Black Reel Award for Outstanding Lead Performance

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
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.com

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.

Winners and nominees

2020s

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

Age superlatives

Record	Actor	Film	Age (in years)
Oldest winner	Jeffrey Wright	American Fiction	58
Oldest nominee
Youngest winner
Youngest nominee	Sophie Wilde	Talk to Me	25

References

1. Siler, Brenda C. (January 23, 2024). "'The Color Purple' at the Top in 2024 Black Reel Awards". The Washington Informer. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
2. Complex, Valerie (February 6, 2023). "'The Woman King' Wins Big at the 23rd Annual Black Reel Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 6, 2023.