Academy Awards, USA

2009	Winner Oscar	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Milk (2008)
2004	Winner Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role Mystic River (2003)
2002	Nominee Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role I Am Sam (2001)
2000	Nominee Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
1996	Nominee Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role Dead Man Walking (1995)

BAFTA Awards

2009	Nominee BAFTA Film Award	Best Leading Actor Milk (2008)
2004	Nominee BAFTA Film Award	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 21 Grams (2003)
		Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Mystic River (2003)

20/20 Awards

2016	Nominee Felix	Best Actor Dead Man Walking (1995)
2014	Nominee Felix	Best Supporting Actor Carlito's Way (1993)
2010	Nominee Felix	Best Actor Casualties of War (1989)

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

2011

Nominee Movies for Grownups Award

Best Grownup Love Story Fair Game (2010) Shared with: Naomi Watts

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

2011	Nominee EDA Female Focus Award	Humanitarian Activism Award Tied with Sandra Bullock.
2008	Winner EDA Award	Best Actor Milk (2008)
2007	Nominee EDA Award	Best Picture Into the Wild (2007) Shared with: Bill Pohlad Art Linson
		Best Director Into the Wild (2007)

Austin Film Critics Association

2008

Winner AFCA Award

Best Actor Milk (2008)

Awards Circuit Community Awards

2008	Nominee ACCA	Best Cast Ensemble Milk (2008) Shared with: James Franco Emile Hirsch Josh Brolin Diego Luna
	Nominee ACCA	Best Actor in a Leading Role Milk (2008)
2003	Nominee ACCA	Best Actor in a Leading Role 21 Grams (2003)
		Best Actor in a Leading Role Mystic River (2003)
		Best Cast Ensemble 21 Grams (2003) Shared with: Naomi Watts Benicio Del Toro Melissa Leo Danny Huston Charlotte Gainsbourg Eddie Marsan
	Nominee ACCA	Best Cast Ensemble Mystic River (2003) Shared with: Tim Robbins Kevin Bacon Laurence Fishburne Marcia Gay Harden Laura Linney Tom Guiry Emmy Rossum
1995	Nominee ACCA	Best Actor in a Leading Role Dead Man Walking (1995)

BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards

2008

Winner Britannia Award

Excellence in Film

Berlin International Film Festival

2023	Nominee Berlinale Documentary Award	Superpower (2023) Shared with: Aaron Kaufman (director) Billy Smith (producer) Sergei Bespalov (producer) Danny Gabai (producer) Lauren Terp (producer)
1996	Winner Silver Berlin Bear	Best Actor Dead Man Walking (1995)

Bodil Awards

2002

Nominee Bodil

Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) The Pledge (2001)

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

2008	Winner BSFC Award	Best Actor Milk (2008) Tied with Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008).
2003	Winner BSFC Award	Best Ensemble Cast Mystic River (2003) Shared with: Kevin Bacon Laurence Fishburne Marcia Gay Harden Laura Linney Tim Robbins
	Nominee BSFC Award	Best Actor Mystic River (2003)

Cannes Film Festival

2021	Nominee Palme d'Or	Flag Day (2021)
2016	Nominee Palme d'Or	The Last Face (2016)
2001	Nominee Palme d'Or	The Pledge (2001)
1997	Winner Best Actor	She's So Lovely (1997)

Capri, Hollywood

2007

Winner Capri Movie of the Year Award

Into the Wild (2007) Tied with The Unknown Woman (2006).

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

2012	Nominee COFCA Award	Best Ensemble The Tree of Life (2011) Shared with: Brad Pitt Jessica Chastain Hunter McCracken Laramie Eppler Tye Sheridan
2009	Nominee COFCA Award	Best Actor Milk (2008)
2004	Winner COFCA Award	Best Actor Mystic River (2003)

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2008	Nominee CFCA Award	Best Actor Milk (2008)
2007	Nominee CFCA Award	Best Screenplay, Adapted Into the Wild (2007)
2004	Nominee CFCA Award	Best Actor Mystic River (2003)
1996	Nominee CFCA Award	Best Actor Dead Man Walking (1995)
1994	Nominee CFCA Award	Best Supporting Actor Carlito's Way (1993)

Chlotrudis Awards

2009	Nominee Chlotrudis Award	Best Actor Milk (2008)
2001	Nominee Chlotrudis Award	Best Actor Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
1996	Winner Chlotrudis Award	Best Actor Dead Man Walking (1995)

