List of roles and awards for Alan Bates

Sir Alan Arthur Bates, CBE is an English actor who hails from Derbyshire, England. He had a prolific career that spanned six decades across stage and screen, with several award-winning portrayals and defining interpretations. His parents were musicians, who encouraged him to pursue music. However, he felt compelled to pursue acting instead, and acquired a scholarship to the RADA in London. Among his fellow aspiring thespians were Peter O'Toole and Albert Finney—each of whom, along with Bates, would be Oscar-nominated by the end of the 1960s.
Bates made his stage debut in Coventry, in a play called You and Your Wife. After joining the Royal Court Theatre's repertoire for several Off West End plays, he soon made his West End debut in one of the quintessential "kitchen sink realism" dramas, John Osborne's Look Back in Anger—a role which he reprised on television. His portrayal of younger son, Edmund Tyrone, in Eugene O'Neill's classic Long Day's Journey into Night garnered him notice from the Clarence Derwent Awards. After some further TV work, he landed his film debut in The Entertainer, starring Laurence Olivier, and co-starring, among others, Finney and the future Mrs. Olivier, Joan Plowright. It was the film debuts of the latter two as well. He succeeded this with breakthrough performances in Whistle Down the Wind and A Kind of Loving, the latter of which brought him his first BAFTA Film Award nomination.
What followed in the 1960s was a very bountiful decade of well-received performances in an eclectic array of films: reprising his role from the Harold Pinter play, The Caretaker ; The Running Man ; Nothing but the Best ; and King of Hearts. In between these were two of his most successful films thus far: Zorba the Greek and Georgy Girl. The former obtained numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards out of seven nominations. The latter garnered four nominations from the Oscars; and six from the Golden Globes, including two for Bates: one for Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical Film and the other for Most Promising Male Newcomer. The following year, he earned yet another Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Film for Far from the Madding Crowd.
Come 1968, he would receive his highest set of recognition yet for The Fixer. He earned another Golden Globe nomination, coupled with his only Academy Award for Best Actor nomination, for his role as Yakov S. Bok, a Russian Jew who was falsely accused of a blood libel murder. One year later, in Women in Love, Bates and Oliver Reed achieved notoriety for an infamous homoerotic fireplace-lit wrestling scene, containing full-frontal nudity of both actors—which was groundbreaking for that taboo at that time. Bates earned his second BAFTA nom for that performance.
Within the next decade, the 1970s, Bates continued tackling a plethora of complex roles. One such role was in playwright Simon Gray's Butley. Prior to its aforementioned film adaptation, the original 1971 play won Bates an Evening Standard Theatre Award in London that same year. Afterwards, it was swiftly rendered onto the Broadway stage—for which he won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play, plus an equivalent Drama Desk Award and Drama League Award as well, in 1973. Other films of his from this era included The Go-Between ; A Day in the Death of Joe Egg ; In Celebration, from David Storey—another in which he originated on stage; Royal Flash ; The Shout, An Unmarried Woman ; and The Rose. He was also involved with Lord Laurence Olivier's production of Three Sisters at The Old Vic, including the subsequent 1970 film adaptation, re-released as part of the American Film Theatre series.
He also returned to television, including frequent anthology series guest roles such as in Play for Today and Great Performances ; and the miniseries, The Mayor of Casterbridge. Bates has described the latter as his personal favourite role. Meanwhile, from their success from Butley, the Bates/Gray collaborative duo cultivated their working friendship and relationship into continued creative output. Gray began writing plays with Bates specifically in mind, starting next with Otherwise Engaged. This was another successful venture for Bates, whose performance was once again praised and earned him his first Variety Club Award in the UK.
During the 1980s, his output tapered down. But his roles continued to bring him recognition. On television, he starred in a remake of Separate Tables, as well as An Englishman Abroad, Pack of Lies, and The Dog It Was That Died. "Abroad" would become his most decorated screen performance, including his only BAFTA win. His film work this decade included such films as Nijinsky, The Return of the Soldier, a cameo appearance in Britannia Hospital, Duet for One ; and We Think the World of You, in which he and Gary Oldman played lovers who were separated when Oldman was sent to prison, leaving Bates in charge of their German Shepherd. And in theatre, he reunited with Osborne, whose play, A Patriot for Me earned Bates his only Olivier Award nomination and a second Variety award win.
