Empire Award for Best Actor
The Empire Award for Best Actor is 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" . 
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