Holm was nominated for an Emmy Award twice, for a PBS broadcast of a National Theatre production of "King Lear", in 1999; and for a supporting role in the HBO film "The Last of the Blonde Bombshells" opposite Judi Dench, in 2001. He appeared in two David Cronenberg films: "Naked Lunch" (1991) and "eXistenZ" (1999). He was Harold Pinter's favourite actor, the playwright once stating: "He puts on my shoe, and it fits!" Holm played Lenny in both the London and New York City premieres of Pinter's "The Homecoming". He played Napoleon Bonaparte three times: in the television mini-series "Napoleon and Love" (1974), Terry Gilliam's "Time Bandits" (1981), and "The Emperor's New Clothes".