Empire Award for Best Actor
Empire Award for Best Actor | ||||
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Awarded for | Best performance by an actor in a leading role | |||
Country | United Kingdom | |||
Presented by | Empire magazine | |||
First awarded | 1996 | |||
Currently held by | Hugh Jackman - Logan (2018) | |||
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The Empire Award for Best Actor was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine Empire to honor an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. The Empire Award for Best Actor was one of five ongoing awards which were first introduced at the 1st Empire Awards ceremony in 1996 (the others being Best Actress, Best Director, Best Film and Best British Film) with Nigel Hawthorne receiving the award for his role in The Madness of King George. Winners were chosen by the readers of Empire magazine.
Since its inception, the award was given to 18 actors. Johnny Depp and James McAvoy have received the most awards in this category with two awards each. Johnny Depp was nominated on five occasions, more than any other actor. Hugh Jackman was the most recent winner in this category for his role in Logan.
Winners and nominees
In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row in boldface, followed by the other nominees. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on that ceremony.
Key | Description |
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Indicates the winner |
1990s
Year | Actor | Character | Film | Ref. |
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| Nigel Hawthorne | King George III | The Madness of King George | [1] |
| Morgan Freeman | Det. Lt. William Somerset | Seven | [2] |
| Kevin Spacey | Det. Sgt. Jack Vincennes | L.A. Confidential | [3] |
| Tom Hanks | Captain John H. Miller | Saving Private Ryan | [4][5] |
Jeff Bridges | Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski | The Big Lebowski | ||
Jim Carrey | Truman Burbank | The Truman Show | ||
Matt Damon | Will Hunting | Good Will Hunting | ||
Samuel L. Jackson | Ordell Robbie | Jackie Brown |
2000s
Year | Actor | Character | Film | Ref. |
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| Pierce Brosnan | James Bond | The World Is Not Enough | [6][7] |
Brad Pitt | Tyler Durden | Fight Club | ||
Bruce Willis | Malcolm Crowe | The Sixth Sense | ||
Keanu Reeves | Thomas Anderson / Neo | The Matrix | ||
Tom Cruise | Dr. William "Bill" Harford | Eyes Wide Shut | ||
| Russell Crowe | Maximus Decimus Meridius | Gladiator | [8][9] |
George Clooney | Ulysses Everett McGill | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | ||
Jim Carrey | The Grinch | Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas | ||
John Cusack | Rob Gordon | High Fidelity | ||
Kevin Spacey | Lester Burnham | American Beauty | ||
| Elijah Wood | Frodo Baggins | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | [10][11] |
Benicio del Toro | Javier Rodriguez | Traffic | ||
Billy Bob Thornton | Ed Crane | The Man Who Wasn't There | ||
Haley Joel Osment | David | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | ||
Viggo Mortensen | Aragorn | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | ||
| Tom Cruise | Chief John Anderton | Minority Report | [13] |
Colin Farrell | Danny Witwer | Minority Report | ||
Mike Myers | Austin Powers Dr. Evil | Austin Powers in Goldmember | ||
Tom Hanks | Michael Sullivan, Sr. | Road to Perdition | ||
Viggo Mortensen | Aragorn | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | ||
| Johnny Depp | Captain Jack Sparrow | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | [14] |
Daniel Day-Lewis | William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting | Gangs of New York | ||
Hugh Jackman | Logan / Wolverine | X2 | ||
Sean Astin | Samwise "Sam" Gamgee | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | ||
Viggo Mortensen | Aragorn | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | ||
| Matt Damon | David Webb / Jason Bourne | The Bourne Supremacy | [15] |
Jim Carrey | Joel Barish | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | ||
Johnny Depp | J. M. Barrie | Finding Neverland | ||
Tobey Maguire | Peter Parker / Spider-Man | Spider-Man 2 | ||
Tom Cruise | Vincent | Collateral | ||
| Johnny Depp | Willy Wonka | Charlie And The Chocolate Factory | [16][17] |
Andy Serkis | Kong | King Kong | ||
Christian Bale | Bruce Wayne / Batman | Batman Begins | ||
Matt Dillon | Sgt. John Ryan | Crash | ||
Viggo Mortensen | Tom Stall / Joey Cusack | A History of Violence | ||
| Daniel Craig | James Bond | Casino Royale | [19] |
Christian Bale | Alfred Borden (The Professor) / Fallon | The Prestige | ||
Johnny Depp | Captain Jack Sparrow | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | ||
Leonardo DiCaprio | William "Billy" Costigan, Jr. | The Departed | ||
Sacha Baron Cohen | Borat Sagdiyev | Borat | ||
| James McAvoy | Robbie Turner | Atonement | [20] |
Daniel Radcliffe | Harry Potter | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | ||
Gerard Butler | Leonidas | 300 | ||
Matt Damon | David Webb / Jason Bourne | The Bourne Ultimatum | ||
Simon Pegg | Sgt. Nicholas "Nick" Angel | Hot Fuzz | ||
| Christian Bale | Bruce Wayne / Batman | The Dark Knight | [21] |
Daniel Craig | James Bond | Quantum of Solace | ||
Daniel Day-Lewis | Daniel Plainview | There Will Be Blood | ||
Johnny Depp | Benjamin Barker / Sweeney Todd | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | ||
Robert Downey Jr. | Tony Stark / Iron Man | Iron Man |
2010s
Multiple awards and nominations
Multiple awards
As of the 23rd Empire Awards[update], the following individuals received two or more Best Actor awards:
Awards | Film |
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2 | James McAvoy |
Johnny Depp | |
Matt Damon |
Multiple nominations
As of the 23rd Empire Awards[update], the following individuals received two or more Best Actor nominations:
Notes
- ^ Academy Award nominated performance for Steve Jobs.
References
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- ^ "Best Actor". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2014. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
- ^ "Best Actor". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (March 30, 2015). "'Interstellar' wins Film, Director at Empire Awards". Variety.com. Penske Business Media. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
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- Nigel Hawthorne (1996)
- Morgan Freeman (1997)
- Kevin Spacey (1998)
- Tom Hanks (1999)
- Pierce Brosnan (2000)
- Russell Crowe (2001)
- Elijah Wood (2002)
- Tom Cruise (2003)
- Johnny Depp (2004)
- Matt Damon (2005)
- Johnny Depp (2006)
- Daniel Craig (2007)
- James McAvoy (2008)
- Christian Bale (2009)
- Christoph Waltz (2010)
- Colin Firth (2011)
- Gary Oldman (2012)
- Martin Freeman (2013)
- James McAvoy (2014)
- Andy Serkis (2015)
- Matt Damon (2016)
- Eddie Redmayne (2017)
- Hugh Jackman (2018)