Award | Wins | Nominations |
---|---|---|
Academy Awards | 0 | 1 |
BAFTA Awards | 2 | 6 |
Emmy Awards | 0 | 2 |
SAG Awards | 1 | 3 |
Olivier Awards | 1 | 1 |
Tony Awards | 1 | 1 |
Total | 5 | 14 |
Ian Holm was an acclaimed actor of the stage and screen.
He received numerous accolades including two BAFTA Awards and a Tony Award along with nominations for an Academy Award and two Emmy Awards. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1989 by Queen Elizabeth II. [1] [2]
Holm won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his performance as Lenny in the Harold Pinter play The Homecoming . He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role in the 1998 West End production of King Lear . For his television roles he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for King Lear (1998), and the HBO film The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2003).
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1981 | Best Supporting Actor | Chariots of Fire | Nominated | [3] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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British Academy Film Awards | ||||
1968 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | The Bofors Gun | Won | [4] |
1981 | Chariots of Fire | Won | [5] | |
1984 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Nominated | [6] | |
1995 | The Madness of King George | Nominated | [7] | |
British Academy Television Awards | ||||
1978 | Best Actor | The Lost Boys | Nominated | [8] |
1988 | Game, Set and Match | Nominated | [9] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
1998 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | King Lear | Nominated | [10] |
2000 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Nominated | [11] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2001 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated | [12] |
2003 | Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | [13] | |
2004 | The Aviator | Nominated | [14] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | Best Actor | King Lear | Won | [3] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1967 | Best Featured Actor in a Play | The Homecoming | Won | [3] |
Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert was an English actor. After beginning his career on the British stage as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he became a successful and prolific performer on television and in film. He received numerous accolades including two BAFTA Awards and a Tony Award, along with nominations for an Academy Award. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1989 by Queen Elizabeth II.
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells is a 2000 British-American television film directed by Gillies MacKinnon. The script by Alan Plater focuses on the efforts of a recently widowed woman to re-unite the members of the World War II-era swing band with which she played saxophone. It features Carry On actress Joan Sims in her final acting performance before her death in 2001, and Romola Garai in her first professional role. The film was a joint project of BBC Films and HBO. It premiered in the US on 26 August, and in the UK on 3 September.
The Triple Crown or the Grand Slam are terms used in the entertainment industry to describe individuals who have won the three highest accolades recognised in British film, television, and theatre: a British Academy Film Award, a British Academy Television Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award respectively.
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