Empire Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Empire Award for Best Supporting 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 supporting role while working within the film industry. The Empire Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of two ongoing awards which were first introduced at the 19th Empire Awards ceremony in 2014 (along with Best Supporting Actress) with Michael Fassbender receiving the award for his role in 12 Years a Slave. Winners are voted by the readers of Empire magazine.

Empire Award for Best Supporting Actor
Awarded for	Best performance by an actor in a supporting role
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	Empire magazine
First awarded	2014
Last awarded	2014
Currently held by	Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave (2014)

Winners and nominees

In the list below, winners are listed first in boldface, followed by the other nominees. 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

Year	Actor	Film	Ref.
2014 (19th)	Michael Fassbender	12 Years a Slave
	Daniel Brühl	Rush
	Richard Armitage	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
	Sam Claflin	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
	Tom Hiddleston	Thor: The Dark World