Awards

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In the Royal Birthday Honors List 2003, Queen Elizabeth II honored Jim with an MBE*
*Member of the Order of the British Empire   

In 2006 Jim was honored with the Order of St. George's Society, New York.


Theatre Awards

                                         "Barnum" (1979-80)………………...........Tony Award (Best Actor in a Musical)
                                                                                                               Drama Desk Award (Best Actor)

                                         "Scapino" (1974-75).………………......... Drama Desk Award (Best Actor)
                                                                                                               Outer Critics Circle Award (Best Actor)
                                                                                                               Tony Award Nomination (Best Actor in a Play)

                                         "Joe Egg" (1984-5)……..........…………... Outer Critics Circle Award (Best Actor)
                                                                                                                Tony Award Nomination (Best Actor in a Play)
                                                                                                                Drama Desk Award Nomination (Best Actor)

                                         "Candide"(1996-97)………………...........  Tony Award Nomination (Best Actor in a Musical) 
                                                                                                                Drama Desk Award Nomination (Outstanding Actor in a Musical)

                                           Theatre Season (1996-97..........................  Drama League Award (Outstanding Performance)     

                                         "Travels With My Aunt"(1994-95)...........   Drama Desk Award (Best Actor in a Play)
                                                                                                                Outer Critics Circle Award (Best Actor in a Play)
                                                                                                                Lucille Lortel Award (Best Actor in a Play)

                                         "Comedians" (2002-3) ...............................  Lucille Lortel Award Nomination (Outstanding Lead  Actor)
                                                                                                                 Drama Desk Award Nomination (Outstanding Actor in a Play)

                                         "Address Unknown" (2004).......................  Drama League Award (Outstanding Performance)

                                         "Three Penny Opera"  (2006)....................  Drama Desk Award (Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical)
                                                                                                                 Outer Critics Circle Award (Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical)
                                                                                                                 Drama League Award (Outstanding Performance) 
                                                                                                                
Richard Seff Award  (Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical)
                                                                                                                 Tony Award Nomination (Outstanding Featured Actor)

                                         Friars Club of America (2006)...................  Thespian Award For Excellence in the Theatre

Audio Book Awards

Jim has won a record nine Audie Awards

In 2006 he became the first inductee in the Audio Publishers Association's "Hall of Fame"

2008

Grammy Award Winner 2008
Best Spoken Audiobook For Children
and

One of the Audiobooks of the Year 
Publisher's Weekly
both awards for

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"

2007

Audie Award 


"Peter and the Shadow Thieves"
Best Male Narrator


Grammy Award Nomination -
Best Spoken Audiobook for Children 

2006

Children's Narrator of the Year Award 
Publishers Weekly

Audie Award  2006 

"Around the World In Eighty Days"
Best Classical Audio Book 
for Children

  Audiofile Earphone Award
 
 for
"Peter and the Shadow Thieves"

2005   
Grammy Award Nomination 2005
Audiofile Earphone Award
   
for
"Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince"

Audie Award 
Best Male Narrator 2005
"Peter and the Starcatchers"


Audie Award 

Best Children's Audio Book 2005

"Peter and the Starcatchers"

Audie Award 
Best Classical Audio Book 
"A Christmas Carol" 


Audiofile Earphone Award
"A Christmas Carol"

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2004
Audie Award 2004 
Audio Book of the Year 2004

Audie Award 2004 
Best Children's Audio Book 2004

Audio File Earphone Award 
Grammy Award Nomination 2004.

Best Children's Audio Book
all for
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"


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2001
The Benjamin Franklin Award 2001. 
Best Children's Audio Book
Audio File Earphone Award 2001 

both for
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" 

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2000
Grammy Award Winner 2000.
Best Children's Audio Book
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"

The Benjamin Franklin Award 2000. 
Best Children's Audio Book

Audiofile Earphone Award 2000

for
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone"  

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1999

Grammy Award Nomination 1999
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"

Film Awards

                                                   "Georgy Girl" (1966)........................................Academy Award Nomination "Best Song"

                                                   "Georgy Girl" (1966)........................................ International Laurel Award "Best Song"

                                                   "Adolph Hitler - My Part in His Downfall" (1974).........BAFTA Oscar Nomination
                                                                                                                                                                       "Best Newcomer"

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