Academy Awards, USA
| 1981 |
Nominated Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role The Elephant Man (1980) |
| 1979 |
Nominated Oscar |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Midnight Express (1978) |
Golden Globes, USA
| 1981 |
Nominated Golden Globe |
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama The Elephant Man (1980) |
| 1979 |
Won Golden Globe |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture Midnight Express (1978) |
BAFTA Awards
| 2012 |
Won BAFTA Film Award |
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema |
| 2010 |
Nominated BAFTA TV Award |
Best Actor An Englishman in New York (2009) |
| 1991 |
Nominated BAFTA Film Award |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role The Field (1990) |
| 1981 |
Won BAFTA Film Award |
Best Actor The Elephant Man (1980) |
| 1980 |
Nominated BAFTA Film Award |
Best Supporting Actor Alien (1979) |
| 1979 |
Won BAFTA Film Award |
Best Supporting Actor Midnight Express (1978) |
| 1976 |
Won BAFTA TV Award |
Best Actor The Naked Civil Servant (1975) |
| 1972 |
Nominated BAFTA Film Award |
Best Supporting Actor 10 Rillington Place (1971) |
Australian Film Institute
| 2005 |
Nominated AFI Award |
Best Supporting Actor The Proposition (2005) |
Berlin International Film Festival
| 2009 |
Won Special Teddy |
An Englishman in New York (2009)
For his outstanding acting performance.
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Bodil Awards
| 2012 |
Nominated Bodil |
Best Supporting Actor (Bedste mandlige birolle) Melancholia (2011) |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
| 1998 |
3rd place BSFC Award |
Best Actor Love and Death on Long Island (1997) |
British Film Institute Awards
| 2009 |
Won BFI Fellowship |
British Independent Film Awards
| 2003 |
Won Richard Harris Award |
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| 1998 |
Nominated British Independent Film Award |
Best Performance by a British Actor in an Independent Film Love and Death on Long Island (1997) |
CableACE Awards
| 1995 |
Won CableACE |
Actor in a Dramatic Series Picture Windows (1994) Two Nudes Bathing (1995)
For episode "Two Nudes Bathing"
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Central Ohio Film Critics Association
| 2012 |
Won COFCA Award |
Best Ensemble Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) |
Chicago International Film Festival
| 1997 |
Won FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention |
Love and Death on Long Island (1997)
For its elegantly comic portrayal of the collision of high and low cultures, and for John Hurt's ... More For its elegantly comic portrayal of the collision of high and low cultures, and for John Hurt's memorable leading performance. |
DVD Exclusive Awards
| 2003 |
Won DVDX Award |
Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD) Alien (1979)
Ronald Shusett Terry Rawlings Sigourney Weaver Tom Skerritt Veronica Cartwright Harry Dean Stanton
(Alien Quadrilogy).
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Evening Standard British Film Awards
| 1985 |
Won Evening Standard British Film Award |
Best Actor Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) Champions (1984) The Hit (1984) |
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
| 2005 |
3rd place Chainsaw Award |
Best Supporting Actor Hellboy (2004) |
Fantasporto
| 1985 |
Won International Fantasy Film Award |
Best Actor Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Tied with Eddy Mitchell for Frankenstein 90 (1984).
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FilmOut San Diego, US
| 2010 |
Won FilmOut Festival Award |
Best Actor An Englishman in New York (2009) |
Joseph Plateau Awards
| 1994 |
Won Joseph Plateau Life Achievement Award |
London Critics Circle Film Awards
| 2010 |
Nominated ALFS Award |
British Supporting Actor of the Year 44 Inch Chest (2009) |
| 1999 |
Won Dilys Powell Award |
Mystfest
| 1984 |
Won Best Actor |
The Hit (1984)
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Online Film & Television Association
| 1999 |
Nominated OFTA Film Award |
Best Drama Actor Love and Death on Long Island (1997) |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
| 2010 |
Won SDFCS Award |
Best Ensemble Performance 44 Inch Chest (2009) |
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Nominated SDFCS Award |
Best Supporting Actor 44 Inch Chest (2009) |
Valladolid International Film Festival
| 1984 |
Won Best Actor |
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
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Verona Love Screens Film Festival
| 1999 |
Won Best Actor |
Night Train (1998)
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