Academy Awards, USA
| 2012 |
Winner Honorary Award |
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| 1971 |
Nominee Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role The Great White Hope (1970) |
Golden Globes, USA
| 1992 |
Nominee Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama Pros and Cons (1991) |
| 1991 |
Nominee Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama Gabriel's Fire (1990) |
| 1975 |
Nominee Golden Globe |
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Claudine (1974) |
| 1971 |
Winner Golden Globe |
Most Promising Newcomer - Male The Great White Hope (1970) |
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Nominee Golden Globe |
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama The Great White Hope (1970) |
Primetime Emmy Awards
| 2004 |
Nominee Primetime Emmy |
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Everwood (2002)
For playing "Will Cleveland"
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| 1997 |
Nominee Primetime Emmy |
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Frasier (1993)
For playing "Norman". For episode "Roz's Krantz And Gouldenstein Are Dead".
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| 1995 |
Nominee Primetime Emmy |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Under One Roof (1995)
For playing "Neb Langston".
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| 1994 |
Nominee Primetime Emmy |
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Picket Fences (1992)
For playing "Attorney Bryant Thomas". For episode "System Down".
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| 1991 |
Winner Primetime Emmy |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Gabriel's Fire (1990)
For playing "Gabriel Bird".
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Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special Heat Wave (1990)
For playing "Junius Jackson".
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| 1990 |
Nominee Primetime Emmy |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
For playing "Alice".
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| 1964 |
Nominee Primetime Emmy |
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role East Side/West Side (1963)
For playing "Joe". For episode "Who Do You Kill?".
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Behind the Voice Actors Awards
| 2017 |
Winner BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Award |
Best Male Vocal Performance in a Feature Film in a Supporting Role Rogue One (2016)
As the voice of "Darth Vader".
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Nominee BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award |
Best Male Vocal Performance in a Feature Film in a Supporting Role Rogue One (2016)
As the voice of "Darth Vader".
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| 2015 |
Winner BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Award |
Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Guest Role - Action/Drama Star Wars: Rebels (2014)
As the voice of "Darth Vader".
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Winner BTVA Television Voice Acting Award |
Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Guest Role - Action/Drama Star Wars: Rebels (2014)
As the voice of "Darth Vader".
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Black Reel Awards
| 2020 |
Nominee Black Reel |
Outstanding Voice Performance The Lion King (2019) |
| 2016 |
Nominee Black Reel |
Outstanding Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series Great Performances (1971) Driving Miss Daisy (2015) |
| 2000 |
Nominee Black Reel |
Network/Cable - Best Supporting Actor Santa and Pete (1999) |
CableACE Awards
| 1991 |
Winner ACE |
Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries Heat Wave (1990) |
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Winner CableACE |
Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series Third and Oak: The Pool Hall (1989) |
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| 1987 |
Nominee ACE |
Actor in a Comedy Series Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
For episode "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp".
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Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards
| 2006 |
Winner Camie |
The Reading Room (2005)
Jeff Kloss (producer) Randy Feldman (screenwriter) Georg Stanford Brown (director/actor) Gabby Soleil (actress) Austin Marques (actor) Monique Coleman (actress) Douglas Spain (actor) Kathryne Dora Brown (actress) Keith Robinson (actor) |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
| 2011 |
Winner Oscar Micheaux Award |
CinEuphoria Awards
| 2018 |
Winner CinEuphoria |
Career - Honorary Award |
Critics Choice Television Awards
| 2014 |
Nominee Critics' Choice TV Award |
Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series The Big Bang Theory (2007) |
Daytime Emmy Awards
| 2000 |
Winner Daytime Emmy |
Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special Summer's End (1999)
For playing "William Blakely".
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| 1988 |
Nominee Daytime Emmy |
Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)
For episode "Soldier Boys".
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DVD Exclusive Awards
| 2006 |
Winner DVDX Award |
Best Supporting Actor (in a DVD Premiere Movie) The Sandlot 2 (2005) |
| 2003 |
Winner DVDX Award |
Best Actor in a DVD Premiere Movie Finder's Fee (2001) |
Film Independent Spirit Awards
| 1988 |
Nominee Independent Spirit Award |
Best Supporting Male Matewan (1987) |
Gold Derby Awards
| 2014 |
Nominee Gold Derby TV Award |
Comedy Guest Actor The Big Bang Theory (2007) |
| 2005 |
Nominee Gold Derby TV Award |
Drama Guest Actor Everwood (2002) |
Grammy Awards
| 2001 |
Nominee Grammy |
Best Spoken Word Album For Children
For "The Christmas Miracle Of Jonathan Toomey (Susan Wojciechowski) (Album)"
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| 1977 |
Winner Grammy |
Best Spoken Word Recording
Orson Welles (artist) Helen Hayes (artist)
For "Great American Documents"
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| 1970 |
Nominee Grammy |
Best Spoken Word Recording
For "The Great White Hope (Album)"
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Image Awards (NAACP)
| 2020 |
Winner Image Award |
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Motion Picture) The Lion King (2019) |
| 1998 |
Nominee Image Award |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Frasier (1993) |
| 1996 |
Nominee Image Award |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) |
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Outstanding Performance in an Animated/Live-Action/Dramatic Youth or Children's Series/Special Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
For episode "The Valiant Little Tailor".
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| 1993 |
Winner Image Award |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie Gabriel's Fire (1990) |
| 1975 |
Winner Image Award |
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Claudine (1974) |
Joseph Plateau Awards
| 1995 |
Winner Joseph Plateau Life Achievement Award |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
| 1995 |
Winner KCFCC Award |
Best Actor Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) |
Method Fest
| 2001 |
Winner Lifetime Achievement Award |
National Board of Review, USA
| 1995 |
Winner Career Achievement Award |
Online Film & Television Association
| 2014 |
Nominee OFTA Television Award |
Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series The Big Bang Theory (2007) |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
| 2009 |
Winner Life Achievement Award |
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| 1996 |
Nominee Actor |
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) |
The Kennedy Center Honors
| 2002 |
Winner Kennedy Center Honors |
USA Film Festival
| 1995 |
Winner Master Screen Artist Tribute |
Viewers for Quality Television Awards
| 1991 |
Nominee Q Award |
Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series Gabriel's Fire (1990) |
