Empire Icon Award Explained

The Empire Icon Award is an honorary Empire Award presented by the British film magazine Empire. The Empire Icon Award was first introduced at the 11th Empire Awards ceremony in 2006 with Brian Cox receiving the award. The award was absent from the 12th, 17th and 18th Empire Awards ceremonies. Mark Hamill is the most recent winner in this category.

Winners

In the list below, winners are listed first in boldface. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on that ceremony.

2000s

Year	Winner
2006 (11th)	Brian Cox	^[1]
2008 (13th)	Ewan McGregor	^[2]
2009 (14th)	Viggo Mortensen	^[3]

2010s

Year	Winner
2010 (15th)	Ian McKellen	^[4]
2011 (16th)	Gary Oldman	^[5]
2014 (19th)	Hugh Jackman	^[6]
2018 (23rd)	Mark Hamill

Notes and References

1. Web site: Previous winners - 2006 . . . 2012 . September 15, 2014 .
2. Web site: The Sony Ericsson Empire Awards 2008 - Empire Icon Award . . . 2008 . September 15, 2014 .
3. Web site: The Jameson Empire Awards 2009 - Empire Icon Award . . . 2009 . September 15, 2014 .
4. Web site: The Jameson Empire Awards 2010 - Empire Icon Award . . . 2010 . September 15, 2014 .
5. Web site: Previous winners - 2011 . . . 2012 . September 15, 2014.
6. Web site: The Jameson Empire Awards 2014 - Empire Icon Award . . . 2014 . September 15, 2014 .