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Empire Award for Best Actor

Index Empire Award for Best Actor

The Empire Award for Best Actor is 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. [1]

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A History of Violence

A History of Violence is a 2005 American crime thriller film directed by David Cronenberg and written by Josh Olson.

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A.I. Artificial Intelligence

A.I. Artificial Intelligence, also known as A.I., is a 2001 American science fiction drama film directed by Steven Spielberg.

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Aaron Taylor-Johnson (born Aaron Perry Johnson;Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005.; at ancestry.com 13 June 1990) is an English actor, best known as Robbie from Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008), as well as the title character in the Kick-Ass films.

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

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Actor

An actor (often actress for women; see terminology) is a person who portrays a character in a performance.

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Adonis Creed

Adonis "Donnie" Creed, born Adonis Johnson, is the main protagonist and title character from the ''Rocky'' spin-off and sequel Creed.

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Alan Turing

Alan Mathison Turing (23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist.

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American Beauty (1999 film)

American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball.

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American Sniper

American Sniper is a 2014 American biographical war drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Jason Hall.

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Andy Serkis

Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor and film director.

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Aragorn

Aragorn II, son of Arathorn is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.

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Armie Hammer

Armand Douglas "Armie" Hammer (born August 28, 1986) is an American actor.

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Aron Ralston

Aron Lee Ralston (born October 27, 1975) is an American outdoorsman, mechanical engineer and motivational speaker known for having survived a canyoneering accident in southeastern Utah in 2003 during which he amputated his own right forearm with a dull pocketknife in order to free himself from a dislodged boulder which had him trapped in Blue John Canyon for six days.

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Atonement (film)

Atonement is a 2007 British romantic war drama film directed by Joe Wright and based on Ian McEwan's 2001 novel Atonement.

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Austin Powers (character)

Sir Austin Danger Powers, KBE, is a fictional character from the Austin Powers series of films, and is created and portrayed by Mike Myers.

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Austin Powers in Goldmember

Austin Powers in Goldmember is a 2002 American spy action comedy film.

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Avatar (2009 film)

Avatar, marketed as James Cameron's Avatar, is a 2009 American epic science fiction film directed, written, produced, and co-edited by James Cameron, and stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver.

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Batman

Batman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Batman Begins

Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman, directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and David S. Goyer.

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Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media Group is a European-based media company, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany that manages a portfolio of more than 600 magazines, over 400 digital products and 50 radio and TV stations around the world.

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Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor who has performed in film, television, theatre and radio.

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Benicio del Toro

Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor.

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Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins is the title character and protagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit, as well as a supporting character in The Lord of the Rings.

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Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, and musician.

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Borat

Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (or simply Borat) is a 2006 British-American mockumentary comedy film written and produced by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen who also plays the title character, Borat Sagdiyev, a fictitious Kazakh journalist travelling through the United States recording real-life interactions with Americans.

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Borat Sagdiyev

Borat Sagdiyev (Борат Сағдиев, Borat Saǵdıev; bɐˈrat sɐɡˈdʲi(j)ɪf; born February 27, 1972) is a satirical fictional character, created and performed by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.

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Brad Pitt

William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer.

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Bradley Cooper

Bradley Charles Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor and producer.

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Bruce Willis

Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor, producer, and singer.

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Call Me by Your Name (film)

Call Me by Your Name is a 2017 coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by James Ivory.

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Captain Phillips (film)

Captain Phillips is a 2013 American biographical survival thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi.

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Casey Affleck

Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt (born August 12, 1975) is an American actor and director.

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Casino Royale (2006 film)

Casino Royale is a 2006 British spy film, the twenty-first in the Eon Productions ''James Bond'' film series, and the third screen adaptation of Ian Fleming's 1953 novel of the same name.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 musical fantasy comedy film directed by Tim Burton and written by John August, based on the 1964 British novel of the same name by Roald Dahl.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor (born 10 July 1977) is a British actor.

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Chris Kyle

Christopher Scott Kyle (April 8, 1974 – February 2, 2013) was a United States Navy SEAL veteran and sniper.

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Christian Bale

Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor and producer.

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Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz (born 4 October 1956) is an Austrian actor.

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Colin Farrell

Colin James Farrell (born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor.

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Colin Firth

Colin Andrew Firth, (born 10 September 1960), is an English actor who has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival.

