| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work |
| 1953 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Supporting Actor in a Leading Role | My Cousin Rachel (1952) |
| 1954 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Robe (1953) |
| 1965 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Becket (1964) |
| 1966 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965) |
| 1967 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) |
| 1970 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) |
| 1978 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Equus (1977) |
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work |
| 1978 | Nominated | Saturn Award | Best Actor - Horror | Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) |
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work |
| 1960 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award | Best British Actor | Look Back in Anger (1958) |
| 1968 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award | Best British Actor | La Bisbetica domata (1967) |
| 1968 | Won | BAFTA Film Award | Best British Actor | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) |
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work |
| 1953 | Won | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Male | My Cousin Rachel (1952) |
| 1965 | Nominated | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama | Becket (1964) |
| 1967 | Nominated | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) |
| 1968 | Nominated | Golden Globe | Nominated Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy | La Bisbetica domata (1967) |
| 1970 | Nominated | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama | Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) |
| 1978 | Won | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama | Equus (1977) |
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work |
| 1966 | 3rd Place | Golden Laurel | Male Star | |
| 1966 | Won | Golden Laurel | Dramatic Performance - Male | The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965) |