Sudden tragedy struck in 1990 when one of his twin sons, Tristan, died from a sudden asthma attack at age 19. Bates persevered, although his 1990s film output featured far less critical acclaim than in the previous decades. However, he still did receive another BAFTA Film nomination for Hamlet and another BAFTA TV nom for Unnatural Pursuits. Other efforts include the television movie Nicholas's Gift, based on the true story of Nicholas Green; the TV mini-film biopic on Marcel Proust, 102 Boulevard Haussmann ; the miniseries Oliver's Travels ; and the films, Mister Frost and The Cherry Orchard.
He instead devoted more of his time to the stage. He and his surviving twin son, Benedick Bates, established the Tristan Bates Theatre. His array of roles from Gray plays included Stage Struck, Melon, Life Support —and Simply Disconnected, which was a sequel to Otherwise Engaged. Other theatrical ventures included fringe theatre at the Stratford Festival in Ontario of Richard III ; thrust stage performances at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre of The Taming of the Shrew as Petruchio; a one-man show entitled A Muse of Fire ; Poor Richard ; The Dance of Death ; Ivanov by Anton Chekhov ; Stages by Storey; The Showman ; The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen; and Pinter's 1984 double-bill: One for the Road/''Victoria Station.
Prior to his death, Bates was working continuously. He was part of the vast ensemble of Gosford Park, which earned seven Oscar nominations. It acquired many accolades as an ensemble cast, garnering him a number of prizes as a result, including a win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Ensemble Motion Picture Cast. On television, he appeared in the miniseries Love in a Cold Climate, earning his seventh and final BAFTA nomination. He also received another Drama Desk Award nomination and was a Lucille Lortel Awards winner as lead actor, for the Off-Broadway play The Unexpected Man.
The stage brought him one final triumph, with the play Fortune's Fool. He took home a hat-trick of awards, winning the Outer Critics Circle Award in addition to both the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play and the equivalent Tony Award, each of the latter for the second time. His final few films included Evelyn ; The Sum of All Fears ; The Mothman Prophecies ; and his final theatrical film, The Statement, which was critically lambasted. His final work, a two-parter titled Spartacus'', was released posthumously. Just one year prior to his death, Bates was officially knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1960	The Entertainer	Frank Rice	Film debut.