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Collateral (film)

Collateral is a 2004 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Michael Mann and written by Stuart Beattie.

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Crash (2004 film)

Crash is a 2004 American drama film produced, directed, and co-written by Paul Haggis.

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Creed (film)

Creed is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Ryan Coogler and written by Coogler and Aaron Covington.

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Daniel Craig

Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968) is an English actor. He trained at the National Youth Theatre and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1991, before beginning his career on stage. His film debut was in the drama The Power of One (1992). Other early appearances were in the historical television war drama Sharpe's Eagle (1993), Disney family film A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995), the drama serial Our Friends in the North (1996) and the biographical film Elizabeth (1998). Craig's appearances in the British television film Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998), the indie war film The Trench (1999), and the drama Some Voices (2000) attracted the film industry's attention. This led to roles in bigger productions such as the action film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), the crime thriller Road to Perdition (2002), the crime thriller Layer Cake (2004), and the Steven Spielberg historical drama Munich (2005). Craig achieved international fame when chosen as the sixth actor to play the role of Ian Fleming's British secret agent character James Bond in the film series, taking over from Pierce Brosnan in 2005. His debut film as Bond, Casino Royale, was released internationally in November 2006 and was highly acclaimed, earning him a BAFTA award nomination. Casino Royale became the highest-grossing in the series at the time. Quantum of Solace followed two years later. Craig's third Bond film, Skyfall, premiered in 2012 and is currently the highest-grossing film in the series and the fifteenth highest-grossing film of all time; it was also the highest-grossing film in the United Kingdom until 2015. Craig's fourth Bond film, Spectre, premiered in 2015. He also made a guest appearance as Bond in the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, alongside Queen Elizabeth II. Since taking the role of Bond, Craig has continued to star in other films, including the fantasy film The Golden Compass (2007), World War II film Defiance (2008), science fiction western Cowboys & Aliens (2011), the English-language adaptation of Stieg Larsson's mystery thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), and the heist film Logan Lucky (2017).

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Daniel Day-Lewis

Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is a retired English actor who holds both British and Irish citizenship.

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Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English actor and producer best known for his role as Harry Potter in the film series of the same name.

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Darkest Hour (film)

Darkest Hour is a 2017 war drama film directed by Joe Wright and written by Anthony McCarten.

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is a 2014 American science fiction film directed by Matt Reeves and written by Mark Bomback, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver.

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Deadpool

Deadpool (Wade Winston Wilson) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Deadpool (film)

Deadpool is a 2016 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, distributed by 20th Century Fox.

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Digital Spy

Digital Spy is a British-based entertainment, TV and movies website and brand, and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK.

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Django Unchained

Django Unchained is a 2012 American revisionist Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson, with Walton Goggins, Dennis Christopher, James Remar, and Don Johnson in supporting roles.

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Doctor Strange

Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Doctor Strange (2016 film)

Doctor Strange is a 2016 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

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Dr. Evil

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Drive (2011 film)

Drive is a 2011 American action drama film directed by the Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn.

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Eddie Redmayne

Edward John David Redmayne (born 6 January 1982) is an English actor of stage and screen.

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Edward Cullen

Edward Cullen (né Edward Anthony Masen) is a fictional character in Stephenie Meyer's ''Twilight'' series.

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Elijah Wood

Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor, voice actor, DJ, and producer.

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Empire (film magazine)

Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Consumer Media of Hamburg based Bauer Media Group.

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Empire Award for Best Actress

The Empire Award for Best Actress is an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine ''Empire'' to honor an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry.

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Empire Award for Best British Film

The Empire Award for Best British Film is an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine ''Empire'' to honour the best British film of the previous year.

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Empire Award for Best Director

The Empire Award for Best Director is an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine ''Empire'' to honor directors working within the film industry.

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Empire Award for Best Film

The Empire Award for Best Film is an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine ''Empire'' to honor the best film of the previous year.

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Empire Awards

The Empire Awards, is an annual British awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the local and global film industry.

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 American romantic comedy science fiction drama film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry.

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Eyes Wide Shut

Eyes Wide Shut is a 1999 erotic drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick.

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a 2016 fantasy film directed by David Yates.

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Fight Club

Fight Club is a 1999 film based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk.

