· Awards and recognition › Theatre awards › Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1992 | Best Actor | Romeo and Juliet | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Theatre awards › Ian Charleson Award
Commendation
Role(s)
Don’t Fool with Love
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1993 | Commendation | Don’t Fool with Love | Won | |
| 1997 | Special Commendation | Henry V | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Theatre awards › Laurence Olivier Awards
Best Supporting Performance
Best Actor
Role(s)
Look Back in Anger
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1998 | Best Supporting Performance | Amadeus | Nominated | |
| 1999 | Best Actor | Look Back in Anger | Nominated | |
| 2003 | Caligula | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Frost/Nixon | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Theatre awards › Outer Critics Circle Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1999 | Outstanding Actor | Amadeus | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Theatre awards › Evening Standard Theatre Awards
Best Actor
Role(s)
Look Back in Anger
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1999 | Best Actor | Look Back in Anger | Nominated | |
| 2003 | Caligula | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Theatre awards › Critics Circle Theatre Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2003 | Best Actor | Caligula | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Theatre awards › Drama League Awards
Distinguished Performance
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2007 | Distinguished Performance | Frost/Nixon | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Theatre awards › UK Theatre Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2011 | Best Director | The Passion | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Theatre awards › BroadwayWorld Australia - Sydney Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2023 | Best Performer in a Play | Amadeus | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Theatre awards › WhatsOnStage Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2025 | Best Performer in a Play | Nye | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Royal Television Society Awards
Best Actor
Role(s)
Dirty Filthy Love
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2004 | Best Actor | Dirty Filthy Love | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Fantabulosa! | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › British Academy Television Awards
Best Actor
Role(s)
Dirty Filthy Love
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2005 | Best Actor | Dirty Filthy Love | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Fantabulosa! | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Best Supporting Actor | Quiz | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › British Academy Film Awards
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | The Queen | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › British Academy Film Awards
Best Actor
Role(s)
Fantabulosa!, H. G. Wells: War with the World and Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
| Year | Category | Nominated work(s) | Result | Ref. |
| 2007 | Best Actor | Fantabulosa!, H. G. Wells: War with the World and Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | Best Supporting Actor | The Queen | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | Best Supporting Actor | The Queen | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › New York Film Critics Online
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | Best Supporting Actor | The Queen | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | Best Supporting Actor | The Queen | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | Best Supporting Actor | The Queen | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Utah Film Critics Association Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | Best Supporting Actor | The Queen | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › International CinePhile Society Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2007 | Best Supporting Actor | The Queen | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2007 | Best Supporting Actor | Music Within | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › BAFTA Cymru
Best Documentary/Drama Documentary
Role(s)
Bright Smoke: Michael Sheen Profile
Best Presenter
Role(s)
Michael Sheen's Valley's Rebellion
Best Actor
Role(s)
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
News and Current Affairs
Role(s)
Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1999 | Best Documentary/Drama Documentary | Bright Smoke: Michael Sheen Profile | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Tlws Siân Phillips Award | | Won | |
| 2013 | Best Actor | The Gospel of Us | Won |
| 2015 | Best Presenter | Michael Sheen's Valley's Rebellion | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Best Actor | Aberfan: The Green Hollow | Nominated | |
| News and Current Affairs | Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town | Won |
| 2019 | Best Actor | Apostle | Nominated |
| 2021 | Quiz | Nominated |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Celtic Media Festival
Torc Award
Role(s)
Michael Sheen's Valley's Rebellion
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2016 | Torc Award | Michael Sheen's Valley's Rebellion | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Evening Standard British Film Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2008 | Best Actor | Frost/Nixon | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › London Film Critics Circle Awards
British Actor of the Year
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2008 | British Actor of the Year | Frost/Nixon | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2008 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Frost/Nixon | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Midnight in Paris | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › British Independent Film Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2008 | Variety Award | | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Valenciennes International Festival of Action and Adventure Films
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | Best Actor | Frost/Nixon | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › GQ Magazine
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | Actor of the Year | | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Satellite Awards
Best Actor - Motion Picture
Role(s)
The Damned United
Best Actor in a Drama Series
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | Best Actor - Motion Picture | The Damned United | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Masters of Sex | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Digital Spy Movie Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | Actor of The Year | | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie
Role(s)
The Special Relationship
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2010 | Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie | The Special Relationship | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › OFTA Television Awards
Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Limited Series
Role(s)
The Special Relationships
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Limited Series
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2010 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Limited Series | The Special Relationships | Nominated | |
| Best Actor in a Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Limited Series | Quiz | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Britannia Awards
British Artist of the Year
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2010 | British Artist of the Year | | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Empire Cinemas Alternative Movie Awards
Best Film Villain
Role(s)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Best Film Villain | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor - Television Series Drama
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Best Actor - Television Series Drama | Masters of Sex | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Critics’ Choice Television Awards
Best Actor in a Drama Series
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2014 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Masters of Sex | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Fright Meter Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Best Supporting Actor | Apostle | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Variety Club Showbiz Awards
Film Actor of the Year
Role(s)
Frost/Nixon and The Damned United
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | Film Actor of the Year | Frost/Nixon and The Damned United | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Saturn Awards
Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Presentation
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Presentation | Good Omens | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Tell-Tale TV Awards
Favorite Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Favorite Performer in a Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror Series
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2020 | Favorite Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie | Good Omens | Nominated | |
| 2024 | Favorite Performer in a Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror Series | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Series Mania
Best Actor in International Competition
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2023 | Best Actor in International Competition | Best Interests | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › TV Choice Awards
Best Drama Performance
Role(s)
A Very Royal Scandal
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2024 | Best Actor | Best Interests | Nominated | |
| 2025 | Best Drama Performance | A Very Royal Scandal | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › ASTRA Television Awards
Best Actor in a Streaming Comedy Series
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2024 | Best Actor in a Streaming Comedy Series | Good Omens | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Edinburgh TV Festival Awards
TV Moment of The Year
Role(s)
Leo has a question for Michael Sheen - The Assembly
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2024 | TV Moment of The Year | Leo has a question for Michael Sheen - The Assembly | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › National Television Awards
Best Drama Performance
Role(s)
A Very Royal Scandal
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2025 | Best Drama Performance | A Very Royal Scandal | Nominated | |
· Awards and recognition › Screen awards › Scope Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2025 | Media Moment | The Assembly | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Literary awards › Audio Production Awards
Audiobook Narrator of the Year
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Audiobook Narrator of the Year | La Belle Sauvage | Shortlisted | |
· Awards and recognition › Literary awards › British Book Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Audiobook of the Year | La Belle Sauvage | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Literary awards › CAMEO Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | Book to Audio | La Belle Sauvage | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Literary awards › CAMEO Awards USA
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | Book to Audio | La Belle Sauvage | Shortlisted | |
· Awards and recognition › Literary awards › New York Festival Radio Awards
Best Narration - Solo
Role(s)
The Secret Commonwealth
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | Best Narration - Solo | La Belle Sauvage | Won | |
| 2020 | Best Narration - Solo | The Secret Commonwealth | Won | |
· Awards and recognition › Literary awards › Odyssey Award
Excellence in Audiobook Production
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Excellence in Audiobook Production | La Belle Sauvage | Honor | |
· Awards and recognition › Literary awards › Earphones Awards
AudioFile Earphones Award
Role(s)
The Secret Commonwealth
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | AudioFile Earphones Award | The Secret Commonwealth | Won | |