| <table border="1"> | |
| <tr><td>Year</td><td>Award</td><td>Category</td><td>Title</td><td>Result</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>1997</td><td>Royal Television Society Programme Award</td><td>Best Male Actor</td><td>Holding On</td><td>Nominated</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>2001</td><td>British Academy Television Craft Award</td><td>New Director (Fiction)</td><td>Sweet Revenge</td><td>Nominated</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>2003</td><td>Royal Television Society Programme Award</td><td>Best Male Actor</td><td>The Deal</td><td>Won</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>2003</td><td>British Academy Television Award</td><td>Best Actor</td><td>State of Play</td><td>Nominated</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>2010</td><td>Broadcasting Press Guild Award</td><td>Best Actor</td><td>Red Riding</td><td>Nominated</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>2011</td><td>Liverpool Daily Post Arts Awards</td><td>Best Actor</td><td>Macbeth</td><td>Won</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>2013</td><td>Saturn Award</td><td>Best Supporting Actor</td><td>The Walking Dead</td><td>Nominated</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>2014</td><td>Saturn Award</td><td>Best Guest Star</td><td>The Walking Dead</td><td>Nominated</td></tr> | |
| </table> | |