Awards

Win

* Special Osella d’Oro – 1995 International Film Festival in Venice
* Best Young European Film – 1990 from the European Film Academy
* Best Actor – 1990 Academy of European Cinema
* Best Director – 1989 British Academy of Film and Television Arts
* Best Director – 1989 National Board of Review
* Best New Director – 1989 New York Film Critics Circle

Nominating

* Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Made for Television – 2005 Association of the Hollywood Foreign Press
* Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie – 2005 Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
* Best Actor – 2002 British Academy of Film and Television Arts
* Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie – 2002 Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
* Best Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries – 2001 American Film Institute
*Best Performance by an Actor ina image Miniseries or TV Movie – 2001 Foreign Press Association Hollywood
* Best Adapted Screenplay – 1996 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
* Best Supporting Actor – 1995 Screen Actors Guild
* In the competition – 1992 International Film Festival Berlin
* Best Live Action Short Film – 1992 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
* Best Adapted Screenplay – 1989 British Academy of Film and Television Arts
* Best Director – 1989 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
* Best Actor – 1989 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Personal Quotes

I feel more Irish than English. I feel freer than British, more visceral, with a love of language. Crossed by the fire in any way. That’s why refuse to be allocated in the current repository of Shakespeare on the planet. That means I am part of the English cultural elite, and I’m being totally unfounded.

I think the best actors are the most generous, kindest, the elderly and at their worst they are vain, greedy and insecure.

I’m just a foul-mouthed British.

My definition of success is control.

Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world with fewer supports.

Trivia

Denies rumor that he is dating Alicia Silverstone. [November 1999]

Date Helena Bonham Carter. [1994-1999]

Originally selected as the lead in Amadeus (1984) before the producer decided on the conversion of American actors in lead roles.

Educated at RADA, London

Raised in poverty in the shadow of a snuff factory in Belfast.

He moved to Reading, England at the age of nine. At age 23, became the youngest actor in the Royal Shakespeare Company to ever play the lead in “Henry V” by Shakespeare.

Co-founded the Renaissance Theatre Company with David Parfitt, with Prince Charles as a royal patron.

the youngest actor to receive the Golden Quill (Gielgud Award), 2000.

Apparently refused the CBE (Commander of the Order of British Empire) in 1994.

He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1983 (1982 season) for most promise for her performance in “Another Country.”

He was one of the directors considered for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). Had appeared in the previous film, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002).

He was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor in 2003 for her performance in “Edmond” at the Royal National Theatre: Olivier stage.

He was awarded the London Critics Circle Theatre Award 1988 (Drama Theatre Award) for the Special Award.
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