1961	Whistle Down the Wind	The Man
1962	A Kind of Loving	Victor Arthur "Vic" Brown
1963	The Caretaker	Mick	The Guest; Originated role on stage.
1963	The Running Man	Stephen Maddox
1964	Nothing but the Best	James "Jimmy" Brewster
1964	Zorba the Greek	Basil
1965	Once Upon a Tractor	Joe Turrel	Short film.
1966	Georgy Girl	Jos Jones
1966	King of Hearts	Sig. Charles Plumpick
1967	Far from the Madding Crowd	Gabriel Oak
1968	The Fixer	Yakov Shepsovitch Bok
1969	Women in Love	Rupert Birkin
1970	Three Sisters	Lt. Col. Aleksandr Ignatyevich Vershinin	Part of the American Film Theatre series.
1971	The Go-Between	Ted Burgess
1972	A Day in the Death of Joe Egg	Bri
1972	Second Best	Tom	Short film; also producer. Adapted from a D. H. Lawrence short story.
1973	Impossible Object	Harry	Story of a Love Story.
1974	Butley	Ben Butley	Originated each role on stage. Both films part of the American Film Theatre series.
1975	In Celebration	Andrew Shaw	Originated each role on stage. Both films part of the American Film Theatre series.
1975	Royal Flash	Rudi von Sternberg
1978	The Shout	Charles Crossley
1978	An Unmarried Woman	Saul Kaplan
1979	The Rose	Rudge Campbell
1980	Nijinsky	Sergei Diaghilev
1981	Quartet	H. J. Heidler
1981	Ręce do Góry	"Wikto"	Hands Up!; Self. Originally 1967 film, re-edited.
1982	Britannia Hospital	Macready: "Guest Patient"	Cameo appearance.
1982	The Return of the Soldier	Capt. Chris Baldry
1983	The Wicked Lady	Capt. Jerry Jackson
1986	Duet for One	David Cornwallis
1987	A Prayer for the Dying	Jack Meehan
1988	We Think the World of You	Frank Meadows
1989	Force Majeure	Malcolm Forrest	Uncontrollable Circumstances.
1990	Dr. M.	Dr. Heinrich Marsfeldt / The Guru	Dual roles.
1990	Hamlet	King Claudius
1990	Mister Frost	Det. Felix Detweiler
1991	Secret Friends	John
1991	Shuttlecock	Maj. James Prentis, V.C.	Also 2014 re-release Sins of the Father & 2020 Director's cut; both posthumous releases.
1993	Silent Tongue	Eamon McCree
1995	Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets	Sir Hugo Coal	The Grotesque and/or Grave Indiscretions.
1999	The Cherry Orchard	Leonid Andreyevitch Gayev
2001	Gosford Park	Mr. Jennings, the Butler
2002	Evelyn	Thomas "Tom" Connolly
2002	The Mothman Prophecies	Alexander Leek
2002	The Sum of All Fears	Richard Dressler
2003	Hollywood North	Michael Baytes
2003	Meanwhile	Father Peter
2003	The Statement	Armand Bertier	Final theatrical film.

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1956	Play of the Week	Cliff Lewis	Mini-film: Look Back in Anger; Originated role on stage.