Critics Choice Awards

2012	Winner Joel Siegel Award
2009	Winner Critics Choice Award	Best Actor Milk (2008)
		Best Acting Ensemble Milk (2008) Shared with: James Franco Josh Brolin Victor Garber Stephen Spinella Denis O'Hare Emile Hirsch Diego Luna
2008	Nominee Critics Choice Award	Best Director Into the Wild (2007)
		Best Writer Into the Wild (2007)
2004	Winner Critics Choice Award	Best Actor Mystic River (2003)
2002	Nominee Critics Choice Award	Best Actor I Am Sam (2001)

César Awards, France

2015	Winner Honorary César
2009	Nominee César	Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) Into the Wild (2007) USA.
2003	Nominee César	Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne) 11'09''01 - September 11 (2002) Shared with: Youssef Chahine Amos Gitai Alejandro G. Iñárritu Shôhei Imamura Claude Lelouch Ken Loach Samira Makhmalbaf Mira Nair Idrissa Ouedraogo Danis Tanovic

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

2008	Winner DFWFCA Award	Best Actor Milk (2008)
2007	Nominee DFWFCA Award	Best Director Into the Wild (2007)
2004	Winner DFWFCA Award	Best Actor Mystic River (2003)

David di Donatello Awards

2008

Nominee David

Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) Into the Wild (2007)

Denver International Film Festival

2000

Winner John Cassavetes Award

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

2008	Nominee DFCS Award	Best Actor Milk (2008)
2007	Nominee DFCS Award	Best Director Into the Wild (2007)

Directors Guild of America, USA

2008

Nominee DGA Award

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Into the Wild (2007)

Dubai International Film Festival

2010

Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

2009

Winner DFCC

Best Actor Milk (2008)

Faro Island Film Festival

2007

Nominee Golden Moon Award

Best Film Into the Wild (2007)

FICE - Federazione Italiana Cinema d'Essai

2008

Winner Audience Award

Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) Into the Wild (2007)

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

2008

Nominee FCCA Award

Best Foreign Film - English Language Into the Wild (2007)

Film Independent Spirit Awards

2009	Nominee Independent Spirit Award	Best Male Lead Milk (2008)
2004	Winner Special Distinction Award	21 Grams (2003) Shared with: Alejandro G. Iñárritu (director) Guillermo Arriaga (screenwriter) Robert Salerno (producer) Benicio Del Toro Naomi Watts 21 Grams was ineligable for the regular awards because of its budget.
1999	Nominee Independent Spirit Award	Best Male Lead Hurlyburly (1998)
1996	Winner Independent Spirit Award	Best Male Lead Dead Man Walking (1995)

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

2004

Winner FFCC Award

Best Actor Mystic River (2003) 21 Grams (2003)

Gold Derby Awards

2010	Nominee Gold Derby Film Award	Lead Actor of the Decade Milk (2008) As Harvey Milk
2009	Winner Gold Derby Film Award	Lead Actor Milk (2008) As Harvey Milk
	Nominee Gold Derby Film Award	Ensemble Cast Milk (2008) Shared with: Josh Brolin Joseph Cross James Franco Victor Garber Emile Hirsch Diego Luna Denis O'Hare Alison Pill
2008	Nominee Gold Derby Film Award	Motion Picture Into the Wild (2007) Shared with: Art Linson Bill Pohlad
		Director Into the Wild (2007)
2004	Nominee Gold Derby Film Award	Lead Actor Mystic River (2003) As Jimmy Markum
		Ensemble Cast Mystic River (2003) Shared with: Kevin Bacon Laurence Fishburne Marcia Gay Harden Laura Linney Tim Robbins
		Ensemble Cast 21 Grams (2003) Shared with: Benicio Del Toro Danny Huston Naomi Watts

Golden Apple Awards

1986

Winner Sour Apple

Golden Globes, USA

2009	Nominee Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Milk (2008)
2004	Winner Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Mystic River (2003)
2000	Nominee Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
1996	Nominee Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Dead Man Walking (1995)
1994	Nominee Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Carlito's Way (1993)

Golden Schmoes Awards

2008	Nominee Golden Schmoes	Best Actor of the Year Milk (2008)
2003	Nominee Golden Schmoes	Best Actor of the Year Mystic River (2003)

Gotham Awards

2007

Winner Gotham Independent Film Award

Best Feature Into the Wild (2007) Shared with: Art Linson Bill Pohlad

Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards

2022

Nominee HCA Award

Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series, Anthology Series, or TV Movie Gaslit (2022)

Hollywood Film Awards

2010

Winner Humanitarian Award

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

2008	Winner HFCS Award	Best Actor Milk (2008)
2008	Nominee HFCS Award	Best Director Into the Wild (2007)

Indiewire Critics' Poll

2008

Nominee ICP Award

Best Lead Performance Milk (2008) 4th place.

