F1 star Damson Idris has been nominated for 2 Black Reel Awards after his efficiency alongside Brad Pitt for the System 1 movie.
The British actor has been nominated for each Excellent Supporting Efficiency and Excellent Breakthrough Efficiency for the 2026 Black Reel Awards, which honour the “brilliance and resilience of Black storytellers”.
Previous to his position in F1, Idris starred in crime drama Snowfall for six seasons and sci-fi motion movie Outdoors the Wire, in addition to appearances in theatre and TV collection, together with Black Mirror, The Twilight Zone and Swarm.
Excellent Supporting Efficiency
Within the Excellent Supporting Efficiency class, the 34-year-old has been nominated alongside Miles Canton for Sinners, Regina Corridor for One Battle After One other, David Jonsson for The Lengthy Stroll, Delroy Lindo for Sinners, Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners, Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph for Eternity, A$AP Rocky for Highest 2 Lowest, Teyana Taylor for One Battle After One other and Jeffrey Wright for Highest 2 Lowest.
Excellent Breakthrough Efficiency
Within the Excellent Breakthrough Efficiency, Idris is up towards Miles Canton for Sinners, Susan Chardy for On Changing into a Guinea Fowl, Naya Desir-Johnson for Sarah’s Oil, Chase Infiniti for One Battle After One other, Jayme Lawson for Sinners, A$AP Rocky for Highest 2 Lowest, Abou Sangaré for Souleymane’s Story, SZA for One in every of Them Days and Tyriq Withers for HIM.
F1
Idris starred beside Brad Pitt in F1, which follows nomadic driver Sonny Hayes (Pitt) as he returns to the championship to assist the struggling APXGP alongside rookie driver Joshua Pearce (Idris).
Brad Pitt, Damson Idris
Photograph by: Erik Junius
The star-studded forged additionally featured Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Javier Bardem and Kim Bodnia.
Directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the film was shot throughout real-life race weekends. It options the drivers from the 2023 and 2024 F1 seasons, together with seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton, who additionally served as an government producer.
Since its launch in June 2025, the blockbuster has exceeded $630million on the international field workplace.
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