Awards and nominations

2006 - London Film Critics Circle Award for British Breakthrough Amazing Grace Nominated

2012 - Critics' Circle Theatre Awards – Best Actor Frankenstein Won

2011 - Evening Standard Theatre Awards – Best Actor (with Jonny Lee Miller) Frankenstein Won

2012 - Olivier Award for Best Actor (with Jonny Lee Miller) Frankenstein Won

2004 - BAFTA Television Award – Best Actor Hawking Nominated

2004 - Golden Nymph for Television Films – Best Performance by an Actor Hawking Won

2005 - Ian Charleson Awards – Best Classical Stage Performance Hedda Gabler Won

2005 - Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role Hedda Gabler Nominated

2011 - GQ U.K. magazine Actor of the Year Himself Won

2008 Satellite Award – Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film The Last Enemy Nominated

2001 - Ian Charleson Awards – Best Classical Stage Performance Love's Labor Lost Nominated

2011 - BAFTA Television Awards – Best Leading Actor Sherlock Nominated

2012 - BAFTA Television Awards – Best Leading Actor Sherlock Nominated

2011 - Broadcasting Press Guild Awards – Best Actor Sherlock Won

2010 - Crime Thriller Awards – Best Actor Sherlock Won

2012 - Crime Thriller Awards – Best Actor Sherlock Won

2012 - Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries Actor Sherlock Won

2013 - Golden Globe Award – Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture made for TV Sherlock Nominated

2011 - National Television Awards – Outstanding Drama Performance Sherlock Nominated

2013 - National Television Awards – Outstanding Drama Performance Sherlock Nominated

2012 Primetime Emmy Award – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Sherlock Nominated

2012 Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Sherlock Won

2011 - TV Choice Awards – Best Actor Sherlock Nominated

2012 - TV Choice Awards – Best Actor Sherlock Won

2013 - Broadcasting Press Guild Awards – Best Actor Sherlock and Parade's End Won

2009 - BAFTA Television Award – Best Supporting Actor Small Island Nominated

2011 - British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Nominated

2011 - Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Won

2011 - Chlotrudis Award for Best Cast Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Nominated

2011 - Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Won

2012 - Italian Online Film Actors & Dubbers Award for Best Foreign Cast Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Won

2011 - YouMovie Award for Best Cast Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Won

2012 - YouMovie Award for Best Supporting Actor Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Nominated

2005 - Golden Nymph for Mini-Series – Best Performance by an Actor To the Ends of the Earth Won