Awards

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san-sabastian

1962
Clarence Derwent Award
Won - Best male in a supporting role For: Corporal Hill in Chips with Everything

1966
Academy Awards, USA
Nominated - Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: Othello (1965)

Golden Globes, USA
Nominated - Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor for: Othello (1965)

San Sebastian International Film Festival
Won - Prize San Sebastian Best Actor for: Othello (1965)

The Film Daily - Filmdom's Famous Fives
Best actor in a Supporting Role for: Othello (1965)

BAFTA Film Awards
Nominated - Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for: Othello (1965)

1972
BAFTA TV Awards
Nominated - Best Actor for: Casanova (1971)

1974
BAFTA TV Awards
Won - Best Actor for: The Adventures of Don Quixote (1973), Candide (1973) and The Death of Adolf Hitler (1973).

1976
Society of West End Theatre Awards (Olivier Awards)
Nominated - Actor of the Year in a New Play as Ben Prosser in Watch It Come Down and as Josef Frank in Weapons of Happiness - National Theatre

1977
TV Times Top Ten - Best Actor

1981
Man of the Year Award

1980
City of Baltimore Honorary Citizenship

1983
BAFTA Film Awards
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for: The Return of the Soldier (1982)

1984
Commander of the British Empire in the 1984 New Year's Honours List.
Presented with his CBE by the Queen on 22nd February 1984.

1992
Honorary Fellowship Bolton Institute of Higher Education

2007
OFTA Television Award
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries for: Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006)

2010
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bolton