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 | Kingsley Ben-Adir One Night in Miami... (Black Reel Awards of 2021) |
| Website | blackreelawards |
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[]
- Tyler James Williams (winner) and Brandon P. Bell in Dear White People (2015)
- Andre Holland and Stephan James in Selma (2015)
- Jason Mitchell and O'Shea Jackson Jr. in 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[]
- ^ 2003 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2004 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2005 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2006 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2007 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2008 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2010 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2011 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2012 Black Reel Awards
- ^ "Critics Wild About Beasts". Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
Categories:
- Black Reel Awards