# List of awards and nominations received by Richard Burton

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Richard Burton.
Richard Burton was a noted Shakespearean actor of stage and screen. He received numerous accolades including a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for seven Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Burton was nominated for seven Academy Awards for his roles as Philip Ashley, the protagonist in the romantic mystery My Cousin Rachel (1952), a Roman officer in the Biblical epic The Robe (1953), the title characterin the historical drama Becket (1964), a British MI6 agent in spy thriller The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965), a history professor in a troubled marriage in the drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), King Henry VIII in historical drama Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), and a psychiatrist treating a young patient in psychological drama Equus (1977).
For his roles on stage, he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as King Arthur in the original Broadway production of Camelot (1961). He was Tony-nominated for his roles in Time Remembered (1958), and Hamlet (1964). He won a Special Tony Award at the 1976.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1952 | Best Supporting Actor | My Cousin Rachel | Nominated |
| 1953 | Best Actor | The Robe | Nominated |
| 1964 | Best Actor | Becket | Nominated |
| 1965 | Best Actor | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Nominated |
| 1966 | Best Actor | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Nominated |
| 1969 | Best Actor | Anne of the Thousand Days | Nominated |
| 1977 | Best Actor | Equus | Nominated |

### BAFTA Awards

British Academy Film Awards :
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1959 | Best British Actor | Look Back in Anger | Nominated |
| 1966 | Best British Actor | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Won |
| 1966 | Best British Actor | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Won |
| 1967 | Best British Actor | The Taming of the Shrew | Nominated |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1985 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Ellis Island | Nominated | |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1952 | New Star of the Year – Actor | My Cousin Rachel | Won |
| 1959 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Look Back in Anger | Nominated |
| 1964 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Becket | Nominated |
| 1966 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Nominated |
| 1967 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | The Taming of the Shrew | Nominated |
| 1969 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Anne of the Thousand Days | Nominated |
| 1977 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Equus | Won |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1965 | Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording | Richard Burton's Hamlet | Nominated |
| Dialogue Highlights from Becket | Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording | Nominated | |
| 1976 | Best Recording for Children | The Little Prince (Album) | Won |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1958 | Best Actor in a Play | Time Remembered | Nominated |
| 1961 | Best Actor in a Musical | Camelot | Won |
| 1964 | Best Actor in a Play | Hamlet | Nominated |
| 1976 | Special Tony Award | Special Tony Award | Honored |

## Miscellaneous accolades
### Bambi Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1966 | Best International Actor | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Won | |

### David di Donatello Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1965 | Best Foreign Actor | The Spy who Came from the Cold | Won | |
| 1967 | Best Foreign Actor | The Taming of the Shrew | Tied | |

### Laurel Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1964 | Top Male Dramatic Performance | Becket | Won |
| 1965 | Top Male Dramatic Performance | The Spy Who Came from the Cold | Won |
| 1966 | Top Male Dramatic Performance | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Won |

### National Society of Film Critics

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1966 | Best Actor | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 2nd place | |

### New York Film Critics Circle

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1966 | Best Actor | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 2nd place | |

### Taormina Film Fest

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1973 | Best Actor | Massacre in Rome | Won | |

### Theatre World Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1951 | Theatre World Award | The Lady's Not for Burning | Won | |

### Valladolid International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1984 | Best Actor (shared with John Hurt) | Nineteen Eighty-Four | Won | |