List of awards and nominations received by Richard Burton explained

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Richard Burton.

Richard Burton was a noted Shakespearean actor of stage and screen. He received numerous accolades including a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for seven Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Burton was nominated for seven Academy Awards for his roles as Philip Ashley, the protagonist in the romantic mystery My Cousin Rachel (1952), a Roman officer in the Biblical epic The Robe (1953), Henry II of England in the historical drama Becket (1964), a British MI6 agent in spy thriller The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965), a history professor in a troubled marriage in the drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), King Henry II again in historical drama Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), and a psychiatrist treating a young patient in psychological drama Equus (1977).

For his roles on stage, he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as King Arthur in the original Broadway production of Camelot (1961). He was Tony-nominated for his roles in Time Remembered (1958), and Hamlet (1964). He won a Special Tony Award at the 1976.

Major associations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
		My Cousin Rachel		^[1]
		The Robe		^[2]
	Best Actor	Becket		^[3]
	Best Actor	The Spy Who Came in from the Cold		^[4]
	Best Actor	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?		^[5]
	Best Actor	Anne of the Thousand Days		^[6]
	Best Actor	Equus		^[7]

British Academy Film Awards
Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
		Look Back in Anger		^[8]
	Best British Actor	The Spy Who Came in from the Cold		^[9]
Best British Actor	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
	Best British Actor	The Taming of the Shrew		^[10]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
		Ellis Island		^[11]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
		My Cousin Rachel		^[12]
		Look Back in Anger
	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Becket
	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
		The Taming of the Shrew
	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Anne of the Thousand Days
	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Equus

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
1965		Richard Burton's Hamlet		^[13]
Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording	Dialogue Highlights from Becket
1976		The Little Prince (Album)		^[14]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
1958	Best Actor in a Play	Time Remembered		^[15]
1961	Best Actor in a Musical	Camelot		^[16]
	Best Actor in a Play	Hamlet		^[17]
	Special Tony Award			^[18]

Miscellaneous accolades

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
1966	Best International Actor	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?		^[19]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
1965		The Spy who Came from the Cold
1967	Best Foreign Actor	The Taming of the Shrew

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
1964		Becket
1965	Top Male Dramatic Performance	The Spy Who Came from the Cold
1966	Top Male Dramatic Performance	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
1966		Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
1966		Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
1973	Best Actor	Massacre in Rome

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
1951	Theatre World Award	The Lady's Not for Burning		^[20]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result		Ref.
1984	Best Actor (shared with John Hurt)	Nineteen Eighty-Four

See also

• Richard Burton on stage, screen, radio and record

Notes and References

1. Web site: 25th Academy Awards. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. June 13, 2024.
2. Web site: 26th Academy Awards. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. June 13, 2024.
3. Web site: 37th Academy Awards. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. June 13, 2024.
4. Web site: 38th Academy Awards. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. June 13, 2024.
5. Web site: 39th Academy Awards. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. June 13, 2024.
6. Web site: 42nd Academy Awards. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. June 13, 2024.
7. Web site: 50th Academy Awards. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. June 13, 2024.
8. Web site: 13th BAFTA Awards. awards.bafta.org. June 13, 2024.
9. Web site: 20th BAFTA Awards. awards.bafta.org. June 13, 2024.
10. Web site: 21st BAFTA Awards. awards.bafta.org. June 13, 2024.
11. Web site: Nominees / Winners 1985 Emmy Awards. Television Academy. June 13, 2024.
12. Web site: Richard Burton - Golden Globes. June 13, 2024. Turner Classic Movies.
13. Web site: 7th Annual Grammy Awards. Grammy Awards. June 13, 2024.
14. Web site: 18th Annual Grammy Awards. Grammy Awards. June 13, 2024.
15. Web site: 12th Tony Award Nominations and Wins. American Theatre Wing. June 13, 2024.
16. Web site: 15th Tony Award Nominations and Wins. American Theatre Wing. June 13, 2024.
17. Web site: 18th Tony Award Nominations and Wins. American Theatre Wing. June 13, 2024.
18. Web site: Richard Burton (Performer). Playbill. June 13, 2024.
19. Web site: Richard Burton - Awards. June 13, 2024. Internet Movie Database.
20. Web site: Richard Burton (Performer). Playbill. June 13, 2024.