Richard Pryor was an American comedian, writer and actor.
Pryor is considered one of the greatest standup comedians of all time.
Over his career Pryor received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special for Lily in 1974. He also received ten Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album nominations winning five times for That Nigger's Crazy (1973), ...Is It Something I Said? (1974), Bicentennial Nigger (1975), and Rev. Du Rite (1982), Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1983). In 2006 he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1998 he became the first Mark Twain Prize for American Humor honoree presented to him at the Kennedy Center. He won the Writers Guild of America Award in 1974 for Blazing Saddles. He was listed at number one on Comedy Central's list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians. In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked him first on its list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.The 50 Best Stand-up Comics of All Time. Rollingstone.com, retrieved February 15, 2017.
Major associations Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 1973 Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special The Lily Tomlin Show 1974 Lily 1983 Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety Program Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever 1996 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Chicago Hope Daytime Emmy Awards1985 Outstanding Performer in a Children's Programming Pryor's Place
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1975 Best Comedy Album That Nigger's Crazy 1976 ...Is It Something I Said? 1977 Bicentennial Nigger 1978 Are You Serious??? 1979 The Wizard of Comedy 1980 Wanted: Live in Concert 1981 Holy Smoke 1982 Rev. Du Rite 1983 Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip 1985 Richard Pryor: Here and Now 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award
Industry awards BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1974 Best Screenplay Blazing Saddles
National Society of Film Critics Year Category Nominated work Result 1979 Best Actor Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
New York Film Critics Circle Year Category Nominated work Result 1976 Best Supporting Actor Silver Streak
Writers Guild of America Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1973 Best Written Variety Script Lily 1974 Best Original Screenplay Blazing Saddles
Honorary awards 1993 - Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 1993 - American Comedy Awards Lifetime Achievement Awards 1997 - New York Comedy Festival Lifetime Achievement Award 1998 - Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
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