1959	Play of the Week	Eddie Burke	Mini-film: The Square Ring.
1959	Play of the Week	Charles Tritton	Episode: "The Wind and the Rain".
1959	Armchair Theatre	Lewis Black	Episode: "The Thug".
1959	Armchair Theatre		Episode: "Three on a Gas Ring".
1959	ITV Television Playhouse	Kenneth	Episode: "A Memory of Two Mondays".
1959	ITV Television Playhouse	Rikki Barofski	Episode: "The Jukebox".
1960	ITV Television Playhouse	Ralph Freeman	Episode: "Incident".
1960	Play of the Week	Peter Garside	Episode: "The Upstart".
1960	The Four Just Men	Giorgio	Episode: "Treviso Dam".
1961	Armchair Theatre	Mario	Episode: "Duel for Love".
1966	The Wednesday Play	Grigory Alexandrovich Pechorin	Mini-film: A Hero of Our Time.
1974	The Story of Jacob & Joseph	Narrator	TV film;.
1975	Play for Today	Peter Gray	Episode: "Plaintiffs and Defendants".
1975	Play for Today	Charles	Episode: "Two Sundays".
1976	Great Performances	James Horne	Volume: Laurence Olivier Presents; Mini-film: The Collection.
1978	The Mayor of Casterbridge	Mayor Michael Henchard	Miniseries.
1980	Very Like a Whale	Sir Jock Mellor	Mini-film; The Executive Syndrome.
1981	The Trespasser	Siegmund MacNair	TV film.
1982	A Voyage 'Round My Father	Sir John Mortimer	TV film.
1983	An Englishman Abroad	Sec. Guy Burgess, MI6	TV film.
1983	Separate Tables	John Malcolm / Maj. Gen. Pollock	TV film; dual roles.
1984	Dr. Fischer of Geneva	Dr. Alfred Jones	TV film.
1985	Summer Season	Inq. Nicolas	Mini-film: One for the Road.
1987	Pack of Lies	Stewart	TV film.
1988	The Ray Bradbury Theater	John Fabian	Episode: "And So Died Riabouchinska".
1989	The Dog It Was That Died	Agent Giles Blair	TV film.
1991	Screen Two	Marcel Proust	Mini-film: 102 Boulevard Haussmann.
1992	Screen One	Henry Sitchell	Episode: "Losing Track".
1992	Unnatural Pursuits	Hamish Partt	2 episodes.
1994	Hard Times	Josiah Bounderby	Miniseries.
1995	Oliver's Travels	Oliver	Miniseries.
1998	Nicholas's Gift	Reg Green	TV film.
2000	Arabian Nights	The Storyteller	Miniseries.
2000	In the Beginning	Jethro	Miniseries.
2000	The Prince & the Pauper	King Henry VIII	TV film.
2000	St. Patrick: The Irish Legend	Calpornius	TV film.
2001	Love in a Cold Climate	Uncle Matthew, Lord Alconleigh	Miniseries.
2002	Bertie & Elizabeth	King George V	TV film.
2002	Salem Witch Trials	Sir William Phips	TV film.
2004	Spartacus	Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa	Two-part miniseries; final television role.

Stage

Title	Role	Opening	Closing	Venue	Designation	Notes/Refs.
You and Your Wife	Toby	31 Oct 55	29 Feb 56	Albany Theatre, Coventry	repertory/stock	Stage debut.
The Crucible	Hopkins	02 Apr 56	5 May 56	Royal Court Theatre	Off-West End	Belgravia/Chelsea location.
The Mulberry Bush	Simon Fellowes	02 Apr 56	5 May 56	Royal Court Theatre	Off-West End	Belgravia/Chelsea location.
Look Back in Anger	Cliff Lewis	8 May 56	27 Oct 56	Royal Court Theatre	Off-West End	Belgravia/Chelsea location.
Cards of Identity	Mr. Stapleton	26 Jun 56	09 Aug 56	Royal Court Theatre	Off-West End	Belgravia/Chelsea location.
Look Back in Anger	Cliff Lewis	05 Nov 56	07 Dec 56	Lyric Theatre, London	West End
Look Back in Anger	Cliff Lewis	09 Dec 56	14 Dec 56	Richmond Theatre
The Country Wife	Mr. Harcourt	12 Dec 56	02 Feb 57	Royal Court Theatre	Off-West End	Belgravia/Chelsea location.
The Country Wife	Mr. Harcourt	04 Feb 57	13 Apr 57	Adelphi Theatre	West End
Look Back in Anger	Cliff Lewis	01 Apr 57	07 Apr 57	Golders Green Hippodrome	music hall	Barnet borough.
The Country Wife	Mr. Harcourt	15 Apr 57	11 May 57	Chelsea Palace Theatre	theatre-in- the-round	Demo: 1966; Reno: 2020.
The Apollo of Bellac	Mssr. Le Cracheton	3 May 57	19 Jun 57	Royal Court Theatre	Off-West End	Belgravia/Chelsea location.
Yes—and After?	Dr. Brock	31 May 57	30 Jun 57	Royal Court Theatre	Off-West End	Belgravia/Chelsea location.
Look Back in Anger	Cliff Lewis	01 Oct 57	15 Mar 58	Lyceum Theatre, Manhattan	Broadway
Look Back in Anger	Cliff Lewis	17 Mar 58	20 Sep 58	John Golden Theatre	Broadway
Long Day's Journey into Night	Edmund Tyrone	15 Sep 58	20 Sep 58	King's Theatre, Glasgow	proscenium arch
Long Day's Journey into Night	Edmund Tyrone	24 Sep 58	03 Jan 59	Gielgud Theatre	West End	Globe Theatre, until 1994.
The Caretaker	Mick	27 Apr 60	29 May 60	Arts Theatre, Westminster	West End
The Caretaker	Mick	30 May 60	27 May 61	Duchess Theatre	West End
The Caretaker	Mick	04 Oct 61	24 Feb 62	Lyceum Theatre, Manhattan	Broadway
Poor Richard	Richard Ford	02 Dec 64	13 Mar 65	Helen Hayes Theatre	Broadway
Four Seasons	Adam	07 Apr 65	01 Jul 65	Saville Theatre	West End	Defunct theatre; now cinema.
