Academy Awards:
- 1979 Honorary Academy Award for his contribution to film
- 1949 Best Actor in a Leading Role for Hamlet
- 1949 Best Picture for Hamlet
- 1947 Outstanding Achievement award for directing Henry V Emmy Awards:
- 1984 Best Actor for King Lear (TV)
- 1982 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special for Brideshead Revisited (mini)
- 1975 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy for Love Among the Ruins (TV)
- 1973 Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for Long Day’s Journey into Night (TV)
- 1960 Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor for The Moon and Sixpence (TV)
Golden Globe Awards:
- 1983 Cecil B. DeMille Award
- 1980 Nomination for Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role for A Little Romance
- 1977 Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role for Marathon Man
- 1949 Best Motion Picture Actor for Hamlet
New York Film Critics Awards:
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- 1972 Best Actor Award for Sleuth
- 1948 Best Actor Award for Hamlet
- 1946 Best Actor Award for Henry V
British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards:
- 974 Nomination for Best Actor for Sleuth
- 1970 Best Supporting Actor for Oh! What a Lovely War
Other Awards: - 1983 Film Society of Lincoln Center, Gala Tribute.
- 1981 Order of Merit Award
- 1979 Saturn Award for Best Actor in The Boys From Brazil
- 1970 Life Peer Award
- 958 Tony Award nomination for The Entertainer
- 1957 David di Donatello Best Foreign Production Award for Richard III
- 1956 Silver Berlin Bear International Prize for Richard III
- 1950 Italian National Syndicate for Film Journalists, Silver Ribbon Award for
- Best Director on a Foreign Film for Henry V
- 1949 Bodil Festen Best European Film Award for Hamlet
- 1948 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Award for Hamlet