| Black Reel Award for Outstanding Performance | |
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| Awarded For: | Outstanding Performance |
| Presenter: | Black Reel Awards (BRAs) |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Holder Label: | Most recent winner |
| Holder: | Jeffrey Wright American Fiction |
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]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oldest winner | American Fiction | 58 | ||
| Oldest nominee | ||||
| Youngest winner | ||||
| Youngest nominee | Talk to Me | 25 |