Leslie Odom Jr.

After 15 years and 5 films as James Bond, Daniel Craig has already earned his place in cinema history as one of the most iconic characters of all time. But with his second appearance in the TIFF-premiered Glass Onion: A Knives Out as famed Southern detective, Benoit Blanc, the English actor may be creating another even more memorable new character; a cinematic cousin to Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot.

By any objective standards, 2020 was an extraordinary year in the life and career of Leslie Odom Jr. He was in three major movies, each of which has been nominated for awards, as well as his role as Sam Cooke in Regina King’s One Night in Miami.