| Awards | Category | Results |
| 2003 Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards | "Best Supporting Actor" for Ned Kelly | LOST to David Ngoombujarra |
| 2003 Hollywood Film Festival Awards | "Hollywood Breakthrough Award - Male Performer" | WON |
| 2003 GQ Men of the Year Awards | "Best Film Actor" | WON(voted by the GQ readers) |
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2003 MTV Movies Awards |
"Best Trans-Atlantic Breakthrough" | LOST to Colin Farell |
| 2003 AOL Moviegier Awards | "Best Supporting Actor" for The Two Towers | WON |
| Movieline.com's 2002 Young Hollywood Awards | "Exciting New Face (Male)" for Fellowship of the Ring | LOST to Ian Somerhalder |
| 2002 MTV Movies Awards | "Best Breathrough Performance" for Fellowship of the Ring | WON |
| 2002 Saturn Awards | "Cinescape's Genre Face of the Future" for Fellowship of the Ring | LOST to James Marsters |
| 2002 GQ Men of the Year Awards | "Best Newcomer" for Fellowship of the Ring | LOST to Will Young |
| 2002 Internet Movie Awards | "Best Breakthrough Performance" for Fellowship of the Ring | WON |
| 2002 Empire Awards | "Best Debut "for Fellowship of the Ring | WON |