | |||
Youngest winner | |||
Youngest nominee | Sophie Wilde | Talk to Me | 25 |
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