James Earl Jones - Awards

Awards

Academy Awards

• 1971 Best Actor in a Leading Role – The Great White Hope (Nominated)
• 2011 Academy Honorary Award

Emmy Awards

• 1964 Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie/East Side/West Side (Nominated)
• 1990 Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie/By Dawn's Early Light (Nominated)
• 1991 Outstanding Lead Actor – Drama Series/Gabriel's Fire
• 1991 Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie/Heat Wave
• 1994 Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series/Picket Fences (Nominated)
• 1995 Outstanding Supporting Actor – Drama Series/Under One Roof (Nominated)
• 1997 Outstanding Guest Actor – Comedy Series/Frasier (Nominated)
• 2000 Outstanding Performer Children's Special/Summer's End
• 2004 Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series/Everwood (Nominated)

Golden Globe Awards

• 1971 New Star of the Year – Actor/The Great White Hope
• 1971 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama/The Great White Hope (Nominated)
• 1975 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy/Claudine (Nominated)
• 1991 Best Actor in a Drama Series/Gabriel's Fire (Nominated)
• 1992 Best Actor in a Drama Series/Pros and Cons (Nominated)

Independent Spirit Awards

• 1987 Best Supporting Male/Matewan (Nominated)

Screen Actors Guild Awards

• 1996 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role/Cry, the Beloved Country (Nominated)
• 2009 Life Achievement Award

Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play

• 1969 Best Leading Actor in a Play/The Great White Hope
• 1987 Best Leading Actor in a Play/Fences
• 2005 Best Leading Actor in a Play/On Golden Pond (Nominated)
• 2012 Best Leading Actor in a Play/The Best Man (Nominated)

Other awards

• 1991 Common Wealth Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Dramatic Arts
• 1992 National Medal of Arts
• 1996 Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars
• 2011 Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Monte Cristo Award Recipient
• 2012 Marian Anderson Award Recipient