# List of awards and nominations received by Michael Gambon

The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Sir Michael Gambon.
Sir Michael Gambon was an Irish-English actor known for his extensive work on stage and screen. Over his six decade long career he received numerous accolades including four British Academy Film Awards, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and three Laurence Olivier Awards as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award.
Gambon started his professional acting career with the Royal National Theatre with Sir Laurence Olivier. For his roles on the West End he received three Laurence Olivier Award for A Chorus of Disapproval (1985), A View from the Bridge (1987), and Man of the Moment (1990). For his Broadway debut he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in revival of David Hare's Skylight (1996)
Gambon won four British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for playing Philip Marlow in The Singing Detective (1987), Squire Hamley in Wives and Daughters (2000), John Harrison in Longitude (2001), and Raymond Symon in Perfect Strangers (2002). He also was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for portraying Lyndon B. Johnson in the HBO film Path to War (2002), and playing the family patriarch, Mr. Woodhouse in the BBC One series Emma (2009). On film, he received two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture for Robert Altman's murder-mystery Gosford Park (2001), and Tom Hooper's historical drama The King's Speech (2010).
In 1998, he was given the title of Knight Bachelor; awarded by the British Government in the 1998 New Year Honours. The investiture by Queen Elizabeth II took place on 17 July 1998. Gambon, despite being Irish, retained British citizenship making the Knighthood substantive rather than honorary. In 1990 he was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), awarded by the British Government in the 1990 New Year Honours. and invested by The Prince of Wales. In 2020, he was listed at No. 28 on The Irish Times's list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

## Major associations
### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Television Awards |||||
| 1987 | Best Actor | The Singing Detective | Won |
| 2000 | Best Actor | Wives and Daughters | Won |
| 2001 | Best Actor | Longitude | Won |
| 2002 | Best Actor | Perfect Strangers | Won |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2002 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Path to War | Nominated |
| 2010 | Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie | Emma | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2002 | Best Actor in a Mini-Series or a TV Movie | Path to War | Nominated | |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2001 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Gosford Park | Won | |
| 2010 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | The King's Speech | Won | |

### Olivier Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1979 | Best Actor of the Year in a New Play | Betrayal | Nominated |
| 1980 | Best Actor in a Revival | The Life of Galileo | Nominated |
| 1983 | Best Actor in a New Play | Tales from Hollywood | Nominated |
| 1985 | Best Comedy Performance | A Chorus of Disapproval | Won |
| 1987 | Best Actor in a Revival | A View from the Bridge | Won |
| 1990 | Best Comedy Performance | Man of the Moment | Won |
| 1996 | Best Actor in a Play | Skylight | Nominated |
| 1997 | Best Actor in a Play | Tom and Clem | Nominated |
| 1998 | Best Actor in a Play | The Unexpected Man | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Actor in a Play | The Caretaker | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Actor in a Play | A Number | Nominated |
| 2005 | Best Actor in a Play | Endgame | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Actor in a Play | No Man's Land | Nominated |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1997 | Best Actor in a Play | Skylight | Nominated | |

## Other theatre awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Critics' Circle Theatre Awards | 1990 | Best Actor | Man of the Moment | Won |
| Critics' Circle Theatre Awards | 2000 | Best Actor | The Caretaker | Won |
| Drama Desk Awards | 1997 | Best Actor in a Play | Skylight | Nominated |
| Evening Standard Awards | 1987 | Best Actor | A View from the Bridge | Won |
| Evening Standard Awards | 1995 | Best Actor | Volpone | Won |
| Evening Standard Awards | 2010 | The Lebedev Special Award for Contribution to British theatre | The Lebedev Special Award for Contribution to British theatre | Honoured |
| Irish Times Theatre Awards | 2007 | Best Actor | Eh Joe | Nominated |
| Theatregoers' Choice Awards | 2005 | Best Actor in Play | Endgame | Nominated |
| Theatregoers' Choice Awards | 2007 | Best Solo Performance | Eh Joe | Nominated |
| Theatregoers' Choice Awards | 2011 | Best Solo Performance | Krapp's Last Tape | Nominated |
| Theatre World Awards | 1997 | Best Ensemble Performance | Skylight | Won |

## Critics awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2002 | Best Acting Ensemble | Gosford Park | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2005 | Best Acting Ensemble | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2011 | Best Acting Ensemble | The King's Speech | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2015 | Best Actor in a Movie/Limited Series | The Casual Vacancy | Nominated |
| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | 2002 | Best Ensemble Cast | Gosford Park | Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | 2002 | Best Ensemble | Gosford Park | Won |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2002 | Best Acting Ensemble | Gosford Park | Won |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2011 | Best Acting Ensemble | The King's Speech | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2011 | Best Ensemble Performance | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Won |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2011 | Best Cast | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Nominated |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Berlin International Film Festival | 2000 | Silver Berlin Bear | The Good Shepherd | Won |
| British Independent Film Awards | 2012 | The Richard Harris Award | The Richard Harris Award | Honoured |
| Broadcasting Press Guild Awards | 1987 | Best Actor | The Singing Detective | Won |
| Broadcasting Press Guild Awards | 2008 | Best Actor | Cranford, Celebration, Joe's Palace | Nominated |
| IGN Movie Awards | 2011 | Best Ensemble Cast | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Nominated |
| Irish Film and Television Awards | 2008 | Best Actor | Celebration | Nominated |
| Irish Film and Television Awards | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Nominated |
| Irish Film and Television Awards | 2017 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Lifetime Achievement Award | Honoured |
| People's Choice Awards | 2011 | Favorite Ensemble Movie Cast | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Won |
| Royal Television Society Awards | 1987 | Best Performance - Male | The Singing Detective | Won |
| Royal Television Society Awards | 2000 | Best Performance - Male | Wives and Daughters | Won |
| Satellite Award | 2002 | Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble | Gosford Park | Nominated |
| Satellite Award | 2015 | Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film | The Casual Vacancy | Nominated |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 2011 | Best Ensemble Cast | The King's Speech | Won |
| Saturn Awards | 1993 | Best Actor | Toys | Nominated |
| Scream Awards | 2009 | Best Ensemble | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Won |
| Scream Awards | 2011 | Best Ensemble | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Nominated |
| Sitges Film Festival | 1989 | Best Actor | The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover | Won |
| New York Film Festival | 2019 | Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film | The Last Witness | Nominated |

## Honorary degrees

* 2007: Honorary Degree from the University of Kent on 12 July in Canterbury, England.
* 2002: Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Greenwich on 8 November in Greenwich, England.
* He also had a star on Avenue of Stars, London.