Kenneth Branagh Awards

Academy Awards, USA

1997

Got nomination for Oscar
category Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for Hamlet (1996)

1993

Got nomination for Oscar
category Best Short Film, Live Action for Swan Song (1992)

1990

Got nomination for Oscar
category Best Actor in a Leading Role for Henry V (1989)

1990

Got nomination for Oscar
category Best Director for Henry V (1989)

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

1995

Got nomination for Saturn Award
category Best Actor for Frankenstein (1994)

AFI Awards, USA

2002

Got nomination for AFI TV Award
category AFI Actor of the Year - Male - Movie or Mini-Series for Conspiracy (2001) (TV)

BAFTA Awards

2009

Won BAFTA TV Award
category Best Drama Series for Wallander (2008) (TV)
shared with Richard Cottan; Philip Martin; Francis Hopkinson

2003

Got nomination for BAFTA TV Award
category Best Actor for Conspiracy (2001) (TV)

2003

Got nomination for BAFTA TV Award
category Best Actor for Shackleton (2002) (TV)

1993

Won BAFTA Michael Balcon Award

1990

Won BAFTA Film Award
category Best Direction for Henry V (1989)

1990

Got nomination for BAFTA Film Award
category Best Actor for Henry V (1989)

1988

Got nomination for BAFTA TV Award
category Best Actor (For episode "The Lady's Not for Burning") for Fortunes of War (1987) (mini)

Berlin International Film Festival

1992

Got nomination for Golden Berlin Bear
for Dead Again (1991)

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

2000

Got nomination for Blockbuster Entertainment Award
category Favorite Villain for Wild Wild West (1999)

Boston Film Festival

1995

Won Boston Film Excellence Award

Cannes Film Festival

1993

Got nomination for Golden Palm
for Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

Emmy Awards

2009

Got nomination for Emmy
category Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Wallander (2008) (TV)

2005

Got nomination for Emmy
category Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Warm Springs (2005) (TV)

2002

Got nomination for Emmy
category Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Shackleton (2002) (TV)

2001

Won Emmy
category Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Conspiracy (2001) (TV)

Empire Awards, UK

2000

Won Empire Inspiration Award

European Film Awards

1990

Won European Film Award
category Best Actor for Henry V (1989)

1990

Won European Film Award
category Best Director for Henry V (1989)

1990

Won European Film Award
category Best Young Film for Henry V (1989)

Evening Standard British Film Awards

1998

Won Evening Standard British Film Special Jury Award
for Hamlet (1996)

1990

Won Evening Standard British Film Award
category Best Film for Henry V (1989)

Evening Standard Theatre Awards

2008

Got nomination for Evening Standard Theatre Award
category Best Actor for "Ivanov"

Golden Globes, USA

2006

Got nomination for Golden Globe
category Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for Warm Springs (2005) (TV)

2002

Got nomination for Golden Globe
category Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for Conspiracy (2001) (TV)

Guild of German Art House Cinemas

1994

Won Guild Film Award - Silver
category Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film) for Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

Independent Spirit Awards

1994

Got nomination for Independent Spirit Award
category Best Feature for Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
shared with Stephen Evans; David Parfitt

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2003

Won ALFS Award
category British Supporting Actor of the Year for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

1994

Won ALFS Award
category British Producer of the Year for Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

National Board of Review, USA

1989

Won NBR Award
category Best Director for Henry V (1989)

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

1989

Won NYFCC Award
category Best New Director for Henry V (1989)

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2003

Got nomination for PFCS Award
category Best Acting Ensemble for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
shared with Daniel Radcliffe; Rupert Grint; Emma Watson

Razzie Awards

2000

Got nomination for Razzie Award
category Worst Supporting Actor for Wild Wild West (1999)

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

1996

Won SDFCS Award
category Best Actor for Hamlet (1996)

Sant Jordi Awards

1991

Won Sant Jordi Award
category Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero) for Henry V (1989)

Satellite Awards

2005

Got nomination for Satellite Award
category Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television for Warm Springs (2005) (TV)

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2006

Got nomination for Actor Award
category Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for Warm Springs (2005) (TV)

1996

Got nomination for Actor Award
category Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for Othello (1995)

Venice Film Festival

1995

Won Golden Osella
category Best Director for In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)

1995

Got nomination for Golden Lion
for In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)