International Cinephile Society Awards

2009	Nominee ICS Award	Best Actor Milk (2008)
2004	Nominee ICS Award	Best Actor Mystic River (2003) 2nd place

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

2009	Winner INOCA	Best Actor Milk (2008)
2004	Nominee INOCA	Best Actor Mystic River (2003)

International Online Film Critics' Poll

2010	Nominee IOFCP Award	Best Actor in a Leading Role Milk (2008)
		Best Actor of the Decade Mystic River (2003)

Irish Film and Television Awards

2004

Nominee Audience Award

Best International Actor Mystic River (2003)

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

2008

Nominee Silver Ribbon

Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo) Into the Wild (2007)

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)

2009	Nominee IOMA	Best Actor (Miglior attore protagonista) Milk (2008)
2008	Winner IOMA	Best Picture (Miglior film) Into the Wild (2007)
	Nominee IOMA	Best Director (Miglior regia) Into the Wild (2007)
		Best Adapted Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura non originale) Into the Wild (2007)
2004	Winner IOMA	Best Actor (Miglior attore protagonista) Mystic River (2003)
	Nominee IOMA	Best Actor (Miglior attore protagonista) 21 Grams (2003)

Jupiter Award

2009

Winner Jupiter Award

Best International Director Into the Wild (2007)

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

2003

Winner KCFCC Award

Best Actor Mystic River (2003)

Kinema Junpo Awards

2009

Winner Kinema Junpo Award

Best Foreign Film Director Into the Wild (2007) Tied with Sidney Lumet for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007).

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

2004

Winner Sierra Award

Best Actor Mystic River (2003) 21 Grams (2003)

Locarno International Film Festival

1991

Nominee Golden Leopard

The Indian Runner (1991)

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2009	Nominee ALFS Award	Actor of the Year Milk (2008)
2004	Winner ALFS Award	Actor of the Year Mystic River (2003)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

2008	Winner LAFCA Award	Best Actor Milk (2008)
2004	Nominee LAFCA Award	Best Actor 21 Grams (2003) Mystic River (2003)
1983	Winner New Generation Award	Bad Boys (1983)

MTV Movie + TV Awards

2009

Nominee MTV Movie Award

Best Kiss Milk (2008) Shared with: James Franco

National Board of Review, USA

2003

Winner NBR Award

Best Actor Mystic River (2003) 21 Grams (2003)

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

2009	Winner NSFC Award	Best Actor Milk (2008)
2004	Nominee NSFC Award	Best Actor Mystic River (2003)
1996	Nominee NSFC Award	Best Actor Dead Man Walking (1995)
1986	Nominee NSFC Award	Best Actor The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) Tied with James Mason for The Shooting Party (1984) in 3rd place.

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2008	Winner NYFCC Award	Best Actor Milk (2008)
2003	Nominee NYFCC Award	Best Actor Mystic River (2003)

New York Film Critics, Online

2008

Winner NYFCO Award

Best Actor Milk (2008)

Online Film & Television Association

2009	Winner OFTA Film Award	Best Actor Milk (2008)
2004	Winner OFTA Film Award	Best Actor Mystic River (2003)

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2009	Nominee OFCS Award	Best Actor Milk (2008)
2004	Nominee OFCS Award	Best Actor Mystic River (2003)

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2009	Winner Desert Palm Achievement Award	Milk (2009)
2008	Winner Director of the Year Award	Into the Wild (2007)

PGA Awards

2011

Winner Stanley Kramer Award

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2008	Winner PFCS Award	Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role Milk (2008)
2004	Winner PFCS Award	Best Ensemble Acting 21 Grams (2003) Shared with: Kevin Chapman Benicio Del Toro Teresa Delgado Clea DuVall Charlotte Gainsbourg Danny Huston Melissa Leo Eddie Marsan Marc Musso Naomi Watts
	Nominee PFCS Award	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 21 Grams (2003)

Razzie Awards

1987

Nominee Razzie Award

Worst Actor Shanghai Surprise (1986)

Rome Film Fest

2007

Winner Premiere Prize

Into the Wild (2007)

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

2008

Winner SFFCC Award

Best Actor Milk (2008) Tied with Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008).

