He was also awarded five Emmy awards from the nine nominations he received. Olivier's Academy acknowledgments are considerable–14 Oscar nominations, with two wins for Best Actor and Best Picture for the 1948 film Hamlet, and two honorary awards including a statuette and certificate. He is generally regarded to be the greatest actor of the twentieth century, in the same category as David Garrick, Richard Burbage, Edmund Kean, and Henry Irving in their own centuries. He was the first artistic director of the National Theatre of Great Britain and its main stage is named in his honor. Olivier played a wide variety of roles on stage and screen from Greek tragedy, Shakespeare and Restoration comedy to modern American and British drama. He is one of the most famous and revered actors of the twentieth century, along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft and Ralph Richardson. Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (IPA: /ˈlɒɹəns əˈlɪvieɪ/ – July 11, 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Emmy-winning English actor, director, and producer.
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