Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer explained

Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer
Awarded For:Best breakthrough performance by an actor
Presenter:Empire magazine
Country:United Kingdom
Year:2012
Holder:Josh O'Connor - God's Own Country (2018)
Main:Empire Awards

The Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer is an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine Empire to honor an actor who has delivered a breakthrough performance[1] while working within the film industry. The Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer is one of two ongoing awards which were first introduced at the 17th Empire Awards ceremony in 2012 (along with Best Female Newcomer) with Tom Hiddleston receiving the award for his role in Thor. Josh O'Connor is the most recent winner in this category for his role in God's Own Country. Winners are voted by the readers of Empire magazine.

Winners and nominees

In the list below, winners are listed first 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.

2010s

YearActorFilm
2012
Tom HiddlestonThor[2]
Asa ButterfieldHugo
Craig RobertsSubmarine
Jeremy IrvineWar Horse
John BoyegaAttack the Block
Sam Claflin
2013
Tom HollandThe Impossible[3]
Domhnall GleesonAnna Karenina
Rafe SpallLife of Pi
Steve OramSightseers
Suraj SharmaLife of Pi
2014
Aidan Turner[4]
Barkhad AbdiCaptain Phillips
George MacKaySunshine on Leith
Oscar IsaacInside Llewyn Davis
Tye SheridanMud
Will PoulterWe're the Millers
2015
Taron Egerton[5] [6]
Dan StevensThe Guest
Daniel HuttlestoneInto the Woods
Ellar ColtraneBoyhood
Jack O'ConnellUnbroken
2016
John Boyega[7]
Abraham AttahBeasts of No Nation
Thomas MannMe and Earl and the Dying Girl
Jason MitchellStraight Outta Compton
Jacob TremblayRoom
2017
Dave JohnsI, Daniel Blake[8]
Julian DennisonHunt for the Wilderpeople
Lewis MacDougallA Monster Calls
Riz AhmedRogue One: A Star Wars Story
Tom Holland
2018
Josh O'ConnorGod's Own Country[9]
Fionn WhiteheadDunkirk
Ansel ElgortBaby Driver
Daniel KaluuyaGet Out
Timothée ChalametCall Me by Your Name

Notes and References

  1. News: O'Hara . Helen . Jameson Empire Award Nominations 2012. The nominees are here! . . . March 26, 2012 . October 10, 2014 .
  2. Web site: Best Male Newcomer . . . 2012 . August 18, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131030182729/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2012/winners/malenewcomer.asp . October 30, 2013 . mdy .
  3. Web site: Best Male Newcomer . . . 2013 . August 18, 2004 .
  4. Web site: Best Male Newcomer . . . 2014 . August 18, 2014 .
  5. Web site: Best Male Newcomer . . . 2015 . April 1, 2015 .
  6. News: Barraclough . Leo . ‘Interstellar’ wins Film, Director at Empire Awards . . . March 30, 2015 . March 30, 2015 .
  7. http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/star-wars-mad-max-empire-awards-2016-nominations-2/ Jameson Empire Awards 2016: Star Wars and Mad Max lead the nominations
  8. https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/three-empire-awards-2017-rogue-one-tom-hiddleston-patrick-stewart-win-big/ Empireonline.com. Three Empire Awards 2017: Rogue One, Tom Hiddleston And Patrick Stewart Win Big
  9. https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/star-wars-last-jedi-thor-ragnarok-lead-empire-awards-2018-nominations/ Empireonline.com. Star Wars The Last Jedi and Thor Ragnarok Lead Empire Awards 2018 Nominations