List of awards and nominations received by Ian McKellen explained

Sir Ian McKellen
Wins:	31
Nominations:	64

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

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, a Primetime Emmy Award, two Critics' Choice Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for two Academy 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 (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 Gandolf 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 (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

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1999	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Gods and Monsters		^[1]
2002	Best Actor in a Supporting Role			^[2]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
BAFTA Film Awards
1996	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Richard III		^[3]
Best Adapted Screenplay
2001	Best Actor in a Leading Role			^[4]
2003	Best Actor in a Supporting Role			^[5]
BAFTA TV Awards
2016	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	The Dresser		^[6]

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

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Richard III		^[12]
1997	Best Supporting Actor – Television
1999	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Gods and Monsters

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1999	Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role	Gods and Monsters		^[13]
2002	Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role			^[14]
Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture
	2003			^[15]
	2004			^[16]

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

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

Other theatre awards

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

Critics awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result
	1998	Best Actor in a Motion Picture	Gods and Monsters
	2003	Best Cast in a Motion Picture
Chicago Film Critics Association	1998	Best Actor	Gods and Monsters
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	1998	Best Actor
	1998	Best Actor
Toronto Film Critics Association	1998	Best Actor
	1998	Best Actor	Gods and Monsters / Apt Pupil

Miscellaneous awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result
	2006	Voice Acting in a Feature Production	Flushed Away
British Independent Film Award	1998	Best Actor	Gods and Monsters
CableAce Award	1993	Best Supporting Actor Miniseries/Movie	And the Band Played On
European Film Award	1995	Best Actor	Richard III
	2015	Best Supporting Actor	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
	1998	Best Actor	Gods and Monsters
	1996	Best Supporting Actor - Television
	1998	Best Actor Motion Picture Drama	Gods and Monsters
	2001	Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
Saturn Awards	1998	Best Supporting Actor	Apt Pupil
	2001
	2003
	2012
	2003	Choice Movie Villain	X2
	2006

Honorary awards

Year	Category	Nominated work		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]

External links

• The papers of Sir Ian McKellen, actor are held by the Victoria and Albert Museum Theatre and Performance Department.
  • • • Biography of Sir Ian McKellen, CH, CBE, Debrett's

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners. 27 August 2013. oscars.org and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Beverly Hills.
2. Web site: 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners. Oscars. 28 March 2014.
3. Web site: BAFTAs Ian McKellen. BAFTA. 28 March 2014.
4. Web site: 55th BAFTA Awards. BAFTA Awards. July 31, 2024.
5. Web site: 57th BAFTA Awards. BAFTA Awards. July 31, 2024.
6. Web site: 2016 BAFTA Awards. BAFTA Awards. July 31, 2024.
7. Web site: Nominees / Winners 1994 Emmy Awards. Television Academy. July 31, 2024.
8. Web site: Nominees / Winners 1996 Emmy Awards. Television Academy. July 31, 2024.
9. Web site: Nominees / Winners 2006 Emmy Awards. Television Academy. July 31, 2024.
10. Web site: Nominees / Winners 2008 Emmy Awards. Television Academy. July 31, 2024.
11. Web site: Nominees / Winners 2009 Emmy Awards. Television Academy. July 31, 2024.
12. Web site: Ian McKellen - Golden Globes. July 30, 2024. Golden Globe Awards.
13. Web site: 5th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Screen Actors Guild Awards. July 30, 2024.
14. Web site: 8th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Screen Actors Guild Awards. July 30, 2024.
15. Web site: 9th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Screen Actors Guild Awards. July 30, 2024.
16. Web site: 10th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Screen Actors Guild Awards. July 30, 2024.
17. Web site: The 1981 Tony Award Nominations. American Theatre Wing. July 30, 2024.
18. Web site: The 1984 Tony Award Nominations. American Theatre Wing. July 30, 2024.
19. Web site: Olivier Award Winners 1977. officiallondontheatre. July 30, 2024.
20. Web site: Olivier Award Winners 1978. officiallondontheatre. July 30, 2024.
21. Web site: Olivier Award Winners 1979. officiallondontheatre. July 30, 2024.
22. Web site: Olivier Award Winners 1984. officiallondontheatre. July 30, 2024.
23. Web site: Olivier Award Winners 1986. officiallondontheatre. July 30, 2024.
24. Web site: Olivier Award Winners 1990. officiallondontheatre. July 30, 2024.
25. Web site: Olivier Award Winners 1991. officiallondontheatre. July 30, 2024.
26. Web site: Olivier Award Winners 1992. officiallondontheatre. July 30, 2024.
27. Web site: Olivier Award Winners 2008. officiallondontheatre. July 30, 2024.
28. Web site: Olivier Award Winners 2017. officiallondontheatre. July 30, 2024.
29. Web site: Olivier Award Winners 2019. officiallondontheatre. July 30, 2024.
30. Web site: Olivier Award Winners 2020. officiallondontheatre. July 30, 2024.
31. Web site: Empire Icon Award . . . 2010 . 20 September 2011 .
32. Web site: İKSV Film Arşiv . film.iksv.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170407234031/http://film.iksv.org/tr/arsiv/haberarsivi/p/1/1489 . 2017-04-07.