Nigerian-British actor, John Boyega, is amongst the recipient of the 2020 GQ Men Of The Year Awards which held on Thursday 26th November. The 28-year-old actor received the GQ’s Icon award.
According to GQ, Boyega’s Black Lives Matter speech in June was perhaps at the heart of why he has been named GQ Icon.
Furthermore, he has been at the forefront of the global campaign to highlight police brutality and extrajudicial killing in Nigeria especially during the #EndSARS protest. This would also be the second time the actor has won the award.
“I won one in 2016 and, honestly, it’s great for the interior design of my living room that I can balance it out with a second one,” he said in an interview with GQ.
Lewis Hamilton who recently clinched a seventh World Championship to become the most successful racing driver ever also won the Game Changer Award.
Meanwhile, the 23rd edition of the GQ award celebrates people who made a great impact in the world in the past 12 months.
See the full list of winners below:
Inspiration: Captain Sir Tom Moore
Hugo Boss Breakthrough Actor: Paul Mescal
Game Changer: Lewis Hamilton
Campaigner: Marcus Rashford
Design Legend: Tommy Hilfiger
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Solo Artist: Shawn Mendes
TV Personality: Piers Morgan
Humanitarian: Patrick Hutchinson
Maddox Gallery Artist: Charlie Mackesy
Lifetime Achievement: Ozzy Osbourne
Creative Icon: Michaela Coel
Peroni Breakthrough Designer: Daniel W Fletcher
Hugo Boss Breakthrough Actress: Lashana Lynch
Icon: John Boyega
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