20 Best Movie Performances Of 2021
7. Daniel Kaluuya - Judas & The Black Messiah
Daniel Kaluuya received a well-earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar earlier this year for his powerhouse of a performance as Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah.
Kaluuya brings the animated, tragically doomed Hampton to life with energising ferocity, depicting the man as a true force of nature whenever he gathers a crowd to deliver a passionate speech.
Kaluuya absolutely disappears into the role, not a scrap of his native Brit twang detectable as he belts out Hampton's iconic speeches with shattering verve.
Embodying a real-world figure of such importance - and whose life had such a tragic end - bears a massive amount of responsibility, and Kaluuya pays firm tribute to Hampton with a performance of towering magnitude.