• Amitabh was chosen Superstar of the Millennium, easing out giants like Sir Lawrence Olivier and Charlie Chaplin on a BBC online poll.
• Bachchan has received the Padma Shri (1983) and Padma Bhushan (2005) civilian honours from the Indian government.
• Bachchan has won the National Award thrice. For Saat Hindustani (Best Newcomer) in 1970, for Agneepath (Best Actor) in 1991, and finally for Black (Best Actor) in 2006.
• He has won fourteen Filmfare Awards in various categories. The most recent one being the 2006 Filmfare Best Actor Award for his role in the film Black and his most recognizable Filmfare Award is, when he won the Star of the 20th Century Award
• He and Dilip Kumar are the only stars to win Best Actor awards in three separate decades.
• In a poll conducted by Channel 4 Film he was voted the "92nd Greatest Movie Star of All Time". Bachchan is the only Indian actor on the list, which is dominated by American actors. He is the first Indian actor to have been immortalised in wax at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in London.
• Bachchan has been conferred with an honorary degree of Doctorate of Arts by De Montfort University in Leicester, UK on July 19, 2006 in recognition of his distinguished career in films. Former South African President Nelson Mandela was the last person to get such a recognition from the university for his charitable work

Amitabh Bachchan was voted the hottest male vegetarian by Peta for two years running.

• Won Filmfare Award Best Actor - Critics for Aks (2001)
• Won Filmfare Award Best Supporting Actor for Mohabbatein (2000)
• Won Special Award Superstar of the Millennium
• Won Filmfare Award Best Actor for Hum (1991
• Won Filmfare Award Best Actor for Don (1978)
• Won Filmfare Award Best Actor for Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)
• Won Filmfare Award Best Supporting Actor for Namak Haraam (1973)
• Won Filmfare Award Best Supporting Actor for Anand (1970)

Marrakech International Film Festival Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2003 - Honorary Award of the Festival

National Film Awards, India
1991 Won Silver Lotus Award Best Actor for Agneepath (1990)

2004 Won Special Award Jodi No. 1 for Baghban (2003) with Hema Malini