The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actor Danny Glover.

Glover is an actor of film, television and theatre. He has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in Mandela (1988), Loneseome Dove (1989), Fallen Angels (1996), and Freedom Song (2000). He also earned two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for Fallen Angels (2000) and for Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture for Dreamgirls (2006). In 1991 he earned an Independent Spirit Award for his performance in To Sleep with Anger.

In 2021, it was announced by the Board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that he would receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for "[his] decades-long advocacy for justice and human rights reflects his dedication to recognizing our shared humanity on and off the screen".

Major associations Academy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result 2021Jean Hersholt Humanitarian AwardHimself

Emmy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards1988 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Mandela 1989 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Lonesome Dove 1996 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Fallen Angels 2000 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Freedom Song Daytime Emmy Awards2003 Outstanding Directing for a Children's Special Just a Dream

Grammy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result 1991 Best Recording for Children How the Leopard Got His Spots 1992 Brer Rabbit And The Wonderful Tar Baby 1994 Brer Rabbit And Boss Lion 1996 Best Spoken Word Long Walk to Freedom

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result 2000 Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Fallen Angels 2006 Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture Dreamgirls

Independent Spirit Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result 1991 Best Male Lead To Sleep with Anger

Miscellaneous awards CableACE Award

Year Category Work 1989 Actor in a Movie or Miniseries Mandela 1996 Dramatic or Theatrical Special America's Dream Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series

NAACP Image Awards

Year Category Work 1988 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie Mandela 1989 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture Lethal Weapon 1995 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series Queen 1999 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture Beloved 2001 Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Freedom Song

MTV Movie Award

Year Category Work 1993 Best On-Screen Duo Lethal Weapon 3 (Shared with Mel Gibson)

Theatre World Award

Year Work 1982 "Master Harold"...and the Boys

Women in Film Crystal Awards Year Category Work 1994 Humanitarian Award Himself

Festival awards Year Award Category 1993 San Francisco International Film Festival Piper-Heidsieck Award 2002 Jamerican International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award 2003 Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival 2008 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Festival President's Award

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