# List of awards and nominations received by Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons is an English actor known for his diverse roles on stage and screen. Over his distinguished career he has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for two BAFTA Awards, and Grammy Award. He received the Honorary César in 2014, and the Europe Theatre Prize in 2017.
He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Claus von Bülow in the crime drama Reversal of Fortune (1990). For the role he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama. For his dual role of Charles Henry Smithson and Mike in the romantic drama The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for his role as a Jesuit priest in the period epic The Mission (1986).
On television, Irons's break-out role came playing Charles Ryder in the ITV series Brideshead Revisited (1981), receiving nominations for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for Best Actor. He received the Primetime Emmy Award for his portrayal of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester in the HBO miniseries Elizabeth I (2005) and was Emmy-nominated for playing Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias in HBO's Watchmen (2019).
On stage, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance of a man engaging in an affair in the Broadway production of the Tom Stoppard play The Real Thing (1985). The role also earned him a Drama Desk Award nomination.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1990 | Best Actor | Reversal of Fortune | Won | |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 1981 | Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Nominated |
| British Academy Television Awards |||||
| 1982 | Best Television Actor in a Leading Role | Brideshead Revisited | Nominated |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1982 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Brideshead Revisited | Nominated |
| 1997 | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century: War Without End | Won |
| 2006 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Elizabeth I | Won |
| 2014 | Outstanding Narrator | Game of Lions | Won |
| 2020 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Watchmen | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1981 | Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture – Television | Brideshead Revisited | Nominated |
| 1986 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | The Mission | Nominated |
| 1990 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Reversal of Fortune | Won |
| 2006 | Best Supporting Actor – Television | Elizabeth I | Won |
| 2009 | Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture – Television | Georgia O'Keeffe | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama | The Borgias | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1985 | Best Spoken Word Album | The Real Thing (with Glenn Close) | Nominated | |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2006 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Elizabeth I | Won |
| 2009 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Georgia O'Keeffe | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | The Hollow Crown | Nominated |
| 2022 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | House of Gucci | Nominated |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1984 | Best Actor in a Play | The Real Thing | Won | |

## Critics awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 1990 | Best Actor | Reversal of Fortune | Won |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 1989 | Best Actor | Dead Ringers | Won |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 1990 | Best Actor | Reversal of Fortune | Won |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 1990 | Best Actor | Reversal of Fortune | Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 1990 | Best Actor | Reversal of Fortune | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics | 1991 | Best Actor | Reversal of Fortune | Won |
| New York Film Critics' Circle | 1989 | Best Actor | Dead Ringers | Won |
| New York Film Critics' Circle | 1990 | Best Actor | Reversal of Fortune | Nominated |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2011 | Best Ensemble Acting | Margin Call | Nominated |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2011 | Best Ensemble | Margin Call | Nominated |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association | 2016 | Best Supporting Actor | The Man Who Knew Infinity | Nominated |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Annie Award | 1994 | Best Achievement in Voice Acting | The Lion King | Won |
| Drama Desk Award | 1984 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | The Real Thing | Nominated |
| Genie Award | 1989 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Dead Ringers | Won |
| Gotham Award | 2011 | Best Ensemble | Margin Call | Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Award | 2011 | Robert Altman Award | Margin Call | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 1997 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama | Stealing Beauty | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2005 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Musical or Comedy | Being Julia | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2009 | Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Georgia O'Keeffe | Nominated |
| Saturn Award | 1990 | Best Actor | Dead Ringers | Nominated |

## Honorary awards

| Organizations | Year | Notes | Result |
| Clarence Derwent Awards | 1979 | Statue | Honored |
| San Sebastian International Film Festival | 1997 | Statue | Honored |
| European Film Award | 1998 | Statue | Honored |
| Honorary César | 2002 | Statue | Honored |
| Europe Theatre Prize | 2017 | Statue | Honored |