actor Stephen Fry has notched up his first Tony nomination for his Broadway debut in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
The television star is up for Best Performance By An Actor In A Featured Role In A Play for his portrayal of pompous steward Malvolio in the revival of the Shakespeare's Globe production, which transferred to New York last October. Fry made his long-awaited return to the stage after 17 years in Twelfth Night.
His co-stars Mark Rylance and Paul Chahidi are also up for the same award.
Irish actor Chris O'Dowd has been nominated for his theatre debut in the Broadway adaptation of John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men. Also vying for the honour are Rylance for his portrayal of Richard III in the play of the same name, Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston and Tony Shalhoub.
Briton Sophie Okonedo is up for Best Performance By An Actress In A Featured Role In A Play for her performance in A Raisin In The Sun.
The musical A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder leads the nominations with 10 nods, followed by cult off-Broadway hit Hedwig And The Angry Inch with eight.
After Midnight, a musical celebrating Duke Ellington's years at the Cotton Club nightclub, received seven nods, tied with Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and Twelfth Night.
The awards are in New York on June 8.
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