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This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Ian McKellen.
Sir Ian McKellen is an English actor of the stage and screen. Over his distinguished career, he has received numerous accolades including a Tony Award, six Laurence Olivier Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, two Critics' Choice Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, and a British Academy Television Awards.
McKellen received two Academy Award nominations, his first for Best Actor for his portrayal as James Whale in the period drama Gods and Monsters (1998) with his second nomination being for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Gandalf the Grey in Peter Jackson's fantasy epic Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001). He received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for playing King Richard III in the period drama Richard III (1995) as well as the Best Adapted Screenplay for the later. For his role as Gandolf in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003), he was nominated for two BAFTA Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards including a win for Best Supporting Actor.
For his work on television, he won the Golden Globe Award as well as a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his portrayal of Tsar Nicholas II in the HBO film Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996). He was Emmy-nominated for his roles in gay rights activist Bill Kraus in the HBO film And the Band Played On (1993), a fictionalized version of himself in the HBO comedy series Extras (2006), the title role in the PBS film King Lear (2008), and Number 2 / Curtis in AMC miniseries The Prisoner (2009). He was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a theatrical dresser in the Starz movie The Dresser (2015).
On stage, McKellen has received two Tony Award nominations winning for Best Leading Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Antonio Salieri in the Broadway production of Amadeus in 1981. He was Tony-nominated for Best Leading Actor in a Play for Acting Shakespeare (1984). For his work on the West End stage in London, he received twelve Laurence Olivier Awards nominations, winning six times for his performances in Henrik Ibsen's The Pillars of Society (1977), Ben Jonson's The Alchemist (1978), Martin Sherman's Bent (1979), Michael Frayn's Wild Honey (1984), and William Shakespeare's Richard III (1991). He won the Society of London Theatre Special Award for Ian McKellen on Stage (2020).
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1999 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Gods and Monsters | Nominated | [1] |
2002 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated | [2] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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BAFTA Film Awards | ||||
1996 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Richard III | Nominated | [3] |
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | |||
2001 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated | [4] |
2003 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Nominated | [5] |
BAFTA TV Awards | ||||
2016 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | The Dresser | Nominated | [6] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
1994 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | And the Band Played On | Nominated | [7] |
1996 | Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | Nominated | [8] | |
2006 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Extras | Nominated | [9] |
2008 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | King Lear | Nominated | [10] |
2009 | The Prisoner | Nominated | [11] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1996 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Richard III | Nominated | [12] |
1997 | Best Supporting Actor – Television | Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | Won | [12] |
1999 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Gods and Monsters | Nominated | [12] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1999 | Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role | Gods and Monsters | Nominated | [13] |
2002 | Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Won | [14] |
Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated | |||
2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominated | [15] | |
2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | [16] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1981 | Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Amadeus | Won | [17] |
1984 | Acting Shakespeare | Nominated | [18] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1977 | Actor of the Year in a Revival | Pillars of the Community | Won | [19] |
1978 | Comedy Performance of the Year | The Alchemist | Won | [20] |
1979 | Actor of the Year in a New Play | Bent | Won | [21] |
1984 | Actor of the Year in a Revival | Wild Honey | Won | [22] |
1986 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Cherry Orchard | Nominated | [23] |
1990 | Othello and Bent | Nominated | [24] | |
1991 | Richard III | Won | [25] | |
1992 | Uncle Vanya | Nominated | [26] | |
2008 | King Lear | Nominated | [27] | |
2017 | No Man's Land | Nominated | [28] | |
2019 | King Lear | Nominated | [29] | |
2020 | Special Award | Ian McKellen on Stage | Won | [30] |
Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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Drama Desk Awards | 1974 | Outstanding Performance | The Wood Demon / King Lear | Won | |
1981 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Amadeus | Won | ||
1984 | Outstanding One-Person Show | Acting Shakespeare | Won | ||
1987 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Wild Honey | Won | ||
Evening Standard Theatre Awards | 1984 | Best Actor | Coriolanus | Won | |
1989 | Othello | Won | |||
Garland Award | 1998 | Outstanding Solo Performance | A Knight Out in Los Angeles | Won | |
Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 1998 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture | Gods and Monsters | Won | |
2003 | Best Cast in a Motion Picture | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | ||
Chicago Film Critics Association | 1998 | Best Actor | Gods and Monsters | Won | |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 1998 | Best Actor | Won | ||
National Board of Review | 1998 | Best Actor | Won | ||
Toronto Film Critics Association | 1998 | Best Actor | Won | ||
Florida Film Critics Circle | 1998 | Best Actor | Gods and Monsters / Apt Pupil | Won | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Ref |
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2004 | Pride International Film Festival | Lifetime Achievement & Distinction Award | |
2006 | Olivier Awards | Society's Special Award | |
2009 | Evening Standard Awards | The Lebedev Special Award | |
2010 | Empire Awards | Empire Icon Award | [31] |
2017 | Istanbul International Film Festival | Honorary Award | [32] |
Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre is an English film, theatre, television and opera director. Eyre has received numerous accolades including three Laurence Olivier Awards as well as nominations for six BAFTA Awards and two Tony Awards. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1992 News Year Honours, and knighted in the 1997 New Year Honours.
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