| Award | Category | Result |
| 2002 Screen Actors Guild Awards | "Outstanding Performance by a Cast" for FOTR | Lost |
| 2002 Empire Awards | "Best Debut" for FOTR | Won |
| 2002 Internet Movie Awards | "Best
Breakthrough Performance" for FOTR | Won |
| Movieline.com's 2002 Young Hollywood Awards | "Exciting New Face (Male)" for FOTR | Lost to Ian Somerhalder |
| 2002 MTV Movie Awards | "Best Breakthrough Performance" for FOTR | Won |
| 2002 Saturn Awards | "Cinescape's Genre Face of the Future" for FOTR | Lost to James Marsters |
| 2002 GQ Men of the Year Awards | "Best
Newcomer" for FOTR | Lost to Will Young |
| 2003 Screen Actors Guild Awards | "Outstanding Performance by a Cast" for TTT | Lost |
| 2003 AOL Moviegoer Awards | "Best
Supporting Actor" for TTT | Won |
| 2003 MTV Movie Awards | "Best
Transatlantic Breakthrough Award" | Lost to Colin Farrell |
| 2003 GQ Men of the Year Awards | "Best
Film Actor" | Won |
| 2003 Hollywood Film Festival Awards | "Hollywood Breakthrough Award - Male Performer" | Won |
| 2003 Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards | "Best
Supporting Actor" for Ned Kelly | Lost to David Ngoombujarra |
| 2004 Empire Awards | "Best British Actor" for ROTK | Lost to Andy Serkis |
| 2004 National Board of Review Awards | "Best Acting by an Ensemble" for ROTK | Won |
| 2004 Screen Actors Guild Awards | "Outstanding Performance by a Cast" for ROTK | Won |
| 2004 AOL Moviegoer Awards | "Best
Supporting Actor" for ROTK | Lost to Sean Astin |
| 2004 AOL Moviegoer Awards | "Sexiest Kiss" for POTC | Won |
