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John Gielgud
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Academy Awards, USA (2)
BAFTA Awards (8)
CableACE Awards (2)
Primetime Emmy Awards (5)
Golden Globes, USA (3)
Grammy Awards (12)
London Critics Circle Film Awards (1)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (2)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (2)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (4)
Screen Actors Guild Awards (1)
American Movie Awards (1)
16 wins & 27 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
1982 Winner
Oscar
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Arthur
John Gielgud was not present at the award's ceremony. Presenters
Carol Burnett
and
Joel Grey
accepted the award on his behalf.
1965 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Becket
BAFTA Awards
1997 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Shine
1992 Winner
Academy Fellowship
BAFTA Film
1990 Nominee
BAFTA TV Award
Best Actor
Summer's Lease
1986 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Plenty
1982 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Supporting Artist
Arthur
3 more
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CableACE Awards
1989 Nominee
ACE
Actor in a Dramatic or Theatrical Special
The Theban Plays by Sophocles
For episode "Oedipus the King"
1988 Winner
ACE
Actor in a Movie or Miniseries
Screen Two
For episode "Time After Time"
Primetime Emmy Awards
1991 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special
Summer's Lease
For playing "Haverford Downs".
1989 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special
War and Remembrance
For playing "Aaron Jastrow".
1985 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special
Romance on the Orient Express
For playing "Theodore Woodward".
1984 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special
The Master of Ballantrae
For playing "Lord Durrisdeer".
1982 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special
Brideshead Revisited
For playing: "Edward Ryder". (Shown within
Great Performances (1971)
).
Golden Globes, USA
1990 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
War and Remembrance
1989 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
War and Remembrance
Tied with
Barry Bostwick
for
War and Remembrance (1988)
.
1982 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture
Arthur
Grammy Awards
1992 Nominee
Grammy
Best Album for Children
For "The Emperor's New Clothes"
Shared with:
Mark Isham
1990 Nominee
Grammy
Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording
For "John Gielgud Reads Alice In Wonderland"
1989 Nominee
Grammy
Best Spoken Word Album
For the Album "A Christmas Carol"
1988 Nominee
Grammy
Best Spoken Word Album
For the Album "Sir John Gielgud Reads Alice in Wonderland"
1987 Nominee
Grammy
Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording
For the Album "Gulliver"
7 more
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London Critics Circle Film Awards
1996 Winner
Special Achievement Award
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1985 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Supporting Actor
Plenty
The Shooting Party
1981 Winner
LAFCA Award
Best Supporting Actor
Arthur
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1986 Winner
NSFC Award
Best Supporting Actor
Plenty
The Shooting Party
1977 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Actor
Providence
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1985 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Supporting Actor
Plenty
1981 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Supporting Actor
Arthur
1977 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Actor
Providence
1953 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Actor
Julius Caesar
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1997 Nominee
Actor
Outstanding Performance by a Cast
Shine
Shared with:
Armin Mueller-Stahl
·
Noah Taylor
·
Geoffrey Rush
·
Lynn Redgrave
·
Googie Withers
American Movie Awards
1982 Winner
Marquee
Best Supporting Actor
Arthur
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