| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Won | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Reversal of Fortune (1990) |
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Actor for: Dead Ringers (1988) |
| Annie Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1994 | Won | Annie |
Best Achievement for Voice Acting for: The Lion King (1994) |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1982 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Actor for: The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) |
| BAFTA TV Award |
Best Actor for: "Brideshead Revisited" (1981) |
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| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | BSFC Award |
Best Actor for: Reversal of Fortune (1990) |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | CFCA Award |
Best Actor for: Reversal of Fortune (1990) |
| 1989 | Won | CFCA Award |
Best Actor for: Dead Ringers (1988) |
| César Awards, France | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | - | Honorary César | |
| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | David |
Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero) for: Reversal of Fortune (1990) |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2006 | Won | Emmy |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for: "Elizabeth I" (2005) |
| 1997 | Won | Emmy |
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for: "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century" (1996) For playing "Siegfried Sassoon". For episode "War Without End". |
| 1982 | Nominated | Emmy |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special for: "Brideshead Revisited" (1981) (Shown within "Great Performances" (1972)). |
| European Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | - | Special Achievement Award | |
| Fantasporto | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | Won | International Fantasy Film Award |
Best Actor for: Dead Ringers (1988) |
| Genie Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | Won | Genie |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for: Dead Ringers (1988) |
| Giffoni Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | Won | François Truffaut Award | |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2007 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for: "Elizabeth I" (2005) |
| 1991 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Reversal of Fortune (1990) |
| 1987 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for: The Mission (1986) |
| 1983 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for: "Brideshead Revisited" (1981) |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | KCFCC Award |
Best Actor for: Reversal of Fortune (1990) |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | Won | LAFCA Award |
Best Actor for: Reversal of Fortune (1990) |
| MTV Movie Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Nominated | MTV Movie Award |
Best Kiss for: Lolita (1997) Shared with: Dominique Swain |
| 1995 | Nominated | MTV Movie Award |
Best Villain for: The Lion King (1994) |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | NSFC Award |
Best Actor for: Reversal of Fortune (1990) |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1988 | Won | NYFCC Award |
Best Actor for: Dead Ringers (1988) |
| Prism Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | Prism Award |
Performance in TV Movie or Miniseries for: Last Call (2002) (TV) |
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | - | Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| Sant Jordi Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1994 | Won | Sant Jordi |
Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero) for: Damage (1992) Also for M. Butterfly (1993) and Waterland (1992). |
| Satellite Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Nominated | Golden Satellite Award |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical for: Being Julia (2004) |
| 1997 | Nominated | Golden Satellite Award |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Stealing Beauty (1996) |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2007 | Won | Actor |
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for: "Elizabeth I" (2005) |