The Empire Hero Award is an honorary

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presented by the British

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''Empire''. The Empire Hero Award was first introduced at the 15th Empire Awards ceremony in 2010 with

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receiving the award. Actor

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is the most recent winner in this category. Empire now presents three honorary awards: Empire Hero Award,

Empire Inspiration Award The Empire Inspiration Award is an honorary Empire Award presented by the British film magazine ''Empire''. The Empire Inspiration Award was first introduced at the 2nd Empire Awards ceremony in 1997 with the Monty Python team receiving the award. ...

and

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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.

2010s

References

External links

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Hero A hero (feminine: heroine) is a real person or a main fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or Physical strength, strength. Like other formerly gender-specific terms (like ...