| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role for: The Elephant Man (1980) |
| 1979 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: Midnight Express (1978) |
| Australian Film Institute | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Nominated | AFI Award |
Best Supporting Actor for: The Proposition (2005) |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role for: The Field (1990) |
| 1981 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Actor for: The Elephant Man (1980) |
| 1980 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Supporting Actor for: Alien (1979) |
| 1979 | Won | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Supporting Actor for: Midnight Express (1978) |
| 1976 | Won | BAFTA TV Award |
Best Actor for: The Naked Civil Servant (1975) (TV) |
| 1972 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Supporting Actor for: 10 Rillington Place (1971) |
| British Independent Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | - | Richard Harris Award | |
| 1998 | Nominated | British Independent Film Award |
Best Performance by a British Actor in an Independent Film for: Love and Death on Long Island (1997) |
| Chicago International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention |
for: Love and Death on Long Island (1997) Shared with: Richard Kwietniowski (director) For its elegantly comic portrayal of the collision of high and low cultures, and for John Hurt's memorable leading performance. |
| DVD Exclusive Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Won | DVDX Award |
Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD) for: Alien (1979) Shared with: Ridley Scott Ronald Shusett Terry Rawlings Sigourney Weaver Tom Skerritt Veronica Cartwright Harry Dean Stanton (Alien Quadrilogy). |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1985 | Won | Evening Standard British Film Award |
Best Actor for: Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) Also for Champions (1984) and The Hit (1984). |
| Fantasporto | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1985 | Won | International Fantasy Film Award |
Best Actor for: Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) Tied with Eddy Mitchell for Frankenstein 90 (1984). |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1981 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama for: The Elephant Man (1980) |
| 1979 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role for: Midnight Express (1978) |
| Joseph Plateau Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1994 | - | Joseph Plateau Life Achievement Award | |
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | - | Dilys Powell Award | |
| Mystfest | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1984 | Won | Best Actor |
for: The Hit (1984) Shared with: Terence Stamp Tim Roth |
| Valladolid International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1984 | Won | Best Actor |
for: Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) Tied with Richard Burton for Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984). |
| Verona Love Screens Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Won | Best Actor |
for: Night Train (1998/I) |