Carl Reiner was an actor, comedian, writer and director of film and television. Over Reiner's long television and film career, he earned numerous awards. From his stand-up comedy albums with Mel Brooks to writing on Your Show of Shows, Caesar's Hour, and The Dick Van Dyke Show, Reiner earned 11 Primetime Emmy Awards and one Grammy Award.
Major awards Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 1954Outstanding Supporting ActorYour Show of Shows 1956Caesar's Hour 1957 1958 1962Outstanding Writing for a Comedy SeriesThe Dick Van Dyke Show1963 Outstanding Comedy Series1964Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Outstanding Comedy Series1965Outstanding Achievements in Writing 1966 Outstanding Comedy Series Special Individual AchievementLinus! The Lion Hearted 1967Outstanding Writing for a Variety SeriesThe Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special 1995Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy SeriesMad About You 2000 Beggars and Choosers 2004Outstanding Special Class ProgramThe Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited 2018Outstanding NarratorIf You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1960Best Comedy Album 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks1961 2001 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks1963 Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks at the Cannes Film Festival 1996Best Spoken Word Album for Children The Prince and the Pauper (Mark Twain) 1998Best Comedy AlbumThe 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000 1999 2001Best Spoken Word Album 2003Best Spoken Word Album for ChildrenTell Me A Scary Story
Guild awards Directors Guild of America Year Category Nominated work Result 2007 Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award
Writers Guild of America Year Category Nominated work Result 1963 Comedy/Variety writing The Dick Van Dyke Show 1964 Best Written American Comedy The Thrill of It 1995 Laurel Award 2009 Valentine Davies Award
Miscellaneous awards MTV Movie Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2002 Best On-Screen Team Ocean's Eleven
Phoenix Film Critics Society Year Category Nominated work Result 2002 Best Acting Ensemble Ocean's Eleven
Satellite Award Year Category Nominated work Result 2002 Best Supporting Actor - Comedy/Musical Ocean's Eleven
Saturn Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1978 Best Director Oh, God!
Teen Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2007 Choice Movie: Chemistry Ocean's Thirteen
Honors 1960 – Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6421 Hollywood Boulevard 1999 – Inducted into Television Hall of Fame 2000 – Received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center. 2017 – Carl and his son Rob Reiner became the first father-son duo to have their footprints and handprints added to a concrete slab at Grauman's Chinese Theater
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