John Gielgud

**Sir Arthur John Gielgud** (; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and director. Gielgud was born in South Kensington, London and attended Westminster School. He acted in theatre, on radio, television and in movies.

Gielgud won many awards, including an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, three Tony Awards, a Grammy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. In 1992 he received a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, a lifetime achievement award. The Globe Theatre in London was renamed the Gielgud Theatre in 1994 in his honour.

In 1991, Gielgud became an EGOT winner. At aged 87, he is the oldest person to became an EGOT winner and the first LGBT person to do so.

Gielgud was gay. He was in a long-term relationship until his partner died in 1998. Gielgud died in Wootton Underwood, Buckinghamshire.

## Awards
### Laurence Olivier Awards
* 1985: Special Award

### Academy Awards
* 1964: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, for *Becket*
* 1981: Winner for Best Supporting Actor, for *Arthur*

### Emmy Awards
* 1966: Emmy for Outstanding Dramatic Program, for Gielgud's Ages of Man*
* 1982: Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special, for *Brideshead Revisited*
* 1984: Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special, for *The Master of Ballantrae*
* 1985: Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special, for *Romance on the Orient Express*
* 1989: Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a miniseries or Special, for *War and Remembrance*
* 1991: Winner for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie, for *Summer's Lease*

### Tony Awards
* 1948: Winner for Outstanding Foreign Company, *The Importance of Being Earnest*
* 1959: Winner, Special Award, for contribution to theatre for his extraordinary insight into the writings of Shakespeare as demonstrated in his one-man show, *Ages of Man*
* 1961: Winner for Best Director (Dramatic), for *Big Fish, Little Fish*, a play by Hugh Wheeler
* 1963: Nominated for Best Director (Dramatic), for *The School for Scandal*
* 1965: Nominated for Best Actor (Dramatic), for *Tiny Alice*
* 1971: Nominated for Best Actor (Dramatic), for *Home*

### *Evening Standard* Awards
* 1970 Co-winner for Best Actor for *Home* (with Ralph Richardson)
* 1975 Winner for Best Actor for *No Man's Land*
* 1982 Winner, Special Award for Lifetime Achievement

### Grammy Awards
* 1959: Nominated for Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording, for *Ages of Man*
* 1964: Nominated for Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording, for *Hamlet* with Richard Burton, Hume Cronyn, Alfred Drake, George Voskovec, Eileen Herlie, William Redfield and George Rose
* 1964: Nominated for Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording, for *Ages of Man, Volume 2 (One Man in His Time) Part Two - Shakespeare*
* 1979: Winner for Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording, for *Ages of Man - Recordings from Shakespeare*
* 1982: Nominated for Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording, for *No Man's Land* with Ralph Richardson
* 1983: Nominated for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording, for *Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats* with Irene Worth
* 1986: Nominated for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording, for *Gulliver*
* 1988: Nominated for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording, for *A Christmas Carol*
* 1989: Nominated for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording, for *Sir John Gielgud Reads Alice in Wonderland*
* 1991: Nominated for Best Album for Children, for *The Emperor's New Clothes* with Mark Isham

### New York Film Critics Circle Awards
* 1977: Best Actor, for *Providence*
* 1981: Best Supporting Actor, for *Arthur*

### Los Angeles Movie Critics Association Awards
* 1981: Best Supporting Actor, for *Arthur*
* 1985: Best Supporting Actor, for *Plenty*

### Golden Globe Awards
* 1981: Winner for Best Supporting Actor, for *Arthur*
* 1988: Winner for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, for *War and Remembrance*
* 1989: Nominated for Best Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, for *War and Remembrance''

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