Empire Special Honorary Awards

The Empire Special Honorary Awards are honorary Empire Awards presented by the British film magazine Empire on special occasions such as an Empire anniversary milestone or a passing of an actor. The first special honorary award was the Icon of the Decade which was presented at the 10th Empire Awards ceremony in 2005 to director Quentin Tarantino. Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tom Cruise are the most recent winners in this category, receiving the Action Hero of our Lifetime and Legend of our Lifetime awards, respectively, at the 19th Empire Awards ceremony in 2014. As of the 19th Empire Awards five such awards have been handed out.

The Actor Of Our Lifetime Award was a special honorary Empire Award that was presented by Empire only once, to mark the magazine's 20th anniversary, at the 14th Empire Awards in 2009, to Russell Crowe, to honour an actor who as Dara Ó Briain who introduced the award said "has delivered some of some of the finest big-screen performances, who has created some unforgettable movie moments and who has become a favourite of Empire and its readers"

The Action Hero of Our Lifetime Award (AKA Empire 25th Award: Action Hero of Our Lifetime) was a special honorary Empire Award that was presented by Empire only once, to mark the magazine's 25th anniversary, at the 19th Empire Awards in 2014, to Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The Legend of Our Lifetime Award (AKA Empire 25th Award: Legend of Our Lifetime) was a special honorary Empire Award that was presented by Empire only once, to mark the magazine's 25th anniversary, at the 19th Empire Awards in 2014, to Tom Cruise.

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