Richard III	King Richard III	12 Jun 67	14 Oct 67	Stratford Festival	fringe theatre
The Merry Wives of Windsor	Frank Ford	12 Jun 67	14 Oct 67	Stratford Festival	fringe theatre
Three Sisters	Lt. Col. Aleksandr Vershinin	04 Jul 67	26 Apr 69	The Old Vic	producing house	A nonprofit & non-commercial; Waterloo location.
Venice Preserv'd	Jaffeir	05 Feb 68	01 Mar 69	Bristol Old Vic	repertory/stock
Three Sisters	Lt. Col. Aleksandr Vershinin	29 Jul 69	31 Jul 69	Theatre Royal, Brighton	proscenium arch
In Celebration	Andrew Shaw	22 Apr 69	21 Jun 69	Royal Court Theatre	Off-West End	Belgravia/Chelsea location.
Hamlet	Prince Hamlet of Denmark	11 Jan 71	31 Jan 71	Cambridge Theatre, Camden	West End
Hamlet	Prince Hamlet of Denmark	01 Feb 71	01 Mar 71	Nottingham Playhouse	repertory/stock
Butley	Ben Butley	05 Jul 71	10 Jul 71	Oxford Playhouse
Butley	Ben Butley	14 Jul 71	14 Oct 72	Criterion Theatre, London	West End
Butley	Ben Butley	31 Oct 72	24 Feb 73	Morosco Theatre	Broadway
The Taming of the Shrew	Petruchio	25 Sep 73	01 Jan 74	Royal Shakespeare Theatre	thrust stage	Avant-garde adaptation.
Life Class	Alton Allott	01 Apr 74	31 May 74	Royal Court Theatre	Off-West End	Belgravia/Chelsea location.
Life Class	Alton Allott	30 Jun 74	01 Oct 74	Duke of York's Theatre	West End
Otherwise Engaged	Simon Hench	08 Jul 75	19 Jul 75	Oxford Playhouse	rowspan="2"
Otherwise Engaged	Simon Hench	21 Jul 75	26 Jul 75	Richmond Theatre		-
Otherwise Engaged	Simon Hench	30 Jul 75	02 Oct 76	Sondheim Theatre	West End	Queen's Theatre, until 2019.
The Seagull	Boris Trigorin	01 Jun 76	02 Jul 76	Derby Theatre	repertory/stock	Former Playhouse; Bates's hometown.
The Seagull	Boris Trigorin	11 Aug 76	02 Oct 76	Duke of York's Theatre	West End
Stage Struck	Robert	05 Nov 79	17 Nov 79	Richmond Theatre
Stage Struck	Robert	20 Nov 79	04 Oct 80	Vaudeville Theatre	West End
A Patriot for Me	Col. Alfred Redl	6 May 83	02 Jul 83	Chichester Festival Theatre	thrust stage
A Patriot for Me	Col. Alfred Redl	02 Aug 83	08 Oct 83	Theatre Royal, Haymarket	West End
One for the Road	Inq. Nicolas	13 Mar 84	14 Apr 84	Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith	provincial	Double-bill.
Victoria Station	Driver #274	13 Mar 84	14 Apr 84	Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith	provincial	Double-bill.
A Patriot for Me	Col. Alfred Redl	29 Sep 84	25 Nov 84	Ahmanson Theatre	receiving house
The Dance of Death	Capt. Edgar	30 May 85	13 Jul 85	Riverside Studios	fringe theatre
Yonadab	Yonadab	04 Dec 85	25 Jun 86	Royal National Theatre: Olivier Auditorium	national
The English in Italy	rowspan="2"	26 Oct 86	31 Oct 86	Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon	theater-in- the-round	Royal Shakespeare Company readings.
The English in Italy	11 Nov 86	17 Nov 86	Sadler's Wells Theatre	performing arts centre	-	Royal Shakespeare Company readings.