San Francisco International Film Festival

1999

Winner Peter J. Owens Award

San Sebastián International Film Festival

2003

Winner Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award

Sant Jordi Awards

1996

Nominee Sant Jordi

Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero) Dead Man Walking (1995)

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

2002

Winner Modern Master Award

Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) The Beaver Trilogy (2000) Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool (2001)

Satellite Awards

2023	Nominee Satellite Award	Best Actor in a Miniseries, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Gaslit (2022)
2010	Nominee Satellite Award	Best Actor in a Supporting Role Fair Game (2010)
2008	Nominee Satellite Award	Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama Milk (2008)
2005	Nominee Golden Satellite Award	Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
2004	Winner Golden Satellite Award	Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama Mystic River (2003) 21 Grams (2003)
2002	Nominee Golden Satellite Award	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama I Am Sam (2001)
2000	Nominee Golden Satellite Award	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
1999	Winner Special Achievement Award	Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble The Thin Red Line (1998) Shared with: Jim Caviezel Adrien Brody Nick Nolte Elias Koteas Ben Chaplin Dash Mihok John Cusack John C. Reilly Woody Harrelson Miranda Otto Jared Leto George Clooney John Travolta Nick Stahl John Savage Tim Blake Nelson Kirk Acevedo Thomas Jane Penelope Allen

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2009	Winner Actor	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Milk (2008)
	Nominee Actor	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Milk (2008) Shared with: Josh Brolin Joseph Cross James Franco Victor Garber Emile Hirsch Diego Luna Denis O'Hare Alison Pill
2004	Nominee Actor	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Mystic River (2003)
		Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Mystic River (2003) Shared with: Kevin Bacon Laurence Fishburne Marcia Gay Harden Laura Linney Tim Robbins
2002	Nominee Actor	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role I Am Sam (2001)
1996	Nominee Actor	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Dead Man Walking (1995)

SESC Film Festival, Brazil

2004

Winner Audience Award

Best Foreign Actor (Melhor Ator Estrangeiro) Mystic River (2003) Tied with Olivier Gourmet for The Son (2002).

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

2008	Winner SEFCA Award	Best Actor Milk (2008)
2003	Nominee SEFCA Award	Best Actor Mystic River (2003)

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

2008	Winner SLFCA Award	Best Actor Milk (2008)
2007	Nominee SLFCA Award	Best Director Into the Wild (2007)
		Best Screenplay Into the Wild (2007) Shared with: Jon Krakauer

São Paulo International Film Festival

2007

Winner Audience Award

Best Foreign Feature Film Into the Wild (2007) Tied with Persepolis (2007).

The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards

2006

Nominee Stinker Award

Most Annoying Fake Accent: Male All the King's Men (2006)

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

2008

Nominee TFCA Award

Best Performance, Male Milk (2008)

USC Scripter Award

2008

Nominee USC Scripter Award

Into the Wild (2007) Shared with: Jon Krakauer (author)

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

2008	Nominee UFCA Award	Best Actor Milk (2008) Tied with Richard Jenkins for The Visitor (2007).
2003	Nominee UFCA Award	Best Actor Mystic River (2003)

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

2009	Winner VFCC Award	Best Actor Milk (2008)
2004	Winner VFCC Award	Best Actor Mystic River (2003)

Venice Film Festival

2003	Winner Volpi Cup	Best Actor 21 Grams (2003)
2002	Winner UNESCO Award	11'09''01 - September 11 (2002) Shared with: Youssef Chahine Amos Gitai Alejandro G. Iñárritu Shôhei Imamura Claude Lelouch Ken Loach Samira Makhmalbaf Mira Nair Idrissa Ouedraogo Danis Tanovic
1998	Winner Volpi Cup	Best Actor Hurlyburly (1998)
1995	Nominee Golden Lion	The Crossing Guard (1995)

Village Voice Film Poll

2008

Winner VVFP Award

Best Actor Milk (2008)

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

2003

Nominee WAFCA Award

Best Actor Mystic River (2003)

Writers Guild of America, USA

2008

Nominee WGA Award (Screen)

Best Adapted Screenplay Into the Wild (2007)

Yoga Awards

2018	Winner Yoga Award	Worst Foreign Director The Last Face (2016)
2013	Winner Yoga Award	Worst Hairstyle This Must Be the Place (2011)

Zurich Film Festival

2011

Winner Golden Icon Award