| Year,Award,Category,Title,Result | |
| 1997,Royal Television Society Programme Award,Best Male Actor,Holding On,Nominated | |
| 2001,British Academy Television Craft Award,New Director (Fiction),Sweet Revenge,Nominated | |
| 2003,Royal Television Society Programme Award,Best Male Actor,The Deal,Won | |
| 2003,British Academy Television Award,Best Actor,State of Play,Nominated | |
| 2010,Broadcasting Press Guild Award,Best Actor,Red Riding,Nominated | |
| 2011,Liverpool Daily Post Arts Awards,Best Actor,Macbeth,Won | |
| 2013,Saturn Award,Best Supporting Actor,The Walking Dead,Nominated | |
| 2014,Saturn Award,Best Guest Star,The Walking Dead,Nominated | |