| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Equus (1977) |
| 1970 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) |
| 1967 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) |
| 1966 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role for: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) |
| 1965 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Becket (1964) |
| 1954 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role for: The Robe (1953) |
| 1953 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: My Cousin Rachel (1952) |
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1978 | Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Actor - Horror for: Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1968 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best British Actor for: The Taming of the Shrew (1967) |
| 1967 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best British Actor for: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) |
Best British Actor for: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) |
| 1960 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best British Actor for: Look Back in Anger (1958) |
| Bambi Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1968 | Won | Bambi | |
| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1967 | Won | David |
Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero) for: The Taming of the Shrew (1967) Tied with Peter O'Toole for The Night of the Generals (1967). |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1985 | Nominated | Emmy |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special for: "Ellis Island" (1984) |
| Fotogramas de Plata | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1965 | Won | Fotogramas de Plata |
Best Foreign Performer (Mejor intérprete de cine extranjero) for: Becket (1964) |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1978 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama for: Equus (1977) |
| 1970 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama for: Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) |
| 1969 | Nominated | Henrietta Award |
World Film Favorite - Male |
| 1968 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy for: The Taming of the Shrew (1967) |
| 1967 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama for: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) |
| 1965 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama for: Becket (1964) |
| 1960 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama for: Look Back in Anger (1958) |
| 1953 | Won | Golden Globe |
Most Promising Newcomer - Male for: My Cousin Rachel (1952) |
| Laurel Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1968 | Nominated | Golden Laurel |
Male Star 14th place. |
| 1967 | Won | Golden Laurel |
Male Dramatic Performance for: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) |
| Nominated | Golden Laurel |
Male Star 10th place. |
|
| 1966 | Won | Golden Laurel |
Dramatic Performance, Male for: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) |
| 3rd place | Golden Laurel |
Male Star |
|
| 1965 | Won | Golden Laurel |
Dramatic Performance, Male for: Becket (1964) |
| Nominated | Golden Laurel |
Male Star 7th place. |
|
| Valladolid International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1984 | Won | Best Actor |
for: Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) Tied with John Hurt for Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984). |