+ List of Sam Elliott awards Elliott at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival Award Wins NominationsAcademy AwardsCritics' Choice AwardsGolden Globe AwardsPrimetime Emmy AwardsScreen Actors Guild Awards
American character actor Sam Elliott has received a number of awards and nominations for his screen performances. These include a Screen Actors Guild Award, a National Board of Review Award and nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.
After gaining early recognition in western films of the late 1960s and continuing into the 1970s and 1980s, Elliott received two Golden Globe Award nominationsfor Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film and Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Filmfor his respective roles in the television film Conagher (1991) and miniseries Buffalo Girls (1995), the latter of which also earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special. His voice-over performance in Robot Chicken (20122020) earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance. Elliott's guest role in Justified (2015) earned him a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series.
As a member of the ensemble cast of Up in the Air (2009), Elliott was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble. For starring opposite Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in Cooper's 2018 adaptation of A Star Is Born, Elliott won the National Board of Review Award and received nominations for the AACTA International, Academy Award, Critics' Choice and SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor, as well as another nomination for the SAG Award for Outstanding Cast. His role in the Paramount+ miniseries 1883 (20212022) won him the SAG Award for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2019 Best Supporting Actor A Star Is Born
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1992 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Conagher 1996 Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Buffalo Girls
Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1995 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Buffalo Girls 2013 Outstanding Voice-Over Performance Robot Chicken
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2019 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture A Star Is Born Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role 2023 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series 1883
Other awards and nominations AACTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2018 Best Supporting Actor A Star Is Born
AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2019 Best Supporting Actor A Star Is Born
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result 2009 Best Ensemble Up in the Air
Chicago Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Best Supporting Actor Grandma
Critics' Choice Movie Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2010 Best Ensemble Up in the Air 2019 Best Supporting Actor A Star Is Born
Critics' Choice Television Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2015 Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series Justified
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result 2018 Best Supporting Actor A Star Is Born
Detroit Film Critics Society Year Category Nominated work Result 2009 Best Ensemble Up in the Air 2018 Best Supporting Actor A Star Is Born
Dorian Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2019 Supporting Film Performance of the Year — Actor A Star Is Born
Georgia Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result 2018 Best Supporting Actor A Star Is Born
IndieWire Critics Poll Year Category Nominated work Result 2018 Best Supporting Actor A Star Is Born
Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Year Category Nominated work Result 2018 Best Supporting Actor A Star Is Born
National Board of Review Year Category Nominated work Result 2018 Best Supporting Actor A Star Is Born
San Diego Film Critics Society Year Category Nominated work Result 2018 Best Supporting Actor A Star Is Born
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2019 Virtuosos Award A Star Is Born
Satellite Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2019 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture A Star Is Born 2026 Best Cast – Television SeriesLandman
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result 2009 Best Ensemble Up in the Air 2018 Best Supporting Actor A Star Is Born
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