Melon	Mark Melon	15 Apr 87	2 May 87	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre	producing house
Melon	Mark Melon	18 May 87	23 May 87	Theatre Royal, Bath	provincial
Melon	Mark Melon	23 Jun 87	12 Dec 87	Theatre Royal, Haymarket	West End
Ivanov	Nikolai Ivanov	20 Mar 89	01 Apr 89	Theatre Royal, Bath	provincial
Ivanov	Nikolai Ivanov	10 Apr 89	29 Jul 89	Novello Theatre	West End	Strand Theatre, until 2005.
Much Ado About Nothing	Benedick	10 Apr 89	29 Jul 89	Novello Theatre	West End	Bates's surviving twin son, Benedick, named after character.
A Muse of Fire		22 Aug 89	02 Sep 89	Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Assembly Rooms	meeting hall	One-man show; compilation of various roles.
Stages	Richard Fenchurch	12 Nov 92	26 Jan 93	Royal National Theatre: Cottesloe Auditorium	national	Dorfman Auditorium, since 2014.
The Showman	Bruscon	11 May 93	26 Jun 93	Almeida Theatre	producing house
The Master Builder	Halvard Solness	13 Oct 95	06 Jan 96	Theatre Royal, Haymarket	West End
The Master Builder	Halvard Solness	13 Jan 96	24 Feb 96	Royal Alexandra Theatre	proscenium arch
Simply Disconnected	Simon Hench	10 May 96	01 Jun 96	Minerva Theatre, Chichester	black box theatre
Fortune's Fool	Vassily Semyonitch Kuzovkin	21 Aug 96	14 Sep 96	Chichester Festival Theatre	thrust stage
Fortune's Fool	Vassily Semyonitch Kuzovkin	17 Sep 96	21 Sep 96	Richmond Theatre
Fortune's Fool	Vassily Semyonitch Kuzovkin	30 Sep 96	05 Oct 96	Malvern Theatres	community theatre
Fortune's Fool	Vassily Semyonitch Kuzovkin	07 Oct 96	12 Oct 96	Theatre Royal, Bath	provincial
A Grand Knight Out		20 Jan 97	27 Jan 97	Ustinov Studio	black box theatre	Variety show.
Life Support	J.G.	09 Jun 97	14 Jun 97	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre	producing house
Life Support	J.G.	17 Jun 97	21 Jun 97	Richmond Theatre	rowspan="2"
Life Support	J.G.	23 Jun 97	28 Jun 97	Oxford Playhouse		-
Life Support	J.G.	30 Jun 97	05 Jul 97	Theatre Royal, Bath	provincial
Life Support	J.G.	30 Jul 97	18 Oct 97	Aldwych Theatre	West End
An Enormous Yes!	rowspan="2"	05 Jan 98	10 Jan 98	Seven Dials Playhouse	amateur theatre	Tristan Bates Theatre, formerly.
An Enormous Yes!	07 Jun 98	08 Jun 98	Salisbury Playhouse	provincial		-
Antony and Cleopatra	Mark Antony	11 Jun 99	07 Oct 99	Royal Shakespeare Theatre	thrust stage
Antony and Cleopatra	Mark Antony	09 Nov 99	13 Nov 99	Theatre Royal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne	community theatre
Antony and Cleopatra	Mark Antony	13 Jan 00	06 Apr 00	Barbican Centre – The Pit	black box theatre
Timon of Athens	Timon of Athens	01 Mar 00	04 Apr 00	Barbican Centre – Theatre	performing arts centre	See also, play: The History of Timon of Athens the Man-hater.
Antony and Cleopatra	Mark Antony	17 Apr 00	6 May 00	Theatre Royal, Plymouth	receiving house
The Unexpected Man	The Man	24 Oct 00	28 Jan 01	McGinn–Cazale Theater	Off-Broadway
Dorian Gray	Lord Henry "Harry" Wotton	17 Jul 01	28 Jul 01	Theatre Royal, Windsor	repertory/stock
Dorian Gray	Lord Henry "Harry" Wotton	31 Jul 01	11 Aug 01	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre	producing house
Fortune's Fool	Vassily Semyonitch Kuzovkin	22 Feb 02	03 Mar 02	Stamford Arts Center: Rich Forum (Truglia Theatre)	performing arts centre
Fortune's Fool	Vassily Semyonitch Kuzovkin	02 Apr 02	21 Jul 02	Music Box Theatre	Broadway

Awards

Year^‡	Awards Category	Title Role	Result	Refs.
