List of awards and nominations received by Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett awards and nominations

Award	Wins	Nominations
Academy Awards	0	1
BAFTA Awards	4	14
Tony Awards	2	2
Olivier Awards	5	7

Alan Bennett is an English playwright known for his work film, theatre and television.

He has received various awards for his work in film, television and theatre. For film he earned an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for The Madness of King George (1994). He also received four British Academy Film Award nominations for A Private Function (1984), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), and The Madness of King George (1994), winning Outstanding British Film for the latter. For his work on television he has received eight British Academy Television Awards nominations for Talking Heads (1989), Screen Two (1992), and Talking Heads 2 winning for the latter, in addition to two Best Entertainment Performance wins in the 1960s.

For his work in theatre he has received four competitive Laurence Olivier Awards for his work on the West End. He won for Single Spies in 1990, Talking Heads in 1992, and The History Boys in 2005. That same year he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award. He has also received two Tony Awards for his work on the Broadway stage. He won a Special Tony Award in 1963 for Beyond The Fringe alongside Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore. He also won Best Play for The History Boys in 2005. He also won a Drama Desk Award, five Evening Standard Theatre Awards, three New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, two London Film Critics Circle Awards, and an Outer Critics Circle Award.