William H. Macy is an American actor, director and screenwriter who has received various awards and nominations, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, an Academy Award nomination, and five nominations at the Golden Globe Awards.
At the beginning of his career, he starred in small independent films like Homicide (1991) and Oleanna (1994) that earned him nominations at the Independent Spirit Awards. He rose to fame with the critically acclaimed 1996 thriller film Fargo, for which he received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, and a win for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. He was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture four times, as part of the ensembles of the films Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Seabiscuit (2003) and Bobby (2006).
Macy wrote and starred in the television films Door to Door (2002) and The Wool Cap (2004). For the former, he won two Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie and Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie, a Satellite Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie, and he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for both.
From 2011 to 2021, Macy played Frank Gallagher in the comedy-drama series Shameless, for which he was nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, and he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series three times.
Awards and nominations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1996 Best Supporting Actor Fargo
Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1996 Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role Fargo 1997 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Boogie Nights 1999 Magnolia 2002 Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Door to Door 2003 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Seabiscuit 2005 Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie The Wool Cap 2006 Nightmares & Dreamscapes Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Bobby 2014 Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Shameless 2015 2016 2017
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2006 Best Acting Ensemble Bobby Critics' Choice Television Awards 2011 Best Actor in a Drama Series Shameless
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 1997 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series E.R. 2000 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Sports Night Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie A Slight Case of Murder 2003 Door to Door Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries Series or Movie 2004 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Stealing Sinatra 2005 Outstanding Television Movie The Wool Cap Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie 2007 Nightmares & Dreamscapes 2014 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Shameless (episode: "Lazarus") 2015 Shameless (episode: "A Night to Remem... Wait, What?") 2016 Shameless (episode: "I Only Miss Her When I'm Breathing") 2017 Shameless (episode: "You Sold Me the Laundromat, Remember?") 2018 Shameless (episode: "Sleepwalking") 2021 Shameless (episode: "Father Frank, Full of Grace")
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2002 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Door to Door 2003 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Seabiscuit 2004 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film The Wool Cap 2014 Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy Shameless 2017
Miscellaneous awards Association Year Category Project Result American Comedy Awards 1997 Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Fargo 1999 Pleasantville 2000 Happy, Texas Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1998 Best Supporting Actor Pleasantville Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1997 Best Actor Fargo Edgar Awards 2000 Best Television Feature or Miniseries A Slight Case of Murder Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 1996 Best Supporting Actor Fargo 1997 Best Cast Boogie Nights 2000 Magnolia 2001 State and Main Hollywood Film Awards 2006 Ensemble of the Year Bobby Humanitas Prize 2004 90 Minute or Longer Network or Syndicated Television Door to Door Independent Spirit Awards 1992 Best Supporting Male Homicide 1995 Best Male Lead Oleanna 1997 Fargo Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Awards 2002 Best Actor Focus Mar del Plata International Film Festival Awards 2006 Best Actor Edmond National Board of Review Awards 1999 Best Cast Magnolia 2000 State and Main Online Film Critics Society Awards 2000 Best Ensemble People's Choice Awards 2015 Favorite Cable TV Actor Shameless Satellite Awards 1997 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Fargo 2000 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Happy, Texas Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film A Slight Case of Murder 2003 Door to Door 2004 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama The Cooler 2005 Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Stealing Sinatra 2011 Best Actor – Television Series Drama Shameless 2014 Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy 2017 2018 2019 ShoWest Convention Awards 1999 Supporting Actor of the Year A Civil Action, Pleasantville, and Psycho St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards 2012 Best Supporting Actor The Sessions Sundance Film Festival Awards 2012 Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting The Sessions Writers Guild of America Awards 2003 Outstanding Writing for a Long Form – Original Door to Door 2005 Outstanding Writing for a Long Form – Adapted The Wool Cap
Honorary awards Organizations Year Notes Result Boston Film Festival Awards 2002 Excellence Award Catalina Film Festival Awards 2014 Stanley Kramer Social Artist Award Cinequest San Jose Film Festival Awards 2003 Maverick Tribute Award Denver Film Festival Awards John Cassavetes Award
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