The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Jonathan Pryce.
Jonathan Pryce is a Welsh actor known for his character actor roles on stage and screen. He has received numerous accolades including two Laurence Olivier Awards and two Tony Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, six Emmy Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was honored with a knighthood for services to drama in 2021.
Pryce started his career on the London stage after training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. On Broadway, he acted in the Trevor Griffiths play Comedians (1977) he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival for playing Prince Hamlet in a revival of the William Shakespeare tragedy Hamlet (1980). For his role as the engineer in the musical epic Miss Saigon, he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for the 1990 West End production and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for the 1991 Broadway production.
On film, he played the English literary critic and essayist Lytton Strachey in the biographical drama film Carrington (1995) for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. For his role as Pope Francis in the Fernando Meirelles directed Netflix drama film The Two Popes (2019), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama.
On television, he played businessman Henry Kravis in the HBO film Barbarians at the Gate (1993) for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. He played a wealthy widower in the miniseries Return to Cranford (2009) for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. He portrayed Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the Netflix historical drama series The Crown from 2022 to 2023 for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award. He currently plays a retired senior MI5 officer in the Apple TV+ drama series Slow Horses (2022–) for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award and Primetime Emmy Award.
Major associations Academy Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result 2019 Best Actor The Two Popes
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 1995 Best Actor in a Leading Role Carrington 2019 The Two Popes British Academy Television Awards 2025Best Supporting ActorSlow Horses
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Television Awards 2015 Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries Wolf Hall
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 1993 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Barbarians at the Gate 2010 Return to Cranford 2024 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series The Crown Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Slow Horses 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards 2021 Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Piney: The Lonesome Pine
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1994 Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Barbarians at the Gate 2020 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama The Two Popes 2023 Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film The Crown
Olivier Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1979 Actor of the Year in a Revival Taming of the Shrew 1980 Hamlet 1990 Best Actor in a Musical Miss Saigon 1995 Oliver! 2002 My Fair Lady 2005 Best Actor The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1977 Best Featured Actor in a Play Comedians 1991 Best Actor in a Musical Miss Saigon
Screen Actors Guild Award Year Category Nominated work Result 2017 Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Drama Series Game of Thrones 2023 The Crown 2024
Miscellaneous associations Organizations Year Category Work Result Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 2000 Favorite Supporting Actor – Horror Stigmata British Independent Film Awards 1998 Best Actor Regeneration Cannes Film Festival 1995 Best Actor Carrington Capri Hollywood International Film Festival 2018Best Supporting ActorThe Wife Evening Standard British Film Awards 1981 Most Promising Newcomer – Actor 1996 Best Actor Carrington Saturn Awards 1984 Best Supporting Actor Something Wicked This Way Comes
Theatre awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Drama Desk Award 1977 Best Actor – Play Comedians 1985 Accidental Death of an Anarchist 1991 Best Actor – Musical Miss Saigon Drama League Award 2020 Distinguished Performance The Height of the Storm
Honorary awards Organizations Year Award Result BAFTA Award 2002 Special BAFTA Order of the British Empire 2009 CBE Capri Hollywood International Film Festival2018Capri Legend Award Order of the British Empire 2021 Knighthood
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