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Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts
Supporting Actor
Won
Nominated
Golden Globe
Best Performance by An Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made
Won
Nominated
Emmy (Primetime)
Outstanding Lead Actor
Nominated
Academy Award
Actor in a Supporting Role
Won
Nominated
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Gielgud is one of the few people who have won all four major annual American entertainment awards, these being an Oscar (for Arthur, 1981); an Emmy, (for Summer's Lease, 1991); a Grammy (for Ages of Man, 1979); and Tony Awards (for The Importance of Being Earnest, 1948; Ages of Man, 1959; Big Fish, Little Fish, 1961).
John Gielgud. Jump to. 16 wins & 27 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1982 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Arthur. John Gielgud was not present at the award's ceremony. Presenters Carol Burnett and Joel Grey accepted the award on his behalf. 1965 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Becket. BAFTA Awards.
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5 days ago · John Gielgud, English actor, producer, and director, who is considered one of the greatest performers of his generation on stage and screen, particularly as a Shakespearean actor. He won an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance in Arthur (1981).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Although largely indifferent to awards, Gielgud had the rare distinction of winning an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Tony. He was famous from the start of his career for his voice and his mastery of Shakespearean verse.
He made his screen debut in 1924. Academy Award Best Supporting Actor, 1981, for Arthur (1981), Academy Award Nomination, 1964, for Becket (1964).
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The lifetime awards began to pile up: a BAFTA fellowship award for his lifetime contribution to show business in 1992, the renaming of the Globe Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London's West End as the Gielgud Theatre in 1994, and his appointment to the Order of Merit in 1996.
