List of awards and nominations received by Ian McKellen

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Sir Ian McKellen.

Sir Ian McKellen awards and nominations

McKellen in 2013
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 0 2 British Academy Film Awards 0 5 Golden Globe Awards 1 3 Primetime Emmy Awards 0 5 Screen Actors Guild Awards 2 5 Olivier Award 6 12 Tony Awards 1 2
Totals[a]
Wins	31
Nominations	64
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Sir Ian McKellen is an English actor of the stage and screen. Over his distinguished career, he has received numerous accolades including a Tony Award, six Laurence Olivier Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, fi e Primetime Emmy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, and a British Academy Television Awards.

McKellen received two Academy Award nominations, his first for Best Actor for his portrayal as James Whale in the period drama Gods and Monsters (1998) with his second nomination being for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Gandalf the Grey in Peter Jackson's fantasy epic Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001). He received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for playing King Richard III in the period drama Richard III (1995) as well as the Best Adapted Screenplay for the later. For his role as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003), he was nominated for two BAFTA Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards including a win for Best Supporting Actor.

For his work on television, he won the Golden Globe Award as well as a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his portrayal of Tsar Nicholas II in the HBO film Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996). He was Emmy-nominated for his roles in gay rights activist Bill Kraus in the HBO film And the Band Played On (1993), a fictionalized version of himself in the HBO comedy series Extras (2006), the title role in the PBS film King Lear (2008), and Number 2 / Curtis in AMC miniseries The Prisoner (2009). He was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a theatrical dresser in the Starz movie The Dresser (2015).

On stage, McKellen has received two Tony Award nominations winning for Best Leading Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Antonio Salieri in the Broadway production of Amadeus in 1981. He was Tony-nominated for Best Leading Actor in a Play for Acting Shakespeare (1984). For his work on the West End stage in London, he received twelve Laurence Olivier Awards nominations, winning six times for his performances in Henrik Ibsen's The Pillars of Society (1977), Ben Jonson's The Alchemist (1978), Martin Sherman's Bent (1979), Michael Frayn's Wild Honey (1984), and William Shakespeare's Richard III (1991). He won the Society of London Theatre Special Award for Ian McKellen on Stage (2020).

Major awards

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1999	Best Actor	Gods and Monsters	Nominated	[1]
2002	Best Supporting Actor	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated	[2]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
BAFTA Film Awards
1996	Best Adapted Screenplay	Richard III	Nominated	[3]
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated
	2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated	[4]
2003	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Nominated	[5]
BAFTA TV Awards
2016	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	The Dresser	Nominated	[6]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1994	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	And the Band Played On	Nominated	[7]
1996		Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny	Nominated	[8]
2006	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Extras	Nominated	[9]
2008	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	King Lear	Nominated	[10]
2009		The Prisoner	Nominated	[11]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Richard III	Nominated	[12]
1997	Best Supporting Actor – Television	Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny	Won	[12]
1999	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Gods and Monsters	Nominated	[12]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1999	Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role	Gods and Monsters	Nominated	[13]
2002	Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Won	[14]
Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	Nominated
	2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Nominated	[15]
	2004	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	[16]

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1981	Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play	Amadeus	Won	[17]
1984		Acting Shakespeare	Nominated	[18]

Laurence Olivier Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1977	Actor of the Year in a Revival	Pillars of the Community	Won	[19]
1978	Comedy Performance of the Year	The Alchemist	Won	[20]
1979	Actor of the Year in a New Play	Bent	Won	[21]
1984	Actor of the Year in a Revival	Wild Honey	Won	[22]
1986	Best Actor in a Leading Role	The Cherry Orchard	Nominated	[23]
1990		Othello and Bent	Nominated	[24]
1991		Richard III	Won	[25]
1992		Uncle Vanya	Nominated	[26]
2008		King Lear	Nominated	[27]
2017		No Man's Land	Nominated	[28]
2019		King Lear	Nominated	[29]
2020	Special Award	Ian McKellen on Stage	Won	[30]

Other theatre awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Drama Desk Awards	1974	Outstanding Performance	The Wood Demon / King Lear	Won
	1981	Outstanding Actor in a Play	Amadeus	Won
	1984	Outstanding One-Person Show	Acting Shakespeare	Won
	1987	Outstanding Actor in a Play	Wild Honey	Won
Evening Standard Theatre Awards	1984	Best Actor	Coriolanus	Won
	1989		Othello	Won
Garland Award	1998	Outstanding Solo Performance	A Knight Out in Los Angeles	Won

Critics awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards	1998	Best Actor in a Motion Picture	Gods and Monsters	Won
	2003	Best Cast in a Motion Picture	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won
Chicago Film Critics Association	1998	Best Actor	Gods and Monsters	Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	1998	Best Actor		Won
National Board of Review	1998	Best Actor		Won
Toronto Film Critics Association	1998	Best Actor		Won
Florida Film Critics Circle	1998	Best Actor	Gods and Monsters / Apt Pupil	Won

Miscellaneous awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Annie Awards	2006	Voice Acting in a Feature Production	Flushed Away	Won
British Independent Film Award	1998	Best Actor	Gods and Monsters	Won
CableAce Award	1993	Best Supporting Actor Miniseries/Movie	And the Band Played On	Won
European Film Award	1995	Best Actor	Richard III	Won
Poppy Awards	2015	Best Supporting Actor	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Won
San Sebastián International Film Festival	1998	Best Actor	Gods and Monsters	Won
Satellite Awards	1996	Best Supporting Actor - Television	Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny	Nominated
	1998	Best Actor Motion Picture Drama	Gods and Monsters	Nominated
	2001	Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated
Saturn Awards	1998	Best Supporting Actor	Apt Pupil	Won
	2001		The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Won
	2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Nominated
	2012		The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Nominated
Teen Choice Awards	2003	Choice Movie Villain	X2	Nominated
	2006		X-Men: The Last Stand	Nominated

Honorary awards

Year	Ceremony	Category	Ref
2004	Pride International Film Festival	Lifetime Achievement & Distinction Award
2006	Olivier Awards	Society's Special Award
2009	Evening Standard Awards	The Lebedev Special Award
2010	Empire Awards	Empire Icon Award	[31]
2017	Istanbul International Film Festival	Honorary Award	[32]