Richard Attenborough
Awards & Honours
21
Awards Won
4
Honours
1
Rankings
2
Records
Richard Attenborough's accolades reflect a rare double career as a leading actor and an Oscar-winning director. He won two Academy Awards for Gandhi, four BAFTAs, and six Golden Globes, and was knighted in 1976. His BAFTA Fellowship in 1983 recognised a lifetime of achievement. He remains one of the few people to have won both acting and directing honours at the highest level.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Knight Bachelor
Knighted for services to film.
BAFTA Fellowship
Lifetime achievement award.
Life Peer
Created Baron Attenborough, of Richmond.
Order of the Companions of Honour
For services to the arts.
Rankings & Lists
100 Greatest British Films
Records & Feats
First actor to win both Oscar for Best Director and Best Picture for the same film
Won both awards for Gandhi (1982).
Longest-running play in the world
Originated a role in The Mousetrap, which became the world's longest-running play.