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Film industry

The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, distribution; and actors, film directors, and other film crew personnel.

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Filth (film)

Filth is a 2013 British crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Jon S. Baird, based on Irvine Welsh's novel Filth.

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Finding Neverland (film)

Finding Neverland is a 2004 historical fantasy drama film directed by Marc Forster and written by David Magee, based on the play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee.

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Finn (Star Wars)

FN-2187 (Finn) is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise.

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Frodo Baggins

Frodo Baggins is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, and the main protagonist of The Lord of the Rings.

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Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York is a 2002 American epic period drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City.

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Gary Oldman

Gary Leonard OldmanBirths, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005. (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker who has performed in theatre, film and television.

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George Clooney

George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and businessman.

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George III of the United Kingdom

George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820.

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George Smiley

George Smiley OBE is a fictional character created by John le Carré.

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George VI

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.

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Gerard Butler

Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor, and producer.

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Gladiator (2000 film)

Gladiator is a 2000 epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson.

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Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama film, directed by Gus Van Sant, and starring Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, and Stellan Skarsgård.

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Grinch

The Grinch is a fictional green character created by Dr. Seuss.

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Haley Joel Osment

Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an American actor.

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Hans Landa

Standartenführer Hans Landa is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film Inglourious Basterds.

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Harry Brown (film)

Harry Brown is a 2009 British vigilante action-thriller film directed by Daniel Barber and starring Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Jack O'Connell, and Liam Cunningham.

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Harry Potter (character)

Harry James Potter is the title character and protagonist of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 is a 2011 fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

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Hearst Communications

Hearst Communications, often referred to simply as Hearst, is an American mass media and business information conglomerate based in New York City, New York.

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High Fidelity (film)

High Fidelity is a 2000 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears.

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Hot Fuzz

Hot Fuzz is a 2007 action comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, written by Wright and Simon Pegg, and starring Pegg and Nick Frost.

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas) is a 2000 American Christmas comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman based on the 1957 story of the same name by Dr. Seuss.

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Hugh Glass

Hugh Glass (1783 – 1833) was an American frontiersman, fur trapper and trader, hunter, and explorer.

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Hugh Jackman

Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor, singer, and producer.

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Inception

Inception is a 2010 neo-noir science fiction heist film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan, and co-produced by Emma Thomas.

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Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Til Schweiger, and Mélanie Laurent.

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Iron Man

Iron Man is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Iron Man (2008 film)

Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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J. M. Barrie

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan.

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Jack Sparrow

Captain Jack Sparrow is a fictional character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.

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Jackie Brown

Jackie Brown is a 1997 American crime thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.

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James Bond filmography

Commander James Bond RN—code number 007—is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1952.

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James Franco

James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor, filmmaker, and college instructor.

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James McAvoy

James McAvoy (born 21 April 1979) is a Scottish actor.

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Jason Bourne

Jason Bourne is a fictional character created by novelist Robert Ludlum.

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Jeff Bridges

Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor, singer, and producer.

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Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Adam Eisenberg (born October 5, 1983) is an American actor, author, and playwright.

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Jim Carrey

James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, musician, producer and painter.

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John Boyega

John Adedayo B. Adegboyega (born 17 March 1992), known professionally as John Boyega, is an English actor known for playing Finn in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens and its 2017 sequel Star Wars: The Last Jedi, respectively the seventh and eighth films of the Star Wars series.

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John Cusack

John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American actor, producer and screenwriter.

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Johnny Depp

John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and musician.

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Jordan Belfort

Jordan Ross Belfort (born July 9, 1962) is an American author, motivational speaker, and former stockbroker.

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Keanu Reeves

Keanu Charles Reeves (born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor, director, producer, and musician.

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Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor, producer and singer.

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Kick-Ass (character)

Kick-Ass (real name David "Dave" Lizewski) is a title character and the protagonist of the Kick-Ass series, published by Marvel Comics under the company’s imprint Icon Comics.

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Kick-Ass (film)

Kick-Ass is a 2010 superhero black comedy film based on the comic book of the same name by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. which was published by Marvel Comics.

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King Kong

King Kong is a giant movie monster, resembling an enormous gorilla, that has appeared in various media since 1933.

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King Kong (2005 film)

King Kong is a 2005 epic monster adventure film co-written, produced, and directed by Peter Jackson.

