John Gielgud, roles and awards
Awards and honours

John Gielgud, roles and awards

Section Title: Awards and honours
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Film or Production	Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.

The Importance of Being Earnest	1948	Tony Award	Outstanding Foreign Company	Won

Julius Caesar	1954	British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award	Best British Actor	Won

Ages of Man	1959	Tony Award	Special Award	Won

Ages of Man	1959	Grammy Award	Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording	Nominated

Hamlet	1960	Grammy Award	Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording	Nominated

Big Fish, Little Fish	1961	Tony Award	Director (Dramatic)	Won

The School for Scandal	1963	Tony Award	Director (Dramatic)	Nominated

Becket	1964	Academy Award	Actor in a Supporting Role	Nominated

Ages of Man, Volume 2 (One Man in His Time) Part Two – Shakespeare	1964	Grammy Award	Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording	Nominated

Tiny Alice	1965	Tony Award	Actor (Dramatic)	Nominated

Home	1970	Evening Standard Award	Best Actor	Won

Home	1971	Tony Award	Actor (Dramatic)	Nominated

No Man's Land	1975	Evening Standard Award	Best Actor	Won

Murder on the Orient Express	1975	British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award	Best Supporting Actor	Won

Providence	1977	New York Film Critics Circle Award	Best Actor	Won

Ages of Man – Recordings from Shakespeare	1979	Grammy Award	Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording	Won

Arthur	1981	New York Film Critics Circle Award	Best Supporting Actor	Won

Arthur	1981	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award	Best Supporting Actor	Won

Arthur	1981	Golden Globe Award	Best Supporting Actor	Won

Arthur	1982	Academy Award	Actor in a Supporting Role	Won

Brideshead Revisited	1982	Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special	Nominated

1982	Evening Standard Award	Special Award for Lifetime Achievement	Won

No Man's Land	1982	Grammy Award	Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording	Nominated

Brideshead Revisited	1982	British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award	Best Actor in Television	Nominated

Arthur	1982	British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award	Best Supporting Artist	Nominated

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats	1983	Grammy Award	Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording	Nominated

The Master of Ballantrae	1985	Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special	Nominated

1985	Laurence Olivier Award	Special Award	Won

Romance on the Orient Express	1985	Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special	Nominated

Plenty and The Shooting Party	1985	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award	Best Supporting Actor	Won

Gulliver	1986	Grammy Award	Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording	Nominated

Plenty	1986	British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Nominated

A Christmas Carol	1988	Grammy Award	Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording	Nominated

War and Remembrance	1988	Golden Globe Award	Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television	Won

War and Remembrance	1989	Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special	Nominated

Sir John Gielgud Reads Alice in Wonderland	1989	Grammy Award	Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording	Nominated

War and Remembrance	1989	Golden Globe Award	Best Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television	Nominated

Summer's Lease	1990	British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award	Best Actor	Nominated

Summer's Lease	1991	Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie	Won

The Emperor's New Clothes	1991	Grammy Award	Best Album for Children	Nominated

1992	British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award	Fellowship	Won

Shine	1997	British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Nominated

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John Gielgud also won BAFTAs, (for Julius Caesar; Murder on the Orient Express, 1975; Fellowship award, 1992); Golden Globes, (for Arthur and War and Remembrance, 1988); and a Laurence Olivier Award (Special Award, 1985).

final_sentence: John Gielgud also won BAFTAs, (for Julius Caesar; Murder on the Orient Express, 1975; Fellowship award, 1992); Golden Globes, (for Arthur and War and Remembrance, 1988); and a Laurence Olivier Award (Special Award, 1985).