Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male
Awarded forOutstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male
CountryUnited States
Presented byBlack Reel Awards (BRAs)
First awardedBlack Reel Awards of 2014
Most recent winnerKingsley Ben-Adir
One Night in Miami... (Black Reel Awards of 2021)
Websiteblackreelawards.com

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male. Prior to 2014 the category was no gender specific, thus was called Outstanding Breakthrough Performance. Derek Luke was the first recipient (male or female) to win the Outstanding Breakthrough Performance category. Luke was also the first performer to win a Black Reel Awards in a Lead or Supporting performance and the Breakthrough performance in the same year.

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 actress 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.

2000s[]

Year Actor / Actress Film Ref
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance
2003
Derek Luke Antwone Fisher
(Outstanding Actor Winner)
[1]
Beyoncé Austin Powers in Goldmember
Nick Cannon Drumline
Raven Goodwin Lovely & Amazing
Lil' Bow Wow Like Mike
2004
Naomie Harris 28 Days Later [2]
Romeo Miller Honey
Wentworth Miller The Human Stain
(Outstanding Actor nominee)
2005
Sharon Warren Ray
(Outstanding Supporting Actress Winner)
[3]
Anthony Mackie She Hate Me
C.J. Sanders Ray
2006
Brandon T. Jackson Roll Bounce [4]
Ashanti Coach Carter
Tyler Perry Diary of a Mad Black Woman
2007
Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls
(Outstanding Supporting Actress Winner)
[5]
Shareeka Epps Half Nelson
(Outstanding Supporting Actress nominee)
Keke Palmer Akeelah and the Bee
(Outstanding Actress Winner)
Paula Patton Déjà Vu
Jaden Smith The Pursuit of Happyness
2008
Dev Patel Slumdog Millionaire
(Outstanding Actor Winner)
[6]
Omar Benson Miller Miracle at St. Anna
Columbus Short Cadillac Records
Saïd Taghmaoui Traitor
Tristan Wilds The Secret Life of Bees

2010s[]

Year Actor Film Ref
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance
2010
Gabourey Sidibe Precious
(Outstanding Actress Winner)
[7]
Quinton Aaron The Blind Side
(Outstanding Actor Nominee)
Nicole Beharie American Violet
(Outstanding Actress Nominee)
Souléymane Sy Savané Goodbye Solo
(Outstanding Actor Nominee)
Jamal Woolard Notorious
2011
Tessa Thompson For Colored Girls [8]
Amari Cheatom Night Catches Us
Yaya DaCosta The Kids Are All Right
Omari Hardwick For Colored Girls
Zoë Kravitz It's Kind of a Funny Story
2012
Adepero Oduye Pariah
(Outstanding Actress Nominee)
[9]
John Boyega Attack the Block
(Outstanding Actor Winner)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Larry Crowne
Octavia Spencer The Help
(Outstanding Supporting Actress Winner)
Kim Wayans Pariah
(Outstanding Supporting Actress Nominee)
2013
Quvenzhané Wallis Beasts of the Southern Wild
(Outstanding Actress Winner)
[10]
Emayatzy Corinealdi Middle of Nowhere
(Outstanding Actress Nominee)
Dwight Henry Beasts of the Southern Wild
(Outstanding Supporting Actor Nominee)
Amandla Stenberg The Hunger Games
Omar Sy The Intouchables
(Outstanding Actor Nominee)
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male
2014
Barkhad Abdi Captain Phillips
(Outstanding Supporting Actor Winner)
[11]
Chadwick Boseman 42
Skylan Brooks The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
Tequan Richmond Blue Caprice
(Outstanding Supporting Actor Nominee)
Keith Stanfield Short Term 12
(Outstanding Supporting Actor Nominee)
2015
Tyler James Williams Dear White People [12]
Brandon P. Bell Dear White People
David Gyasi Interstellar
Andre Holland Selma
Stephan James Selma
2016
Abraham Attah Beasts of No Nation
(Outstanding Actor Nominee)
[13]
RJ Cyler Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
O'Shea Jackson Jr. Straight Outta Compton
Jason Mitchell
(Outstanding Supporting Actor Nominee)
Shameik Moore Dope
2017
Trevante Rhodes Moonlight [14]
Alex Hibbert Moonlight
Ashton Sanders Moonlight
(Outstanding Supporting Actor Nominee)
Markees Christmas Morris From America
Jovan Adepo Fences
(Outstanding Supporting Actor Nominee)
2018
Daniel Kaluuya Get Out
(Outstanding Actor Winner)
[15]
Lil Rel Howery Get Out
(Outstanding Supporting Actor Nominee)
Sterling K. Brown Marshall
Nnamdi Asomugha Crown Heights
J. Quinton Johnson Last Flag Flying
2019
Winston Duke Black Panther [16]
John David Washington BlacKkKlansman
(Outstanding Actor Nominee)
Daveed Diggs Blindspotting
Brian Tyree Henry If Beale Street Could Talk
(Outstanding Supporting Actor Nominee)
Donald Glover Solo: A Star Wars Story

2020s[]

Year Actor Film Ref
2020
Kelvin Harrison Jr. Waves
(Outstanding Actor Nominee)
[17]
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)
[18]
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
Deon Cole The Harder They Fall [19]
Edi Gathegi The Harder They Fall
Joshua Henry Tick, Tick...Boom!
Caleb McLaughlin Concrete Cowboy
Anthony Ramos In the Heights

Multiple nominations from the same film[]

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[]

  1. ^ 2003 Black Reel Awards
  2. ^ 2004 Black Reel Awards
  3. ^ 2005 Black Reel Awards
  4. ^ 2006 Black Reel Awards
  5. ^ 2007 Black Reel Awards
  6. ^ 2008 Black Reel Awards
  7. ^ 2010 Black Reel Awards
  8. ^ 2011 Black Reel Awards
  9. ^ 2012 Black Reel Awards
  10. ^ "Critics Wild About Beasts". Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  11. ^ "2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  12. ^ 2015 Black Reel Awards
  13. ^ 2016 Black Reel Awards
  14. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2017)".
  15. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2018)".
  16. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2019)".
  17. ^ "Black Reel Awards (2020)".
  18. ^ "A Special "Night in Miami!"". February 18, 2021.
  19. ^ "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
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