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Kray twins

Ronald "Ronnie" Kray (24 October 193317 March 1995) and Reginald "Reggie" Kray (24 October 19331 October 2000), identical twin brothers, were English criminals, the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in the East End of London during the 1950s and 1960s.

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L.A. Confidential (film)

L.A. Confidential is a 1997 American neo-noir crime film directed, produced and co-written by Curtis Hanson.

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La La Land (film)

La La Land is a 2016 American musical romantic comedy film written and directed by Damien Chazelle.

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Leading actor

A leading actor, leading actress, star, or simply lead, plays the role of the protagonist of a film, television show or play.

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Legend (2015 film)

Legend is a 2015 biographical crime thriller film written and directed by Brian Helgeland.

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Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer.

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Leonidas I

Leonidas I (or; Doric Λεωνίδας, Leōnídas; Ionic and Attic Greek: Λεωνίδης, Leōnídēs; "son of the lion"; died 11 August 480 BC) was a warrior king of the Greek city-state of Sparta.

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Lincoln (film)

Lincoln is a 2012 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as United States President Abraham Lincoln.

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List of film periodicals

Film periodicals combine discussion of individual films, genres and directors with in-depth considerations of the medium and the conditions of its production and reception.

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Logan (2017 film)

Logan is a 2017 American superhero film, produced by Marvel Entertainment, TSG Entertainment and The Donners' Company, and distributed by 20th Century Fox.

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Macbeth (2015 film)

Macbeth is a 2015 British-French film tragedy based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name.

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Macbeth (character)

Lord Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, is the title character and titular main protagonist turned primary antagonist of William Shakespeare's Macbeth (c. 1603–1607).

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Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 action film co-written, produced, and directed by George Miller.

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Manchester by the Sea (film)

Manchester by the Sea is a 2016 American drama film written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan, and starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, and Lucas Hedges.

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Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for co-founding and leading Facebook as its chairman and chief executive officer.

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Martin Freeman

Martin John Christopher Freeman (born 8 September 1971) is an English actor, who became known for portraying Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary The Office, Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama Sherlock, Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's ''The Hobbit'' film trilogy, and Lester Nygaard in the dark comedy-crime drama TV series ''Fargo''.

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Matt Damon

Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer and screenwriter.

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Matt Dillon

Matthew Raymond Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an American actor and film director.

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Max Rockatansky

Max Rockatansky is the title character and protagonist of the post-apocalyptic action films from the ''Mad Max'' franchise, which spans 1979 to 2015.

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Michael B. Jordan

Michael Bakari Jordan (born February 9, 1987) is an American actor.

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Michael Caine

Sir Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr., 14 March 1933) is an English actor, producer, and author.

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Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is a German-born Irish actor.

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Mikael Blomkvist

Mikael Blomkvist is a fictional character created by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson.

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Mike Myers

Michael John Myers (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer.

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Minority Report (film)

Minority Report is a 2002 American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg and loosely based on the short story "The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick.

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Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman, The New Yorker, July 3, 1978.

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Neo (The Matrix)

Neo (born as Thomas A. Anderson, also known as The One, an anagram for Neo) is a fictional character and the main protagonist in ''The Matrix'' franchise.

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Nigel Hawthorne

Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was an English actor.

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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a 2000 crime comedy film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson, with John Goodman, Holly Hunter, and Charles Durning in supporting roles.

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Penske Media Corporation

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is an American digital media, publishing, and information services company founded in 2003.

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Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brendan Brosnan Hon (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor, film producer, and activist.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 American fantasy swashbuckler film, the second installment of the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' film series and the sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).

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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 American fantasy swashbuckler film directed by Gore Verbinski and the first film in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' film series.

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Quantum of Solace

Quantum of Solace is a 2008 British spy film, the twenty-second in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, directed by Marc Forster and written by Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.

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Richard Armitage (actor)

Richard Crispin Armitage (born 22 August 1971) is an English film, television, theatre and voice actor.

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Richard Phillips (merchant mariner)

Richard Phillips (born May 16, 1955) is an American merchant mariner and author who served as captain of the MV ''Maersk Alabama'' during its hijacking by Somali pirates in April 2009.

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a 2011 American science fiction film directed by Rupert Wyatt and starring James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, David Oyelowo, and Andy Serkis.

