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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Writing, Original Screenplay for: A Fish Called Wanda (1988) Shared with: Charles Crichton (story) |
| Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | TV Prize |
Best Foreign TV Personality - Male (Bästa utländska man) |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Actor for: A Fish Called Wanda (1988) |
| Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Screenplay - Original for: A Fish Called Wanda (1988) |
|
| 1980 | Won | BAFTA TV Award |
Best Light Entertainment Performance for: "Fawlty Towers" (1975) |
| 1976 | Nominated | BAFTA TV Award |
Best Light Entertainment Performance for: "Fawlty Towers" (1975) |
| 1971 | Nominated | BAFTA TV Award |
Best Light Entertainment Performance for: "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969) |
| 1970 | Nominated | BAFTA TV Award |
Best Light Entertainment Personality for: "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969) |
| Banff Television Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2002 | - | Sir Peter Ustinov Award | |
| DVD Exclusive Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Nominated | Video Premiere Award |
Best Audio Commentary for: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Shared with: Eric Idle Michael Palin (Columbia TriStar). |
| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | Won | David |
Best Screenplay - Foreign Film (Autore della Migliore Sceneggiatura Straniero) for: A Fish Called Wanda (1988) |
| Edgar Allan Poe Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | Nominated | Edgar |
Best Motion Picture for: A Fish Called Wanda (1988) |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Nominated | Emmy |
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for: "Will & Grace" (1998) For playing "Lyle Finster" |
| 2002 | Nominated | Emmy |
Outstanding Non-Fiction Special (Informational) for: "The Human Face" (2001) Shared with: Michael J. Mosley (executive producer) Nicholas Rossiter (executive producer) Nancy Lavin (executive producer) Sally George (producer) Sharon Gillooly (producer) James Erskine (producer/director) David Stewart (producer/director) |
| 1998 | Nominated | Emmy |
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for: "3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996) For playing "Dr. Neesam". For episode "Dick And The Other Guy". |
| 1987 | Won | Emmy |
Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series for: "Cheers" (1982) For playing "Dr. Simon Finch-Royce". For episode "Simon Says". |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1987 | Won | Peter Sellers Award for Comedy |
for: Clockwise (1986) |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical for: A Fish Called Wanda (1988) |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominated | PFCS Award |
Best Acting Ensemble for: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) Shared with: Kenneth Branagh Robbie Coltrane Warwick Davis Richard Griffiths Rupert Grint Richard Harris Jason Isaacs Daniel Radcliffe Alan Rickman Fiona Shaw Maggie Smith Julie Walters Emma Watson |
| Visual Effects Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Nominated | VES Award |
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture for: Shrek the Third (2007) Shared with: Guillaume Aretos Tim Cheung Sean Mahoney For "King Harold". |
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for: A Fish Called Wanda (1988) Shared with: Charles Crichton |
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