List of awards and nominations received by Richard Burton

Richard Burton awards and nominations
	Burton in 1965
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Awards and nominations
Award	Wins
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Wins	17
Nominations	28
	Note ↑ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.;

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Wins17

Nominations28

Richard Burton was a noted Shakespearean actor of stage and screen and received numerous accolades including a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for seven Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Burton was nominated for seven Academy Awards for his roles as Philip Ashley, the protagonist in the romantic mystery My Cousin Rachel (1952), a Roman officer in the Biblical epic The Robe (1953), the title characterin the historical drama Becket (1964), a British MI6 agent in spy thriller The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965), a history professor in a troubled marriage in the drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), King Henry VIII in historical drama Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), and a psychiatrist treating a young patient in psychological drama Equus (1977).

For his roles on stage, he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as King Arthur in the original Broadway production of Camelot (1961). He was Tony-nominated for his roles in Time Remembered (1958), and Hamlet (1964). He won a Special Tony Award at the 1976.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1952	Best Supporting Actor	My Cousin Rachel	Nominated	^[1]
1953	Best Actor	The Robe	Nominated	^[2]
1964		Becket	Nominated	^[3]
1965		The Spy Who Came in from the Cold	Nominated	^[4]
1966		Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Nominated	^[5]
1969		Anne of the Thousand Days	Nominated	^[6]
1977		Equus	Nominated	^[7]

British Academy Film Awards
Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1959	Best British Actor	Look Back in Anger	Nominated	^[8]
1966		The Spy Who Came in from the Cold	Won	^[9]
1966		Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Won	^[9]
1967		The Taming of the Shrew	Nominated	^[10]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1952	New Star of the Year – Actor	My Cousin Rachel	Won	^[12]
1959	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Look Back in Anger	Nominated	^[12]
1964		Becket	Nominated	^[12]
1966		Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Nominated	^[12]
1967	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	The Taming of the Shrew	Nominated	^[12]
1969	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Anne of the Thousand Days	Nominated	^[12]
1977	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Equus	Won	^[12]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1965	Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording	Richard Burton's Hamlet	Nominated	^[13]
Dialogue Highlights from Becket	Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording	Nominated		^[13]
1976	Best Recording for Children	The Little Prince (Album)	Won	^[14]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1958	Best Actor in a Play	Time Remembered	Nominated	^[15]
1961	Best Actor in a Musical	Camelot	Won	^[16]
1964	Best Actor in a Play	Hamlet	Nominated	^[17]
1976	Special Tony Award		Honored	^[18]

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1965	Best Foreign Actor	The Spy who Came from the Cold	Won	^[19]
1967	Best Foreign Actor	The Taming of the Shrew	Tied	^[19]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1964	Top Male Dramatic Performance	Becket	Won	^[19]
1965		The Spy Who Came from the Cold	Won	^[19]
1966		Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Won	^[19]