List of awards and nominations received by Danny Glover

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

List of Danny Glover awards

Danny Glover in 2014

Award Wins Nominations
Academy Award
1 1
Emmy Awards
0 5
Grammy Award
0 4
Screen Actors Guild Awards
0 2

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

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2021 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Himself Won [1]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1988 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Mandela Nominated [2]
1989 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Lonesome Dove Nominated
1996 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Fallen Angels Nominated
2000 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Freedom Song Nominated
Daytime Emmy Awards
2003 Outstanding Directing for a Children's Special Just a Dream Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1991 Best Recording for Children How the Leopard Got it's Spots Nominated [3]
1992 Brer Rabbit And The Wonderful Tar Baby Nominated
1994 Brer Rabbit And Boss Lion Nominated
1996 Best Spoken Word Long Walk to Freedom Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2000 Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Fallen Angels Nominated
2006 Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture Dreamgirls Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1991 Best Male Lead To Sleep with Anger Won

Miscellaneous awards

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Year Category Work
1989 Actor in a Movie or Miniseries Mandela
1996 Dramatic or Theatrical Special America's Dream
1996 Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series America's Dream
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
Year Category Work
1993 Best On-Screen Duo Lethal Weapon 3 (Shared with Mel Gibson)
Year Work
1982 "Master Harold"...and the Boys [4]


Women in Film Crystal Awards

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Year Category Work
1994 Humanitarian Award Himself

Festival awards

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

References

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  1. ^ "Oscars to honor Elaine May, Danny Glover, Samuel L. Jackson". ABC News. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  2. ^ "Danny Glover - Awards". Emmys.com. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  3. ^ "Danny Glover - Artist". grammy.com. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  4. ^ "Danny Glover". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League, LLC. Retrieved 22 June 2023.