In February 2025, news spread on social networks that the actor first received a professional award for his role in the Amazon superhero series only after the fourth season, when he was awarded the Saturn Award. We checked if this is true.
At the beginning of February, numerous publications appeared on RuNet with approximately the following content: “Anthony Starr received the Saturn Award for his role in the series “The Boys.” For the actor, this was the first award for playing the role of Homelander.” Many similar posts can be found on VKontakte, where public pages talked about this Marvel/DC: Geek Movies (76,000 views at the time of writing this analysis), “(RHS) Red Head Sound - Translation and dubbing"(57,000), MyComics | Marvel (34,000), It Follows (27,000) and etc.. Telegram channels also reported about Starr’s alleged first award for “The Boys,” including “Not Morgenstern"(112,000 views), "Rhymes and Morgen"(66,000), "Shall we have another episode?"(41,000), RHS News (16,000) and Netflix (15,000). The corresponding note was published on an entertainment website Playground (and also in social networks this resource).
Series "Guys"(The Boys) has been released on the Amazon Prime Video streaming platform since 2019 and, at the time of writing this analysis, has four seasons, as well as several branches. The show is based on the comic book series of the same name, which released published by WildStorm and Dynamite Entertainment. The action takes place in a world where the main characters, those same Boys, are trying to fight superheroes, many of whom abuse their superpowers and commit terrible acts. One of these characters is John, better known as Homelander (in other translations - Patriot, Stronghold). He leads a team of superheroes called The Seven and is portrayed in the series as a sadistic, narcissistic psychopath. The role of Homelander is played by a New Zealand actor. Anthony Starr, also known from the series "Banshee"
On the night of February 2-3, 2025, the 52nd Saturn Awards ceremony was held in Los Angeles, which is awarded by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films to the best work in film and television. The series "The Boys" was presented in three categories at once, but won in only one - Starr was marked award for best supporting actor in a television series.
However, if you turn to page artist in the Internet Movie Database (the world's largest online database about cinema), then you can be sure that the Saturn Award he received in 2025 is far from the first and not the only award for this actor for his role in The Boys. Yes, according to section Awards in Starr’s profile, he has 11 wins and another 16 nominations for awards for his participation in various projects, but most often the artist was noted for his role in the superhero series.
For example, in 2020, for embodying the image of Homelander Starr won in the category "Best Dramatic Performance on Television" at the IGN Summer Movie Awards. IN 2021 And 2023 years for his role in “The Boys” the artist twice won at the Critics' Choice Super Awards - in the categories "Best Actor in a Superhero Series" and "Best Villain in a TV Series."
In addition, Starr has an award "An Irish Person" TV Awards (2023), awarded to him for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Also in 2024 he won a statuette from the Astra Television Awards in the category “Best Actor in a Streaming Drama Series,” which is also wrote on your social networks.
Thus, in recent years, Antony Starr has repeatedly received professional recognition from various organizations for his work in the series “The Boys.” Among them, the Saturn Prize is probably the most prestigious, but by no means the first.
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