Awards
Wood won a Tony Award in 1976 for the role of Henry Carr in Stoppard's Travesties, and was nominated for an Olivier Award in 1997 for the role of A. E. Housman – which he originated – in Stoppard's The Invention of Love.
Wood received two other Tony Award nominations: for the role of Sherlock Holmes in a revival of William Gillette's play, and for the role of Guildenstern in Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. In 1994 he received much acclaim for his role of Travis Flood in Philip Ridley's controversial play Ghost from a Perfect Place.
Wood was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours of 2007 in the United Kingdom.
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