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• 1991– Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by United Kingdom, Queen’s Birthday Honours for services as an actor

• 2007– Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DCNZM) by New Zealand, New Year Honours

• 2022– Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM) by New Zealand as redesignation of his 2007 DCNZM, accepted after declining the same offer in 2009

Honorary & Lifetime Achievement Awards

• 2002– Honorary Doctor of Letters by University of Canterbury (New Zealand)

• 2016– AIMC Lifetime Achievement Award by Australian Movie Convention

• 2019– Longford Lyell Award by AACTA Awards (Australia)

• 2019– Equity New Zealand Lifetime Achievement Award by The Equity Ensemble Awards (New Zealand)

• 2019– Grand Honorary Award by Sitges Catalonian International Film Festival (Spain)

• 2020– Arts Foundation Icon Award (Whakamana Hiranga) by Arts Foundation of New Zealand

Competitive Acting/Screen Awards

• 1989– Best Actor in a Leading Role (AACTA Awards, Australia) for Evil Angels/A Cry in the Dark

• 1989– Best Actor in a Lead Role (AFI – Australian Film Institute) for Evil Angels/A Cry in the Dark

• 2001– Best Actor (Ft. Lauderdale Internaional Film Festival, USA) for The Zookeeper

• 2005– TV Week Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actor (Logie Awards, Australia) for The Brush-Off

• 2010– Best New Zealand Export (New Zealand Screen Awards)

• 2016– Best Supporting Actor (Film Club’s The Lost Weekend Awards) for Hunt for the Wilderpeople

• 2017– Award (Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards) for Hunt for the Wilderpeople

• 2017– Best Supporting Actor (AFCA Awards, Australia) for The Daughter

• 2019– Best Supporting Actor (AFCA Awards, Australia) for Sweet Country

• 2019– Best Presenter Entertainment (Huawei Mate30 Pro Awards) for The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill

• 2023– TV Week Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor (Logie Awards, Australia)

• 2025– Best Lead Actor in a Drama (Logie Awards, Australia)