1960	Clarence Derwent Awards Best Supporting Male	Long Day's Journey into Night	Won
1963	British Academy Film Awards Best British Actor	A Kind of Loving	Nomitated
1965	Laurel Awards New Faces – Male	Nothing but the Best	rowspan="2"
1965	Laurel Awards New Faces – Male	Zorba the Greek	-
1967	Golden Globe Awards Best Motion Picture — Comedy/Musical Actor	Georgy Girl	Nomitated
1967	Golden Globe Awards Most Promising Newcomer – Male	Georgy Girl	Nomitated
1968	Golden Globe Awards Best Motion Picture — Drama Actor	Far from the Madding Crowd	Nomitated
1969	Golden Globe Awards Best Motion Picture — Drama Actor	The Fixer	Nomitated
1969	Academy Awards Best Actor in a Leading Role	The Fixer	Nomitated
1970	British Academy Film Awards Best Leading Actor	Women in Love	Nomitated
1971	Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actor	Butley	Won
1973	Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Performance	Butley	Won
1973	Drama League Awards Delia Austrian Medal for Distinguished Performance	Butley	Won
1973	Tony Awards Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Butley	Won
1976	British Academy Television Awards Best Actor	Play for Today: Plaintiffs and Defendants	rowspan="2" Nomitated
1976	British Academy Television Awards Best Actor	Play for Today: Two Sundays	-
1976	Variety Club Awards Best Actor	Otherwise Engaged	Won
1983	CableACE Awards Best Actor in a Dramatic or Theatrical Program (Non-Musical)	Separate Tables	Won
1983	Laurence Olivier Awards Best Actor of the Year in a Revival	A Patriot for Me	Nomitated
1984	Variety Club Awards Best Actor	A Patriot for Me	Won
1984	British Academy Television Awards Best Actor	An Englishman Abroad	Won
1984	Royal Television Society Programme Awards Best Performance Award	An Englishman Abroad	Won
1984	CableACE Awards Best Actor in a Dramatic or Theatrical Program	An Englishman Abroad	Won
1984	Broadcasting Press Guild TV & Radio Awards Best Television Actor	An Englishman Abroad	Won
1992	British Academy Film Awards Best Supporting Actor	Hamlet	Nomitated
1993	British Academy Television Awards Best Actor	Unnatural Pursuits	Nomitated
2001	Lucille Lortel Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play	The Unexpected Man	Won
2001	Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actor in a Play	The Unexpected Man	Nomitated	Refer below.
2002	Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actor in a Play	Fortune's Fool	Won
2002	Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Actor in a Play	Fortune's Fool	Won
2002	Tony Awards Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play	Fortune's Fool	Won
2002	British Academy Television Awards Best Actor	Love in a Cold Climate	Nomitated
2002	Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Gosford Park	Won
2002	Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Acting Ensemble	Gosford Park	Won
2002	Satellite Awards Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble/Cast	Gosford Park	Won
2002	Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Ensemble	Gosford Park	Won
2002	Florida Film Critics Circle Awards Best Ensemble Cast	Gosford Park	Won
2002	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Acting Ensemble	Gosford Park	Nomitated
2002	Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards International Filmmaker Award

‡The years referenced in the chart above denote when the particular awards ceremony took place—with each year linked to that particular annual ceremony whenever available. These years often do not coincide with the years of their works; most often, the release dates tend to be the year prior to the ceremony in question.

In addition to these cinematic awards, Bates was also inducted into two honorary statures for his services to drama, via Queen Elizabeth II:

Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996.
Knight Bachelor on New Year's Eve in 2002.