“Empire Movie Award for Best Actor” is one of the Empire Awards nominations awarded by Empire magazine. Winners are chosen by readers of the magazine.
The following are the actors who have been awarded this award since the establishment of the award, as well as the nominees. The names of the winners are highlighted in a separate color .
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1990s
| Year | Ceremony | Winners and nominees (actor - film) |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1st | Nigel Hawthorne - Madness of King George |
| 1997 | 2nd | Morgan Freeman - Seven |
| 1998 | 3rd | Kevin Spicy - Los Angeles Secrets |
| 1999 | 4th | Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan |
| Jeff Bridges - Big Lebowski | ||
| Jim Carrey - Truman Show | ||
| Matt Damon - Good Will Hunting | ||
| Samuel L. Jackson - Jackie Brown |
2000s
| Year | Ceremony | Winners and Nominees (Actor - Film) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5th | Pierce Brosnan - And the whole world is not enough |
| 2001 | 6th | Russell Crowe - Gladiator |
| George Clooney - Oh, where are you, brother? | ||
| Jim Carrey - The Grinch - The Christmas Thief | ||
| John Cusack - The Zealot | ||
| Kevin Spicy - American Beauty | ||
| 2002 | 7th | Elijah Wood - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
| Benicio del Toro - Traffic | ||
| Billy Bob Thornton - A Man Who Was Not | ||
| Hayley Joel Osment - Artificial Mind | ||
| Viggo Mortensen - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | ||
| 2003 | 8th | Tom Cruise - Separate Opinion |
| Colin Farrell - Separate Opinion | ||
| Mike Myers - Austin Powers: Goldmember | ||
| Tom Hanks - The Cursed Way | ||
| Viggo Mortensen - The Lord of the Rings: Two Fortresses | ||
| 2004 | 9th | Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |
| Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York | ||
| Hugh Jackman - X-Men 2 | ||
| Sean Astin - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | ||
| Viggo Mortensen - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | ||
| 2005 | 10th | Matt Damon - Bourne Supremacy |
| Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | ||
| Johnny Depp - Fairyland | ||
| Toby Maguire - Spider-Man 2 | ||
| Tom Cruise - Accessory | ||
| 2006 | 11th | Johnny Depp - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| Andy Serkis - King Kong | ||
| Christian Bale - Batman: The Beginning | ||
| Matt Dillon - Clash | ||
| Viggo Mortensen - Justified Cruelty | ||
| 2007 | 12th | Daniel Craig - Casino Royale |
| Christian Bale - Prestige | ||
| Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | ||
| Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed | ||
| Sasha Baron Cohen - Borat: American Cultural Studies for the Glorious State of Kazakhstan | ||
| 2008 | 13th | James McAvoy - Atonement |
| Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | ||
| Gerard Butler - 300 Spartans | ||
| Matt Damon - The Bourne Ultimatum | ||
| Simon Pegg - Type Cool Pointers | ||
| 2009 | 14th | Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight |
| Daniel Day-Lewis - Oil | ||
| Robert Downey Jr - Iron Man | ||
| Daniel Craig - Quantum of Solace | ||
| Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
2010s
| Year | Ceremony | Winners and nominees (actor - film) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15th | Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds |
| Michael Kane - Harry Brown | ||
| Robert Downey Jr - Sherlock Holmes | ||
| Robert Pattinson - Twilight. Saga. New moon | ||
| Sam Worthington - Avatar | ||
| 2011 | 16th | Colin Firth - The King Says! |
| James Franco - 127 hours | ||
| Aaron Johnson - Kick | ||
| Jesse Eisenberg - Social Network | ||
| Leonardo DiCaprio - The Beginning | ||
| 2012 | 17th | Gary Oldman - Spy, Get Out! |
| Ryan Gosling - Drive | ||
| Daniel Craig - Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | ||
| Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | ||
| Andy Serkis - Rise of the Planet of the Apes | ||
| 2013 | 18th | Martin Freeman - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |
| Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained | ||
| Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln | ||
| Daniel Craig - 007: Skyfall Coordinates | ||
| Robert Downey Jr - Avengers | ||
| 2014 | 19th | James McAvoy - Dirt |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 years of slavery | ||
| Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street | ||
| Martin Freeman - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | ||
| Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips | ||
| 2015 | 20th | Andy Serkis - Planet of the Apes: Revolution |
| Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game | ||
| Eddie Redmayne - Theory of Everything | ||
| Bradley Cooper - Sniper | ||
| Richard Armitage - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | ||
| 2016 | 21st | Matt Damon - Martian |
| Leonardo DiCaprio - Survivor | ||
| Michael Fassbender - Macbeth and Steve Jobs | ||
| Tom Hardy - Legends Mad Max: Fury Road | ||
| Michael B. Jordan - Creed: The Rocky Legacy |