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Road to Perdition

Road to Perdition is a 2002 American crime film directed by Sam Mendes.

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Robert Downey Jr.

Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor and singer.

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Robert Pattinson

Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor, producer, model, and musician.

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Russell Crowe

Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an actor, film producer and musician.

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Ryan Gosling

Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor and musician.

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Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian actor and film producer.

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Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born 13 October 1971) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer.

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Sam Worthington

Samuel Henry John Worthington (born 2 August 1976) is an English-Australian actor and writer.

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Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and film producer.

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Samwise Gamgee

Samwise "Sam" Gamgee (later known as Samwise Gardner)Appendix C to The Lord of the Rings is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.

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Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat.

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Sean Astin

Sean Patrick Astin (né Duke; February 25, 1971) is an American actor, voice actor, director and producer.

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Seven (1995 film)

Seven (stylized as SE7EN) is a 1995 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker.

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Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)

Sherlock Holmes is a 2009 mystery period action film based on the character of the same name created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Simon Pegg

Simon John Pegg (né Beckingham; born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer.

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Skyfall

Skyfall is a 2012 spy film, the twenty-third in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions.

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Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup (July 10, 1807 or 1808 –) was an American abolitionist and the primary author of the memoir Twelve Years a Slave.

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Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2 is a 2004 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Alvin Sargent, from a story by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and Michael Chabon.

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi) is a 2017 American epic space opera film written and directed by Rian Johnson.

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Stephen Hawking

Stephen William Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author, who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death.

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Steve Jobs

Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur and business magnate.

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Steve Jobs (film)

Steve Jobs is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin.

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Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the Victorian penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls (1846–47).

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (also known simply as Sweeney Todd) is a 2007 musical period horror film directed by Tim Burton and an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning 1979 musical of the same name.

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The Avengers (2012 film)

Marvel's The Avengers (classified under the name Marvel Avengers Assemble in the United Kingdom and Ireland), or simply The Avengers, is a 2012 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

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The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski is a 1998 American crime comedy film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.

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The Bourne Supremacy (film)

The Bourne Supremacy is a 2004 American-German action spy thriller film starring Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne character.

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The Bourne Ultimatum (film)

The Bourne Ultimatum is a 2007 action thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass loosely based on the novel of the same name by Robert Ludlum.

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The Dark Knight (film)

The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan.

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The Departed

The Departed is a 2006 American crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a 2011 psychological thriller film based on the novel of the same name by Stieg Larsson.

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a 2012 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson.

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a 2014 epic high fantasy action film directed by Peter Jackson and written by Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro.

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is a 2013 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson and produced by WingNut Films in collaboration with New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game is a 2014 American historical drama film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Graham Moore, loosely based on the biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges (which was previously adapted as the stage play and BBC drama Breaking the Code).

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The King's Speech

The King's Speech is a 2010 British historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 epic adventure fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson based on the first volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955).

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic high fantasy adventure film produced, written, and directed by Peter Jackson based on the second and third volumes of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a 2002 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson and based on the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings.

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The Madness of King George

The Madness of King George is a 1994 British biographical historical comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own play, The Madness of George III.

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The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)

The Man Who Wasn't There is a 2001 British-American neo-noir crime film written, produced and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.

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The Martian (film)

The Martian is a 2015 science fiction survival film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon.

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The Matrix

The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by The Wachowskis (credited as The Wachowski Brothers) and starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano.

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The Prestige (film)

The Prestige is a 2006 British-American mystery thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan from a screenplay adapted by his brother Jonathan from Christopher Priest's 1995 novel The Prestige.

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The Revenant (2015 film)

The Revenant is a 2015 American semi-biographical epic western film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu.

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The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense is a 1999 American supernatural horror film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

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The Social Network

The Social Network is a 2010 American biographical drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin.

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The Theory of Everything (2014 film)

The Theory of Everything is a 2014 British biographical romantic drama film which is set at Cambridge University and details the life of the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.

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The Truman Show

The Truman Show is a 1998 American satirical science fiction film directed by Peter Weir, produced by Scott Rudin, Andrew Niccol, Edward S. Feldman, and Adam Schroeder, and written by Niccol.

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The Twilight Saga: New Moon

The Twilight Saga: New Moon, commonly referred to as New Moon, is a 2009 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyer's 2006 novel ''New Moon''.

