Awards
- Academy Awards
- (1988) Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay / A Fish Called Wanda (shared with Charles Crichton)
- Golden Globe Awards
- (1988) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy / A Fish Called Wanda
- BAFTA Awards
- (1970) Nominated—BAFTA Television Award for "Best Light Entertainment Performance" / Monty Python's Flying Circus
- (1971) Nominated—BAFTA Television Award for "Best Light Entertainment Performance" / Monty Python's Flying Circus
- (1976) Nominated—BAFTA Television Award for "Best Light Entertainment Performance" / Fawlty Towers
- (1980) Won—BAFTA Television Award for "Best Light Entertainment Performance" / Fawlty Towers
- (1989) Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay / A Fish Called Wanda
- (also 1989) Won—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Primetime Emmy Awards
- (1987) Won—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Comedy Series / Cheers (as Dr. Simon Finch-Royce)
- (1998) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Comedy Series / 3rd Rock from the Sun (as Dr. Liam Neesam)
- (2002) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Nonfiction Special" / The Human Face
- (2004) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Comedy Series / Will & Grace (as Lyle Finster)
- Writers Guild of America
- (1989) Nominated—Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay / A Fish Called Wanda (shared with Charles Crichton)
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