Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mortensen ka a họpụtara maka Academy Award maka Best Actor na 80th Academy Awards, ma gwara Associated Press: "Ọ bụrụ na e nwere a iku m agaghị aga. "
Òtù Ndị Na-ede Akwụkwọ America na-eme ngagharị. N'abalị iri na abụọ n'ọnwa Febụwarị n'afọ 2008, ngagharị iwe ahụ kwụsịrị, ọ gakwara emume ahụ, ọ bụ ezie na ọ tụfuru Daniel Day-Lewis maka "A ga-enwe ọbara". "Eastern Promises" natara nhọpụta iri na abụọ na 28th Genie Awards, na-ejikọta ya na ihe nkiri "Shake Hands with the Devil" maka ọtụtụ nhọpụta, ma merie asaa, Best Supporting Actor (Mueller-Stahl), Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Musical Score, Overall Sound, Sound Editing.