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The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)

The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical black comedy directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Terence Winter, based on the memoir of the same name by Jordan Belfort.

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The World Is Not Enough

The World Is Not Enough is a 1999 British spy film, the nineteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.

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There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood is a 2007 American drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

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Thorin Oakenshield

Thorin II Oakenshield, son of Thráin, son of Thrór, King under the Mountain is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 2011 Cold War espionage film directed by Tomas Alfredson.

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Tobey Maguire

Tobias Vincent Maguire (born June 27, 1975) is an American actor and film producer.

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Tom Cruise

Thomas Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV; July 3, 1962) is an American actor and producer.

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Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Tom Hardy

Edward Thomas Hardy, CBE (born 15 September 1977) is an English actor and producer.

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Traffic (2000 film)

Traffic is a 2000 American crime drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Stephen Gaghan.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. (born October 20, 1958) is a Danish-American actor, producer, author, musician, photographer, poet, and painter.

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War for the Planet of the Apes

War for the Planet of the Apes is a 2017 American science fiction drama film directed by Matt Reeves and written by Mark Bomback and Reeves.

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Willy Wonka

Willy Wonka is a fictional character in Roald Dahl's 1964 children or teens novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, its sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, and the film adaptations of these books that followed.

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Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

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Wolverine (character)

Wolverine (birthname: James Howlett colloquial: Logan, Weapon X) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, mostly in association with the X-Men.

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X2 (film)

X2 (often promoted as X2: X-Men United and internationally as X-Men 2) is a 2003 American superhero film based on the X-Men superhero team appearing in Marvel Comics.

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10th Empire Awards

The 10th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2004 and took place on 13 March 2005 at the Guildhall in London, England.

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11th Empire Awards

The 11th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2005 and took place on 13 March 2006 at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel in London, England.

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12 Years a Slave (film)

12 Years a Slave is a 2013 period drama film and an adaptation of the 1853 slave narrative memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free African-American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery.

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127 Hours

127 Hours is a 2010 survival thriller film produced and directed by Danny Boyle.

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12th Empire Awards

The 12th Empire Awards ceremony (also known as the Empire Readers Awards), presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2006 and took place on 27 March 2007.

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13th Empire Awards

The 13th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2007 and took place on 9 March 2008 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England.

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14th Empire Awards

The 14th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2008 and took place on 29 March 2009 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England.

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15th Empire Awards

The 15th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2009 and took place on 28 March 2010 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England.

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16th Empire Awards

The 16th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2010 and took place on 27 March 2011 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England.

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17th Empire Awards

The 17th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2011 and took place on 25 March 2012 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England.

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18th Empire Awards

The 18th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2012 and took place on 24 March 2013 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England.

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19th Empire Awards

The 19th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2013 and took place on 30 March 2014 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England.

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1st Empire Awards

The 1st Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 1995 and took place in 1996.

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20th Empire Awards

The 20th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2014 and took place on 29 March 2015 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England.

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21st Empire Awards

The 21st Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2015 and took place on 20 March 2016 in London, England.

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22nd Empire Awards

The 22nd Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2016.

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23rd Empire Awards

The 23rd Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Rakuten Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2017.

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2nd Empire Awards

The 2nd Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 1996 and took place on 5 March 1997 at the Park Lane Hotel in London, England.

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300 (film)

300 is a 2006 American epic war film based on the 1998 comic series 300 by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley.

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3rd Empire Awards

The 3rd Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 1997 and took place in 1998.

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4th Empire Awards

The 4th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 1998 and took place in 1999 at the Park Lane Hotel in London, England.

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5th Empire Awards

The 5th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 1999 and took place on 17 February 2000 at the Park Lane Hotel in London, England.

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6th Empire Awards

The 6th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2000 and took place on 19 February 2001 at The Dorchester Hotel in London, England.

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7th Empire Awards

The 7th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2001 and took place on 5 February 2002 at The Dorchester Hotel in London, England.

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8th Empire Awards

The 8th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2002 and took place on 5 February 2003 at The Dorchester Hotel in London, England.

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9th Empire Awards

The 9th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best films of 2003 and took place on 4 February 2004 at The Dorchester Hotel in London, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Award_for_Best_Actor

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