Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male
| Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Black Reel Awards (BRAs) |
| First awarded | Black Reel Awards of 2014 |
| Most recent winner | Jeremy Pope The Inspection (Black Reel Awards of 2023) |
| Website | blackreelawards |
This article lists the winners and nominees for the
Currently, Daniel Kaluuya is the only male actor to win the BRA "Triple Crown" acting award with wins in the Lead, Supporting and Breakthrough categories. Kaluuya took home the award for Outstanding Actor & Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male for Get Out and won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor for Judas and the Black Messiah.
At age 14, Abraham Attah became the youngest actor to win this award for Beasts of No Nation and at age 34, Kingsley Ben-Adir became the oldest winner in this category for One Night in Miami....
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
2010s
2020s
| Year | Actor | Film | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Kelvin Harrison Jr. | Waves (Outstanding Actor Nominee) |
[7] | |
| Tituss Burgess | Dolemite Is My Name | ||
| Jonathan Majors | The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Outstanding Supporting Actor Nominee) | ||
| Aldis Hodge | Clemency (Outstanding Supporting Actor Nominee) | ||
| Jimmie Fails | The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Outstanding Actor Nominee) | ||
| 2021 | |||
| Kingsley Ben-Adir | One Night in Miami... (Outstanding Actor Nominee) |
[8] | |
| Yahya Abdul-Mateen II | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | ||
| Dusan Brown | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | ||
| Eli Goree | One Night in Miami... | ||
| Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine | Farewell Amor | ||
| 2022 | |||
Anthony Ramos
|
In the Heights | [9] | |
| Deon Cole | The Harder They Fall | ||
| Edi Gathegi | The Harder They Fall | ||
| Joshua Henry | Tick, Tick...Boom! | ||
| Caleb McLaughlin | Concrete Cowboy | ||
| 2023 | |||
| Jeremy Pope | The Inspection (Outstanding Actor Winner) | ||
| Jalyn Hall | Till | ||
| Daryl McCormack | Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | ||
| Quintessa Swindell | Black Adam | ||
| Micheal Ward | Empire of Light (Outstanding Supporting Actor Nominee) |
Multiple nominations from the same film
- Tyler James Williams (winner) and Brandon P. Bell in Dear White People (2015)
- Andre Holland and Stephan James in Selma(2015)
- Straight Outta Compton(2016)
- Trevante Rhodes (winner), Alex Hibbert, and Ashton Sanders in Moonlight (2017)
- Daniel Kaluuya (winner) and Lil Rel Howery in Get Out (2018)
- Jonathan Majors and Jimmie Fails in The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2020)
- Kingsley Ben-Adir (winner) and Eli Goree in One Night in Miami... (2021)
- Deon Cole & Edi Gathegi in The Harder They Fall (2022)
Age superlatives
| Record | Actor | Film | Age (in years) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oldest winner | Kingsley Ben-Adir | One Night in Miami... | 34 |
| Oldest nominee | Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine | Farewell Amor | 53 |
| Youngest winner | Abraham Attah | Beasts of No Nation | 14 |
| Youngest nominee | C.J. Sanders
|
Ray | 8 |
References
- ^ "2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ 2015 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2016 Black Reel Awards
- ^ "Black Reel Awards (2017)".
- ^ "Black Reel Awards (2018)".
- ^ "Black Reel Awards (2019)".
- ^ "Black Reel Awards (2020)".
- ^ "A Special "Night in Miami!"". February 18, 2021. Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. Retrieved January 2, 2022.